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Gayatri 40

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Devotional text

śrīgāyatrīīcālīsā
śrīgāyatrīīcālīsā
hrīṃśrīṃklīṃmedhāprabhābhājīvanajyotipracaṇḍa
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śāntikāntijāgṛtapragatiracanāśaktiakhaṇḍaḍa||1||
jagatajananīmaṅgala
karaniṃ
ṃgāyatrīīsukhadhāma|
praṇavoṃsāvitrīsvadhādhāsvāhāhāpūranakāma||2||
bhūrbhuvaḥvaḥsvaḥoṃyutajananī|
gāyatrīīnita
kalimalamaladahanī||3||
akṣaracauvisasaparamapunītā|
inameṃbaseṃśāstraśrutigītā||4||
śāśvata
satoguṇīsatarūpāpā|
satyasanātanasudhāanūpā|
haṃsārūḍhaḍhasitaṃbarataṃbaradhārī|
svarṇakāntiśuci
gagana-bihārīhārī||5||
pustaka
puṣpakamaṇḍalumālā|
śubhravarṇatanunayanaviśālāśālā||6||
dhyānānadharatapulakita
tahita
hoī|
sukhaupajataduḥkhaḥkhadurmatikhoī||7||
kāmadhenutumasurataruchāyā|
nirākārākārakīadbhututamāyā||8||
tumharīrīśaraṇagahaijokoī|
taraisakalasaṃkaṭasoṃsoī||9||
sarasvatītīlakṣmītumakālī|
dipaipaitumhārīārījyotinirālīrālī||10||
śrīgāyatrīīcālīsā
tumharīrīmahimāmāpāranapāvaiṃ|
jośāradaśatamukhagunagāvaiṃ||11||
cāravedakīmātapunītā|
tumabrahmāṇīāṇīgaurīsītā||12||
mahāmantrajitanetanejagamāhīṃ|
koīgāyatrīīsamanāhīṃ||13||
sumirataratahiya
meṃjñānānaprakāsaikāsai|
ālasapāpaavidyānāsai||14||
sṛṣṭibījajagajanani
bhavānī|
kālarātri
varadākalyāṇīāṇī||15||
brahmāviṣṇuurudrasurajete|
tumasoṃpāveṃsuratātete||16||
tumabhaktana
kībhakatatumhāreāre|
jananihiṃṃputraprāṇāṇatepyāreāre||17||
mahimāmāaparampāra
āratumhārīārī|
jayajayajayatripadāpadābhayahārī||18||
pūritatasakalajñānānavijñānānā|
tumasamaadhikakanajagameānā||19||
tumahiṃṃjāni
kachurahainaśeṣā|
tumahiṃṃpāyakachurahainakalesā||20||
jānatatumahiṃṃtumahiṃṃhaijāī|
pārasaparasi
kudhātusuhāī||21||
tumharīrīśaktidipaipaisabaṭhāī|
mātātumasabaṭhaurasamāī||22||
grahanakṣatrabrahmāṇḍa
ghanere|
sabagativānavānatumhāreāreprerere||23||
sakalasṛṣṭikīprāṇāṇavidhātādhātā|
pālakapoṣakanāśakatrātātā||24||
śrīgāyatrīīcālīsā
māteśvarīrīdayāvrata
dhārī|
tumasanatarepātakībhārī||25||
jāparakṛpātumhārīārīhoī|
tāparakṛpākareṃsabakoī||26||
maṃdabuddhitebudhi
balapāveṃ|
rogīrogarahitatahojāveṃ||27||
daridramiṭaiṭaikaṭaisabapīrā|
nāśaidūḥkhaḥkhaharaibhavabhīrā||28||
gṛhakleśeśacita
cintābhārī|
nāsaigāyatrīībhayahārī||29||
santatihīnasusantati
pāveṃ|
sukhasaṃpati
yutamodamanāveṃ||30||
bhūtapiśācaśācasabaibhayakhāveṃ|
yamakedūta
nikaṭakaṭanahiṃṃāveṃ||31||
jesadhavāsumireṃcita
ṭhāī|
achatasuhāgasadāśubadāī||32||
gharavarasukhapradalahaiṃkumārī|
vidhavādhavāraheṃsatyavrata
dhārī||33||
jayati
jayati
jagadaṃbabhavānī|
tumasamathoradayālu
nadānī||34||
josadgurusodīkṣāpāve|
sosādhanakosaphalabanāve||35||
sumiranaranakaresurūyi
baḍabhāgī|
lahaimanorathagṛhīvirāgīrāgī||36||
aṣṭasiddhinavanidhi
kīdātā|
sabasamarthagāyatrīīmātā||37||
ṛṣimuni
yatītapasvīyogī|
śrīgāyatrīīcālīsā
ārataarthīcintita
bhogī||38||
jojośaraṇatumhārīārīāveṃ|
sosomanavāṃchita
taphalapāveṃ||39||
balabudhi
vidyāśīlasvabhāobhāo|
dhanavaibhavayaśatejauchāo||40||
sakalabaḍheṃupajeṃsukhanānā|
jeyahapāṭhakaraidharidhyānānā||
yahacālīsābhaktiyutapāṭhakaraijokoī|
tāparakṛpāprasannatātāgāyatrīīkīhoya||

About this stotram — Gayatri

A Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of praise composed by great sages and poet-saints such as Adi Shankaracharya. Stotrams describe the deity’s form, qualities and deeds in richly poetic language, and chanting them is said to purify the intellect and awaken devotion. Many stotrams carry a phala-shruti — a closing verse describing the benefits of recitation.

How to chant

Stotrams reward slow, attentive chanting. Read the meaning once before you begin so the verses resonate as you recite. Early morning (Brahma Muhurat) is ideal, but any quiet time works. If Sanskrit feels difficult, chant along with the transliteration and let the rhythm settle naturally over a few days of practice.

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