Today is the first day of Navraatri in North India. It is a very pious day, so I am posting some shlokas from the 'Narayani Stuti' of the famous text- 'Shri Shri Chandi/ Durga Saptasahi'.
(Source-http://www.dharmakshetra.org.in/news/om_sarva_mangal_mangalye.htm)
Om Sarva Mangala Mangalye
Shive Sarvartha Saadhike
Sharanye Tryambake Gauri
Narayani Namo-stute
Oh Gauri Maa! Consort of Lord Shiva,
You who bestows auspiciousness in all,
And fulfill everyone's wishes,
I prostrate myself before Thee,
Take me under your care
(Source- http://svayambhu.blogspot.in/2008/04/narayani-stotram.html)
Srishti Stithi Vinashanam
Shakti-Bhute Sanatani
Gunashraye Gunamaye
Narayani Namostute
The creator, sustainer and the destroyer,
The center of ultimate energy,
The essence of nature,
Salutations to Narayani.
Sharana-gata Dinartha
Pari-trana Parayane
Sarva Syarti Hare Devi
Narayani Namostute
You are the savior of all
who seek your refuge
You remove all the pain of life,
Salutations to Narayani.
Now the very first and famous shloka from 'Argala Stotra' of 'Durga Saptasahi/ Shri Shri Chandi'
(Source-http://www.adishakti.org/forum/devi_the_mother_goddess_who_resides_within_the_divine_essence_of_every_being_10-28-2004.htm )
Jayanti Mangala Kali
Bhadra-kali Kapalini
Durga Kshama Shiva Datri
Swaha Swadha Namostute
She Who Conquers Over All, All-Auspicious, the remover of Darkness,
the Excellent One Beyond Time,
the bearer of the Skulls of Impure thought
the reliever of difficulties, loving, forgiveness,
supporter of the Universe, take the oblations of the devotee who is one with you,
take the oblations of ancestral praise,
We bow to you.
(Contents from different websites are used in this post only for the purpose of spreading Devotion to the Mother )
Jai Ma Aadi Shakti!
