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Maha Gayatri Lila Stuti
Maha Gayatri Lila Stuti
Text in Roman script
Devotional text
mahāgāyaīlīlātutī
{|| mahāgāyaīlīlātutī ||}
oṃ
atha mahāgāyaīlīlātuitaḥ |
sadā gaveṣaya jagayeṣu vedamātaraṃ
icadāmanā kṛtathataṃ sama cā ladhavā |
udau gadadaṃ mahodayāṇauima bhatanaukayā
sudutaraṃ utaṃ itatīṣurāpadaṇava || 1||
suhīnalokapāitanī satāṃ kṛpā'itaśobhate
sudhāṃśucauṣe yāba ! māśaṃ jana |
navāipa hīyate taveṣadīiśa ! pālanenano
bhavātaḥ kuputā na bhāsate sūida || 2|
namāima mutivaumatatahāṭakā'isatā-
vadātavaṇasudaraiḥ ṣaḍadhalolalocanaiḥ |
sarojaṣaḍabādhavatatapāvakabhaiḥ
ikarīṭaranarijataiḥ sudhāṃśukhaḍamaḍataiḥ || 3||
mukhaidaśādhasaṃimataivarājamānivahāṃ
sureśacāpasabhāṃ samatadevavidatā |
varābhayākuśāivataiḥ kapālaśūla śaṃkha-
casārasayīguṇāikataiḥ karaivarāijatā || 4||
bhavaumaya mūlatāṃ gatāṃ munīvidatā
akhaḍa bhāvamaḍalakāśakāiraṇa iśavā |
samatadevatāmaya samata isidiyanī
pūvapa ivahāṃ saravata bhavātahā || 5||
śucīdusūyalocanāṃ śucīdusūya ivahā
śucīdusūyasagamavabhāvaśāilana śubhā |
padayānukapatavaśatacaseivatāṃ
pareśaśatamumāṃ bhaje ilokasudarī || 6||
mahāmahevarī jagisagasuthitaya-
vataṃtā śarīiraṇī babhūva yā maheiśatuḥ |
ipitāidabhedato latāyamānivahā
yīvarī sadā tu sā jagajayāya jāyatā || 7||
namāima tamukhārivadapacakaṃ malāpahaṃ
galaikanālakaṃ sadāivakāisa bhatasabhava |
vabhatahaṃsaseivataṃ śucīdupabadhavaḥ
tīkabhūtivahā gatā iha ya pacatā || 8||
bhavāṇave'itaduḥsahamarāidhidadhamānasaṃ
ṣaḍūminayapīiḍataṃ janaṃ idadhīṣumānasā |
uitavinaphuramukhārivadabhūsuraiḥ sadā
isayamīvarī nutā'tu sā sukhadā iha naḥ || 9||
yīsūḥ vaṭapātadhūtabhatakamaṣā
samaijunainutā mudā vavaṇadhamabhedataḥ |
inilapinanagāimaṣeṇa pādaautajaṃ jalaṃ
yadīyamāgataṃ ita tanotu naḥ iśavaṃ tu sā || 10||
vadabhavicatāikhalaṃ kubhogasatamānasaṃ
sadā'śuca kumāgagaṃ śaṭhaṃ ca śakase yida |
kathaṃ vapādicatanothavaibhavaṃ nahīvira !
yatoiicatakaṃ dayāśese na māśa || 11||
anekadoṣadūiṣatevinavavecanā satī
vataṃśatarīvarī bhavādhanāśakāiraṇī |
kṛpāmayī śaṃ ivadhāya sā vabhatapāitaṃ
vapakaje madhutaṃ karotu māmahanaśa || 12||
isayimaṭadaivataṃ sukeśavāyajaṃ tavaṃ
mara dībhāvano ivadhāya vedamātara |
ivadhūya pāpasaṃcayaṃ ivatīya kītamumā-
iha vamu kaivalaṃ padaṃ sa yāita inabhaya || 13||
iita īmahāgāyaīlīlātuitaḥ |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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