Sharada Stotram

Sharada Stotram Adi Shankara Sanskrit
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namaste śārade devi kāśmirapuravāsini । tvāmaham prārthaye nityam vidyādānam ca dehi meme:
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yā śraddhā dhāraņā medhā vāgdevi vidhivallabhā | bhaktajihvāgrasadana samadigunadayini namāmi yāminī nāthalekhālaṅkṛtakuntalām. bhavānī bhavasantāpanirvāpaṇasudhānadīm bhadrakālyai namo nityam sarasvatyai namo namah | veda vedānga vedānta vidyāsthānebhya eva ca brahmasvarūpā paramā jyotirūpā sanātani | sarvavidyādhidevi yā tasyai vānyai namo namah yayā vinā jagatsarvaṁ Śaśvajjivanmſtam bhavet। jñānādhidevi yā tasyai sarasvatyai namo namah yayā vinā jagatsarvam mūkamunmattavatsadā । yā devi vāgadhisthātri tasyai vāṇyai namo namah
Obeisance to Thee, O effulgent Sarada, worshipped in the City of Kashmir, I always beseech Thee to vouchsafe to me Pure Knowledge. You are faith, memory, intelligence, the divinity of speech, the spouse of creator, Brahma. You grace the devotees speech, you are the bestower of inner peace, and all other excellences. I bow down to Bhavani who is decorated with ear ornament studded with the flash of lightning, who is a river of nectar that cures the torments of worldly life. Constant salutations to Thee, O Mother Beneficent! You are the stay of Veda and the auxillary branches of the Veda, of the Vedanta and all other forms of learning. Salutations to you, O Goddess of Learning O Mother, You are the personification of Brahman. You are the supreme spirit, the light divine, the eternal being. You are the presiding deity in all branches of learning. Salutations to you, O Goddess of Learning. But for you the whole world would appear lifeless. You are the presiding deity of knowledge. Salutations to you, O Goddess of Learning. But for you the whole world would appear dumb and demented. You are the presiding deity of speech. Salutations to you, O Goddess of Speech.
Translations
Sanskrit English Transliteration
नमस्ते obeisance to you namaste
शारदे O Sarada śārade
देवि O goddess devi
काश्मीरपुरवासिनि dwelling in Kashmir city kāśmīrapuravāsini
त्वाम् you tvām
अहम् I aham
प्रार्थये beseech prārthaye
नित्यम् always nityam
विद्यादानम् gift of knowledge vidyādānam
and ca
देहि give dehi
मे to me me
या who
श्रद्धा faith śraddhā
धारणा memory dhāraṇā
मेधा intelligence medhā
वाग्देवी divinity of speech vāgdevī
विधिवल्लभा spouse of creator vidhivallabhā
भक्तजिह्वाग्रसदना grace the devotees speech bhaktajihvāgrasadanā
शमादिगुणदायिनी bestower of inner peace śamādiguṇadāyinī
नमामि I bow down namāmi
यामिनी night yāminī
नाथलेखालङ्कृतकुन्तलाम् adorned with moonlight nāthalekhālaṅkṛtakuntalām
भवानी Bhavani bhavānī
भवसन्तापनिर्वापणसुधानदीम् nectar river curing worldly torments bhavasantāpanirvāpaṇasudhānadīm
भद्रकाल्यै to Bhadrakali bhadrakālyai
नमः salutations namaḥ
नित्यम् always nityam
सरस्वत्यै to Sarasvati sarasvatyai
नमः salutations namaḥ
नमः salutations namaḥ
वेदवेदाङ्गवेदान्तविद्यास्थानेभ्यः to the abodes of Veda, Vedanga, Vedanta, and knowledge vedavedāṅgavedāntavidyāsthānebhyaḥ
एव indeed eva
and ca
ब्रह्मस्वरूपा personification of Brahman brahmasvarūpā
परमा supreme paramā
ज्योति रूपा light divine jyotirūpā
सनातनी eternal sanātanī
सर्वविद्याधिदेवी presiding deity of all learning sarvavidyādhidevī
या who
तस्यै to her tasyai
वाण्यै to Vani vāṇyai
नमः salutations namaḥ
नमः salutations namaḥ
यया by whom yayā
विना without vinā
जगत् world jagat
सर्वम् all sarvam
शश्वत् eternal śaśvat
जीवन्मृतम् living dead jīvanmṛtam
भवेत् would be bhavet
ज्ञानाधिदेवी presiding deity of knowledge jñānādhidevī
या who
तस्यै to her tasyai
सरस्वत्यै to Sarasvati sarasvatyai
नमः salutations namaḥ
नमः salutations namaḥ
यया by whom yayā
विना without vinā
जगत् world jagat
सर्वं all sarvaṃ
मृकम् dumb mṛkam
उन्मत्तवत् like demented unmattavat
सदा always sadā
या who
देवी goddess devī
वागधिष्ठात्री presiding deity of speech vāgadhiṣṭhātrī
तस्यै to her tasyai
वाण्यै to Vāṇī vāṇyai
नमः salutations namaḥ
नमः salutations namaḥ