Durga Saptashloki
ದುರ್ಗಾ ಸಪ್ತಶ್ಲೋಕೀ
The Sanskrit text in Kannada script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.
ದೇವಿ ತ್ವಂ ಭಕ್ತಸುಲಭೇ ಸರ್ವಕಾರ್ಯವಿಧಾಯಿನೀ।
ಕಲೌ ಹಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಸಿದ್ಧ್ಯರ್ಥಮುಪಾಯಂ ಬ್ರೂಹಿ ಯತ್ನತಃ॥Devi tvam bhaktasulabhe sarvakaryavidhayini, kalau hi karyasiddhyarthamupayam bruhi yatnatah.
O Goddess, easily reached by devotees, doer of all deeds: kindly tell me the way to fulfil one’s aims in the Kali age.
ಶೃಣು ದೇವ ಪ್ರವಕ್ಷ್ಯಾಮಿ ಕಲೌ ಸರ್ವೇಷ್ಟಸಾಧನಮ್।
ಮಯಾ ತವೈವ ಸ್ನೇಹೇನಾಪ್ಯಮ್ಬಾಸ್ತುತಿಃ ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ಯತೇ॥Shrinu deva pravakshyami kalau sarveshtasadhanam, maya tavaiva snehenapyambastutih prakashyate.
Listen, O Lord, I will tell you the means to every wish in the Kali age: out of love for you, I reveal this hymn to the Mother.
ಓಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಿನಾಮಪಿ ಚೇತಾಂಸಿ ದೇವೀ ಭಗವತೀ ಹಿ ಸಾ।
ಬಲಾದಾಕೃಷ್ಯ ಮೋಹಾಯ ಮಹಾಮಾಯಾ ಪ್ರಯಚ್ಛತಿ॥Om jnaninamapi chetamsi devi bhagavati hi sa, baladakrishya mohaya mahamaya prayachchhati.
Om. The Goddess, the Blessed Mahamaya, forcibly draws away even the minds of the wise and casts them into delusion.
ದುರ್ಗೇ ಸ್ಮೃತಾ ಹರಸಿ ಭೀತಿಮಶೇಷಜನ್ತೋಃ ಸ್ವಸ್ಥೈಃ ಸ್ಮೃತಾ ಮತಿಮತೀವ ಶುಭಾಂ ದದಾಸಿ।
ದಾರಿದ್ರ್ಯದುಃಖಭಯಹಾರಿಣಿ ಕಾ ತ್ವದನ್ಯಾ ಸರ್ವೋಪಕಾರಕರಣಾಯ ಸದಾರ್ದ್ರಚಿತ್ತಾ॥Durge smrita harasi bhitimasheshajantoh svasthaih smrita matimativa shubham dadasi, daridryaduhkhabhayaharini ka tvadanya sarvopakarakaranaya sadardrachitta.
O Durga, remembered, you take away the fear of every being; remembered by those at ease, you give a mind full of goodness. Remover of poverty, pain and fear, who but you is so tender-hearted, always ready to help all?
ಸರ್ವಮಙ್ಗಲಮಙ್ಗಲ್ಯೇ ಶಿವೇ ಸರ್ವಾರ್ಥಸಾಧಿಕೇ।
ಶರಣ್ಯೇ ತ್ರ್ಯಮ್ಬಕೇ ಗೌರಿ ನಾರಾಯಣಿ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ॥Sarvamangalamangalye shive sarvarthasadhike, sharanye tryambake gauri narayani namostu te.
O auspicious one among all things auspicious, Shiva, who fulfils every aim, the refuge of all, three-eyed Gauri, Narayani, salutations to you.
ಶರಣಾಗತದೀನಾರ್ತಪರಿತ್ರಾಣಪರಾಯಣೇ।
ಸರ್ವಸ್ಯಾರ್ತಿಹರೇ ದೇವಿ ನಾರಾಯಣಿ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ॥Sharanagatadinartaparitranaparayane, sarvasyartihare devi narayani namostu te.
You who are devoted to saving the helpless and suffering who come to you for refuge, who take away everyone’s pain, O Goddess Narayani, salutations to you.
ಸರ್ವಸ್ವರೂಪೇ ಸರ್ವೇಶೇ ಸರ್ವಶಕ್ತಿಸಮನ್ವಿತೇ।
ಭಯೇಭ್ಯಸ್ತ್ರಾಹಿ ನೋ ದೇವಿ ದುರ್ಗೇ ದೇವಿ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ॥Sarvasvarupe sarveshe sarvashaktisamanvite, bhayebhyastrahi no devi durge devi namostu te.
You whose form is all things, ruler of all, endowed with every power, protect us from fear, O Goddess; O Goddess Durga, salutations to you.
ರೋಗಾನಶೇಷಾನಪಹಂಸಿ ತುಷ್ಟಾ ರುಷ್ಟಾ ತು ಕಾಮಾನ್ ಸಕಲಾನಭೀಷ್ಟಾನ್।
ತ್ವಾಮಾಶ್ರಿತಾನಾಂ ನ ವಿಪನ್ನರಾಣಾಂ ತ್ವಾಮಾಶ್ರಿತಾ ಹ್ಯಾಶ್ರಯತಾಂ ಪ್ರಯಾನ್ತಿ॥Roganasheshanapahamsi tushta rushta tu kaman sakalanabhishtan, tvamashritanam na vipannaranam tvamashrita hyashrayatam prayanti.
When pleased you destroy every illness, and when angered every cherished desire. Those who take refuge in you meet no misfortune; indeed, those who take refuge in you become a refuge for others.
ಸರ್ವಾಬಾಧಾಪ್ರಶಮನಂ ತ್ರೈಲೋಕ್ಯಸ್ಯಾಖಿಲೇಶ್ವರಿ।
ಏವಮೇವ ತ್ವಯಾ ಕಾರ್ಯಮಸ್ಮದ್ವೈರಿವಿನಾಶನಮ್॥Sarvabadhaprashamanam trailokyasyakhileshvari, evameva tvaya karyamasmadvairivinashanam.
O Queen of all, in the same way calm all the troubles of the three worlds and destroy our enemies.