Maa Santhoshi Chalisa
(The forty stanza prayer
of mother Santoshi)
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(Santoshi Mata is
possibly one of the very popular
Goddesses worshipped once in
North India but is now worshipped
all over India. She was not in the list of Goddesses in the hindu religion even
before 1960s .But her story and
method of pleasing her by penance spread all over India by word of mouth. In this Chalisa she is mentioned as the daughter of Lord Ganesa through
his wives. The hindi
original of this chalisa is
available http://www.indif.com/nri/chalisas/santoshichalisa/santoshichalisa1.asp)
Doha
Vandhe santoshi charan, Ridhi Sidhi dhatar ,
Dhyan darath hi
hotha nar, dukha sagar se paar
Bhakthan ko santosh dhe, Santoshi thava naam,
Krupa karahu
jagadamba ab, Aaya there dhaam.
Doha
I salute the feet of Santoshi , who gives wealth and
salvation,
And those humans who meditate on her , cross
the ocean of sorrow,
Please give happiness to your devotee, Your name is
Santoshi(giver of joy),
Please take mercy on us
mother of universe, we have come to your home.
Chalisa
1.Jai santoshi
matha anupam,
Santhi dhayini, roopa manoram,
Sundar varan ,
chathurbuja roopa,
Vesh manohar
lalitha anoopaa,
Victory to the incomparable Santoshi Maata ,
Who grants peace and has a very pretty form,
You with four armed form has become greatly pretty,
Your form is pretty and
you are incomparably easy to
approach,
2.Swethambar roopa mana haari,
Maa thumhari cchavi jag se nyari
Divya swaroopa
aayath lochan,
Darasan se ho
sankat mochan,
You have a form dressed in white which steals the mind
Oh mother your
image is unique in this world.
She has a divine
form with broad eyes,
And seeing her we
would get rid of all sorrow ,
3.Jai Ganes ki Suthaa Bhavani ,
Ridhi Sidhi
ki Puthri Jnani,
Agam agochar tumhari maya
,
Sab par karo
krupaa ki cchaya
She is Bhavani the daughter of Victorious
Ganesa ,
She is the
wise daughter of Ridhi and Sidhi ,
Her illusion is inaccessible and difficult to be seen,
And using the
shadow of mercy we can cross
everything.
4.Naam anek , tumhari Matha,
Akhil viswa hai thumko dhyathaa,
Thumne roop
anekon dhare ,
Ko kahi sake
charithr tumhare ,
Oh mother you have several names,
The entire universe is remembering you,
You assumed
several forms,
And no one would be able to tell your history
5.Dhaam anek
kanan thak kahiye ,
Sumiran thava
karke suk layiye,
Vindhayachal may
Vindhya Vasini ,
Koteswar SArawathi
Suhasini
Till how long
shall I tell the places of your temple ,
By remembering you one
brings pleasure to himself ,
You are Vindhya Vasini on the
Vindhya mountain,
In Koteswar you
are Goddess Saraswathi with a o pretty
smile.
6.Kalkathe mein
thu hi Kali ,
Dusht nasini maha karali
,
Samhalpur
bahuchara Kahathi
Bhakth janoon ka dukh
mitathi
In Calcutta you are
mother Kali ,
Who is the seven
tounged one who destroys evil people,
In SAmbalpur you
are called as Bahuchara,
Where you destroy the
sorrow of your devotees.
7.Jwala ji mein
Jwala devi,
Poojath nithy, bhakth jan sevi,
Nagar bambai ki
Maharani,
Mahalakshmi thum kalyani
In Jawalamukhi
you are the Goddess of flame,
And by worshipping
you daily you serve your devotees,
You are the queen
of the City of Mumbai,
You are the Mahalakshmi
who does good to it.
8.Madhura mein Meenakshi thum ho,
Sukh dukh sabki
sakshi thum ho,
Rajanagar mein thum Jagadambe ,
Bani Bhadrakali
thum Ambe.
In Madhura you are
goddess Meenakshi ,
And there you are the witness of joy and suffering of
all,
You are the
jagadamba of Rajnagar,
And oh mother
there you became Bhadrakali
9.Akhil Viswa thera yas gaatha,
Kasi puiradeeswari matha,
Annapurna naam suhaatha,
SArvanand karo
Kalyani
Oh mother of the
city of Benares ,
The entire world
sings your praise,
And you take the
name of Annapurna there,
Oh Kalyani , make
every one happy.
10Thumhi Sarada
Amritha vani ,
Thumhari mahima jal mein thal mein,
Dukh Daridra sab meto pal mein,
Jeethe
Rishivar aur muneesa.
10.You are yourself Sarada with nectar
like words,
Your greatness in
in water and on the shore ,
Within a second
destroy all sorrow and poverty,
And you have won
over great Rishis and god like sages.
11.Narad dev aur
Devesa,
Yis Jagati ke nar
aur nari,
Dhyan darath hai mata
tumhari,
Vah patha Bhakthi
ka mothi.
Narada , Devas ,and
the king of Devas ,
And the men and women of this world ,
Are busy in meditating on you, Oh mother,
And they all get
the pearl of devotion,
12.Dukh , daridra
sankat mit jaatha ,
Dhyaan
tumhara jo jan dhyaaythaa,
Jo Jan tumhari mahima
Gave ,
Dhayan tumhara kar sukh
pave.
To the persons who
meditate on you,
Sorrow as well as poverty will vanish,
And those persons who sing about your greatness ,
Would meditate on you and
get happiness and pleasure.
13.Jo man Rakhe shuddha Bhavana ,
Thaki pooran kari kamana
,
Kumathi
nivari sumathi ki
dathri,
Jayathi jayathi
mathaa jagadathri.
If one keeps pure
thoughts in his mind,
She would fulfill all desires,
Victory, victory
oh mother who nurtures the world
,
Please take away bad
thoughts , oh mother of good thoughts.
14.Shukra vaar ka divas
suhavan,
Jo vruth kare
tumhara pavan,
Gud chole ka bhog
lagave ,
Kadha
tumhari sune sunave .
14, The day when
it is Friday is great ,
For those who
observe your penance become
blessed,
Who offer to you
the offering made of Jaggery and
bengalgram,
And make
other people hear your story.
15.Vidhivath pooja
kare tumhare,
Phir Prasad pave shubhakari,
SAkthi
samarath ho jo dhan ko ,
Dhan dhakshina dhe
vipran ko.
Those who worship you
according to rules,
And then get the
aurpicious Prasad( offering to Goddes),
Would get strength
and efficiency if they give,
Their wealth as a
fee to the Brahmins.
16.Vey Jagathi
ke nar aur nari,
Man vaanchith phal
paven bhari,
Jo jan saran
tumhari jave,
So nischay bhav se
thaar jave.
The men and women
of this world ,
Would get the fruit that they desire by the mind ,
And the people
who salute your feet,
Would definitely
able to cross the ocean of
Samsara.
17.Tumhari dhyan kumara dhyave,
Nischai man vanchith var paave,
SAdhvaa pooja kare tumhari,
Amar suhagin ho wah
Naari
If a maid meditates
on you,,
Definitely sge will get a groom liked
by her mind,
And if a married
lady worships you,
That lady would
always live with her husband,
18.Vidhava dhar ke
dhyan tumhare,
Bhav sagar se uthare paaraa,
Jayathi jayathi jaya
sankata harani.,
Vighna
vinasanamangal karni.
If a widow
meditates on you in this
earth,
They would get be able
to cross ocean of Samsara.
Victory, victory , Victory to the destroyer of sorrow,
To her who
destroys obstructions amd doer of auspiciousness.
19.Hum par sankat hai athi bhari,
Vegi khabhar lo
math hamari ,
Nishidhin ghyan
tumaharo dhayatha,
Dehi Bhakthi var ko
ham matha.
19.On us very great
sorrow rests ,
Please take the
news about us quickly ,
Please give the knowledge about you
day and night ,
To me to me who is
your sincere devotee , mother .
Yah chalisa jo nith Gaave ,
So Bhavasagar se
thar jave.
Those who daily
sing this chalisa(forty verse prayer).
Would easily be able to cross the
ocean of Samsara.
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