Kamala Stotram
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
( This prayer
addressed to Kamala (goddess Lakshmi)
has been taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess
Parvathi. Lord Shiva concludes the prayer
that using it there is nothing
that is impossible to achieve it. The Sanskrit
original with Hindi meaning is
available at
Sri Parameshwara Uvacha
Lord Shiva tells:-
1.Omkara roopini
devi Vishudha sathva roopini ,
Devanaam Janani ,
thwam hi prasanna Bhava ,sundari.
Oh pretty goddess
who has the form of “Om” .
Who has the very
pure form being
,
And who is the mother of devas , please become pleased
with me.
2.THanmathram
chaiva bhoothani thava vaksha sthalam smrutham,
Thwameva Veda
gamya thu, prasanna bhava , Sundari.
Oh pretty Goddess
the subtle elements only remind me of
your chest,
And you can be
only approached through Vedas, please
become pleased with me.
3.Deva Dhanava Gandharva , Yaksha Rakshasa
Kinnara ,
Sthooyase thwam
sadaa Lakshmi , prasanna
bhava , Sundari
Oh pretty one, Always
Devas , Asuras , Gandharwas , Yakshas
, Rakshasas and Kinnaras,
Keep praying you
, Oh Goddess Lakshmi , please become pleased with me.
4.Lokaatheethaa
daivathatheethaa samastha
bhootha veshtithaa,
Vidwat jana
keerthithaa cha , Prasanna
bhava , Sundari.
Oh pretty one ,
you are beyond te worlds, beyond Gods and
covered with all beings,
You are being
sung about by great scholars , please become pleased with me.
5. Paripoornaa , sadaa Lakshmi , traathri
thu saranathishu ,
Viswaadhyaa ,
viswakarthri cha prasanna bhava ,
sundari.
Oh Pretty one ,
who is complete . who is always wealthy , who defends those who seek her protection,
You are
primeval of the universe , you
are the creator of the universe , please
become pleased with me.
6.Brahma roopaa
cha Savithri thwat
deepthyaa bhasathe Jagath ,
Viswaroopa varenya
cha prasanna bhava
, Sundari.
Oh Pretty one , you have the form of Brahma and the sun
and the world shines because of
you ,
You are the form of the universe , you are the chosen one, please become pleased with me.
7.Kshithy ap thejo marud vyoma pancha bhoota roopini
,
Bbhandhaadhe
karanam tthwam hi pranna bhava
, Sundari.
Oh pretty one, The earth, the water , the fire , the wind and the sky
, which are the five elements
are your form,
And you are the
reason for the properties of these elements , please
become pleased with me.
8.Mahesa thwam
Hemavathi Kamala Kesavopi
cha,
Brahmana preyasi
thwam hi prasanna
BHava Sundari.
Oh pretty one , you are the golden lady of
Lord Shiva , Goddess
Lakshmi of Kesava,
And you are the
darling of Lord Brahma
, please become pleased with me.
9.Chandi, Durga, Kalika
cha Kaushiki , Sidhi roopini,’
Yogini , Yoga gamya cha prasannaa BHava
Sundari.
Oh pretty one ,
You are the killer of Chanda, the black one
, the unifier , the form of occult powers,
The one who does Yoga , One whom Yogis seek , please become
pleased with me.
10.Balye cha
Balika thwam hi youvane
, yuvatheethi cha,
Sthavire vrudha
roopa cha Prasanna
Bhava Sundari.
Oh pretty one , In child hood you are a girl
, In youth you are the lass,
And at old age you are
a old woman , please become pleased with me.
11.Gunamayee ,
gunatheethaa , aadhya Vidhyaa sanathani,
Mahad thathwa
vaadhi samyuktha, prasanna bhava, Sundari
Oh pretty one, who has good qualities , who is above good qualities , who is the primeval knowledge,
Who is
ancient and who is unified with great principles , please become pleased with me.
12.THapasvini ,
thapa sidhi swarga sidhishta
athadhishu ,
Chinmayi
prakruthisthvam thu prasanna bhava, Sundari.
=
Oh pretty one
, who is a sage , who makes penance effective , who grants us heaven and wealth,
Who has divinely pure thought , you are nature , please become pleased with me
.
13.Thvam aadhir jagathaam devi
, thwameva sthithi karanam,
Thwam anthe
nidhanasthanam swechaa
chaaraa thwam eva hi.
You the beginning of the world , You are the cause of its upkeep,
And at the end you are
the place if its destruction ,And
you are one who moves as you please.
14.Characharaanaam
bhoothaanaam bahir antha sthwameva
Vyapyaa avyaka roopena
thwam bhasi bhaktha vathsale .
You are inside and outside of
all moving and not moving
beings
You are spread and
you have individual form , you shine, Oh goddess who loves her devotees.
15,THwam Maayayaa hrutha ajnaana nashtathmano vichethasaa
,
Gathagatham
prapadyanthe papa punya vasatha
sadaa
It is due to your illusion that beings become ignorant and unconscious ,
And keep on traveling
to and fro due to sin and blessed deeds.
16.THvath sathyam
Jagatbhathi sukthika rajatham yadhaa,
Yavanna
jnayathe jnanam chethasaa
naanva gamini.
Jut like the world which
appears to be truth and
worthless thing appearing like silver
Is understood to
be a mere illusion when we understand your form.
17.Thwad jnathu
sadaa yukthaa puthra dhara grahaadhishu
,
Ramanthe
vishayaan sarvaaaananthe dukha pradaan druvam.
He who knows you
and is always interested in enjoying
pleasures out of,
Son, wife , home and others , would
only experience sorrow at the end of everything.
18. Thwad aajnayaa
thy devesi , gagane soorya mandalam,
Chandrascha
bramathe nithyam , prasanna
bhava Sundari.
Oh pretty one ,
Due to your order , oh queen of the devas , The sun,
The moon and the planets
move around the sky daily ,
please become pleased with me.
19. Brahmesa Vishnu Janani , Brahmaakhyaa Brahma samasrayaa ,
Vyaktha avyaktha
cha devesi, Prasanna bhava Sundari.
Oh pretty one , you are the mother of Brahma , Vishnu
and Shiva, you order the Brahma ,
You Make Brahma act
and oh queen of devas , you are clear
as well as not clear ,
please become pleased with me.
20.Achalaa
sarvagaa thwam hi , mayyatheethaa maheswari
,
Shivaathmaa
saswathaa nithyaa , prasanna
bhava Sundari.
Oh pretty one,You are stable and you are everywhere, you are above
illusion , you are the greatest goddess,
You are soul of Shiva
, you are permanent , you
are forever , please become pleased with me.
21.SArva kaya
niyanthri cha Sarva bhootheswari.
Ananthaa
nishkalaa thwam hi prasanna bhava, Sundari.
Oh pretty one , who controls bodies of all beings , Who is
the goddess of all beings,
You are the
endless one , You are stainless
one , please become pleased with me.
22.SArveswari ,
SArva vandhyaa , Achithya , Paramaathmika ,
BUkthi mukthi pradhaa
thwam hi Prasanna
bhava Sundari.
Oh pretty one who
is goddess of all , who is saluted by all ,who is above thought ,
Who is the divine soul, who grants wealth and salvation , please become pleased with me.
23.Brahmani Brahma
loke thwam Vaikunte SArva mangala ,
Indrani amaraavathaam
ambika varunalaye.
You are Brahmani in land of Brahma , You are
the giver of auspiciousness in
Vaikunta ,
You are Indrani in
Amaravathi and in land of Varuna you are Ambika.
24.Yamalaye Kaala
roopa , Khubera bhavane Shubhaa,
Maha nandaa
Agnikone cha Prasanna bhava Sundari.
In the land of Yama you have form of death , In home of Khubera you are Shubhaa,
In the corner of Agni
you are giver of auspiciousness ,
please become pleased with me.
25.Nairuthyaam
Raktha Danthaa , thwam
Vayavyaam Mruga Vahini ,
Patale Vaishnavi
roopa , prasanna Bhava
Sundari.
Oh pretty one In South west you are Raktha Dantha (bloody toothed) and in North west
You are one who rides
on deer , in the land below you
are Vaishnavi, please become pleased
with me.
26.Surasaa thwam
mani dveepe , Isanyam soola
dharini,
BHadrakali cha
Lankaayaam , Prasanna bhava , Sundari
Oh pretty one , in
the island of gem you are Surasaa, In
north east you are one who holds the spear ,
In the city of
Lanka , you are Bhadrakali , Please become pleased with me.
27.Rameswari
Sethu Bhandhe , Simhale Deva Mohini,
Vimalaa thwam cha
Srikshethre , Prasanna Bhava Sundari
Oh Pretty one on
the bridge to Lanka you are Goddess
of Rama , In Lanka island you are
bewitcher of devas,
In the land of Goddess
Lakshmi she
is Vimala , Please become pleased with me.
28. Kalikaa thwam
Kalighate , Kamakhya Neela parvathe ,
Virajaa oudra
dese thwam prasanna bhava Sundari.
Oh pretty one, In the
Kalighat you are Kalika and in
Gauhathi(blue mountain), you are
Kamakhyaa,
In the Oudra desa
you are Viraajaa , please become
pleased with me .
29.Varanasyam Annapurna
, Ayodhyaam Maheswari ,
Gayasuri Gaya
dhamni , Prasanna Bhava Sundari.
Oh pretty one ,
you are Annapurni in Benares , you are
Maheswari in Ayodhya ,
You are Gayasuri in the resting place of Gaya , please become pleased with me.
30. Bhadrakali
Kuru kshethre , kathyayani Vruje ,
Mahamaya Dwarakaayaam
, Prasanna Bhava Sundari.
Oh pretty one, you are Bhadra Kali in Kurukshethra, In Vruja desa you are
Kathyayani,
In Dwaraka you
are Mahamaya , please become
pleased with me .
31.Kshudhaa thwam sarva jeevaanaam , vela cha sagarasya hi,
Maheswari Madhuraayaam
cha prasanna bhava Sundari.
Oh pretty one ,
you are hunger in all beings , you are the tide of the sea,
In Mathura you
are the greatest goddess , please become
pleased with me .
32.Ramasya Janaki thwam
cha Shivasya Mana Mohini,
Dakshasya
duhithaa chaiva prasanna bhava Sundari.
Oh pretty one ,You
are Sita of Rama, You are bewitcher of the mind of Lord Shiva,
You are the daughter
of Daksha, please become pleased with me.
33.Vishnu Bhakthi pradhaam thwam
cha Kamsasura vinasini,
Ravana naasinaam chaiva
, prasanna bhava Sundari ,
Oh pretty one , you are the one who gives devotion to
Vishnu, you are the one who destroyed
Kamsasura,
You are the
destroyer of Ravana , please become
pleased by me.
34.Lakshmi stotram idham punyam padeth
Bhakthi samyutha ,
Sarva jwara bhayam
nasyedh , sarva vyadhi nivaaranam
If this auspicious prayer addressed to Lakshmi is read with devotion,
Fear for all fevers would be destroyed and
it will cure all diseases.
35.Idham sthothram
Maha punyam aapad
udhara karanam,
Trisandhyameka sandhyaam
vaa ya padeth sathatham
nara .
36.Muchyathe
sarva paapebhyo thadhaa thu sarva sankataan,
Muchyathe
nathra sandeho bhuvi
swarge rasathale.
This prayer which is
greatly auspicious is the cause
for lifting us from dangers,
If read by man
either at dawn noon or dusk or one of these times always.
It would save you
from all sins and also from all
sort of sorrows,
He would definitely
without doubt be saved either in
earth , heaven and Patala.
37.Samastham cha
thadha chaikam ya padeth
bhakthi thathpara ,
SA sarva
dushkaram theerthwaa labhathe
paramam gathim.
He who reads the entire
prayer or at least one
stanza of prayer with devotion ,
All his
difficulties would be solved
and in the end he would get salvation.
38.Sukhadham mokshadham stotram ya
padeth Bhakthi samyuktha ,
Sa thu koti
theertha phalam prapnothi nathra samsaya.
He who reads this pleasure gving stotra which also leads
him to salvation.
Would without any
doubt get the effect of taking bath in
a crore sacred waters.
39.Yekaa devi Kamala
yasmin santhushtaa bhaved sadaa ,
THasyaad asadhyam
na devesi naasthi kinchid jagathraye.
To him , on whom this one Goddess Kamala is
pleased ,
Due to her
blessings would not find anything impossible to do in the world.
40.Padanath
api stotrasya kim na sidhyathi bhoothale
,
THasmad stotra
varam proktham sathyam hi Parvathi.
Hey Parvathi ,
there is nothing impossible for a man who reads this prayer,
And that is why I told you about this
greatest prayer, this is the truth.
Ithi Kamala Stotram Sampoornam
Thus ends the prayer addressed to Kamala.
