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Devi Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram

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  • verse 1
    न मन्त्रं नो यन्त्रं तदपि च न जाने स्तुतिमहोन चाह्वानं ध्यानं तदपि च न जाने स्तुतिकथाः ।न जाने मुद्रास्ते तदपि च न जाने विलपनंपरं जाने मातस्त्वदनुसरणं क्लेशहरणम् ॥ 1 ॥
    na mantraṃ nō yantraṃ tadapi cha na jānē stutimahōna chāhvānaṃ dhyānaṃ tadapi cha na jānē stutikathāḥ ।na jānē mudrāstē tadapi cha na jānē vilapanaṃparaṃ jānē mātastvadanusaraṇaṃ klēśaharaṇam ॥ 1 ॥
    meaning

    (O Mother) Neither Your Mantra, Nor Yantra (do I know); And Alas, Not even I know Your Stuti (Eulogy) · I do not know how to Invoke You through Dhyana (Meditation); (And Alas), Not even I know how to simply recite Your Glories (Stuti-Katha) · I do not know Your Mudras (to contemplate on You); (And Alas), Not even I know how to simply Cry for You · However, one thing I know (for certain); By following You (somehow through rememberance however imperfectly) will take away all my Afflictions (from my Mind)

  • verse 2
    विधेरज्ञानेन द्रविणविरहेणालसतयाविधेयाशक्यत्वात्तव चरणयोर्या च्युतिरभूत् ।तदेतत् क्षन्तव्यं जननि सकलोद्धारिणि शिवेकुपुत्रो जायेत क्वचिदपि कुमाता न भवति ॥ 2 ॥
    vidhērajñānēna draviṇavirahēṇālasatayāvidhēyāśakyatvāttava charaṇayōryā chyutirabhūt ।tadētat kṣantavyaṃ janani sakalōddhāriṇi śivēkuputrō jāyēta kvachidapi kumātā na bhavati ॥ 2 ॥
    meaning

    (O Mother) Due to Ignorance of the Vidhis (Injunctions of Worship), and due to lack of Wealth, as well as due to my Indolent (Lazy) nature · (Since) It was not possible for me to serve Your Lotus Feet; there have been Failures on the performance of my duties (I admit that) · (But) All these are pardonable (by You), O Mother; because You are the Saviour of All, O Shivaa (Auspicious Mother) · There can be Kuputra (fallen disobedient son turning away from Mother), but there can never be Kumata (Mother turning away from son permanently)

  • verse 3
    पृथिव्यां पुत्रास्ते जननि बहवः सन्ति सरलाःपरं तेषां मध्ये विरलतरलोऽहं तव सुतः ।मदीयोऽयं त्यागः समुचितमिदं नो तव शिवेकुपुत्रो जायेत क्वचिदपि कुमाता न भवति ॥ 3 ॥
    pṛthivyāṃ putrāstē janani bahavaḥ santi saralāḥparaṃ tēṣāṃ madhyē viralataralō'haṃ tava sutaḥ ।madīyō'yaṃ tyāgaḥ samuchitamidaṃ nō tava śivēkuputrō jāyēta kvachidapi kumātā na bhavati ॥ 3 ॥
    meaning

    (O Mother) In this World, there are many many Sons of Yours who are Simple-minded · However, among them I am a rare Son of Yours who is Restless · Because of this only, it is not proper for You to forsake me O Shivaa (Auspicious Mother) · (Because) There can be Kuputra (fallen disobedient son turning away from Mother), but there can never be Kumata (Mother turning away from son permanently)

  • verse 4
    जगन्मातर्मातस्तव चरणसेवा न रचितान वा दत्तं देवि द्रविणमपि भूयस्तव मया ।तथापि त्वं स्नेहं मयि निरुपमं यत्प्रकुरुषेकुपुत्रो जायेत क्वचिदपि कुमाता न भवति ॥ 4 ॥
    jaganmātarmātastava charaṇasēvā na rachitāna vā dattaṃ dēvi draviṇamapi bhūyastava mayā ।tathāpi tvaṃ snēhaṃ mayi nirupamaṃ yatprakuruṣēkuputrō jāyēta kvachidapi kumātā na bhavati ॥ 4 ॥
    meaning

    O Jaganmata (Mother of the World), O Mother, I have never Served Your Lotus Feet · Neither have I offered, O Devi, abundant Wealth at Your Lotus Feet (during Worship) · Inspite of this, You have maintained Your Motherly Love towards me which is incomparable · (Because) There can be Kuputra (fallen disobedient son turning away from Mother), but there can never be Kumata (Mother turning away from son permanently)

  • verse 5
    परित्यक्ता देवान्विविधविधिसेवाकुलतयामया पञ्चाशीतेरधिकमपनीते तु वयसि ।इदानीं चेन्मातस्तव यदि कृपा नापि भवितानिरालम्बो लम्बोदरजननि कं यामि शरणम् ॥ 5 ॥
    parityaktā dēvānvividhavidhisēvākulatayāmayā pañchāśītēradhikamapanītē tu vayasi ।idānīṃ chēnmātastava yadi kṛpā nāpi bhavitānirālambō lambōdarajanani kaṃ yāmi śaraṇam ॥ 5 ॥
    meaning

    (O Mother) Letting go (i.e. Left or Never undertaking) the various Ritualistic Worship services of the Devas · by me, more than Eighty Five years of my life has passed · Even at this moment (nearing death), if Your Grace do not descend, O Mother (Who is) of the form of Bliss-Consciousness · Where will this Niralamba (one without any support) seek Refuge, O Lambodara Janani (Mother of Lambodara or Ganesha)

  • verse 6
    श्वपाको जल्पाको भवति मधुपाकोपमगिरानिरातङ्को रङ्को विहरति चिरं कोटिकनकैः ।तवापर्णे कर्णे विशति मनुवर्णे फलमिदंजनः को जानीते जननि जपनीयं जपविधौ ॥ 6 ॥
    śvapākō jalpākō bhavati madhupākōpamagirānirātaṅkō raṅkō viharati chiraṃ kōṭikanakaiḥ ।tavāparṇē karṇē viśati manuvarṇē phalamidaṃjanaḥ kō jānītē janani japanīyaṃ japavidhau ॥ 6 ॥
    meaning

    (O Mother) A Swapaka (a Dog-Eater or Chandala) (from whose mouth nothing much comes out in terms of good speech) becomes Jalpaka (Talkative) with Speech like a Madhupaka (from whose mouth good speech comes out like Honey) (by Your Grace) · A Ranka (Poor and Miserable) becomes Niratanka (Free from Fear) forever, and moves about having obtained Million Gold (by Your Grace) · O Aparna (another name of Devi Parvati), when Your Prayer (and Glory) enter one's Ear (and sits in the Heart), such is the Result · (Then) Who among men can know, O Mother, the destiny which Your Holy Japa can unfold?

  • verse 7
    चिताभस्मालेपो गरलमशनं दिक्पटधरोजटाधारी कण्ठे भुजगपतिहारी पशुपतिः ।कपाली भूतेशो भजति जगदीशैकपदवींभवानी त्वत्पाणिग्रहणपरिपाटी फलमिदम् ॥ 7 ॥
    chitābhasmālēpō garaḻamaśanaṃ dikpaṭadharōjaṭādhārī kaṇṭhē bhujagapatihārī paśupatiḥ ।kapālī bhūtēśō bhajati jagadīśaikapadavīṃbhavānī tvatpāṇigrahaṇaparipāṭī phalamidam ॥ 7 ॥
    meaning

    (O Mother) (Lord Shankara), Who is smeared with Chitabhasma (Ashes from the Cremation Ground), Whose Food is the Poison, Whose Clothes are the Directions · Who carry Matted Hairs on His Head, Who wear the Garland of the king of Snakes around His Neck; (Inspite of all this He is called) Pashupati (The Lord of the Pashus or Living Beings) · He carries a Begging Bowl of Skull in His Hand but is worshipped as Bhutesha (The Lord of the Bhutas or Beings) and got the title of Jagadisha Eka (One Lord of the Universe) · O Bhavani, all this is because of the result of Your Pani Grahana (Accepting Your Hand in Marriage)

  • verse 8
    न मोक्षस्याकाङ्क्षा न च विभववाञ्छापि च न मेन विज्ञानापेक्षा शशिमुखि सुखेच्छापि न पुनः ।अतस्त्वां संयाचे जननि जननं यातु मम वैमृडानी रुद्राणी शिव शिव भवानीति जपतः ॥ 8 ॥
    na mōkṣasyākāṅkṣā na cha vibhavavāñChāpi cha na mēna vijñānāpēkṣā śaśimukhi sukhēchChāpi na punaḥ ।atastvāṃ saṃyāchē janani jananaṃ yātu mama vaimṛḍānī rudrāṇī śiva śiva bhavānīti japataḥ ॥ 8 ॥
    meaning

    (O Mother) I do not have the desire for Moksha (Liberation); Neither have I the desire for Worldly Fortune · Neither do I long for Worldly Knowledge, O Shashi Mukhi (The Moon-Faced One); I do not have the desire for enjoying the Worldly comforts again · Henceforth I implore You, O Mother, May You direct my life towards (the rememberance of Your Names) · (The string of Your Holy Names) Mridani Rudrani Shiva Shiva Bhavani; May my future life be spent in performing Japa of Your Holy Names

  • verse 9
    नाराधितासि विधिना विविधोपचारैःकिं रूक्षचिन्तनपरैर्न कृतं वचोभिः ।श्यामे त्वमेव यदि किञ्चन मय्यनाथेधत्से कृपामुचितमम्ब परं तवैव ॥ 9 ॥
    nārādhitāsi vidhinā vividhōpachāraiḥkiṃ rūkṣachintanaparairna kṛtaṃ vachōbhiḥ ।śyāmē tvamēva yadi kiñchana mayyanāthēdhatsē kṛpāmuchitamamba paraṃ tavaiva ॥ 9 ॥
    meaning

    (O Mother) I have not worshipped You as prescribed by tradition with various rituals · (On the other hand) What rough thoughts did my mind not think and my speech utter? · O Shyama, inspite of this, if You indeed, to a little extent, to this orphan · have extended Your Grace, O Supreme Mother, It indeed only becomes You (i.e. is possible for You)

  • verse 10
    आपत्सु मग्नः स्मरणं त्वदीयंकरोमि दुर्गे करुणार्णवे शिवे ।नैतच्छठत्वं मम भावयेथाःक्षुधातृषार्ताः जननीं स्मरन्ति ॥ 10 ॥
    āpatsu magnaḥ smaraṇaṃ tvadīyaṃkarōmi durgē karuṇārṇavē śivē ।naitachChaṭhatvaṃ mama bhāvayēthāḥkṣudhātṛṣārtāḥ jananīṃ smaranti ॥ 10 ॥
    meaning

    (O Mother) I have sunk in Misfortunes and therefore remembering You now (which I never did before) · O Mother Durga, (You Who are) an Ocean of Compassion · (Therefore) do not think of me as false (and my invocation as pretence) · (Because) When children are afflicted with Hunger and Thirst, they naturally remember their Mother (only)

  • verse 11
    जगदम्ब विचित्रमत्र किंपरिपूर्णा करुणास्ति चेन्मयि ।अपराधपरम्परावृतंन हि माता समुपेक्षते सुतम् ॥ 11 ॥
    jagadamba vichitramatra kiṃparipūrṇā karuṇāsti chēnmayi ।aparādhaparamparāvṛtaṃna hi mātā samupēkṣatē sutam ॥ 11 ॥
    meaning

    O Jagadamba (Mother of the Universe), What is surprising in this! · The graceful Compassion of the (Blissful) Mother always remains fully filled · (Because) Inspite of the son committing Mistakes after Mistakes · The Mother never abandons the son

  • verse 12
    मत्समः पातकी नास्ति पापघ्नी त्वत्समा न हि ।एवं ज्ञात्वा महादेवी यथा योग्यं तथा कुरु ॥ 12 ॥
    matsamaḥ pātakī nāsti pāpaghnī tvatsamā na hi ।ēvaṃ jñātvā mahādēvī yathā yōgyaṃ tathā kuru ॥ 12 ॥
    meaning

    (O Mother) There is no one as Fallen like me, and there is no one as Uplifting ( by removing Sins ) like You · Considering thus, O Mahadevi, Please do whatever is proper (to save me)

  • verse 13
    इति श्रीमच्छङ्कराचार्य विरचितं देव्यपराधक्षमापण स्तोत्रम् ।
    iti śrīmachChaṅkarāchārya virachitaṃ dēvyaparādhakṣamāpaṇa stōtram ।
    meaning

    Colophon: Thus the Devi-aparadha-kshamapana stotram composed by the holy Shankaracharya.

Primary text from vignanam.org