Dasa Maha Vidyha Stotra .
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
( I have earlier translated Dasa Maha Vidhya Sthuthi (http://stotraratna.sathyasaibababrotherhood.org/g164.htm
)
1.Kalika
(Kalika is
fearless, lives in cremation ground,
horrible to look at , naked, wearing garland of skulls, and has a long toungue projecting outside. She is supposed to have great maternal affection. You would get courage , wealth , power , health and liberation by praying to
her
SAyaa china siraa, sripannam abhayam hasthair varam bibratheem,
Ghorasyam shirasaam srajjam suru chiraa mun muktha keshavallem,
Srukkyaa sruk
pravahaam smasana nithyaam
sruthyoho shavalankrithim,
Shyamaangeem krutha mekhalam shavakai
devim bhaje Kalikam.
I sing about Kalika
, whose head is cut off , who holds a sword in one hand ,
Who shows sign of protection, who has a dreadful and terrifying head,
Who decorates
herself with a garland of skulls
, who has disheveled hair,
Who has blood flowing from her mouth , who daily lives in
the cremation ground,
Who decorates her ears with corpses, who has black
body and girdle of hands of corpses.
2.Tara
(She is the energy
that helped Lord Shiva to digest the
Kala Koota poison. She sits stretching her right leg and folding her left leg.
She holds a blue lotus flower , a skull
, sword and other weapons in her hands. Prayer her would help one get poetic ability , royal
honour and wealth .)
Viswa vyaapaka , varee Madhya vilasath swetambu janma sthithaabhyaam,
Karthree khadga
kapala neela nalinai raajathkaraam neelaabhaam,
Kanchi kundala
hara kankana lasad keyura manjeerakaam,
Aaptair nagavarair
vibhoosgitha thanoo, marakatha
nethra thrayaam,
Pingograika
jataam lasad su rasaanaam
damshtraa karaala ananam,
Charma dwaipivaraam katou vidathreem , swethasthi pattalikaam,
Akshoyena
viraaja maana sirasaam , smeraanana amboruhaam,
Taaraam shava
hridaasanaam dridha kuchaam ambaam trilokya smareth.
I meditate on the
mother goddess who is spread all over the world ,
Who sits on the
fully opened white lotus flower which
is on the water,
Who is the doer
holding a sword , skull and blue lotus, who is of blue colour,
Who wears
girdle , ear globes , garland , bangles
, bracelets and anklets,
Whose body is coiled
by great serpents , who has three
emerald like eyes ,
Who has reddish brown hair, who sits on a golden throne ,
Who has a fearful face with protruding teeth , who
wears a skin of a tiger on her waist,
Who is in the white desert land , Who decorates her head
with bones ,
Who has smiling
lotus like face and Who is the firm breasted Tara seated on the chest of the corpse.
3.Bhairavi
(BHairavi is supposed to have been born when Lord
Brahma meditated on her to get the
ability to do creation. She wears
garland of skulls , has three eyes, wears a gem studded crown , decorated by
the moon’s crescent. She holds a book as well
as rosary. Meditating on her is supposed to ward off all mishaps and dangers.)
Udyatht bhanu sahasra kanthim arunakshoumam siro maalikaam,
Raktha liptha payodharaam
japa varaam vidhyaam abhithim
varam,
Hasthabjair dadatheem
, trinethra vilasad , vakthravinda sriyaam,
Deveem badha himamshu rathna makutaam , vande su mandasmithaam.
I salute her with a pretty smile , who has brilliance of thousand suns,
Who wears a red dress
and a garland over her head , who
has blood stained breasts,
Who meditates, grants
knowledge and fearlessness and holds a lotus flower,
Who has lotus
like face with three eyes and wears the moon on her crown.
4.Dhoomavathi
(Dhoomavathi is of the colour of smoke. She rides on a
crow , has a winnow in one hand and pestle in another. She is supposed to
completely eradicate ignorance., makes
one free of fear and overcome negative
emotions like anger, jealousy etc.)
Vivarnaa chanchala dushtaa deegacha malinambaraa,
Vimuktha kunthala rookshaa vidhavaa viraala dvijaa ,
Kaaka
dwajastharoodaa vilambitha
payodharaa,
Shoorpa hasthathi rakthaakshee drutha hasthaa
varanvithaa,
Pravrudha ghonaa thu brusam kutilaa kutilekshhanaa ,
Kshuth pipasa aaraditha nithya, bhayadhaa kalahasspadaa.
I salute the Goddess who is discolored, who is fickle, Who has wicked eyes, who wears
dirty cloths,
Who has untied
hair, who is rugged , who is a widow, who has uneven teeth,
Who rides on a chariot with crow as a flag, who has hanging breasts ,
Who holds winnow in her hand , who has blood red eyes,
who has fast hand to give boons,
Who wears torn cloths, who is crooked and has a curved
and crooked eyes,
Who is suffering from hunger and thirst , who makes one
scared and quarrelsome.
5.Chinna mastha
(She appears holding her cut off head which drinks the blood which comes out of her trunk , surrounded by
her friends Varinee and Daakinee. She holds the sakthi weapon on her left hand and cut head on her right
hand. Meditation is supposed to help
the devotee get anything that he
desires, including children, wealth and salvation.)
Naabohu Shubraa , Saroja vakthra vilasath bandhookapushpa
arunaam,
Bhaaswath Bhaskara mandalaam , thad upare thad yoni
chakram mahath,
Than madhye vipareetha maithuna ratha pradyumnasathkaminee ,
Prushtasthaam tharunarka koti vilasath theja swaroopaam shivaam,
Vaame china shirodharaam thad ithare panou mahath
karthikaam,
Paratyaaleedha padaam
digantha vasanumuktha kesha vrujaam,
Chinnathmeeya
sirah samuchalad asrugdharaam pibantheem paraam,
Baladithya sama
prakasha vilasanethra thrayod
bhasineem.
I salute the goddess in has a pure navel which shines
like a lotus flower and is like the red
Bandhooka flower,
Who shines like
the sun and has over her
a great Yoni Chakra,
And in the middle of it that greatly passionate one is seen in the posture of reverse cohabitation,
Who is shining like billions of torrid burning suns , Who is
the sparkling wife of Lord Shiva,
Who holds her cut head in her left hand and a big sword
in the other hand,
Whose legs are drawn back , who is naked with disheveled hair,
Who is drinking the blood gushing
out of her own body in to the cut head,
Who has shine of
the early morning sun and who has three clear eyes
6.Tripura or Srividhya
(She holds the goad , noose , five flower arrows, sugar
cane and the bow Great Power as well as knowledge is bestowed on her devotees.)
Sa kunkuma vilepanaa malli kasthurikaam,
SAmandha hasithe kshanaam
sa sara chapa pasangusaam ,
Asesha jana mohineem
aruna malya bhooshambaram,
Japa kusuuma basuraam
japa vidhou smaradembikaam.
Meditate on her,
Who applies saffron on her body,
Who applies musk
which is attracts bees
on her,
Who has a beautiful smile,
Who has with her bows, arrows and rope and a goad,
Who attracts all the souls,
Who wears red garland,
Who wears great dresses and ornaments,
And who is of the colour of
the red hibiscus,
7.Bhuvaneswari
(She is in the form of rising sun , has three eyes, wears
the crescent of the moon .She holds noose, and the goad She gives her devotees
wealth pleasure , high position and
popularity.)
Kala vyaktha vibhaakaraam itha nibhaam bhavya pradhaam
bharatheem,
Eesath phulla mukambuja
smitha kariahi aashaabavandapaham,
Pasaancha abhaya m
ankusam cha varadaam sabibratheem
bhoothidhaam,
Brajantheem chathurambujakrithi karaihi bhakthyaa tham
easwareem.
I salute the Goddess with
devotion who has the limitless
shine of the sun, ,
Who gives gracious
boons , who is goddess of learning ,
Who removes the darkness
the desire and avarice by the
smile of her lotus like face,
Who holds the noose , goad in her hands
as well shows sign of blessing
and protection by them,
And who shines like fire with her four hands resembling lotus flowers.
8.Bagalamukhi
(She controls the toungue of the enemy and bestows victory on us.)
Souvarnasana
samasthithaam trinayanaa, peethaam , sukho ullasineem,
Hemabhanga
ruchim sasanka makutaam sachampaka sragyuthaam,
Hasthar mudgara pasha
vajra rahanaa hasaam
bibratheem bhooshyanihi,
Vyapthaann geem bagalamukheem trijagatham
samsthambhineem chinthayeth.
I think of Bhagalamukhi , who looks after
all the three worlds ,
Who sits on a golden throne , Who has three eyes , Who is
yellow in colour ,
Who enjoys pleasures , Who shines like gold , Who keeps
the moon on her crown,
Who wears garland of Champaka flowers , Who holds in her hands,
A mace , a noose , a thunderbolt and also a girdle,
And whose every part of the body is decorated with ornaments.
9.Mathangi
(She is the minister of Rajarajeswari.She has two hand
maids called Vagvadhini and Lakuli . She
is capable of making your enemy in an argument
as dumb..She is of green colour and plays on the lute. Devotees get
greatness in art by propitiating her.)
Ghana shyamalangi sthithaam rathna peete,
Sukasyodithaam srunvatheem Raktha vasthraam,
Sura pana mathaam , saroj a sthithaam sreem,
Bhaja vallakim vadayantheem , mathangim.
I sing about Matangi
, who looks like dark black clouds , who
sits on a gem studded platform,
Who listens to prattle of parrots , who
wears cloths of red blood colour,
Who is in the state
of intoxication of alcoholic drinks, Who
sits on a lotus flower,
And who is found playing music on a bamboo flute.
10.Kamalathmika
(She appears cheerful
but holding various weapons. She grants beauty, wealth and greatness in
fine arts to her devotees.)
Balarka dyuthi mindu kanda vilasath
koteera harojwalaam,
Rathnakalpa vibhooshithaam kucha nathaam salai karair
manjareem,
Padmam
Kousthubha rathna mapyaviratham
sambibratheem susmitham,
Phullamboja
vilochana thrata yuthaam dhyayeth
paraam devathaam.
I meditate on the divine goddess , Who has the shine of rising sun ,
Who shines like a piece of moon with great necklaces and gem studded coronets,
Who is slightly bent due to heavy breasts, Who is holding
a bunch of flowers,
Lotus flower , noose and kausthubha in her hands , who sports a very pleasant
smile,
And who has three
enchanting eyes similar to fully opened
flowers.
