Śakti-Gītikā (Song for the Divine Power)
Extracted from Sanskrit Kāvya
‘Mātŗigītikāñjalih’
(English Translation by the
Author Dr. Harekrishna Meher)
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(A devotional prayer with
invocation to the Goddess of Power
is depicted in this lyric. May
the Goddess bestow inner strength
and energy to discard
difficulties for the weal of all.)
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Salutations
and victory to Thee,
O
Mother Goddess Durgā !
You
are the saviour from all distress and calamities.
You
are supremely illustrious and fair Gaurī.
You
form the auspicious flow
characterized
with three guņas. (0)
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O
Mother of the worlds !
I
always perceive Thee omnipresent.
You
are Śarvāņī (wife of Śarva, Śiva);
You
are also Śrī (Lakshmī) and Vāņī (Sarasvatī).
Boon-handed,
you are the giver of happiness.
Enchanting
One, you are the slayer
of
the demon Mahisha.
You
have lion for conveyance.
Kindly
obliterate all the inertia and evils. (1)
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You
are the Prime Power,
the
succour of the resorted.
You
are lotus-eyed. O Narāyaņi !
You
are beauteous with divine ornaments
and
are destroyer of fears.
With
sweet smiling,
you
are the chastiser of the wicked.
Please
grant auspiciousness
and
tear down the evil ideas
of
the mundane beings. (2)
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You
are Māyā (Yogic Power) of God Hari.
Extremely
comely Goddess,
you
are also Rudrāņī in battle.
You
are destroyer of sins.
You
are Chaņdikā granting welfare to the people.
Kindly
generate godly energy in our hearts.
O
Bhavāni ! please exterminate
the
diabolic ideas and beings. (3)
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The
Power of Sun-god, you are Gāyatrī,
the
dispeller of darkness and gloomy thoughts.
You
are Bhdra-Kālikā,
the
auspicious goddess with fierce figure.
You
are Māņikeśvarī, the Goddess of Jewels.
You
are the sustainer of the universe.
Be
kind enough to burn the evil doings
of
the worldly creatures.
Wielder
of trident, you are
endowed
with great vigour.
You
are Śraddhā, pure faith.
You
are the half-body of Śiva
who
is famous as Ardha-Nārīśvara. (4)
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O
Kātyāyani ! You are
well-worshipped
with sincere devotion.
You
are Goddess Sambaleśvarī.
You
are the Supreme Mother, invincible.
You
are known as Haimavatī,
the
daughter of the mountain-king Himālaya.
You
have the divine appearance
supremely
scintillating, compassionate and delightful.
Please
spread your lustres
to
eradicate the mundane gloom. (5)
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Deign
to annihilate the vices of heinous forms
that
are surpassed with difficulty.
Please
destroy dejections
caused
on bad days,
and
also quell the burden of quarrels.
Yourself,
nectar of wisdom,
holder
of weapons
and
embodiment of success,
please
enlighten and meliorate
the
earth beauteously. (6)
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Please
make all the worlds
filled
with truth, beauty and bliss.
Kindly
establish peace, confer cheerfulness
and
give inner strength.
Salutations
to Thee, O Mother !
Be
compassionate to sprinkle
thy
divine grace for the uplift
of
the mundane beings.
Victory
to Thee,
O
Mother Goddess Durgā !
You
are the saviour from all calamities. (7)
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(Thus ends Śakti-Gītikā)
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Śakti-Gītikā (Sanskrit):
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