Mantra: Bhagavati

Complete Mantra:
1. ayi giri nandini, nandita medini, visva vinodini, nandinute
giri vara vindhya shirodhini vasini vishnuvilaasini jisnunute
bhagavati he shiti kanthaku tumbini bhooriku tumbini bhoorikrute
jaya jaya he mahishaa suramardhini ramya kapardini shailasute
2. suravara varshini durdhara dharshini durmukha marshini harsharate
tribhuvana poshini shankara toshini kilbisha moshini ghosharate
anujani roshini ditisuta roshini durmada shoshini sindhusute
jaya jaya he mahishaa suramardhini ramya kapardini shailasute 8. dhanuranu sangara nakshana sanga parishphu radanga natatkatake
kanaka pishanga prishat kanishanga rasadbhata sringa hataabayuke
kruta chaturanga balakshiti ranga ghatadbahu ranga ratadbatuke
jaya jaya he mahishaa suramardhini ramya kapardini shailasute 16. vijita sahasra karaika sahasra karaika sahasra karaikanute
krutasura taaraka sangara taaraka sangara taaraka soonusute
suratha samaadhi samaana samaadhi samaadhi samaadhi sujaatarate
jaya jaya he mahishaa suramardhini ramya kapardini shailasute

Translation:
O beloved daughter of the mountain who brings about great joy on earth,
the one who brings joy to the whole universe, I bow to you.
You dwell on the peaks of the great Vindhya Mountains, with radiance reaching far and wide. Shri Vishnu is filled with joy when he meditates on you. Oh great creator of the universe, the wife of Lord Shiva, for you the whole universe is your family. You are the doer of the great actions that give self-realization.
Victory to you who killed the demon, the one with the beautiful luminous face.
On the gods you shower auspicious blessings, you defeat the undisciplined,
you tolerate the ignorant, you are ever rejoicing. You are the sustainer of the three worlds, the one who is the ultimate joy of Shankara.
You destroy all of our sins by giving us self-realization. You inhabit the sound of Om.
Your wrath befalls the progeny of the demons. You destroy those drunk
on the evil intoxicant of pride. You are Daughter of the Ocean!Victory to you who killed the demon, the one with the beautiful luminous face.You deck your tender limbs with fine dancing ornaments at the moment of battle, as you ready your
bow,You slay the enemy of the ego with your shining sword and arrows from your golden-brown quiver.
You play with the vast enemy forces arrayed on the battlefield as if they were screaming toy soldiers. Victory to you who killed the demon, the one with the beautiful luminous face.
Who surpasses the thousand-rayed sun with the brilliance of Her own thousand hands, and
who is in turn praised by a thousand suns, Who does battle to save the Gods, and Whose sons fought the demon Taraka and are Saviors. Sura = divine being, Samaadhi = one pointedness, union equal mind, a state beyond
expression and thought, Samaana = to breathe equally, a vital air that controls digestion and assimilation.
Victory to you who killed the demon, the one with the beautiful luminous face.

Source:
Mahishasuramardini Stotram

Language:
Sanskrit

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