Shri Durga Chalisa
Durga
Stotram
Traditional
Sanskrit
Shrinamo:
salutation Durganamo:
salutation Chalisadurge:
O Durga Namosukha:
happiness Namokaranī:
do; very Durgenamo:
salutation Sukhnamo:
salutation Karni.durge:
O Durga Namoduḥkha:
sorrow Namoharanī: Durgeniraṃkāra:
always; hand Duhkhhai:
is Harni.jyoti:
light Nirankartumhārī:
your haitihūṃ:
three (worlds) jyotiloka:
worlds tumhari.phailī:
spread Tihunujiyārī:
brightness lokśaśi:
moon phaililalāṭa:
forehead ujiyari.mukha:
face Shashimahāviśālā:
very vast lalaatnetra:
eyes mukhlāla:
red mahavishala.bhṛkuṭi:
eyebrows Netravikarālā:
fierce laalrūpa:
form bhrikutimātu:
mother vikarala.ko:
to Roopadhika:
more maatusuhāve:
pleasing kodarśa: adhikkarata:
doing suhaave.jana:
people Darashati:
very karatsukha:
happiness janpāve:
attain atituma:
you sukhsaṃsāra:
world paave.paave:
obtains Tumlai:
focused sansarkīnā:
did shaktipālana:
sustaining laihetu:
for keena.anna:
food Palandhana:
wealth hetudīnā:
gave annannapūrṇā:
giver of food dhanhuī:
became deena.jaga:
world Annapurnapālā:
nourished huituma:
you jaghī:
indeed pala.ādi:
primordial Tumsundarī:
beautiful hibālā:
maiden aadipralayakāla:
time of dissolution sundarisaba:
all bala.nāśana:
destroyer Pralayakalhārī:
remover sabtuma:
you nashangaurī:
Parvati haari.śivaśaṃkara:
Shiva; world Tumpyārī:
beloved Gauriśiva:
Shiva Shivshankaryogī:
ascetic pyari.tumhare:
your Shivguṇa:
qualities yogigāveṃ:
sing tumhrebrahmā:
creator god gunviṣṇu:
preserver god gaaven.tumheṃ:
you Brahmanita:
always Vishnudhyāveṃ:
meditate tumheinrūpa:
form nitsarasvatī:
goddess of knowledge dhyaven.ko:
to Rooptuma:
you Saraswatidhārā:
assumed kode:
give tumsubuddhi:
good intellect dhara.ṛṣi:
sage Demunina:
sages; not subuddhiubārā:
saved rishidharayo:
assumed muninrūpa:
form ubara.narasiṃha:
man-lion Dharyoko:
to roopambā:
mother goddess Narsinghparagaṭa:
manifested kobhaī:
became amba.phāḍakara:
fruit (result); hand Pargatkhaṃbā: bhayirakṣā:
protection phaadkarkari:
doing khamba.prahlāda:
Prahlad Rakshabacāyo:
saved karihiraṇyākṣa:
Hiranyaksha Prahladko:
to bachayo.svarga:
heaven Hiranyakshpaṭhāyo:
sent kolakṣmī:
Lakshmi swargrūpa:
form pathayo.dharo:
assume Lakshmijaga:
world roopmāhīṃ:
earth dharośrī:
sacred jagnārāyaṇa:
Vishnu maahin.aṅga:
body Shrisamāhīṃ:
merged Narayankṣīrasindhu:
ocean of milk angmeṃ:
in samaahin.karata:
doing Ksheersindhuvilāsā:
play meindayāsindhu:
ocean of compassion karatdījai:
give vilasa.mana:
mind Dayasindhuāsā:
desire deejaihiṅgalāja:
Hinglaj manman:
mind aasa.tumhīṃ:
you alone Hingalajbhavānī:
goddess meinmahimā:
glory tumhinamita:
infinite Bhavani.na:
not Mahimajāta:
able amitbakhānī:
described namātaṅgī:
Matangi jaataru:
and bakhani.dhūmāvati:
Dhumavati Matangimātā:
mother arubhuvaneśvarī:
Bhuvaneshwari Dhumavatibagalā:
Bagalamukhi mata.sukha:
happiness Bhuvaneshwaridātā:
giver Bagalaśrī:
sacred sukhbhairava:
Bhairava data.tārā:
Tara Shrijaga:
world Bhairavtāriṇī:
savior Tarachinna:
cut jagbhāla:
forehead tarini.bhava:
worldly existence Chhinnduḥkha:
sorrow Bhaalnivāriṇī:
remover bhavkehari:
lion duhkhvāhana:
vehicle nivarini.soha:
shines Keharibhavānī:
goddess vahanlāṅgura:
attendant sohvīra:
brave Bhavani.calata:
moving Languragavānī:
leading veerkara:
hand chalatmeṃ:
in agavani.khappara: Karkar:
do meinvirājai:
shines khapparjāko:
whose khadagdekha:
seeing virajai.kāla:
death Jakoḍara:
fear dekhbhājai:
flees kaalsohai:
shines darastra:
weapon bhajai.aura:
and Sohaitriśūlā:
trident astrajāte:
from which auruṭhata:
arises trishula.śatru:
enemy Jaatehiyā:
heart uthatśūlā:
pain shatrunagarakoṭa: hiymeṃ:
in shula.tumhīṃ:
you alone Nagarkotvirājata:
reside meintihuṃloka:
three worlds tumhinmeṃ:
in virajat.ḍaṅkā:
drum Tihunlokbājata:
resounds meinśumbha:
Shumbha dankaniśumbha:
Nishumbha baajat.dānava:
demon Shumbhtuma:
you Nishumbhmāre:
killed danavraktabīja:
Raktabija tumśaṅkhana:
many maare.saṃhāre:
destroyed Raktbeejmahiṣāsura:
Mahishasura shankhannṛpa:
king sanhare.ati:
very Mahishasurabhimānī:
arrogant nripjehi:
whose atiagha:
sin abhimani.bhāra:
burden Jehimahī:
earth aghakulānī:
distressed bharrūpa:
form mahikarāla:
terrible akulani.kālikā:
Kali Roopdhārā:
assumed karalsena:
army Kalikasahita:
with dhara.tuma:
you Sentihi:
him sahitsaṃhārā:
destroyed tumparī:
fell tihigāḍha:
intense sanhara.saṃtana:
all; not Paripara:
upon gaadhjaba:
when santanjaba:
when parbhaī:
became jabsahāya:
help jab.mātu:
mother Bhayituma:
you sahaytaba:
then maatutaba:
then tumamarapurī:
heaven tabaru:
and tab.bāsava:
Indra Amarpurilokā:
worlds arutaba:
then basavmahimā:
glory loka.saba:
all Tabraheṃ:
remain mahimaaśokā:
free from sorrow sabjvālā:
flame rahenmeṃ:
in ashoka.hai:
is Jwalajyoti:
light meintumhārī:
your haitumheṃ:
you jyotisadā:
always tumhari.pūjeṃ:
worship Tumheinnara-nārī:
man; woman sadaprema:
love poojeinbhakti:
devotion nar-nari. Premse:
with bhaktijo:
who seyaśa:
glory joJo:
who yashduḥkha:
sorrow gaavein.dāridra:
poverty Duhkhnikaṭa:
near daridranahiṃ:
not nikatāveṃ:
come nahindhyāve:
meditate aavein.tumheṃ:
you Dhyavedhyave:
meditates tumheinnara:
man joJo:
who narlāī:
focused manman:
mind laayi.tāko:
of; to Janma-maran taakauchuṭi:
freed chhutijāī:
goes jaayi.jogī:
yogi Jogisura:
gods surmuni:
sages munikahata:
say kahatpukārī:
call pukari.yoga:
union Yogna:
not naho:
happens hobina:
without binśakti:
power shaktitumhārī:
your tumhari.śaṃkara:
of; hand Shankarācāraja: Acharajtapa: tapkīno: keeno.kāma:
of; in Kaamaru:
and arukrodha: krodhjīti: jeetisaba:
all sablīno: leeno.niśidina: Nishidindhyāna: dhyandharo:
assume dharośaṃkara:
of; hand Shankarko:
to ko.kāhu:
of; indeed Kahukāla:
death kaalnahiṃ:
not nahinsumiro: sumirotumako:
you; to tumko.śakti:
power Shaktirūpa:
form roopkā:
of kaka:
of maramna:
not napāyo: payo.śakti:
power Shaktigaī: gayitaba:
then tabmana:
mind manman:
mind pachhtayo.śaraṇāgata: Sharanagathuī:
became huyikīrti: kirtibakhānī:
described bakhani.jaya:
Victory JaiJai:
Victory JaiJai:
Victory JaiJai:
Victory Jagadambbhavānī:
goddess Bhavani.bhaī:
became Bhayiprasanna: prasannādi:
primordial aadijagadambā:
world; mother goddess Jagadamba.daī: Dayiśakti:
power shaktinahiṃ:
not nahinkīna:
did keenvilambā: vilamba.moko:
in; to Mokomātu:
mother maatukaṣṭa: kashtati:
very atighero: ghero.tuma:
you Tumbina:
without binkauna:
of; not kaunharai: haraiduḥkha:
sorrow duhkhmero:
in; who mero.āśā:
desire Aashatṛṣṇā: trishnanipaṭa: nipatsatāveṃ: sataven.ripū: Ripumurakha: murakhmauhī:
mind; indeed mohiḍarapāve:
fear; attain darpave.śatru:
enemy Shatrunāśa:
not; of naashkījai:
of; goes keejaimahārānī: Maharani.sumirauṃ: Sumiraunekacita: ikchittumheṃ:
you tumheinbhavānī:
goddess Bhavani.karo:
of; who Karokṛpā: kripahe: heymātu:
mother maatudayālā: dayala.ṛddhi-siddhi: Riddhi-Siddhi daidai: karahukarahu:
of; remain nihala.nihālā: Jabjaba:
when lagilagi: jiyunjīūṃ: dayadayā: phalphal:
fruit (result) paoon.pāūṃ: Tumhrotumharo: yashyaśa:
glory mainmaiṃ: sadasadā:
always sunaoon.sunāūṃ: Durgadurgā:
goddess Durga Chalisacālīsā:
forty-verse hymn joJo:
who koikoī: gaavai.gāvai: Sabsaba:
all sukhsukha:
happiness bhogbhoga: parampadparamapada: paavai.pāvai: Devidasdevīdāsa:
give; play sharanśaraṇa:
fear; not nijnija: jaani.jānī: Karahukarahu:
of; remain kripakṛpā: Jagadambjagadamba:
world; mother goddess Bhavani.bhavānī:
goddess || Itiiti: Shriśrī:
sacred Durgadurgā:
goddess Durga Chalisacālīsā:
forty-verse hymn Sampurnasampūrṇa: ||
salutation Durganamo:
salutation Chalisadurge:
O Durga Namosukha:
happiness Namokaranī:
do; very Durgenamo:
salutation Sukhnamo:
salutation Karni.durge:
O Durga Namoduḥkha:
sorrow Namoharanī: Durgeniraṃkāra:
always; hand Duhkhhai:
is Harni.jyoti:
light Nirankartumhārī:
your haitihūṃ:
three (worlds) jyotiloka:
worlds tumhari.phailī:
spread Tihunujiyārī:
brightness lokśaśi:
moon phaililalāṭa:
forehead ujiyari.mukha:
face Shashimahāviśālā:
very vast lalaatnetra:
eyes mukhlāla:
red mahavishala.bhṛkuṭi:
eyebrows Netravikarālā:
fierce laalrūpa:
form bhrikutimātu:
mother vikarala.ko:
to Roopadhika:
more maatusuhāve:
pleasing kodarśa: adhikkarata:
doing suhaave.jana:
people Darashati:
very karatsukha:
happiness janpāve:
attain atituma:
you sukhsaṃsāra:
world paave.paave:
obtains Tumlai:
focused sansarkīnā:
did shaktipālana:
sustaining laihetu:
for keena.anna:
food Palandhana:
wealth hetudīnā:
gave annannapūrṇā:
giver of food dhanhuī:
became deena.jaga:
world Annapurnapālā:
nourished huituma:
you jaghī:
indeed pala.ādi:
primordial Tumsundarī:
beautiful hibālā:
maiden aadipralayakāla:
time of dissolution sundarisaba:
all bala.nāśana:
destroyer Pralayakalhārī:
remover sabtuma:
you nashangaurī:
Parvati haari.śivaśaṃkara:
Shiva; world Tumpyārī:
beloved Gauriśiva:
Shiva Shivshankaryogī:
ascetic pyari.tumhare:
your Shivguṇa:
qualities yogigāveṃ:
sing tumhrebrahmā:
creator god gunviṣṇu:
preserver god gaaven.tumheṃ:
you Brahmanita:
always Vishnudhyāveṃ:
meditate tumheinrūpa:
form nitsarasvatī:
goddess of knowledge dhyaven.ko:
to Rooptuma:
you Saraswatidhārā:
assumed kode:
give tumsubuddhi:
good intellect dhara.ṛṣi:
sage Demunina:
sages; not subuddhiubārā:
saved rishidharayo:
assumed muninrūpa:
form ubara.narasiṃha:
man-lion Dharyoko:
to roopambā:
mother goddess Narsinghparagaṭa:
manifested kobhaī:
became amba.phāḍakara:
fruit (result); hand Pargatkhaṃbā: bhayirakṣā:
protection phaadkarkari:
doing khamba.prahlāda:
Prahlad Rakshabacāyo:
saved karihiraṇyākṣa:
Hiranyaksha Prahladko:
to bachayo.svarga:
heaven Hiranyakshpaṭhāyo:
sent kolakṣmī:
Lakshmi swargrūpa:
form pathayo.dharo:
assume Lakshmijaga:
world roopmāhīṃ:
earth dharośrī:
sacred jagnārāyaṇa:
Vishnu maahin.aṅga:
body Shrisamāhīṃ:
merged Narayankṣīrasindhu:
ocean of milk angmeṃ:
in samaahin.karata:
doing Ksheersindhuvilāsā:
play meindayāsindhu:
ocean of compassion karatdījai:
give vilasa.mana:
mind Dayasindhuāsā:
desire deejaihiṅgalāja:
Hinglaj manman:
mind aasa.tumhīṃ:
you alone Hingalajbhavānī:
goddess meinmahimā:
glory tumhinamita:
infinite Bhavani.na:
not Mahimajāta:
able amitbakhānī:
described namātaṅgī:
Matangi jaataru:
and bakhani.dhūmāvati:
Dhumavati Matangimātā:
mother arubhuvaneśvarī:
Bhuvaneshwari Dhumavatibagalā:
Bagalamukhi mata.sukha:
happiness Bhuvaneshwaridātā:
giver Bagalaśrī:
sacred sukhbhairava:
Bhairava data.tārā:
Tara Shrijaga:
world Bhairavtāriṇī:
savior Tarachinna:
cut jagbhāla:
forehead tarini.bhava:
worldly existence Chhinnduḥkha:
sorrow Bhaalnivāriṇī:
remover bhavkehari:
lion duhkhvāhana:
vehicle nivarini.soha:
shines Keharibhavānī:
goddess vahanlāṅgura:
attendant sohvīra:
brave Bhavani.calata:
moving Languragavānī:
leading veerkara:
hand chalatmeṃ:
in agavani.khappara: Karkar:
do meinvirājai:
shines khapparjāko:
whose khadagdekha:
seeing virajai.kāla:
death Jakoḍara:
fear dekhbhājai:
flees kaalsohai:
shines darastra:
weapon bhajai.aura:
and Sohaitriśūlā:
trident astrajāte:
from which auruṭhata:
arises trishula.śatru:
enemy Jaatehiyā:
heart uthatśūlā:
pain shatrunagarakoṭa: hiymeṃ:
in shula.tumhīṃ:
you alone Nagarkotvirājata:
reside meintihuṃloka:
three worlds tumhinmeṃ:
in virajat.ḍaṅkā:
drum Tihunlokbājata:
resounds meinśumbha:
Shumbha dankaniśumbha:
Nishumbha baajat.dānava:
demon Shumbhtuma:
you Nishumbhmāre:
killed danavraktabīja:
Raktabija tumśaṅkhana:
many maare.saṃhāre:
destroyed Raktbeejmahiṣāsura:
Mahishasura shankhannṛpa:
king sanhare.ati:
very Mahishasurabhimānī:
arrogant nripjehi:
whose atiagha:
sin abhimani.bhāra:
burden Jehimahī:
earth aghakulānī:
distressed bharrūpa:
form mahikarāla:
terrible akulani.kālikā:
Kali Roopdhārā:
assumed karalsena:
army Kalikasahita:
with dhara.tuma:
you Sentihi:
him sahitsaṃhārā:
destroyed tumparī:
fell tihigāḍha:
intense sanhara.saṃtana:
all; not Paripara:
upon gaadhjaba:
when santanjaba:
when parbhaī:
became jabsahāya:
help jab.mātu:
mother Bhayituma:
you sahaytaba:
then maatutaba:
then tumamarapurī:
heaven tabaru:
and tab.bāsava:
Indra Amarpurilokā:
worlds arutaba:
then basavmahimā:
glory loka.saba:
all Tabraheṃ:
remain mahimaaśokā:
free from sorrow sabjvālā:
flame rahenmeṃ:
in ashoka.hai:
is Jwalajyoti:
light meintumhārī:
your haitumheṃ:
you jyotisadā:
always tumhari.pūjeṃ:
worship Tumheinnara-nārī:
man; woman sadaprema:
love poojeinbhakti:
devotion nar-nari. Premse:
with bhaktijo:
who seyaśa:
glory joJo:
who yashduḥkha:
sorrow gaavein.dāridra:
poverty Duhkhnikaṭa:
near daridranahiṃ:
not nikatāveṃ:
come nahindhyāve:
meditate aavein.tumheṃ:
you Dhyavedhyave:
meditates tumheinnara:
man joJo:
who narlāī:
focused manman:
mind laayi.tāko:
of; to Janma-maran taakauchuṭi:
freed chhutijāī:
goes jaayi.jogī:
yogi Jogisura:
gods surmuni:
sages munikahata:
say kahatpukārī:
call pukari.yoga:
union Yogna:
not naho:
happens hobina:
without binśakti:
power shaktitumhārī:
your tumhari.śaṃkara:
of; hand Shankarācāraja: Acharajtapa: tapkīno: keeno.kāma:
of; in Kaamaru:
and arukrodha: krodhjīti: jeetisaba:
all sablīno: leeno.niśidina: Nishidindhyāna: dhyandharo:
assume dharośaṃkara:
of; hand Shankarko:
to ko.kāhu:
of; indeed Kahukāla:
death kaalnahiṃ:
not nahinsumiro: sumirotumako:
you; to tumko.śakti:
power Shaktirūpa:
form roopkā:
of kaka:
of maramna:
not napāyo: payo.śakti:
power Shaktigaī: gayitaba:
then tabmana:
mind manman:
mind pachhtayo.śaraṇāgata: Sharanagathuī:
became huyikīrti: kirtibakhānī:
described bakhani.jaya:
Victory JaiJai:
Victory JaiJai:
Victory JaiJai:
Victory Jagadambbhavānī:
goddess Bhavani.bhaī:
became Bhayiprasanna: prasannādi:
primordial aadijagadambā:
world; mother goddess Jagadamba.daī: Dayiśakti:
power shaktinahiṃ:
not nahinkīna:
did keenvilambā: vilamba.moko:
in; to Mokomātu:
mother maatukaṣṭa: kashtati:
very atighero: ghero.tuma:
you Tumbina:
without binkauna:
of; not kaunharai: haraiduḥkha:
sorrow duhkhmero:
in; who mero.āśā:
desire Aashatṛṣṇā: trishnanipaṭa: nipatsatāveṃ: sataven.ripū: Ripumurakha: murakhmauhī:
mind; indeed mohiḍarapāve:
fear; attain darpave.śatru:
enemy Shatrunāśa:
not; of naashkījai:
of; goes keejaimahārānī: Maharani.sumirauṃ: Sumiraunekacita: ikchittumheṃ:
you tumheinbhavānī:
goddess Bhavani.karo:
of; who Karokṛpā: kripahe: heymātu:
mother maatudayālā: dayala.ṛddhi-siddhi: Riddhi-Siddhi daidai: karahukarahu:
of; remain nihala.nihālā: Jabjaba:
when lagilagi: jiyunjīūṃ: dayadayā: phalphal:
fruit (result) paoon.pāūṃ: Tumhrotumharo: yashyaśa:
glory mainmaiṃ: sadasadā:
always sunaoon.sunāūṃ: Durgadurgā:
goddess Durga Chalisacālīsā:
forty-verse hymn joJo:
who koikoī: gaavai.gāvai: Sabsaba:
all sukhsukha:
happiness bhogbhoga: parampadparamapada: paavai.pāvai: Devidasdevīdāsa:
give; play sharanśaraṇa:
fear; not nijnija: jaani.jānī: Karahukarahu:
of; remain kripakṛpā: Jagadambjagadamba:
world; mother goddess Bhavani.bhavānī:
goddess || Itiiti: Shriśrī:
sacred Durgadurgā:
goddess Durga Chalisacālīsā:
forty-verse hymn Sampurnasampūrṇa: ||
Shri Durga Chalisa
Salutations to you, O Mother Durga, the bestower of all happiness.
Salutations to you, O Mother Durga, the remover of all sorrows.
Your divine light is formless and supreme.
Its radiance spreads throughout the three worlds (heaven, earth, and the netherworld).
Your forehead shines like the moon, and your face is majestic.
Your eyes are red, and your brow is fearsome to behold.
O Mother, your form is exceedingly beautiful.
The sight of you brings immense joy to your devotees.
You created the entire universe with your divine power.
For its sustenance, you provide food and wealth.
As Goddess Annapurna, you nourish the whole world.
You are also the primordial, beautiful maiden.
At the time of universal dissolution, you are the one who destroys all.
You are Gauri, the beloved consort of Lord Shiva.
Lord Shiva and all the yogis sing your praises.
Brahma, Vishnu, and all the gods meditate on you constantly.
You also took the form of Goddess Saraswati,
To grant divine wisdom to the sages and save them.
You took the form of Narsimha, O Mother,
And burst forth by tearing open the pillar.
You protected your devotee Prahlad,
And sent the demon Hiranyakashipu to his end.
You take the form of Goddess Lakshmi in the world,
And reside beside Lord Narayana (Vishnu).
You dwell in the Ocean of Milk,
O Ocean of Mercy, please fulfill my heart's desires.
In Hinglaj, you are known as Bhavani.
Your glory is limitless and cannot be described.
You are Matangi and Dhumavati Mata.
You are Bhuvaneshwari and Bagala, the givers of joy.
You are Shri Bhairavi and Tara, who saves the world.
As Chhinnamasta, you remove the sorrows of existence.
Your mount, the lion, is resplendent, O Bhavani.
The brave Langur (Hanuman) walks ahead as your guard.
In your hands, you hold a skull-cup and a sword.
Seeing this form, even the God of Death flees in fear.
You are adorned with weapons and a trident.
The sight of which pierces the enemy's heart with fear.
You reside in Nagarkot (a famous Shakti Peeth).
Your triumph resounds through the three worlds.
You slayed the demons Shumbha and Nishumbha.
And you destroyed the thousands of Raktbeej demons.
The demon-king Mahishasur was filled with immense pride,
The Earth trembled under the weight of his sins.
You then assumed the terrifying form of Kalika,
And along with your army, you annihilated him.
Whenever your saints and devotees fell into great trouble,
You always came to their aid, O Mother.
In the celestial city of the gods and the realm of Indra,
All live without sorrow because of your glory.
Your eternal flame shines brightly in Jwala Ji.
Men and women forever worship you there.
Those who sing your praises with love and devotion,
Sorrow and poverty do not come near them.
The one who meditates on you with a focused mind,
Is liberated from the cycle of birth and death.
All yogis, gods, and sages proclaim,
That spiritual union (Yoga) is impossible without your power.
The great sage Shankaracharya performed severe penance,
He had conquered all desire and anger.
Day and night, he meditated on Lord Shiva,
But he never remembered you, not even for a moment.
He failed to understand the mystery of your divine power (Shakti).
When his own power left him, his soul was filled with regret.
He took refuge in you and sang your praises,
"Victory, Victory, Victory to you, O Jagadambika, O Bhavani!"
Then the Primal Mother of the Universe became pleased,
And without delay, she restored his power.
O Mother, I am surrounded by immense troubles.
Who but you can remove my sorrow?
Hopes and desires constantly torment me.
My foolish enemies try to frighten me.
Destroy my enemies, O great Queen.
I remember you with a one-pointed mind, O Bhavani.
Bestow your grace, O merciful Mother.
Bless me with wealth, prosperity, and success and make me blissful.
As long as I live, may I receive the fruit of your compassion.
And may I always sing of your glory.
Whoever sings this Durga Chalisa,
Will enjoy all worldly pleasures and attain the supreme, eternal abode.
Says Devidas, knowing I am in your refuge,
Please bestow your grace upon me, O Mother of the Universe, Bhavani.
|| Thus concludes the sacred Shri Durga Chalisa ||
namo namo durge sukha karanī
namo namo durge duḥkha haranī
niraṃkāra hai jyoti tumhārī
tihūṃ loka phailī ujiyārī
śaśi lalāṭa mukha mahāviśālā
netra lāla bhṛkuṭi vikarālā
rūpa mātu ko adhika suhāve
darśa karata jana ati sukha pāve
tuma saṃsāra śakti lai kīnā
pālana hetu anna dhana dīnā
annapūrṇā huī jaga pālā
tuma hī ādi sundarī bālā
pralayakāla saba nāśana hārī
tuma gaurī śivaśaṃkara pyārī
śiva yogī tumhare guṇa gāveṃ
brahmā viṣṇu tumheṃ nita dhyāveṃ
rūpa sarasvatī ko tuma dhārā
de subuddhi ṛṣi munina ubārā
dharayo rūpa narasiṃha ko ambā
paragaṭa bhaī phāḍakara khaṃbā
rakṣā kari prahlāda bacāyo
hiraṇyākṣa ko svarga paṭhāyo
lakṣmī rūpa dharo jaga māhīṃ
śrī nārāyaṇa aṅga samāhīṃ
kṣīrasindhu meṃ karata vilāsā
dayāsindhu dījai mana āsā
hiṅgalāja meṃ tumhīṃ bhavānī
mahimā amita na jāta bakhānī
mātaṅgī aru dhūmāvati mātā
bhuvaneśvarī bagalā sukha dātā
śrī bhairava tārā jaga tāriṇī
chinna bhāla bhava duḥkha nivāriṇī
kehari vāhana soha bhavānī
lāṅgura vīra calata agavānī
kara meṃ khappara khaḍga virājai
jāko dekha kāla ḍara bhājai
sohai astra aura triśūlā
jāte uṭhata śatru hiyā śūlā
nagarakoṭa meṃ tumhīṃ virājata
tihuṃloka meṃ ḍaṅkā bājata
śumbha niśumbha dānava tuma māre
raktabīja śaṅkhana saṃhāre
mahiṣāsura nṛpa ati abhimānī
jehi agha bhāra mahī akulānī
rūpa karāla kālikā dhārā
sena sahita tuma tihi saṃhārā
parī gāḍha saṃtana para jaba jaba
bhaī sahāya mātu tuma taba taba
amarapurī aru bāsava lokā
taba mahimā saba raheṃ aśokā
jvālā meṃ hai jyoti tumhārī
tumheṃ sadā pūjeṃ nara-nārī
prema bhakti se jo yaśa gāveṃ
duḥkha dāridra nikaṭa nahiṃ āveṃ
dhyāve tumheṃ jo nara mana lāī
janma-maraṇa tāko chuṭi jāī
jogī sura muni kahata pukārī
yoga na ho bina śakti tumhārī
śaṃkara ācāraja tapa kīno
kāma aru krodha jīti saba līno
niśidina dhyāna dharo śaṃkara ko
kāhu kāla nahiṃ sumiro tumako
śakti rūpa kā marama na pāyo
śakti gaī taba mana pachitāyo
śaraṇāgata huī kīrti bakhānī
jaya jaya jaya jagadamba bhavānī
bhaī prasanna ādi jagadambā
daī śakti nahiṃ kīna vilambā
moko mātu kaṣṭa ati ghero
tuma bina kauna harai duḥkha mero
āśā tṛṣṇā nipaṭa satāveṃ
ripū murakha mauhī ḍarapāve
śatru nāśa kījai mahārānī
sumirauṃ ekacita tumheṃ bhavānī
karo kṛpā he mātu dayālā
ṛddhi-siddhi dai karahu nihālā
jaba lagi jīūṃ dayā phala pāūṃ
tumharo yaśa maiṃ sadā sunāūṃ
durgā cālīsā jo koī gāvai
saba sukha bhoga paramapada pāvai
devīdāsa śaraṇa nija jānī
karahu kṛpā jagadamba bhavānī
॥ iti śrī durgā cālīsā sampūrṇa ॥
Translations
| Sanskrit | English | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| श्री | auspicious | śrī |
| दुर्गा | goddess Durga | durgā |
| चालीसा | forty-verse hymn | cālīsā |
| नमो | salutation | namo |
| दुर्गे | O Durga | durge |
| सुख | happiness | sukha |
| करनी | giver/doer | karnī |
| दुःख | sorrow | duḥkha |
| हरनी | remover | harnī |
| निरंकार | formless | nirankāra |
| है | is | hai |
| ज्योति | light | jyoti |
| तुम्हारी | your | tumhārī |
| तिहूं | three (worlds) | tihūṃ |
| लोक | worlds | loka |
| फैली | spread | phailī |
| उजियारी | brightness | ujiyārī |
| शशि | moon | śaśi |
| ललाट | forehead | lalāṭa |
| मुख | face | mukha |
| महाविशाला | very vast | mahāviśālā |
| नेत्र | eyes | netra |
| लाल | red | lāla |
| भृकुटि | eyebrows | bhṛkuṭi |
| विकराला | fierce | vikarālā |
| रूप | form | rūpa |
| मातु | mother | mātu |
| को | to | ko |
| अधिक | more | adhika |
| सुहावे | pleasing | suhāve |
| दरश | sight | daraśa |
| करत | doing | karata |
| जन | people | jana |
| अति | very | ati |
| पावे | attain | pāve |
| तुम | you | tuma |
| संसार | world | saṃsāra |
| शक्ति | power | śakti |
| लै | taking | lai |
| कीना | did | kīnā |
| पालन | sustaining | pālana |
| हेतु | for | hetu |
| अन्न | food | anna |
| धन | wealth | dhana |
| दीना | gave | dīnā |
| अन्नपूर्णा | giver of food | annapūrṇā |
| हुई | became | huī |
| जग | world | jaga |
| पाला | nourished | pālā |
| ही | indeed | hī |
| आदि | primordial | ādi |
| सुन्दरी | beautiful | sundarī |
| बाला | maiden | bālā |
| प्रलयकाल | time of dissolution | pralayakāla |
| सब | all | saba |
| नाशन | destroyer | nāśana |
| हारी | remover | hārī |
| गौरी | Parvati | gaurī |
| शिवशंकर | Shiva | śivaśaṅkara |
| प्यारी | beloved | pyārī |
| शिव | Shiva | śiva |
| योगी | ascetic | yogī |
| तुम्हरे | your | tumhare |
| गुण | qualities | guṇa |
| गावें | sing | gāveṃ |
| ब्रह्मा | creator god | brahmā |
| विष्णु | preserver god | viṣṇu |
| तुम्हें | you | tumheṃ |
| नित | always | nita |
| ध्यावें | meditate | dhyāveṃ |
| सरस्वती | goddess of knowledge | sarasvatī |
| धारा | assumed | dhārā |
| दे | give | de |
| सुबुद्धि | good intellect | subuddhi |
| ऋषि | sage | ṛṣi |
| मुनिन | sages | munin |
| उबारा | saved | ubārā |
| धरयो | assumed | dharayo |
| नरसिंह | man-lion | narasiṃha |
| अम्बा | mother goddess | ambā |
| परगट | manifested | paragaṭa |
| भई | became | bhaī |
| फाड़कर | tearing | phāḍakar |
| खम्बा | pillar | khambā |
| रक्षा | protection | rakṣā |
| करि | doing | kari |
| प्रह्लाद | Prahlad | prahlāda |
| बचायो | saved | bacāyo |
| हिरण्याक्ष | Hiranyaksha | hiraṇyākṣa |
| स्वर्ग | heaven | svarga |
| पठायो | sent | paṭhāyo |
| लक्ष्मी | Lakshmi | lakṣmī |
| धरो | assume | dharo |
| जग | world | jaga |
| माहीं | in | māhīṃ |
| श्री | auspicious | śrī |
| नारायण | Vishnu | nārāyaṇa |
| अंग | body | aṅga |
| समाहीं | merged | samāhīṃ |
| क्षीरसिन्धु | ocean of milk | kṣīrasindhu |
| में | in | meṃ |
| करत | doing | karata |
| विलासा | play | vilāsā |
| दयासिन्धु | ocean of compassion | dayāsindhu |
| दीजै | give | dījai |
| मन | mind | mana |
| आसा | desire | āsā |
| हिंगलाज | Hinglaj | hiṅgalāja |
| में | in | meṃ |
| तुम्हीं | you alone | tumhīṃ |
| भवानी | goddess | bhavānī |
| महिमा | greatness | mahimā |
| अमित | infinite | amita |
| न | not | na |
| जात | able | jāta |
| बखानी | described | bakhānī |
| मातंगी | Matangi | mātaṅgī |
| अरु | and | aru |
| धूमावति | Dhumavati | dhūmāvatī |
| माता | mother | mātā |
| भुवनेश्वरी | Bhuvaneshwari | bhuvaneśvarī |
| बगला | Bagalamukhi | bagalā |
| सुख | happiness | sukha |
| दाता | giver | dātā |
| श्री | sacred | śrī |
| भैरव | Bhairava | bhairava |
| तारा | Tara | tārā |
| जग | world | jaga |
| तारिणी | savior | tāriṇī |
| छिन्न | cut | chinna |
| भाल | forehead | bhāla |
| भव | worldly existence | bhava |
| दुःख | sorrow | duḥkha |
| निवारिणी | remover | nivāriṇī |
| केहरि | lion | kehari |
| वाहन | vehicle | vāhana |
| सोह | shines | soha |
| भवानी | goddess | bhavānī |
| लांगुर | attendant | lāṅgura |
| वीर | brave | vīra |
| चलत | moving | calata |
| अगवानी | leading | agavānī |
| कर | hand | kara |
| में | in | meṃ |
| खप्पर | skull-bowl | khappar |
| खड्ग | sword | khaḍga |
| विराजै | shines | virājai |
| जाको | whose | jāko |
| देख | seeing | dekha |
| काल | death | kāla |
| डर | fear | ḍara |
| भाजै | flees | bhājai |
| सोहै | shines | sohai |
| अस्त्र | weapon | astra |
| और | and | aura |
| त्रिशूला | trident | triśūlā |
| जाते | from which | jāte |
| उठत | arises | uṭhata |
| शत्रु | enemy | śatru |
| हिय | heart | hiya |
| शूला | pain | śūlā |
| नगरकोट | Kangra | nagarkoṭa |
| में | in | meṃ |
| तुम्हीं | you alone | tumhīṃ |
| विराजत | reside | virājata |
| तिहुंलोक | three worlds | tihuloka |
| में | in | meṃ |
| डंका | drum | ḍaṅkā |
| बाजत | resounds | bājata |
| शुंभ | Shumbha | śumbha |
| निशुंभ | Nishumbha | niśumbha |
| दानव | demon | dānava |
| तुम | you | tuma |
| मारे | killed | māre |
| रक्तबीज | Raktabija | raktabīja |
| शंखन | many | śaṅkhana |
| संहारे | destroyed | saṃhāre |
| महिषासुर | Mahishasura | mahiṣāsura |
| नृप | king | nṛpa |
| अति | very | ati |
| अभिमानी | arrogant | abhimānī |
| जेहि | whose | jehi |
| अघ | sin | agha |
| भार | burden | bhāra |
| मही | earth | mahī |
| अकुलानी | distressed | akulānī |
| रूप | form | rūpa |
| कराल | terrible | karāla |
| कालिका | Kali | kālikā |
| धारा | assumed | dhārā |
| सेन | army | sena |
| सहित | with | sahita |
| तुम | you | tuma |
| तिहि | him | tihi |
| संहारा | destroyed | saṃhārā |
| परी | fell | parī |
| गाढ़ | intense | gāḍha |
| संतन | saints | santana |
| पर | upon | para |
| जब | when | jaba |
| भई | became | bhaī |
| सहाय | help | sahāya |
| मातु | mother | mātu |
| तुम | you | tuma |
| तब | then | taba |
| अमरपुरी | heaven | amarapurī |
| अरु | and | aru |
| बासव | Indra | bāsava |
| लोका | worlds | lokā |
| तब | then | taba |
| महिमा | glory | mahimā |
| सब | all | saba |
| रहें | remain | raheṃ |
| अशोका | free from sorrow | aśokā |
| ज्वाला | flame | jvālā |
| में | in | meṃ |
| है | is | hai |
| ज्योति | light | jyoti |
| तुम्हारी | your | tumhārī |
| तुम्हें | you | tumheṃ |
| सदा | always | sadā |
| पूजें | worship | pūjeṃ |
| नर | man | nara |
| नारी | woman | nārī |
| प्रेम | love | prema |
| भक्ति | devotion | bhakti |
| से | with | se |
| जो | who | jo |
| यश | glory | yaśa |
| गावें | sing | gāveṃ |
| दुःख | sorrow | duḥkha |
| दारिद्र | poverty | dāridra |
| निकट | near | nikaṭa |
| नहिं | not | nahiṃ |
| आवें | come | āveṃ |
| ध्यावे | meditate | dhyāve |
| तुम्हें | you | tumheṃ |
| जो | who | jo |
| नर | man | nara |
| मन | mind | mana |
| लाई | focused | lāī |
| जन्म | birth | janma |
| मरण | death | maraṇa |
| ताकौ | his | tākau |
| छुटि | freed | chuṭi |
| जाई | goes | jāī |
| जोगी | yogi | jogī |
| सुर | gods | sura |
| मुनि | sages | muni |
| कहत | say | kahata |
| पुकारी | call | pukārī |
| योग | union | yoga |
| न | not | na |
| हो | happens | ho |
| बिन | without | bina |
| शक्ति | power | śakti |
| तुम्हारी | your | tumhārī |