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ambā stavaḥ
Amba Stavah
Devi Adi Shankaracharya Latin
yāmāmananti munayaḥ prakṛtiṃ purāṇīṃ
vidyeti yāṃ śrutirahasyavido vadanti |
tāmardhapallavitaśaṅkararūpamudrāṃ
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devīmananyaśaraṇaḥ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 1 ||
amba staveṣu tava tāvadakartṛkāṇi
kuṇṭhībhavanti vacasāmapi gumbhanāni |
ḍimbhasya me stutirasāvasamañjasāpi
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vātsalyanighnahṛdayāṃ bhavatīṃ dhinotu || 2 ||
vyometi binduriti nāda itīndulekhā-
-rūpeti vāgbhavatanūriti mātṛketi |
niḥsyandamānasukhabodhasudhāsvarūpā
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vidyotase manasi bhāgyavatāṃ janānām || 3 ||
āvirbhavatpulakasantatibhiḥ śarīrai-
-rniḥsyandamānasalilairnayanaiśca nityam |
vāgbhiśca gadgadapadābhirupāsate ye
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pādau tavāmba bhuvaneṣu ta eva dhanyāḥ || 4 ||
vaktraṃ yadudyatamabhiṣṭutaye bhavatyā-
-stubhyaṃ namo yadapi devi śiraḥ karoti |
cetaśca yattvayi parāyaṇamamba tāni
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kasyāpi kairapi bhavanti tapoviśeṣaiḥ || 5 ||
mūlālavālakuharāduditā bhavāni
nirbhidya ṣaṭsarasijāni taṭillateva |
bhūyo'pi tatra viśasi dhruvamaṇḍalendu-
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-niḥsyandamānaparamāmṛtatoyarūpā || 6 ||
dagdhaṃ yadā madanamekamanekadhā te
mugdhaḥ kaṭākṣavidhiraṅkurayāñcakāra |
dhatte tadāprabhṛti devi lalāṭanetraṃ
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satyaṃ hriyaiva mukulīkṛtamindumauleḥ || 7 ||
ajñātasambhavamanākalitānvavāyaṃ
bhikṣuṃ kapālinamavāsasamadvitīyam |
pūrvaṃ karagrahaṇamaṅgalato bhavatyāḥ
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śambhuṃ ka eva bubudhe girirājakanye || 8 ||
carmāmbaraṃ ca śavabhasmavilepanaṃ ca
bhikṣāṭanaṃ ca naṭanaṃ ca paretabhūmau |
vetālasaṃhatiparigrahatā ca śambhoḥ
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śobhāṃ bibharti girije tava sāhacaryāt || 9 ||
kalpopasaṃharaṇakeliṣu paṇḍitāni
caṇḍāni khaṇḍaparaśorapi tāṇḍavāni |
ālokanena tava komalitāni māta-
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-rlāsyātmanā pariṇamanti jagadvibhūtyai || 10 ||
jantorapaścimatanoḥ sati karmasāmye
niḥśeṣapāśapaṭalacchidurā nimeṣāt |
kalyāṇi deśikakaṭākṣasamāśrayeṇa
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kāruṇyato bhavati śāmbhavavedadīkṣā || 11 ||
muktāvibhūṣaṇavatī navavidrumābhā
yaccetasi sphurasi tārakiteva sandhyā |
ekaḥ sa eva bhuvanatrayasundarīṇāṃ
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kandarpatāṃ vrajati pañcaśarīṃ vināpi || 12 ||
ye bhāvayantyamṛtavāhibhiraṃśujālai-
-rāpyāyamānabhuvanāmamṛteśvarīṃ tvām |
te laṅghayanti nanu mātaralaṅghanīyāṃ
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brahmādibhiḥ suravarairapi kālakakṣām || 13 ||
yaḥ sphāṭikākṣaguṇapustakakuṇḍikāḍhyāṃ
vyākhyāsamudyatakarāṃ śaradinduśubhrām |
padmāsanāṃ ca hṛdaye bhavatīmupāste
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mātaḥ sa viśvakavitārkikacakravartī || 14 ||
barhāvataṃsayutabarbarakeśapāśāṃ
guñjāvalīkṛtaghanastanahāraśobhām |
śyāmāṃ pravālavadanāṃ sukumārahastāṃ
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tvāmeva naumi śabarīṃ śabarasya jāyām || 15 ||
ardhena kiṃ navalatālalitena mugdhe
krītaṃ vibhoḥ paruṣamardhamidaṃ tvayeti |
ālījanasya parihāsavacāṃsi manye
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mandasmitena tava devi jaḍī bhavanti || 16 ||
brahmāṇḍa budbudakadambakasaṅkulo'yaṃ
māyodadhirvividhaduḥkhataraṅgamālaḥ |
āścaryamamba jhaṭiti pralayaṃ prayāti
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tvaddhyānasantatimahābaḍabāmukhāgnau || 17 ||
dākṣāyaṇīti kuṭileti kuhāriṇīti
kātyāyanīti kamaleti kalāvatīti |
ekā satī bhagavatī paramārthato'pi
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sandṛśyase bahuvidhā nanu nartakīva || 18 ||
ānandalakṣaṇamanāhatanāmni deśe
nādātmanā pariṇataṃ tava rūpamīśe |
pratyaṅmukhena manasā paricīyamānaṃ
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śaṃsanti netrasalilaiḥ pulakaiśca dhanyāḥ || 19 ||
tvaṃ candrikā śaśini tigmarucau rucistvaṃ
tvaṃ cetanāsi puruṣe pavane balaṃ tvam |
tvaṃ svādutāsi salile śikhini tvamūṣmā
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niḥsārameva nikhilaṃ tvadṛte yadi syāt || 20 ||
jyotīṃṣi yaddivi caranti yadantarikṣaṃ
sūte payāṃsi yadahirdharaṇīṃ ca dhatte |
yadvāti vāyuranalo yadudarcirāste
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tatsarvamamba tava kevalamājñayaiva || 21 ||
saṅkocamicchasi yadā girije tadānīṃ
vāktarkayostvamasi bhūmiranāmarūpā |
yadvā vikāsamupayāsi yadā tadānīṃ
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tvannāmarūpagaṇanāḥ sukarā bhavanti || 22 ||
bhogāya devi bhavatīṃ kṛtinaḥ praṇamya
bhrūkiṅkarīkṛtasarojagṛhāḥ sahasram |
cintāmaṇipracayakalpitakeliśaile
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kalpadrumopavana eva ciraṃ ramante || 23 ||
hartuṃ tvameva bhavasi tvadadhīnamīśe
saṃsāratāpamakhilaṃ dayayā paśūnām |
vaikartanī kiraṇasaṃhatireva śaktā
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dharmaṃ nijaṃ śamayituṃ nijayaiva vṛṣṭyā || 24 ||
śaktiḥ śarīramadhidaivatamantarātmā
jñānaṃ kriyā karaṇamāsanajālamicchā |
aiśvaryamāyatanamāvaraṇāni ca tvaṃ
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kiṃ tanna yadbhavasi devi śaśāṅkamauleḥ || 25 ||
bhūmau nivṛttiruditā payasi pratiṣṭhā
vidyā'nale maruti śāntiratīvakāntiḥ |
vyomnīti yāḥ kila kalāḥ kalayanti viśvaṃ
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tāsāṃ hi dūrataramamba padaṃ tvadīyam || 26 ||
yāvatpadaṃ padasarojayugaṃ tvadīyaṃ
nāṅgīkaroti hṛdayeṣu jagaccharaṇye |
tāvadvikalpajaṭilāḥ kuṭilaprakārā-
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-starkagrahāḥ samayināṃ pralayaṃ na yānti || 27 ||
nirdevayānapitṛyānavihārameke
kṛtvā manaḥ karaṇamaṇḍalasārvabhaumam |
dhyāne niveśya tava kāraṇapañcakasya
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parvāṇi pārvati nayanti nijāsanatvam || 28 ||
sthūlāsu mūrtiṣu mahīpramukhāsu mūrteḥ
kasyāścanāpi tava vaibhavamamba yasyāḥ |
patyā girāmapi na śakyata eva vaktuṃ
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sāpi stutā kila mayeti titikṣitavyam || 29 ||
kālāgnikoṭirucimamba ṣaḍadhvaśuddhau
āplāvaneṣu bhavatīmamṛtaughavṛṣṭim |
śyāmāṃ ghanastanataṭāṃ śakalīkṛtāghāṃ
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dhyāyanta eva jagatāṃ guravo bhavanti || 30 ||
vidyāṃ parāṃ katicidambaramamba keci-
-dānandameva katicitkaticicca māyām |
tvāṃ viśvamāhurapare vayamāmanāmaḥ
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sākṣādapārakaruṇāṃ gurumūrtimeva || 31 ||
kuvalayadalanīlaṃ barbarasnigdhakeśaṃ
pṛthutarakucabhārākrāntakāntāvalagnam |
kimiha bahubhiruktaistvatsvarūpaṃ paraṃ naḥ
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sakalajanani mātaḥ santataṃ sannidhattām || 32 ||
iti śrīkālidāsa viracita pañcastavyāṃ caturthaḥ ambāstavaḥ |