Lalitha Pancha Ratnam

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• verse 1

  प्रातः स्मरामि ललिता वदनारविन्दंबिम्बाधरं पृथुल मौक्तिक शोभिनासम् ।आकर्णदीर्घनयनं मणिकुण्डलाढ्यंमन्दस्मितं मृगमदोज्ज्वल फालदेशम् ॥ 1 ॥

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  prātaḥ smarāmi lalitā vadanāravindaṃbimbādharaṃ pṛthula mauktika śōbhināsam ।ākarṇadīrghanayanaṃ maṇikuṇḍalāḍhyaṃmandasmitaṃ mṛgamadōjjvala phāladēśam ॥ 1 ॥

  meaning

  At dawn I recall the lotus face of Lalitā — with lips like the bimba fruit, adorned with a radiant nose-pearl, with bright eyes...

• verse 2

  प्रातर्भजामि ललिता भुजकल्पवल्लींरक्ताङ्गुलीय लसदङ्गुलि पल्लवाढ्याम् ।माणिक्य हेमवलयाङ्गद शोभमानांपुण्ड्रेक्षुचाप कुसुमेषु सृणीर्दधानाम् ॥ 2 ॥

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  prātarbhajāmi lalitā bhujakalpavallīṃraktāṅguḻīya lasadaṅguḻi pallavāḍhyām ।māṇikya hēmavalayāṅgada śōbhamānāṃpuṇḍrēkṣuchāpa kusumēṣu sṛṇīrdadhānām ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  At dawn I worship the creeper-like arms of Lalitā — adorned with reddish rings on bright finger-buds...

• verse 3

  प्रातर्नमामि ललिता चरणारविन्दंभक्तेष्ट दाननिरतं भवसिन्धुपोतम् ।पद्मासनादि सुरनायक पूजनीयंपद्माङ्कुशध्वज सुदर्शन लाञ्छनाढ्यम् ॥ 3 ॥

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  prātarnamāmi lalitā charaṇāravindaṃbhaktēṣṭa dānanirataṃ bhavasindhupōtam ।padmāsanādi suranāyaka pūjanīyaṃpadmāṅkuśadhvaja sudarśana lāñChanāḍhyam ॥ 3 ॥

  meaning

  At dawn I bow to the lotus feet of Lalitā — forever set on granting what devotees desire, a boat across the ocean of worldly existence...

• verse 4

  प्रातः स्तुवे परशिवां ललितां भवानींत्रय्यन्तवेद्य विभवां करुणानवद्याम् ।विश्वस्य सृष्टविलय स्थितिहेतुभूतांविद्येश्वरीं निगमवाङ्ममनसातिदूराम् ॥ 4 ॥

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  prātaḥ stuvē paraśivāṃ lalitāṃ bhavānīṃtrayyantavēdya vibhavāṃ karuṇānavadyām ।viśvasya sṛṣṭavilaya sthitihētubhūtāṃvidyēśvarīṃ nigamavāṅmamanasātidūrām ॥ 4 ॥

  meaning

  At dawn I praise Lalitā, the supreme Śivā, the splendid Bhavānī — of wealth knowable only at the end of the Vedas, of faultless compassion.

• verse 5

  प्रातर्वदामि ललिते तव पुण्यनामकामेश्वरीति कमलेति महेश्वरीति ।श्रीशाम्भवीति जगतां जननी परेतिवाग्देवतेति वचसा त्रिपुरेश्वरीति ॥ 5 ॥

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  prātarvadāmi lalitē tava puṇyanāmakāmēśvarīti kamalēti mahēśvarīti ।śrīśāmbhavīti jagatāṃ jananī parētivāgdēvatēti vachasā tripurēśvarīti ॥ 5 ॥

  meaning

  At dawn I speak your holy names, O Lalitā — Kāmēśvarī, Kamalā, Mahēśvarī, Śrī Śāmbhavī...

• verse 6

  यः श्लोकपञ्चकमिदं ललिताम्बिकायाःसौभाग्यदं सुललितं पठति प्रभाते ।तस्मै ददाति ललिता झटिति प्रसन्नाविद्यां श्रियं विमलसौख्यमनन्तकीर्तिम् ॥

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  yaḥ ślōkapañchakamidaṃ lalitāmbikāyāḥsaubhāgyadaṃ sulalitaṃ paṭhati prabhātē ।tasmai dadāti lalitā jhaṭiti prasannāvidyāṃ śriyaṃ vimalasaukhyamanantakīrtim ॥

  meaning

  Phalashruti: whoever reads these five beautiful verses of Lalitāmbikā — which grant good fortune — at the dawn of the morning...