Just meditate

When you feel bored ,
deeply worried,
under the peak of tensions,
just meditate

When you have to do your task,
When your face is like a sad mask,
just meditate

When failure comes with might,
And loving one depart,
Have courage with patience and ,
just meditate

When you are disliked,
Insulted or scolded,
Don’t lose heart, but
Just meditate

It makes one happy, my friend
To keep your mind sound,
And your body healthy, so
Just meditate.

Shri Mahalakshmi Ashtakam

What a Rakhi is

Daddy, what’s a Rakhi?

Does it come with Santa Claus?

A Rakhi is the sweetest gift

It twinkles in the stars.

It wakes the world with lightning

And puts an end to wars.

Does it grow in summer?

Is it very big or small?

A Rakhi is a bond of love

It nourishes the trees.

It is the timeless border

Where the mountains meet the seas.

Is it in the kitchen?

Does it taste like lemonade?

A Rakhi quenches every thirst

And rids the heart of lust.

Respect is its foundation,

Its furniture is Trust.

… Mommy, what’s a Rakhi?

(I don’t think Daddy knows.)

A Rakhi is a little string

That’s given once a year

From sisters to their brothers,

To show their love and care.

What’s so special, Mama,

About something like a string?

It’s not the string that’s special

But the pure feelings that come,

When brother-sister power

Makes their hearts beat like one drum.

It would make nice music

If we all could tie this string!

Someday the world will know this,

Then everyone will see

What a Rakhi is and why it

Is the bond that sets us free.

(a joyous poem by : Edward Saugstad)

Mother's promise

"I am with you at every step, at every place. Everywhere. You may go anywhere. At every place I am with you, completely, in person, by mind and in every respect. Whenever you will remember me I will be by your side with all my powers. It is my promise."

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Bombay, 27th May 1976

Vinti Suniye - Bhajan

Prayer For Forgiveness

O Mother! You are Nishkalanka and all the blemishes are within me.
Therefore, I surrender all these to you and pray to cast your glance of mercy on me.




While your were watching I committed countless mistakes.
You had never interfered in my freedom. But now I request you to stop me.




Kindly hold my hand and take me with you wherever you like.
I bow to your Holy Feet again and again. Do not forsake me.




There is nobody in this world whom I can say is mine.
Without you the whole world is in desolation and forsaken state.
You are the caretaker and protector of the poor like me and you are the only support for me.




O Mother! You are the ocean of compassion.
By your grace remove all the bondages of the world.
O Mother! Without you who can fulfill our hopes of emancipation.




Within me a basket of all mistakes and wrong doings is there.
What can I offer you, I have so much hesitation.




The Serpent Kalia surrendered to Lord Shri Krishna and said:
“O Lord! I have venoms only to offer you and nothing else”.
The Lord accepted it out of love in surrender.




What have I earned in this world,
I only earned thousands of sins on my part.
Therefore, I pray O Mother! You are Mahapatak-Nashani,
So burn all my sins.




O Mother! You are Nirmala,
The treasure of motherly love and concerns.
Therefore O Mother! take away all the blemishes of all of us.




O Mother! By your arrival the world is enlightened by your Divine Love.
The dead have come to live by drinking the nectar of your Love.




O Mother! There is no benevolence like you and no poor and orphan like me.
That is why in your infinite compassion, you have given me the new life of divine love.




Mother! I do not ask from you any wealthy-possessions, nor power or positions.
In my utter humility, I pray you to bestow on me the pure devotion and dedication at your Lotus Feet.




(By a Sahaji friend)

The Queen of Heaven

When I was but a child I first saw the Queen of Heaven
She stood swathed in silken grab with golden hue
Her face it shone towards me with love and light
I will come and I will protect you is what She said to me
And She did come and She did protect me




When I was still a child I saw the Queen of Heaven once more
She stood upon the Earth ringed in fiery glow
My fear was for my heavenly Mother but She turned and said
I am your Mother I will allow no harm to come to you or me
I fell at Her Feet and prayed I never had to leave




I am older now and the world intrudes
My Mother still protects me and loves me more
But what of me, am I still at my Mothers Feet
I may not be constant and I may not be perfect but
She is within my heart and She is the soul of me



(Auriol Purdie)

Morning Prayer

May I this day, be what You'd have me be

May I this day, say what You'd have me say

May I this day be the part and parcel of the whole

and may my thoughts be of a realised soul

May I this day, have Love for all mankind

Shri Mother be in my heart and in my mind.

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in Heaven

Hallowed be Thy name

Thy Kingdom come

Thy Will be done

On Earth as it is in Heaven

Give us this day

Our daily bread

And forgive us our trespasses

As we forgive those

Who trespass against us

Lead us not into temptation

But deliver us from all evil

For Thine is the Kingdom

And the Power and the Glory

Forever and ever

Amen

Leela - The Poem

Today,got to see a beautiful play,

A Drama by a divine in her ‘Maya ‘ way.

Crowd of statues were standing on the stage.

No emotions,no sensation with their spirit in the cage.

But what the luck they had indeed

An energy became an angel for them in need

She landed on the stage and touched one of the statue

And for his wonder,gotta experience a life that;s new

He was then able to touch and feel

Joyous so much to live life with zeal

He learned to smile,then he learned to share,

Without discrimination,he learned to care

Then the angel gave him a miraculous plant

And ask to water it daily without any, ” Can’t”

Proper care and nourishment as long as it’ll gain

Will prevent him to become the statue again

And also blessed him with full powers of her

Even with his touch now, realisaton could occur

He waters the plant daily and the real magic begins

Whatever he does in thoughtlessness he always wins.

And when the negativity pushes him back and not let him won,

She ask to the angel and see how things get done

He started giving the plants to each and every statue

And ask them to have this experience new

Some find it unreal and some are keen

For the conversion from Statue to the living being

Gradually, masses of seekers got into transformation

Blessed with this ultimate truth of self realization

Some saints took proper care of their subtle system plant

While some got into the words like ,"I really want but sometimes can't"

The Angel kept on saying to follow protocol

Time is short,do not again fall

If you serve your plant with care today,

Tommorrow it'll become a tree with the shadow on the way

Gradually saint's plant were seen growing into tree

The whole world was covering with this beautiful greenery

Then on stage ,the statues and the living being

came across a predefine transformation scene

The conversion of Kal yuga to Satya yuga took place

We were the witness of this changing phase

Heavy storm came ,and the chaos in the stage

The gale took away everything of this age

The statues with their dry plant disappeared suddenly

And the saints were taken under care by their respective tree.

Remembering to thank the angel of that play 

Who saved all the saints through her ‘Maya’ way

A letter from Abraham Lincoln to his son’s teacher

Abraham Lincoln was what we call a “Realised Soul”, means he was born with his Kundalini

awakened. Despite the fact he was not aware of it; it was reflected in his actions and character.
We can see the beauty of his heart in this so right and so enlightened letter. Actually it would be so actual to imbibe as a basic background in our schools system



He will have to learn, I know,

that all men are not just, all men are not true.


But teach him also that

for every scoundrel there is a hero,

that for every selfish politician,

there is a dedicated leader…


Teach him that for every enemy there is a friend.

It will take time, I know; but teach him if you can, that a dollar earned is of far more

value than five found…


Teach him to learn to lose…

and also to enjoy winning.

Steer him away from envy, if you can,

Teach him the secret of quiet laughter.

Let him learn early that

the bullies are the easiest to lick…

Teach him, if you can, the wonder of books…

But also give him quiet time

to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky,

bees in the sun, and flowers on a green hillside.

In school teach him

it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat…

Teach him to have faith in his own ideas,

even if everyone tells him he is wrong…

Teach him to be gentle with gentle people,

and tough with the tough.

Try to give my son

The strength not to follow the crowd

when everyone is getting on the bandwagon…

Teach him to listen to all men…

but teach him also to filter all he hears

on a screen of truth,

and take only the good that comes through

Teach him, if you can, how to laugh when he is sad…

Teach him there is no shame in tears.

Teach him to scoff at cynics

and to be aware of too much sweetness.

Teach him to sell his brawn

and brain to the highest bidders,

but never to put a price tag on his heart and soul.

Teach him to close his ears to a howling mob…

and to stand and fight

if he things he is right.

Treat him gently, but do not cuddle him,

because only the test of fire makes fine steel.

Let him have the courage to be impatient…

let him have the patience to be brave.

Teach him always to have sublime faith in himself,

because then he will always have sublime faith in mankind.

This is a big order, but see what you can do…

He is such a fine fellow, my son!

Devi Mahatmayam - Translation

DEVI MAHATMAYAM

To our Great Mother
Her Holiness
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Who is manifest again on this Earth

In Her complete form,

to fulfill our desire for moksha,

and Who has granted

even now this collective desire

for a plain English version of this great epic,

which is written

in all our hearts.

We, the Sahaja Yogis of the world

humbly bow in gratitude.

OM tvameva sakshat, Shri Durga Mata sakshat,Shri Adi Shakti Mataji, Shri Nirmala Devi, namo namah.




(Translated from the original Sanskrit

by Sahaja Yoga Perth, Australia2006)

ARGALA STOTRAM (THE HYMNS OF ARGALA)

Asya Shri Argala stotrum mantrasya Vishnu rishih, anushtupa chandah, Shri Mahakalaxmidevata, Shri Jagadamba preetaye jape Vineeyogah.

(Meaning - Of these Argala Hymns, Shri Vishnu is the rishi (Saga), Anushtup is meter Mahalaxmi is the deity and it is recited for the love of Shri Jagadamba as a part of Sapta shati. Amen, salutations of Shri Chandika! Shri Markandeya spoke thus: )

1. Om Jayanti Mangala kali Bhadrakali Kapalini Durga Kshama Shiva dhatri swaha swadha namostute.

(Meaning : O Goddess Jayanti (who wins everyone), Mangala (who gives salvation), Kali, Bhadrakali (who is benevolent to devotees), kapalini. Durga, Kshama (who tolerates everyone) Shiva, Dhatri, Swaha and swad, salutations to you. )

2. Jai twam Devi Chamunde jai bhutartiharini, jai sarvagate Devi Kalratri namostute.
(Meaning - Victory be to you O Devi chamunda (the killer of chanda and munda) victory be to you O remover of miseries of all living beings. Victory be to you O Devi who is present every where. Salutations to you O Kalaratri (the last night). )

3. Madhu kaitabh vidravee vidravee vidyatra varde namah. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

( Meaning - Salutations to you O Devi, the killer of the demon Madhu and Kaitabha and the bestower of boons on Shri Brahmadeva. Please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

4. Mahishashura nirnashi bhaktanam sukhade namah. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - Salutations to you O Devi, the killer of Mahishasura and giver of happiness to your devotees. Please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

5. Raktabeej vadhe Devi chandamunda vinashini. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi, the killer of Raktabeeja and destroyer of demons Chanda and Munda. Please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

6. Shumbhasya-aiva nishumbhasya dhoomra-akshasya cha mardini. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning : O Devi, the killer of demons Shumbha, Nishumba and Dhumraksha. Please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

7. Vanditanghri-yuge Devi sarva saubhagya dayini. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi, whose lotus feet are worshipped by gods and who gives good fortune. Please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

8. Achintya-roopa-charite sarva shatru vinashini. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi, whose form and character are beyond mind and who destroys all the enemies. Please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

9. Natebhyam sarvada bhaktaya chandike duritapahe. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi, Chandika, the destroyer of sufferings, please give those who always humble before you in devotion, the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy the enemies. )

10. Stuvadabhyo bhakti-poorva-twam chandike Yyadhi-nashini. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi chandika the destroyer of all diseases, please give to the devotees, who praise you with devotion, the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy their enemies. )

11. Chandike satatam ye twam archyanteeh bhaktitah. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi Chandika, please, give those, who always worship you with devotion in this world, the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy their enemies. )

12. Dehi saubhagyam-arogyam dehi, me param. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi, please give us good fortune, health, complete happiness, spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

13. Vidhehi dvishtam nasham vidhehi bala-muchchakeh. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi, please destroy those who hate your devotees, give me strength, the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

14. Vidhehi Devi kalyanam vidhehi paramam shriyama. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi, please confer upon us the benevolence, great wealth, the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

15. Surasur-Shiroratna nighrashti-charane ambike. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi Ambika, your lotus feet are rubbed by the gems of the crowns worn by Gods and demons. Please bestow upon us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

16. Vidyavantam yashasvantam laxmivantam janam kuru. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi, please make your devotees knowledgeable, glorified and wealthy and give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy their enemies. )

17. Prachanda-daitya-darpaghne chandike pranataya me. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi, the destroyer of the ego of ferocious demons. O Chandike! Please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

18. Chaturbhuje chaturvaktra samstute parameshwari. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Parameshwari (The supreme Goddess) having four arms and who is praised by four-faced one (Brahmadeva) please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

19. Krishnen samstute Devi shashvad-bhaktya sada ambike. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi Ambika, who is ever praised with all devotion by Shri Krishna, please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies.)

20. Himachal-sutanath-samstute parmeshwari. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Parameshwari, (The supreme Goddess) who is praised by the husband of the daughter of Himalayas (Shri Shiva) please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

21. Indranipati-sadbhava-poojite parmeshwari. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Menaing - O Parameshwari, who is worshipped with true feelings by the husband of Indrani (Indra) please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

22. Devi prachanda-dornanda-daitya darpa-vinashini. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi, the destroyer of pride of demons by your strong arms please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

23. Devi bhakta-jana-uddam-datta-anand-udai-ambike. Roopam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi, dvisho jahi.

(Meaning - O Devi Ambika, you enlighten the supreme joy (moksha) of your devotees, please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies. )

24. Patnim manoramam dehi manovritta-anusarineema. Tarineem durga-samsar-sagarasya kula udbhawama.

(Meaning - O Devi! please give me the wife, who is pleasing to mind, who goes according to the mind (obedient) and who can cross the most difficult of worldly ocean and who comes from a good family. )

PRAYER TO THE DEVI
O Devi, please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies.

Baba black sheep have you any wool...

(Nursery rhyme : Ba ba black sheep have you any wool....)

Baba black sheep have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir three bags full.............Here, the black sheep represents the "Kundalini Power", and when She is asked that "Have you any wool, means, do you have any powers? Then she replies "Yes sir, Yes sir 3 Bags full, i.e. 3 Channels, Left, Right and Centre Powers, which we call as Powers of Mahakaali, Mahalaxmi and Mahasaraswati.

Then She (Kundalini i.e. Black Sheep) further explains :One for my Master, One for my dame .............. Means one for Right Heart, means for the chakra of "Father" (Shree Rama / Shiva) and one for (left heart, i.e. "Mother" means Parvati ............ and

One for the Little Boy, i.e. little boy is "Shree Ganesha", who lives down the LANE, means Who resides below the Kundalini, or down the lane.

PRAYER TO THE ALMIGHTY

You must pray to God and ask what you want. Ask for "Complete satisfaction in my heart, Joy in my heart, Bliss in my heart; so that the whole world becomes blissful".

"Give me Love, Love, that I could love the whole world and that the whole world becomes one in Love".

"Give salvation to the entire humanity, which is suffering".

"Take me to Your Feet".

"Cleanse me with Thy Love".

Now see if there's God or not. You can feel it. Within yourself he hears you. He is the Glory of all the Glory. He loves you, He protects you, He guides you. He has created you to be really His Love. But accept it. Any time any thought is coming to you - pray; and you will be moving in the way of the Ocean which is Unconscious mind, which starts with thoughtless awareness.

If you cannot become thoughtless, you pray to Him: "Forgive me for what I've done, and forgive those who have done harm to me

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi,

Bombay – 2/09/1975

Meri Maa..

KABHI MUJHE PYAR KARTI HAI MA

KABHI MUJHE DANT TI HAI MAA..

DANTKAR MAA MUJHE PYAR SE SAMJHATI HAI..

JAB - JAB MAINE ANUBHAV

KIYA KE MAIN AKELE HU,

TAB - TAB HAATH PAKADTI HAI MAA..

JAB - JAB KADAM DAGMAGAYE HAI,

TAB - TAB MAA NE MUJHE SAMBHALA HAI..

JAB - JAB MAIN DARI HU,

MAA NE ANCHAL MAIN CHUPYA HAI

ACHE BURE MAIN ANTAR MUJHE KARAYA HAI

MAINE APNI MAA MAIN TEEN RUPE PAYE HAI -

PEHLE WO MERE MAA HAI

PHIR WO MERE GURU HAI

AANT MAIN WO ADI SHAKTI HAI.....

Aao ji aao mare hridya Shri Mataji

Aao ji aao mare hridya Shri Mataji

Aao ji aao mare hridya Shri Mataji

Tumko pukare aaj sare sahaji

Tumko pukare aaj sare sahaji

Aao ji aao mare hridya Shri Mataji

Aao ji aao mare hridya Shri Mataji

Hridya me Maaji aap padhaare, sab sahajan ka maan badhaaye

Hridya me Maaji aap padhaare, sab sahajan ka maan badhaaye

Gam kikaayi aap mitaye aatm gyaan hai aap dilaye

Gam kikaayi aap mitaye aatm gyaan hai aap dilaye

Tumko pukare aaj

Tumko pukare aaj sare sahaji

Aao ji aao mare hridya Shri Mataji

Aao ji aao mare hridya Shri Mataji

Naam tihara mangalkaari, mahima hai Maa teri sabse hi nyaari

Naam tihara mangalkaari, mahima hai Maa teri sabse hi nyaari

Kundalini ko jagrit karke soyi shakti jagayi hai

Kundalini ko jagrit karke soyi shakti jagayi hai

Tumko pukare aaj

Tumko pukare aaj sare sahaji

Aao ji aao mare hridya Shri Mataji

Aao ji aao mare hridya Shri Mataji

AadiShakti ho tum dharti par aayi Maa sahaja gyaan sabko sikhlayi Maa

AadiShakti ho tum dharti par aayi Maa sahaja gyaan sabko sikhlayi Maa

Jag andhiyara mitane aayi mann mein jot jalane aayi

Jag andhiyara mitane aayi mann mein jot jalane aayi

Tumko pukare aaj

Tumko pukare aaj sare sahaji

Aao ji aao mare hridya Shri Mataji

Aao ji aao mare hridya Shri Mataji

Tumko pukare aaj sare sahaji

Aao ji aao mare hridya Shri Mataji

Aao ji aao mare hridya Shri Mataji

Aao ji aao mare hridya Shri Mataji.....

A DOZEN DIAMONDS OF DIVINE MOTHER

A DOZEN DIAMONDS OF DIVINE MOTHER

1. Total Surrender– Total Surrender of all the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual problems/(enemies, negativities etc to be taken care of by Sri Krishna in the mother) at the lotus feet of the divine mother with utmost humility (left) and complete obedience (right) as an instrument of the divinity to accept the divine qualities of mother such as love, peace, joy, satisfaction, liberation, oneness, forgiveness….

2. PURE Desire: Have the purest of pure desires that is kundalini which is the reflection of divine mother to distance one–self from the mundane desires (which are problematic/insignificant and temporary) with firm determination and devotion and with utmost humility and honesty to get fulfillment in life.

3. Pure Action: The purest of pure actions is of spreading / proclaiming testament the “Truth” thru Sahaja yoga (Maha yoga) of divine mother and collectivity as a part & parcel of the whole by the spontaneous union of individual spirit with absolute spirit with absolute dedication and dispassion and with utmost obedience and sincerity (to others) to get perfection in life.

4. Pure Attention: Purest of pure attentions is the attention on the divine vibrated lotus feet of the divine mother to carry out all the above activities without obstacles to get perfection in life through continuous education from collectivity with a sense of discipline (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual) and with absolute discrimination of right (self) and wrong (non–self) and with unlimited love to get character–excellence in life.

5. Absolute Innocence: Absolute innocence of Ganesha to move about in the world smoothly to have livelihood and memorylessness like a child – wisdom, purity, chastity, frankness discretion and auspiciousness.

6. Total Recognition: Total Recognition of divine mother whole–heartedly and with absolute faith on the divinity, individual, worlds and on sahaja yoga practice.

7. Self – Introspection: Introspection of oneself by identifying with the others’ problems to rectify vasanas, samskaras, catches etc so as to have smooth & vertical ascent through constantly diverting the attention from extra–spection, word–spection, doubt–spection to Divine–spection. Then Slip into…..

8. Thoughtless – Awareness State: Witnessing / seeing without thinking and enjoying the things as they are with 100% absorption with the Kundalini.

9. Recognition of 12 Grahas: (Please these grahas) also so as not to have obstacles towards divinity from them in one’s ascent along with the pleasing of Divine Mother by being the part & parcel of the (whole) galaxy.

10. Doubtless Awareness State: When one’s attention goes to the points in the body and stays there till corrected and goes back to joy without having any doubts what so ever.

11. Feeling Consciousness – Niranand Shearjoy State : As one continues in this state, without any doubts, thoughts, imaginations to reach this state of shear joy being one with the divine in a collective manner.

12. Sadasiva Consciousness State: This state gives expansion of all four states leading to infinite level slowly to have God–realistion and to merge with APE at the end. At this state, what one says, thinks, looks etc – materializes as divine manifestations (Miracles).

Bhavani Ashtakam and its Translation

Na Taato Na Maata Na Bandhur Na Daata,

Na putro Na putri Na Bhrityo Na Bharta

Na Jaaya Na Vidya Na Vriteermameva,

Gatistvam Gatistvam Twameka Bhavani

Bhavadbhavapaarey Mahadukha Bheeruhu,

Prapaata Prakaami Pralobhi Pramatah

KuSansaara Paasha Prabhadha Sadaham

Gatistvam Gatistvam Twameka Bhavani

Na Jaanami Tadam Na Jattyam Neyogam

Na Janaami Tantram Na Jatto Tranantram

Na Janaami Pujam Na Jattyam Seyogam

Gatistvam Gatistvam Twameka Bhavani



Na Jaanami Punyam, Na Jaanami Theertham,

Na Jaanami Mutkeem, Layam Vaa Kadachit

Na Jaanami Bhatkeem, Vratam Vaapi Maatah,

Gatistvam Gatistvam Twameka Bhavani

Kukarmi, Kusangi, Ku buddhi, Kudasah,

Kulaacharaheenah Kadachaaraleenah!

Kudrushtih, Kuvaakya Prabandah Sadaham

Gatistvam Gatistvam Twameka Bhavani !!

Prajesham, Ramesham, Mahesham, Suresham,

Dinesham Nishiteshwaram Va Kadachit

Na Jaanami Chaanyat Sadaham Sharanye'

Gatistvam Gatistvam Twameka Bhavani !!

Divaadey, Vishadey, Pramadhey, Pravaasey

Jaale Chaanalay, Parvatey, Shatrumadhyae'

Aranye' Sharanye' Sada Maa Prapahi

Gatistvam Gatistvam Twameka Bhavani !!

Anartho Daridro Jara Rogayukto,

Mahashkeena Deenah Sada JadyaVaktrah

Vipatto Pravishtah Pranashtah Sadaham,

Gatistvam Gatistvam Twameka Bhavani !!

Jai Maa Bhavani

Bhavani Ashtakam

A Prayer to Mother Divine, Bhavani: these sacred sanskrit 8 Stanza prayers were written by Sri Aadi Shankaracharya, composed in a high state of devotion and bliss to uplift the devotees.

Translation

O Mother Divine!

Father, Mother, Husband, Wife, Children and Friends

none of these are eternally mine .

Knowledge, intellect, mind and will power are also not eternal.

O Mother of the universe- You are my only saviour, My eternal refuge

I have fallen in the ocean of birth and death, and I fear their sorrows.

I am trapped by my ego with its countless desires, greed, pride and lust.

O Mother of the universe- You are my only saviour, my eternal refuge.

O Mother of the universe - I do not know how to come close to you.

I do not know any form of worship. Help me,
O Mother Divine- You are my only saviour, my eternal refuge.

I do not know how to be righteous or find your abode.

I do not know how to achieve freedom by dissolving my ego.

I am devoid and surrender. I am not strong enough to make any vow.

O Mother of the universe- You are my saviour, my eternal refuge

My mind is always engaged in worthless thoughts and actions.

My Intellect has become dull, enslaved by old habits.

I am unable to behave honourably and my intentions are unique.

My speech becomes harsh and hurting. Save me,

O Mother of the universe - You are my only saviour, my eternal refuge

I do not Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Indra, Surya and Chandra,

or any other divinities.

You are known for your compassion-

O Mother of the universe, You are my only saviour, my eternal refuge

O compassionate Mother, protect me wherever I am and with whomever I am

with in pleasure and in distress.

O Mother of the universe - You are my only saviour, my eternal refuge

O Mother, I feel like an orphan on this Earth,

powerless and without inner wealth, deluded by ignorance

and unable to see the light of truth.

O Mother of the universe - You are my only saviour, my eternal refuge

Jai Maa Bhavani