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Katyayini Stuti

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Devotional text

kātyāyanīstutiḥ
kātyāyanīstutiḥ
śrīrāmīrāmauvāca-
namastetrijagadvandyesaṅgrāmeāmejayadāyini
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prasīdasīdavijayaṃjayaṃdehi
kātyāyaninamo'stu
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sarvaśaktimayemayeduṣṭaripunigrahakāriṇi|
duṣṭajṛmbhiṇisaṅgrāmeāmejayaṃdehi
namo'stu
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tvamekāmekāparamāśaktiḥ
ḥsarvabhūteṣvavasthitātā|
duṣṭānsaṃharaṃharasaṅgrāmeāmejayaṃdehi
namo'stu
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raṇapriyeyeraktabhakṣemāṃsabhakṣaṇakāriṇi
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prapannārtiharehareyuddhejayaṃdehi
namo'stu
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khaṭvāṅgāsikarekaremuṇḍamālādyotitavigrahehe|
yetvāṃāṃsmarantidurgeṣuṣuteṣāṃduḥkhaharāḥkhaharābhava||5||
tvatpādapaṅkajāddainyaṃnamasteśaraṇapriyeye|
vināśāyanāśāyaraṇeśatrūnūnjayaṃdehi
namo'stu
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acintyavikrame'cintyarūpasaundaryaśālini|
acintyacarite'cintyejayaṃdehi
namo'stu
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yetvāṃāṃsmarantidurgeṣuṣudevīṃdurgavināśinīmnīm|
nāvasīdanti
durgeṣuṣujayaṃdehi
namo'stu
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mahiṣāsṛkpriyeyesaṅkhyemahiṣāsuramardini|
śaraṇyeyegirikanyemejayaṃdehi
namo'stu
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prasannavadanevadanecaṇḍicaṇḍāsuravimardini|
saṅgrāmeāmevijayaṃjayaṃdehi
śatrūnūnjahinamo'stu
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raktākṣiraktadaśanedaśaneraktacarcitagātrakeke|
kātyāyanīstutiḥ
raktabījanihantrītvaṃjayaṃdehi
namo'stu
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niśumbhaśumbhasaṃhantriviśvakartrisureśvari
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jahiśatrūnūnraṇenityaṃjayaṃdehi
namo'stu
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bhavānyetatsarvamevamevatvaṃpālayasi
sarvadādā|
rakṣaviśvamidaṃdaṃmātarhatvaitānaitānduṣṭarākṣasānsān||13||
tvaṃhisarvagatāgatāśaktirduṣṭamardanakāriṇi|
prasīdasīdajagatāṃmātarjayaṃyaṃdehi
namo'stu
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durvṛttavṛndadaminisadvṛttaparipālini|
nipātayapātayaraṇeśatrūñjayaṃyaṃdehi
namo'stu
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kātyāyanijaganmātaḥātaḥprapannārtiharehareśiveve|
saṅgrāmeāmevijayaṃjayaṃdehi
bhayebhyaḥ
ḥpāhi
sarvadādā||16||
iti
śrīmahābhāgavatemahāpurāṇeīmahābhāgavatemahāpurāṇeśrīrāmakṛtāīrāmakṛtākātyāyanīstutiḥsamāptā||

About this stotram

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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