Goddess Durga

śrī devyatharvaśīrṣam

(Shri Devyatharvashirsham in English (IAST))

From Atharva Veda

The Shri Devyatharvashirsham is a sacred Upanishadic text dedicated to the Divine Mother, Devi. Attributed to the Atharva Veda, it profoundly declares the Goddess as the manifest form of Brahman and the foundational energy behind the entire universe. The stotra explores the non-dualistic nature of the Goddess, asserting her presence in both the manifest and unmanifest realms. Chanting this powerful hymn is believed to bestow spiritual wisdom, dissolve obstacles, and awaken inner consciousness. Devotees recite it to seek the Mother's supreme grace, inner purity, and the ultimate realization of the unity between the individual soul and the cosmic energy.

oṃ sarve vai devā devīmupatasthuḥ kāsi tva-mmahādevīti || 1 ||
sā-'bravīdaha-mbrahmasvarūpiṇī |
mattaḥ prakṛtipuruṣātmaka-ñjagat |
śūnya-ñcāśūnya-ñca || 2 ||
ahamānandānānandau |
ahaṃ-vi~jñānāvijñāne |
aha-mbrahmābrahmaṇi veditavye |
aha-mpañcabhūtānyapañcabhūtāni |
ahamakhila-ñjagat || 3 ||
vedo-'hamavedo-'ham |
vidyā-'hamavidyā-'ham |
ajā-'hamanajā-'ham |
adhaścordhva-ñca tiryakcāham || 4 ||
ahaṃ rudrebhirvasubhiścarāmi |
ahamādityairuta viśvadevaiḥ |
aha-mmitrāvaruṇāvubhau bibharmi |
ahamindrāgnī ahamaśvināvubhau || 5 ||
ahaṃ soma-ntvaṣṭāra-mpūṣaṇa-mbhaga-ndadhāmi |
ahaṃ-vi~ṣṇumurukrama-mbrahmāṇamuta prajāpati-ndadhāmi || 6 ||
a॒ha-nda̭dhāmi॒ dravi̭ṇaṃ ha॒viṣma̭te suprā॒vye॒3 yaja̭mānāya sunva॒te |
a॒haṃ rāṣṭrī̭ sa॒ṅgama̭nī॒ vasṷ̄nā-ñciki॒tuṣī̭ pratha॒mā ya॒jñiyā̭nām |
a॒haṃ sṷve pi॒tara̭masya mū॒rdhanmama॒ yoni̭ra॒psvanta-ssa̭mu॒dre |
ya evaṃ-ve~da | sa devīṃ sampadamāpnoti || 7 ||
te devā abruvan
namo devyai mahādevyai śivāyai satata-nnamaḥ |
namaḥ prakṛtyai bhadrāyai niyatāḥ praṇatā-ssma tām || 8 ||
tāma॒gniva̭rṇā॒-ntapa̭sā jvala॒ntīṃ-vai~̭roca॒nī-ṅka̭rmapha॒leṣu॒ juṣṭā᳚m |
du॒rgā-nde॒vīṃ śara̭ṇa-mprapa̭dyāmahe-'surānnāśayitryai te namaḥ || 9 ||
(ṛ.ve.8.100.11)
de॒vīṃ-vā~ca̭majanayanta de॒vāstāṃ-vi~॒śvarṷ̄pāḥ pa॒śavo̭ vadanti |
sā no̭ ma॒ndreṣa॒mūrja॒-nduhā̭nā dhe॒nurvāga॒smānupa॒ suṣṭu॒taitṷ || 10 ||
kālarātrī-mbrahmastutāṃ-vai~ṣṇavīṃ skandamātaram |
sarasvatīmaditi-ndakṣaduhitara-nnamāmaḥ pāvanāṃ śivām || 11 ||
mahālakṣmyai ca vidmahe sarvaśaktyai ca dhīmahi |
tanno devī pracodayāt || 12 ||
aditir​hyajaniṣṭa dakṣa yā duhitā tava |
tā-ndevā anvajāyanta bhadrā amṛtabandhavaḥ || 13 ||
kāmo yoniḥ kamalā vajrapāṇi-
rguhā hasā mātariśvābhramindraḥ |
punarguhā sakalā māyayā ca
purūcyaiṣā viśvamātādividyom || 14 ||
eṣā-''tmaśaktiḥ |
eṣā viśvamohinī |
pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇadharā |
eṣā śrīmahāvidyā |
ya evaṃ-ve~da sa śoka-ntarati || 15 ||
namaste astu bhagavati mātarasmānpāhi sarvataḥ || 16 ||
saiṣāṣṭau vasavaḥ |
saiṣaikādaśa rudrāḥ |
saiṣā dvādaśādityāḥ |
saiṣā viśvedevā-ssomapā asomapāśca |
saiṣā yātudhānā asurā rakṣāṃsi piśācā yakṣā siddhāḥ |
saiṣā sattvarajastamāṃsi |
saiṣā brahmaviṣṇurudrarūpiṇī |
saiṣā prajāpatīndramanavaḥ |
saiṣā grahanakṣatrajyotīṃṣi | kalākāṣṭhādikālarūpiṇī |
tāmaha-mpraṇaumi nityam |
pāpāpahāriṇī-ndevī-mbhuktimuktipradāyinīm |
anantāṃ-vi~jayāṃ śuddhāṃ śaraṇyāṃ śivadāṃ śivām || 17 ||
viyadīkārasaṃ​yu~ktaṃ-vī~tihotrasamanvitam |
ardhendulasita-ndevyā bījaṃ sarvārthasādhakam || 18 ||
evamekākṣara-mbrahma yataya-śśuddhacetasaḥ |
dhyāyanti paramānandamayā jñānāmburāśayaḥ || 19 ||
vāṅmāyā brahmasūstasmā-thṣaṣṭhaṃ-va~ktrasamanvitam |
sūryo-'vāmaśrotrabindusaṃ​yu~ktaṣṭāttṛtīyakaḥ |
nārāyaṇena sammiśro vāyuścādharayuktataḥ |
vicce navārṇako-'rṇa-ssyānmahadānandadāyakaḥ || 20 ||
hṛtpuṇḍarīkamadhyasthā-mprātassūryasamaprabhām |
pāśāṅkuśadharāṃ saumyāṃ-va~radābhayahastakām |
trinetrāṃ raktavasanā-mbhaktakāmadughā-mbhaje || 21 ||
namāmi tvā-mmahādevī-mmahābhayavināśinīm |
mahādurgapraśamanī-mmahākāruṇyarūpiṇīm || 22 ||
yasyā-ssvarūpa-mbrahmādayo na jānanti tasmāducyate ajñeyā |
yasyā anto na labhyate tasmāducyate anantā |
yasyā lakṣya-nnopalakṣyate tasmāducyate alakṣyā |
yasyā janana-nnopalabhyate tasmāducyate ajā |
ekaiva sarvatra vartate tasmāducyate ekā |
ekaiva viśvarūpiṇī tasmāducyate naikā |
ata evocyate ajñeyānantālakṣyājaikā naiketi || 23 ||
mantrāṇā-mmātṛkā devī śabdānā-ñjñānarūpiṇī |
jñānānā-ñcinmayātītā śūnyānāṃ śūnyasākṣiṇī |
yasyāḥ paratara-nnāsti saiṣā durgā prakīrtitā || 24 ||
tā-ndurgā-ndurgamā-ndevī-ndurācāravighātinīm |
namāmi bhavabhīto-'haṃ saṃsārārṇavatāriṇīm || 25 ||
idamatharvaśīr​ṣaṃ-yo~-'dhīte sa pañcātharvaśīr​ṣajapaphalamāpnoti |
idamatharvaśīr​ṣamajñātvā yo-'rcāṃ sthāpayati |
śatalakṣa-mprajaptvā-'pi so-'rcāsiddhi-nna vindati |
śatamaṣṭottara-ñcāsya puraścaryāvidhi-ssmṛtaḥ |
daśavāra-mpaṭhedyastu sadyaḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate |
mahādurgāṇi tarati mahādevyāḥ prasādataḥ | 26 ||
sāyamadhīyāno divasakṛta-mpāpa-nnāśayati |
prātaradhīyāno rātrikṛta-mpāpa-nnāśayati |
sāya-mprātaḥ prayuñjāno apāpo bhavati |
niśīthe turīyasandhyāyā-ñjaptvā vāksiddhirbhavati |
nūtanāyā-mpratimāyā-ñjaptvā devatāsānnidhya-mbhavati |
prāṇapratiṣṭhāyā-ñjaptvā prāṇānā-mpratiṣṭhā bhavati |
bhaumāśvinyā-mmahādevīsannidhau japtvā mahāmṛtyu-ntarati |
sa mahāmṛtyu-ntarati |
ya evaṃ-ve~da |
ityupaniṣat || 27 ||
iti devyatharvaśīr​ṣam |

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