॥ Sri Chandikashtakam English Lyrics ॥
sahasracandranitdakatikanta-candrikacayai-
diso’bhipurayad vidurayad duragraham kaleh ।
krtamala’valakalevaram varam bhajamahe
mahesamanasasrayanvaho maho mahodayam ॥ 1 ॥
visala-sailakandarantarala-vasasalinim
trilokapalinim kapalini manoramamimam ।
umamupasitam surairupasmahe mahesvarim
param ganesvaraprasu nagesvarasya nandinim ॥ 2 ॥
aye mahesi! te mahendramukhyanirjarah same
samanayanti murddharagata paragamamghrijam ।
mahaviragisamkara’nuraginim nuragini
smarami cetasa’tasimumamavasasam nutam ॥ 3 ॥
bhaje’maramganakarocchalatsucama roccalan
nicola-lolakuntalam svaloka-soka-nasinim ।
adabhra-sambhrtatisambhrama-prabhuta-vibhrama-
pravrta-tandava-prakanda-panditikrtesvaram ॥ 4 ॥
apiha pamaram vidhaya camaram tatha’maram
nupamaram paresidrg-vibhavita-vitatrike ।
pravartate pratosa-rosa-khelana tava svadosa-
mosahetave samrddhimelanam padannumah ॥ 5 ॥
bhabhuv-bhabhav-bhabhav-bhabhabhito-vibhasi bhasvara-
prabhabhara-prabhasitaga-gahvaradhibhasinim ।
milattara-jvalattarodvalattara-ksapakara
pramuta-bhabhara-prabhasi-bhalapattikam bhaje ॥ 6 ॥
kapotakambu-kamyakantha-kanthayakamkanamgada-
dikanta-kascikascitam kapalikaminimaham ।
varamghrinupuradhvani-pravrttisambhavad visesa-
kavyakalpakausalam kapalakundalam bhaje ॥ 7 ॥
bhavabhaya-prabhavitadbhavottaraprabhavi bhavya
bhumibhutibhavana prabhutibhavukam bhave ।
bhavani neti te bhavani! padapamkajam bhaje
bhavanti tatra satruvo na yatra tadvibhavanam ॥ 8 ॥
durgagrato’tigarimaprabhavam bhavanya
bhavyamimam stutimumapatina pranitam ।
yah sravayet sapuruhutapuradhipatya
bhagyam labheta ripavasca trnani tasya ॥ 9 ॥
ramastamka sasamke’bde’stamyam suklasvine gurau ।
saktasrijagadanandasarmanyupahrta stutih ॥ 10 ॥
॥ iti kavipatyupanamaka-sri umapatidvivedi-viracitam candikastakam
sampurnam ॥
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