Devotional · Brahmanda Purana

Lalita Sahasranama (verses 1-8)

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श्रीमाता श्रीमहाराज्ञी श्रीमत्सिंहासनेश्वरी । चिदग्निकुण्डसम्भूता देवकार्यसमुद्यता ॥ उद्यद्भानुसहस्राभा चतुर्बाहुसमन्विता । रागस्वरूपपाशाढ्या क्रोधाकाराङ्कुशोज्ज्वला ॥ मनोरूपेक्षुकोदण्डा पञ्चतन्मात्रसायका । निजारुणप्रभापूरमज्जद्ब्रह्माण्डमण्डला ॥ चम्पकाशोकपुन्नागसौगन्धिकलसत्कचा । कुरुविन्दमणिश्रेणीकनत्कोटीरमण्डिता ॥ अष्टमीचन्द्रविभ्राजदलिकस्थलशोभिता । मुखचन्द्रकलङ्काभमृगनाभिविशेषका ॥ वदनस्मरमाङ्गल्यगृहतोरणचिल्लिका । वक्त्रलक्ष्मीपरीवाहचलन्मीनाभलोचना ॥ नवचम्पकपुष्पाभनासादण्डविराजिता । ताराकान्तितिरस्कारिनासाभरणभासुरा ॥ कदम्बमञ्जरीकॢप्तकर्णपूरमनोहरा । ताटङ्कयुगलीभूततपनोडुपमण्डला ॥

shrimata shrimaharajnyi shrimatsimhasaneshvari . chidagnikundasambhuta devakaryasamudyata .. udyadbhanusahasrabha chaturbahusamanvita . ragasvarupapashadhya krodhakarankushojjvala .. manorupekshukodanda panchatanmatrasayaka . nijarunaprabhapuramajjadbrahmandamandala .. champakashokapunnagasaugandhikalasatkacha . kuruvindamanishrenikanatkotiramandita .. ashtamichandravibhrajadalikasthalashobhita . mukhachandrakalankabhamriganabhivisheshaka .. vadanasmaramangalyagrihatoranachillika . vaktralakshmiparivahachalanminabhalochana .. navachampakapushpabhanasadandavirajita . tarakantitiraskarinasabharanabhasura .. kadambamanjarikliptakarnapuramanohara . tatankayugalibhutatapanodupamandala ..

Meaning

A thousand names for the Mother, Lalita, empress on her throne — no sentence to follow here, only her names told like beads, one remembrance after another.

Practice it daily

In Niyam, this mantra can stand between you and your most distracting apps — it appears for 15 seconds, in your script with its meaning, each time you open them. Read, breathe, continue. Fourteen days of those pauses become a sadhana.

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