Lalita Pancharatnam Stotram

ललिता पञ्चरत्नम् स्तोत्रम्

Lalitā Pañcaratnam Stotram

All 5 verses

Verse 1

प्रातः स्मरामि ललितावदनारविन्दं बिम्बाधरं पृथुलमौक्तिकशोभिनासम् । आकर्णदीर्घनयनं मणिकुण्डलाढ्यं मन्दस्मितं मृगमदोज्ज्वलभालदेशम् ॥१॥

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प्रातः स्मरामि ललितावदनारविन्दं: At dawn I remember Lalita's lotus face.
बिम्बाधरं पृथुलमौक्तिकशोभिनासम् ।: With bimba-fruit lips and a nose adorned with a large pearl.
आकर्णदीर्घनयनं मणिकुण्डलाढ्यं: With eyes long as the ear and rich with jewelled earrings.
मन्दस्मितं मृगमदोज्ज्वलभालदेशम् ॥१॥: With a gentle smile and a forehead bright with musk.

Morning remembrance of the Goddess turns the mind from sleep's darkness toward the luminous face of consciousness itself. The beauty described is not mere ornament but the radiance of the Self shining through devotion.

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Verse 2

प्रातर्भजामि ललिताभुजकल्पवल्लीं रत्नाङ्गुलीयलसदङ्गुलिपल्लवाढ्याम् । माणिक्यहेमवलयाङ्गदशोभमानां पुण्ड्रेक्षुचापकुसुमेषुसृणीं दधानाम् ॥२॥

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प्रातर्भजामि ललिताभुजकल्पवल्लीं: At dawn I worship Lalita's arms, wish-granting creepers.
रत्नाङ्गुलीयलसदङ्गुलिपल्लवाढ्याम् ।: Rich with finger-tips like tender shoots adorned with jewelled rings.
माणिक्यहेमवलयाङ्गदशोभमानां: Shining with ruby and gold bracelets and armlets.
पुण्ड्रेक्षुचापकुसुमेषुसृणीं दधानाम् ॥२॥: Bearing in her hands the pundra, sugarcane bow, flower arrows, and goad.

The arms that grant every wish symbolize Shakti, the active power through which the formless Self manifests. Worship of her hands is worship of the creative energy that shapes the world yet remains rooted in the one reality.

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Verse 3

प्रातर्नमामि ललिताचरणारविन्दं भक्तेष्टदाननिरतं भवसिन्धुपोतम् । पद्मासनादिसुरनायकपूजनीयं पद्माङ्कुशध्वजसुदर्शनलाञ्छनाढ्यम् ॥३॥

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प्रातर्नमामि ललिताचरणारविन्दं: At dawn I bow to Lalita's lotus feet.
भक्तेष्टदाननिरतं भवसिन्धुपोतम् ।: Ever granting devotees their desires, a boat across the ocean of becoming.
पद्मासनादिसुरनायकपूजनीयं: Worshipped by Brahma on his lotus seat and other lords of the gods.
पद्माङ्कुशध्वजसुदर्शनलाञ्छनाढ्यम् ॥३॥: Marked with lotus, goad, banner, and mirror as her emblems.

The lotus feet that ferry one across samsara are the ground of being itself, untouched by the waves of birth and death. To bow at dawn is to anchor awareness in that unchanging support beneath all change.

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Verse 4

प्रातः स्तुवे परशिवां ललितां भवानीं त्रय्यन्तवेद्यविभवां करुणानवद्याम् । विश्वस्य सृष्टिविलयस्थितिहेतुभूतां विश्वेश्वरीं निगमवाङ्मनसातिदूराम् ॥४॥

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प्रातः स्तुवे परशिवां ललितां भवानीं: At dawn I praise Lalita Bhavani, the supreme Shakti beyond Shiva.
त्रय्यन्तवेद्यविभवां करुणानवद्याम् ।: Whose glory is known through Vedanta, flawless in compassion.
विश्वस्य सृष्टिविलयस्थितिहेतुभूतां: Who is the cause of the world's creation, dissolution, and preservation.
विश्वेश्वरीं निगमवाङ्मनसातिदूराम् ॥४॥: Sovereign of the universe, far beyond Vedic word and mind.

She who is cause of creation yet beyond speech and thought is Maya-Shakti and also the supreme Brahman as the power of consciousness. Praise at dawn affirms that the world's ground is not other than the Self that knows it.

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Verse 5

प्रातर्वदामि ललिते तव पुण्यनाम कामेश्वरीति कमलेति महेश्वरीति । श्रीशाम्भवीति जगतां जननी परेति वाग्देवतेति वचसा त्रिपुरेश्वरीति ॥५॥

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प्रातर्वदामि ललिते तव पुण्यनाम: At dawn I utter your sacred names, O Lalita.
कामेश्वरीति कमलेति महेश्वरीति ।: "Kameshvari," "Kamala," "Maheshvari."
श्रीशाम्भवीति जगतां जननी परेति: "Shri Shambhavi," "Mother of the worlds," "Supreme One."
वाग्देवतेति वचसा त्रिपुरेश्वरीति ॥५॥: "Goddess of speech," and "Tripureshvari," with my voice.

Each sacred name is a doorway into the one reality that speech cannot finally capture. Uttering them at dawn purifies the mind so that names and the named dissolve into the silence of non-dual awareness.

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