The document is a prayer to the goddess Sharada. It praises her as the source of pure knowledge, intelligence, speech, inner peace and all other virtues. It describes her as decorated with lightning, a river of nectar that cures worldly suffering, and the presiding deity of learning, knowledge and speech.
The document is a prayer to the goddess Sharada. It praises her as the source of pure knowledge, intelligence, speech, inner peace and all other virtues. It describes her as decorated with lightning, a river of nectar that cures worldly suffering, and the presiding deity of learning, knowledge and speech.
The document is a prayer to the goddess Sharada. It praises her as the source of pure knowledge, intelligence, speech, inner peace and all other virtues. It describes her as decorated with lightning, a river of nectar that cures worldly suffering, and the presiding deity of learning, knowledge and speech.
The document is a prayer to the goddess Sharada. It praises her as the source of pure knowledge, intelligence, speech, inner peace and all other virtues. It describes her as decorated with lightning, a river of nectar that cures worldly suffering, and the presiding deity of learning, knowledge and speech.
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Sharada Stotram
xrd st]m/ xrd st]m/ xrd st]m/ xrd st]m/
-i-i- : ii 1:-iii-i i --i ri i-i-i ii-i i i - ii ii n]m]st xrde dev} xmrprvs}in} | tvm]h\ p$T]y n}ty]\ v}dn]\ c] deh} m || 1 ||
Obeisance to Thee, O effulgent Sarada, worshipped in the City of Kashmir, I always beseech Thee to vouchsafe to me Pure Knowledge.
; - iiiii- i -i+iiri- :i-iiii- ii - ii y DrN mD vgdev v}iD}v]B | B]j}gs]dn x]md}gN]dy}n || 2 ||
You are faith, memory, intelligence, the divinity of speech, the Spouse of Creator, Brahma. You grace the devotees speech, You are the bestower of inner peace, and all other excellences.
-i-i-i i-i- -ici 1 -i1--i-i i -i- -iii--ii-i ii-it-i ii . ii n]mm} ym}n\ nT]lKl]Mt]nt]lm | B]vn\ B]v]s]ntp]in}$vp]N]sDn]dIm || 3 ||
I bow down to Bhavani who is decorated with ear ornament studded with the flash of lightning, who is a river of nectar that cures the torments of worldly life.
-i1| -i-r i-i-i ii-| -i-r -i- i --iii--i i i ii : ii B]ly n]m n}ty]\ s]rsv]ty n]m n]m | vdvdvdnt]iv}sTnBy] Av] c] || 4 || Constant Salutations to Thee, O Mother Beneficent! You are the stay of Veda and the auxillary branches of the Veda, of the Vedanta and all other forms of learning. Salutations to You, O Goddess of Learning.
rmi i- ri-i i--i- i iiiiii -i| | -i-r -i- ii - ii bsv]p p]rm jyit}p s]nt]n | s]$v]*v}D}dev y t]sy vNy n]m n]m || 5 ||
O Mother, You are the personification of Brahman. You are the Supreme Spirit, the light Divine, the Eternal Being. You are the Presiding Deity in all branches of learning. Salutations to You, O Goddess of Learning.
i ii- ii-ii :iizi---i -i-i i -ii -i| ii-| -i-r -i- ii ii y]y v}n j]g]ts]$v]*\ x]v]v]nmt]\ B]vt | nD}dev y t]sy s]rsv]ty n]m n]m || 6 ||
But for You the whole world would appear lifeless. You are the Presiding Deity of Knowledge. Salutations to You, O Goddess of Learning.
i ii- ii-ii -1---i-ii-i i iiic- -i| | -i-r -i- ii : ii y]y v}n j]g]ts]$v]*\ mmnm]]v]ts]d | y dev vg]iD}SQ t]sy vNy n]m n]m || 7 ||
But for You the whole world would appear dump and demented. You are the Presiding Deity of Speech. Salutations to You, O Goddess of Speech.