Sharada Bhujangam
Sharada
Bhajan
Adi Shankara
Sanskrit
सुवक्षोजकुम्भांsuvakṣojakumbhāṃ:
with beautiful bosom सुधापूर्णकुम्भांsudhāpūrṇakumbhāṃ:
filled with nectar pitcher प्रसादावलम्बांprasādāvalambāṃ:
abundant grace प्रपुण्यावलम्बाम्prapuṇyāvalambām:
abundant auspiciousness । सदास्येन्दुबिम्बांsadāsyendubimbāṃ:
face like moon सदानोष्ठबिम्बांsadānoṣṭhabimbāṃ:
lips like bimba fruits भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रंśāradāmbāmajasraṃ:
mother Sharada; eternal मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥१॥kaṭākṣe:
in the glance कटाक्षेkaṭākṣe:
in the glance दयार्द्रांdayārdrāṃ:
moist with compassion करेkare:
in the hand ज्ञानमुद्रांjñānamudrāṃ:
gesture of knowledge कलाभिर्विनिद्रांkalāpaiḥ:
by the ornaments कलापैःkalāpaiḥ:
by the ornaments सुभद्राम्subhadrām:
auspicious । पुरस्त्रींpurastrīṃ:
mother goddess of the town विनिद्रांvinidrāṃ:
ever wakeful पुरस्तुङ्गभद्रांpurastuṅgabhadrāṃ:
of the town Tunga भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रंmadambām:
my mother मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥२॥lasadgānalolāṃ: ललामाङ्कफालांsvabhaktaikapālāṃ: लसद्गानलोलांyaśaḥśrīkapolām:
glory and prosperity cheeks स्वभक्तैकपालांkare:
does यशःश्रीकपोलाम्yaśaḥśrīkapolām:
glory and prosperity cheeks । करेkare:
in the hand त्वक्षमालांbhaje:
I worship कनत्प्रत्नलोलांśāradāmbāmajasraṃ:
mother Sharada; eternal भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रंsusīmantaveṇīṃ:
with a beautiful braided hair मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥३॥nirjitaiṇīṃ:
conquered by deer सुसीमन्तवेणींsusīmantaveṇīṃ:
with a beautiful braided hair दृशाdṛśā:
by sight निर्जितैणींnirjitaiṇīṃ:
conquered by deer रमत्कीरवाणींramatkīravāṇīṃ:
delightful parrot-like voice नमद्वज्रपाणीम्namadvajrapāṇīm:
bowed by Indra । सुधामन्थरास्यांsudhāmantharāsyāṃ:
nectar stirring face मुदाmudā:
with joy चिन्त्यवेणींcintyaveṇīṃ:
meditated upon braid भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रंsudehāṃ: मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥४॥kacāntāṃ:
of; within सुशान्तांlasat:
shining सुदेहांsallatāṅgīmanantāmacintyām: दृगन्तेdṛgante:
till the end of sight कचान्तांtāpasaiḥ:
by the ascetics लसत्lasat:
shining सल्लताङ्गीमनन्तामचिन्त्याम्tāṃ:
that । स्मतांbhaje:
I worship तापसैःtāpasaiḥ:
by the ascetics सर्गपूर्वस्थितांmadambām:
my mother तांkuraṅge:
on a deer भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रंmṛgendre:
on the king of animals मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥५॥marāle:
on a swan कुरङ्गेkuraṅge:
on a deer तुरङ्गेturaṅge:
on a horse मृगेन्द्रेmṛgendre:
on the king of animals खगेन्द्रेkhagendre:
on the king of birds मरालेmarāle:
on a swan मदेभेmadebhe:
on an intoxicated elephant महोक्षेऽधिरूढाम्bhaje:
I worship । महत्यांmahatyāṃ:
great नवम्यांnavamyāṃ:
ninth सदाsadā:
always सामरूपांsāmarūpāṃ:
tranquil form भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रंnijastotrasaṅgītanṛtyaprabhāṅgī:
own hymn music dance glory मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥६॥śāradāmbāmajasraṃ:
mother Sharada; eternal ज्वलत्कान्तिवह्निंjvalatkāntivahniṃ:
blazing beauty fire जगन्मोहनाङ्गींjaganmohanāṅgīṃ:
enchanting world form भजन्मानसाम्भोजसुभ्रान्तभृङ्गीम्bhajanmānasāmbhojasubhrāntabhṛṅgīm:
wandering bee in mind lotus । निजस्तोत्रसङ्गीतनृत्यप्रभाङ्गीnijastotrasaṅgītanṛtyaprabhāṅgī:
own hymn music dance glory भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रंśāradāmbāmajasraṃ:
mother Sharada; eternal मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥७॥ भवाम्भोजनेत्राजसम्पूज्यमानां लसन्मन्दहासप्रभावक्त्रचिह्नाम्lasanmandahāsaprabhāvaktracihnām:
marked by gentle smile । चलच्चञ्चलाचारुताटङ्ककर्णांcalaccañcalācārutāṭaṅkakarṇāṃ:
ears adorned with earrings भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रं मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥८॥
with beautiful bosom सुधापूर्णकुम्भांsudhāpūrṇakumbhāṃ:
filled with nectar pitcher प्रसादावलम्बांprasādāvalambāṃ:
abundant grace प्रपुण्यावलम्बाम्prapuṇyāvalambām:
abundant auspiciousness । सदास्येन्दुबिम्बांsadāsyendubimbāṃ:
face like moon सदानोष्ठबिम्बांsadānoṣṭhabimbāṃ:
lips like bimba fruits भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रंśāradāmbāmajasraṃ:
mother Sharada; eternal मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥१॥kaṭākṣe:
in the glance कटाक्षेkaṭākṣe:
in the glance दयार्द्रांdayārdrāṃ:
moist with compassion करेkare:
in the hand ज्ञानमुद्रांjñānamudrāṃ:
gesture of knowledge कलाभिर्विनिद्रांkalāpaiḥ:
by the ornaments कलापैःkalāpaiḥ:
by the ornaments सुभद्राम्subhadrām:
auspicious । पुरस्त्रींpurastrīṃ:
mother goddess of the town विनिद्रांvinidrāṃ:
ever wakeful पुरस्तुङ्गभद्रांpurastuṅgabhadrāṃ:
of the town Tunga भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रंmadambām:
my mother मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥२॥lasadgānalolāṃ: ललामाङ्कफालांsvabhaktaikapālāṃ: लसद्गानलोलांyaśaḥśrīkapolām:
glory and prosperity cheeks स्वभक्तैकपालांkare:
does यशःश्रीकपोलाम्yaśaḥśrīkapolām:
glory and prosperity cheeks । करेkare:
in the hand त्वक्षमालांbhaje:
I worship कनत्प्रत्नलोलांśāradāmbāmajasraṃ:
mother Sharada; eternal भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रंsusīmantaveṇīṃ:
with a beautiful braided hair मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥३॥nirjitaiṇīṃ:
conquered by deer सुसीमन्तवेणींsusīmantaveṇīṃ:
with a beautiful braided hair दृशाdṛśā:
by sight निर्जितैणींnirjitaiṇīṃ:
conquered by deer रमत्कीरवाणींramatkīravāṇīṃ:
delightful parrot-like voice नमद्वज्रपाणीम्namadvajrapāṇīm:
bowed by Indra । सुधामन्थरास्यांsudhāmantharāsyāṃ:
nectar stirring face मुदाmudā:
with joy चिन्त्यवेणींcintyaveṇīṃ:
meditated upon braid भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रंsudehāṃ: मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥४॥kacāntāṃ:
of; within सुशान्तांlasat:
shining सुदेहांsallatāṅgīmanantāmacintyām: दृगन्तेdṛgante:
till the end of sight कचान्तांtāpasaiḥ:
by the ascetics लसत्lasat:
shining सल्लताङ्गीमनन्तामचिन्त्याम्tāṃ:
that । स्मतांbhaje:
I worship तापसैःtāpasaiḥ:
by the ascetics सर्गपूर्वस्थितांmadambām:
my mother तांkuraṅge:
on a deer भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रंmṛgendre:
on the king of animals मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥५॥marāle:
on a swan कुरङ्गेkuraṅge:
on a deer तुरङ्गेturaṅge:
on a horse मृगेन्द्रेmṛgendre:
on the king of animals खगेन्द्रेkhagendre:
on the king of birds मरालेmarāle:
on a swan मदेभेmadebhe:
on an intoxicated elephant महोक्षेऽधिरूढाम्bhaje:
I worship । महत्यांmahatyāṃ:
great नवम्यांnavamyāṃ:
ninth सदाsadā:
always सामरूपांsāmarūpāṃ:
tranquil form भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रंnijastotrasaṅgītanṛtyaprabhāṅgī:
own hymn music dance glory मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥६॥śāradāmbāmajasraṃ:
mother Sharada; eternal ज्वलत्कान्तिवह्निंjvalatkāntivahniṃ:
blazing beauty fire जगन्मोहनाङ्गींjaganmohanāṅgīṃ:
enchanting world form भजन्मानसाम्भोजसुभ्रान्तभृङ्गीम्bhajanmānasāmbhojasubhrāntabhṛṅgīm:
wandering bee in mind lotus । निजस्तोत्रसङ्गीतनृत्यप्रभाङ्गीnijastotrasaṅgītanṛtyaprabhāṅgī:
own hymn music dance glory भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रंśāradāmbāmajasraṃ:
mother Sharada; eternal मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥७॥ भवाम्भोजनेत्राजसम्पूज्यमानां लसन्मन्दहासप्रभावक्त्रचिह्नाम्lasanmandahāsaprabhāvaktracihnām:
marked by gentle smile । चलच्चञ्चलाचारुताटङ्ककर्णांcalaccañcalācārutāṭaṅkakarṇāṃ:
ears adorned with earrings भजेbhaje:
I worship शारदाम्बामजस्रं मदम्बाम्madambām:
my mother ॥८॥
(Salutations to mother Sharada) whose beautiful bosom is filled with the pitcher of nectar, ...
inside which rests abundant grace (prasada) and auspiciousness (prapunya),
whose face always reflect the beauty of moon, over which her lips always shine like (reddish) bimba fruits,
I worship mother Sharada, who is my eternal mother.
(Salutations to mother Sharada) whose glance is moist with compassion, and whose hand shows the gyana mudra (gesture of knowledge),
who is (ever) wakeful by her arts (which she showers), and who looks (ever) auspicious by her ornaments (which she is adorned with),
who is the ever awake mother goddess of the town (of sringeri), the blessed town (by the bank of) river tunga which is ever auspicious (by her presence),
I worship mother Sharada, who is my eternal mother.
(Salutations to mother Sharada) whose forehead is decorated with a beautiful curved mark, and who is moved by beautiful song and music (sung by the devotees),
who is the one refuge of her devotees, to whom she bestows glory and prosperity which radiates from the two cheeks (of her face),
who holds the beads of rosary in her hand, whose gentle movement moves the tradition (and ushers a new generation),
I worship mother Sharada, who is my eternal mother.
(Salutations to mother Sharada) whose hair is parted (in the middle) and forms a braid, the beauty (like black deer) of which has conquered (the directions),
(this is accompanied by) her delightful voice like a parrot, before which the one with vajra in hand (i.e. Indra deva) bows down,
she stirs up a play of nectar (of bliss) which should be meditated upon as a stream of joy (within the heart),
I worship mother Sharada, who is my eternal mother
(Salutations to mother Sharada) who is very calm with a beautiful form; and her hair extends (endlessly) till the end of sight (outer as well as inner),
(Similarly) her shining form like a creeper is endless and inconceivable,
(her divine form) is contemplated upon by the ascetics (within their hearts); that form which existed prior to creation,
I worship mother Sharada, who is my eternal mother.
(Salutations to mother Sharada) who rides on a deer (kuranga), who rides on a horse (turanga), who rides on the king of animals (lion) (mrigendra), who rides on the king of birds (eagle) (khagendra), ...
who rides on a swan (marala), who rides on an intoxicated elephant (mada iva), and who rides on a large bull (mahoksha),
she manifests nine great forms, but (essentially) she is always very tranquil (Sada samorupam),
I worship mother Sharada, who is my eternal mother.
(Salutations to mother Sharada) whose form shines with the beauty of a blazing fire (jwalat kanti vahnim), which enchants the whole world (jagan mohana angim),
I worship (meditate) within the lotus of my mind (heart) that wondrous form which wanders like a bee (wandering over a lotus), ...
[that form] which shines with the glory of her own stotra set to the melody of music and dance,
I worship mother Sharada, who is my eternal mother.
(Salutations to mother Sharada) whose eyes are like the unborn (immortal) lotus born on the water of this (mortal) world (bhava ambhoja netra aja) (to take the devotees beyond); (those eyes) which are fit to be worshipped (to go beyond this mortal world),
whose shining face is marked by a gentle smile (playing over it),
whose ears are adorned with beautiful ear-rings, moving (with the movement of her beautiful face),
I worship mother Sharada, who is my eternal mother.
suvakṣojakumbhāṃ sudhāpūrṇakumbhāṃ
prasādāvalambāṃ prapuṇyāvalambām .
sadāsyendubimbāṃ sadānoṣṭhabimbāṃ
bhaje śāradāmbāmajasraṃ madambām
kaṭākṣe dayārdrāṃ kare jñānamudrāṃ
kalābhirvinidrāṃ kalāpaiḥ subhadrām .
purastrīṃ vinidrāṃ purastuṅgabhadrāṃ
bhaje śāradāmbāmajasraṃ madambām
lalāmāṅkaphālāṃ lasadgānalolāṃ
svabhaktaikapālāṃ yaśaḥśrīkapolām .
kare tvakṣamālāṃ kanatpratnalolāṃ
bhaje śāradāmbāmajasraṃ madambām
susīmantaveṇīṃ dṛśā nirjitaiṇīṃ
ramatkīravāṇīṃ namadvajrapāṇīm .
sudhāmantharāsyāṃ mudā cintyaveṇīṃ
bhaje śāradāmbāmajasraṃ madambām
suśāntāṃ sudehāṃ dṛgante kacāntāṃ
lasat sallatāṅgīmanantāmacintyām .
smatāṃ tāpasaiḥ sargapūrvasthitāṃ tāṃ
bhaje śāradāmbāmajasraṃ madambām
kuraṅge turaṅge mṛgendre khagendre
marāle madebhe mahokṣe'dhirūḍhām .
mahatyāṃ navamyāṃ sadā sāmarūpāṃ
bhaje śāradāmbāmajasraṃ madambām
jvalatkāntivahniṃ jaganmohanāṅgīṃ
bhajanmānasāmbhojasubhrāntabhṛṅgīm .
nijastotrasaṅgītanṛtyaprabhāṅgī
bhaje śāradāmbāmajasraṃ madambām
bhavāmbhojanetrājasampūjyamānāṃ
lasanmandahāsaprabhāvaktracihnām .
calaccañcalācārutāṭaṅkakarṇāṃ
bhaje śāradāmbāmajasraṃ madambām
Translations
| Sanskrit | English | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| सुवक्षोजकुम्भां | with beautiful bosom | suvakṣojakumbhāṃ |
| सुधापूर्णकुम्भां | filled with nectar pitcher | sudhāpūrṇakumbhāṃ |
| प्रसादावलम्बां | abundant grace | prasādāvalambāṃ |
| प्रपुण्यावलम्बाम् | abundant auspiciousness | prapuṇyāvalambām |
| सदास्येन्दुबिम्बां | face like moon | sadāsyendubimbāṃ |
| सदानोष्ठबिम्बां | lips like bimba fruits | sadānoṣṭhabimbāṃ |
| भजे | I worship | bhaje |
| शारदाम्बाम् | mother Sharada | śāradāmbām |
| अजस्रं | eternal | ajasraṃ |
| मदम्बाम् | my mother | madambām |
| कटाक्षे | in the glance | kaṭākṣe |
| दयार्द्रां | moist with compassion | dayārdrāṃ |
| करे | in the hand | kare |
| ज्ञानमुद्रां | gesture of knowledge | jñānamudrāṃ |
| कलाभिः | by the arts | kalābhiḥ |
| विनिद्रां | ever wakeful | vinidrāṃ |
| कलापैः | by the ornaments | kalāpaiḥ |
| सुभद्राम् | auspicious | subhadrām |
| पुरस्त्रीं | mother goddess of the town | purastrīṃ |
| विनिद्रां | ever wakeful | vinidrāṃ |
| पुरस्तुङ्गभद्रां | of the town Tunga | purastuṅgabhadrāṃ |
| भजे | I worship | bhaje |
| शारदाम्बाम् | mother Sharada | śāradāmbām |
| अजस्रं | eternal | ajasraṃ |
| मदम्बाम् | my mother | madambām |
| ललामाङ्कफालाम् | forehead with a mark | lalāmāṅkaphālām |
| लसद्गानलोलाम् | moved by beautiful song | lasadgānalolām |
| स्वभक्तैकपालाम् | one refuge of her devotees | svabhaktaikapālām |
| यशःश्रीकपोलाम् | glory and prosperity cheeks | yaśaḥśrīkapolām |
| करे | in the hand | kare |
| त्वक्षमालाम् | rosary of beads | tvakṣamālām |
| कनत्प्रत्नलोलाम् | gentle movement tradition | kanatpratnalolām |
| भजे | I worship | bhaje |
| शारदाम्बाम् | mother Sharada | śāradāmbām |
| अजस्रं | eternal | ajasraṃ |
| मदम्बाम् | my mother | madambām |
| सुसीमन्तवेणीं | with a beautiful braided hair | susīmantaveṇīṃ |
| दृशा | by sight | dṛśā |
| निर्जितैणीं | conquered by deer | nirjitaiṇīṃ |
| रमत्कीरवाणीं | delightful parrot-like voice | ramatkīravāṇīṃ |
| नमद्वज्रपाणीम् | bowed by Indra | namadvajrapāṇīm |
| सुधामन्थरास्यां | nectar stirring face | sudhāmantharāsyāṃ |
| मुदा | with joy | mudā |
| चिन्त्यवेणीं | meditated upon braid | cintyaveṇīṃ |
| भजे | I worship | bhaje |
| शारदाम्बाम् | mother Sharada | śāradāmbām |
| अजस्रं | eternal | ajasraṃ |
| मदम्बाम् | my mother | madambām |
| सुशान्ताम् | very calm | suśāntām |
| सुदेहाम् | with a beautiful form | sudehām |
| दृगन्ते | till the end of sight | dṛgante |
| कचान्ताम् | hair extending | kacāntām |
| लसत् | shining | lasat |
| सल्लताङ्गीम् | form like a creeper | sallatāṅgīm |
| अनन्ताम् | endless | anantām |
| अचिन्त्याम् | inconceivable | acintyām |
| स्मताम् | contemplated upon | smatām |
| तापसैः | by the ascetics | tāpasaiḥ |
| सर्गपूर्वस्थिताम् | existed prior to creation | sargapūrvasthitām |
| ताम् | that | tām |
| भजे | I worship | bhaje |
| शारदाम्बाम् | mother Sharada | śāradāmbām |
| अजस्रं | eternal | ajasraṃ |
| मदम्बाम् | my mother | madambām |
| कुरङ्गे | on a deer | kuraṅge |
| तुरङ्गे | on a horse | turaṅge |
| मृगेन्द्रे | on the king of animals | mṛgendre |
| खगेन्द्रे | on the king of birds | khagendre |
| मराले | on a swan | marāle |
| मदेभे | on an intoxicated elephant | madebhe |
| महोक्षे | on a large bull | mahokṣe |
| अधिरूढाम् | mounted upon | adhirūḍhām |
| महत्यां | great | mahatyāṃ |
| नवम्यां | ninth | navamyāṃ |
| सदा | always | sadā |
| सामरूपां | tranquil form | sāmarūpāṃ |
| भजे | I worship | bhaje |
| शारदाम्बाम् | mother Sharada | śāradāmbām |
| अजस्रं | eternal | ajasraṃ |
| मदम्बाम् | my mother | madambām |
| ज्वलत्कान्तिवह्निं | blazing beauty fire | jvalatkāntivahniṃ |
| जगन्मोहनाङ्गीं | enchanting world form | jaganmohanāṅgīṃ |
| भजन्मानसाम्भोजसुभ्रान्तभृङ्गीम् | wandering bee in mind lotus | bhajanmānasāmbhojasubhrāntabhṛṅgīm |
| निजस्तोत्रसङ्गीतनृत्यप्रभाङ्गी | own hymn music dance glory | nijastotrasaṅgītanṛtyaprabhāṅgī |
| भजे | I worship | bhaje |
| शारदाम्बाम् | mother Sharada | śāradāmbām |
| अजस्रं | eternal | ajasraṃ |
| मदम्बाम् | my mother | madambām |
| भवाम्भोजनेत्राज | eyes like unborn lotus | bhavāmbhojanetrāja |
| सम्पूज्यमानां | being worshipped | sampūjyamānāṃ |
| लसन्मन्दहासप्रभावक्त्रचिह्नाम् | marked by gentle smile | lasanmandahāsaprabhāvaktracihnām |
| चलच्चञ्चलाचारुताटङ्ककर्णां | ears adorned with earrings | calaccañcalācārutāṭaṅkakarṇāṃ |
| भजे | I worship | bhaje |
| शारदाम्बाम् | mother Sharada | śāradāmbām |
| अजस्रं | eternal | ajasraṃ |
| मदम्बाम् | my mother | madambām |