Gayatri Chalisa, Gayatri Mata Chalisa
Gayatri Chalisa, Gayatri Mata Chalisa
Hrim Shrim Klim Medha Jyoti
|| dohA ||
hrIM zrIM klIM medhA prabhA,
jIvana jyoti pracaNDa|
zAnti kAnti jAgRta pragati,
racanA zakti akhaNDa||
jagata jananI maGgala karani,
gAyatrI sukhadhAma|
praNavoM sAvitrI svadhA,
svAhA pUrana kAma||
|| caupAI ||
bhUrbhuvaH svaH OM yuta jananI|
gAyatrI nita kalimala dahanI||
akSara cauvisa parama punItA|
inameM baseM zAstra zruti gItA||
zAzvata satoguNI sata rUpA|
satya sanAtana sudhA anUpA||
haMsArUDha sitAmbara dhArI|
svarNa kAnti zuci gagana-bihArI||
pustaka puSpa kamaNDalu mAlA|
zubhra varNa tanu nayana vizAlA||
dhyAna dharata pulakita hita hoI|
sukha upajata duHkha durmati khoI||
kAmadhenu tuma sura taru chAyA|
nirAkAra kI adbhuta mAyA||
tumharI zaraNa gahai jo koI|
tarai sakala saMkaTa soM soI||
sarasvatI lakSmI tuma kAlI|
dipai tumhArI jyoti nirAlI||
tumharI mahimA pAra na pAvaiM|
jo zArada zata mukha guna gAvaiM||
cAra veda kI mAta punItA|
tuma brahmANI gaurI sItA||
mahAmantra jitane jaga mAhIM|
kou gAyatrI sama nAhIM||
sumirata hiya meM jJAna prakAsai|
Alasa pApa avidyA nAsai||
sRSTi bIja jaga janani bhavAnI|
kAlarAtri varadA kalyANI||
brahmA viSNu rudra sura jete|
tuma soM pAveM suratA tete||
tuma bhaktana kI bhakta tumhAre|
jananihiM putra prANa te pyAre||
mahimA aparampAra tumhArI|
jaya jaya jaya tripadA bhayahArI||
pUrita sakala jJAna vijJAnA|
tuma sama adhika na jagame AnA||
tumahiM jAni kachu rahai na zeSA|
tumahiM pAya kachu rahai na kalezA||
jAnata tumahiM tumahiM vhai jAI|
pArasa parasi kudhAtu suhAI||
tumharI zakti dipai saba ThAI|
mAtA tuma saba Thaura samAI||
graha nakSatra brahmANDa ghanere|
saba gativAna tumhAre prere||
sakala sRSTi kI prANa vidhAtA|
pAlaka poSaka nAzaka trAtA||
mAtezvarI dayA vrata dhArI|
tuma sana tare pAtakI bhArI||
jApara kRpA tumhArI hoI|
tApara kRpA kareM saba koI||
manda buddhi te budhi bala pAveM|
rogI roga rahita ho jAveM||
daridra miTai kaTai saba pIrA|
nAzai duHkha harai bhava bhIrA||
gRha kleza cita cintA bhArI|
nAsai gAyatrI bhaya hArI||
santati hIna susantati pAveM|
sukha saMpati yuta moda manAveM||
bhUta pizAca sabai bhaya khAveM|
yama ke dUta nikaTa nahiM AveM||
jo sadhavA sumireM cita lAI|
achata suhAga sadA sukhadAI||
ghara vara sukha prada lahaiM kumArI|
vidhavA raheM satya vrata dhArI||
jayati jayati jagadamba bhavAnI|
tuma sama ora dayAlu na dAnI||
jo sataguru so dIkSA pAve|
so sAdhana ko saphala banAve||
sumirana kare surUci baDabhAgI|
lahai manoratha gRhI virAgI||
aSTa siddhi navanidhi kI dAtA|
saba samartha gAyatrI mAtA||
RSi muni yatI tapasvI yogI|
Arata arthI cintita bhogI||
jo jo zaraNa tumhArI AveM|
so so mana vAMchita phala pAveM||
bala budhi vidyA zIla svabhAu|
dhana vaibhava yaza teja uchAu||
sakala baDheM upajeM sukha nAnA|
je yaha pATha karai dhari dhyAnA||
|| dohA ||
yaha cAlIsA bhakti yuta,
pATha karai jo koI|
tApara kRpA prasannatA,
gAyatrI kI hoya||
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About This Stotram
Overview
The Gayatri Chalisa is a Hindi devotional hymn dedicated to Goddess Gayatri, the personification of the Gayatri Mantra and regarded as the mother of the Vedas in Hindu tradition. Composed in the chalisa format of forty verses, it praises Gayatri's role as the embodiment of divine wisdom, light, and cosmic energy. The text belongs to the popular devotional literature that developed during the Bhakti movement.
What are the benefits of chanting Gayatri Chalisa?
- Attainment of wisdom and intellectual clarity (Medha)
- Inner luminosity and spiritual growth (Jyoti)
- Peace and mental stability (Shanti)
- Prosperity and protection through devotional practice
When is the best time to recite this?
Morning, especially during Brahma Muhurta (the pre-dawn period), is the traditional time. Gayatri Jayanti, Navaratri, and other occasions dedicated to the Goddess are also appropriate.
What is the historical and traditional background?
Chalisa compositions became prominent in North India during the Bhakti movement as a means of making devotional literature accessible to the general public. While the Gayatri Mantra itself originates in the Rigveda, the composition of a dedicated Chalisa for Goddess Gayatri is a later development from the medieval or early modern period. The authorship is anonymous. The opening invocation references bija mantras (Hrim Shrim Klim) associated with specific aspects of Gayatri in Tantric sources, indicating an overlap between popular bhakti and Tantric frameworks.
Available scripts
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Related Texts
- Gayatri Kavacham — a Sanskrit protective hymn dedicated to Goddess Gayatri
- Gayatri Ashtottara Sata Namavali — the 108-name Sanskrit namavali from the same devotional tradition