Navadurga Stotram

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• verse 1

  ईश्वर उवाच ।

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  īśvara uvācha ।

  meaning

  Ishvara spoke.

• verse 2

  शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि कवचं सर्वसिद्धिदम् ।पठित्वा पाठयित्वा च नरो मुच्येत सङ्कटात् ॥ 1 ॥

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  śṛṇu dēvi pravakṣyāmi kavachaṃ sarvasiddhidam ।paṭhitvā pāṭhayitvā cha narō muchyēta saṅkaṭāt ॥ 1 ॥

  meaning

  Ishvara said: 'Listen, O Goddess, I shall declare this kavacham that grants all siddhi; a man who recites and teaches it is freed from danger.'

• verse 3

  अज्ञात्वा कवचं देवि दुर्गामन्त्रं च यो जपेत् ।न चाप्नोति फलं तस्य परं च नरकं व्रजेत् ॥ 2 ॥

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  ajñātvā kavachaṃ dēvi durgāmantraṃ cha yō japēt ।na chāpnōti phalaṃ tasya paraṃ cha narakaṃ vrajēt ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  'One who recites the Durga mantra without knowing this kavacham, O Goddess — he does not attain the fruit and goes instead to great hell.'

• verse 4

  उमादेवी शिरः पातु ललाटे शूलधारिणी ।चक्षुषी खेचरी पातु कर्णौ चत्वरवासिनी ॥ 3 ॥

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  umādēvī śiraḥ pātu lalāṭē śūladhāriṇī ।chakṣuṣī khēcharī pātu karṇau chatvaravāsinī ॥ 3 ॥

  meaning

  'May Uma Devi protect my head; may the spear-bearer protect my forehead; may the sky-moving one protect my eyes; may the one dwelling at crossroads protect my ears.'

• verse 5

  सुगन्धा नासिकं पातु वदनं सर्वधारिणी ।जिह्वां च चण्डिकादेवी ग्रीवां सौभद्रिका तथा ॥ 4 ॥

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  sugandhā nāsikaṃ pātu vadanaṃ sarvadhāriṇī ।jihvāṃ cha chaṇḍikādēvī grīvāṃ saubhadrikā tathā ॥ 4 ॥

  meaning

  'May the fragrant one protect my nose; may the all-bearing one protect my face; may Chandika Devi protect my tongue; and may Subhadrika protect my neck.'

• verse 6

  अशोकवासिनी चेतो द्वौ बाहू वज्रधारिणी ।हृदयं ललितादेवी उदरं सिंहवाहिनी ॥ 5 ॥

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  aśōkavāsinī chētō dvau bāhū vajradhāriṇī ।hṛdayaṃ lalitādēvī udaraṃ siṃhavāhinī ॥ 5 ॥

  meaning

  'May the one dwelling in the ashoka tree protect my mind; may the thunderbolt-bearer protect my two arms; may Lalita Devi protect my heart; may the lion-vehicle rider protect my belly.'

• verse 7

  कटिं भगवती देवी द्वावूरू विन्ध्यवासिनी ।महाबला च जङ्घे द्वे पादौ भूतलवासिनी ॥ 6 ॥

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  kaṭiṃ bhagavatī dēvī dvāvūrū vindhyavāsinī ।mahābalā cha jaṅghē dvē pādau bhūtalavāsinī ॥ 6 ॥

  meaning

  'May Bhagavati Devi protect my waist; may Vindhyavasini protect my two thighs; may Mahabala protect my two calves; may the one who dwells on the earth protect my feet.'

• verse 8

  एवं स्थिताऽसि देवि त्वं त्रैलोक्ये रक्षणात्मिका ।रक्ष मां सर्वगात्रेषु दुर्गे देवि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ 7 ॥

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  ēvaṃ sthitā'si dēvi tvaṃ trailōkyē rakṣaṇātmikā ।rakṣa māṃ sarvagātrēṣu durgē dēvi namō'stu tē ॥ 7 ॥

  meaning

  'O Goddess, thus are you established as the protector throughout the three worlds; O Durga Devi, protect me in all my limbs — salutation to you.'