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Maha Gayatri Lila Stuti

Maha Gayatri Lila Stuti

Text in Roman script

Devotional text

mahāgāyaīlīlātutī
{|| mahāgāyaīlīlātutī ||}
oṃ
atha mahāgāyaīlīlātuitaḥ |
sadā gaveṣaya jagayeṣu vedamātaraṃ
icadāmanā kṛtathataṃ sama cā ladhavā |
udau gadadaṃ mahodayāṇauima bhatanaukayā
sudutaraṃ utaṃ itatīṣurāpadaṇava || 1||
suhīnalokapāitanī satāṃ kṛpā'itaśobhate
sudhāṃśucauṣe yāba ! māśaṃ jana |
navāipa hīyate taveṣadīiśa ! pālanenano
bhavātaḥ kuputā na bhāsate sūida || 2|
namāima mutivaumatatahāṭakā'isatā-
vadātavaṇasudaraiḥ ṣaḍadhalolalocanaiḥ |
sarojaṣaḍabādhavatatapāvakabhaiḥ
ikarīṭaranarijataiḥ sudhāṃśukhaḍamaḍataiḥ || 3||
mukhaidaśādhasaṃimataivarājamānivahāṃ
sureśacāpasabhāṃ samatadevavidatā |
varābhayākuśāivataiḥ kapālaśūla śaṃkha-
casārasayīguṇāikataiḥ karaivarāijatā || 4||
bhavaumaya mūlatāṃ gatāṃ munīvidatā
akhaḍa bhāvamaḍalakāśakāiraṇa iśavā |
samatadevatāmaya samata isidiyanī
pūvapa ivahāṃ saravata bhavātahā || 5||
śucīdusūyalocanāṃ śucīdusūya ivahā
śucīdusūyasagamavabhāvaśāilana śubhā |
padayānukapatavaśatacaseivatāṃ
pareśaśatamumāṃ bhaje ilokasudarī || 6||
mahāmahevarī jagisagasuthitaya-
vataṃtā śarīiraṇī babhūva yā maheiśatuḥ |
ipitāidabhedato latāyamānivahā
yīvarī sadā tu sā jagajayāya jāyatā || 7||
namāima tamukhārivadapacakaṃ malāpahaṃ
galaikanālakaṃ sadāivakāisa bhatasabhava |
vabhatahaṃsaseivataṃ śucīdupabadhavaḥ
tīkabhūtivahā gatā iha ya pacatā || 8||
bhavāṇave'itaduḥsahamarāidhidadhamānasaṃ
ṣaḍūminayapīiḍataṃ janaṃ idadhīṣumānasā |
uitavinaphuramukhārivadabhūsuraiḥ sadā
isayamīvarī nutā'tu sā sukhadā iha naḥ || 9||
yīsūḥ vaṭapātadhūtabhatakamaṣā
samaijunainutā mudā vavaṇadhamabhedataḥ |
inilapinanagāimaṣeṇa pādaautajaṃ jalaṃ
yadīyamāgataṃ ita tanotu naḥ iśavaṃ tu sā || 10||
vadabhavicatāikhalaṃ kubhogasatamānasaṃ
sadā'śuca kumāgagaṃ śaṭhaṃ ca śakase yida |
kathaṃ vapādicatanothavaibhavaṃ nahīvira !
yatoiicatakaṃ dayāśese na māśa || 11||
anekadoṣadūiṣatevinavavecanā satī
vataṃśatarīvarī bhavādhanāśakāiraṇī |
kṛpāmayī śaṃ ivadhāya sā vabhatapāitaṃ
vapakaje madhutaṃ karotu māmahanaśa || 12||
isayimaṭadaivataṃ sukeśavāyajaṃ tavaṃ
mara dībhāvano ivadhāya vedamātara |
ivadhūya pāpasaṃcayaṃ ivatīya kītamumā-
iha vamu kaivalaṃ padaṃ sa yāita inabhaya || 13||
iita īmahāgāyaīlīlātuitaḥ |

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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