Gayatri Chalisa, Gayatri Mata Chalisa
Gayatri Chalisa, Gayatri Mata Chalisa
Gayatri Chalisa, Gayatri Mata Chalisa
Hrim Shrim Klim Medha Jyoti
|| dohA ||
hrIM shrIM klIM medhA prabhA,
jIvana jyoti prachaNDa|
shAnti kAnti jAgRRita pragati,
rachanA shakti akhaNDa||
jagata jananI ma~Ngala karani,
gAyatrI sukhadhAma|
praNavoM sAvitrI svadhA,
svAhA pUrana kAma||
|| chaupAI ||
bhUrbhuvaH svaH OM yuta jananI|
gAyatrI nita kalimala dahanI||
akShara chauvisa parama punItA|
inameM baseM shAstra shruti gItA||
shAshvata satoguNI sata rUpA|
satya sanAtana sudhA anUpA||
haMsArUDha sitAmbara dhArI|
svarNa kAnti shuchi gagana-bihArI||
pustaka puShpa kamaNDalu mAlA|
shubhra varNa tanu nayana vishAlA||
dhyAna dharata pulakita hita hoI|
sukha upajata duHkha durmati khoI||
kAmadhenu tuma sura taru ChAyA|
nirAkAra kI adbhuta mAyA||
tumharI sharaNa gahai jo koI|
tarai sakala saMkaTa soM soI||
sarasvatI lakShmI tuma kAlI|
dipai tumhArI jyoti nirAlI||
tumharI mahimA pAra na pAvaiM|
jo shArada shata mukha guna gAvaiM||
chAra veda kI mAta punItA|
tuma brahmANI gaurI sItA||
mahAmantra jitane jaga mAhIM|
kou gAyatrI sama nAhIM||
sumirata hiya meM j~nAna prakAsai|
Alasa pApa avidyA nAsai||
sRRiShTi bIja jaga janani bhavAnI|
kAlarAtri varadA kalyANI||
brahmA viShNu 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 jnAna vijnAnA|
tuma sama adhika na jagame AnA||
tumahiM jAni kaChu rahai na sheShA|
tumahiM pAya kaChu rahai na kaleshA||
jAnata tumahiM tumahiM vhai jAI|
pArasa parasi kudhAtu suhAI||
tumharI shakti dipai saba ThAI|
mAtA tuma saba Thaura samAI||
graha nakShatra brahmANDa ghanere|
saba gativAna tumhAre prere||
sakala sRRiShTi kI prANa vidhAtA|
pAlaka poShaka nAshaka trAtA||
mAteshvarI dayA vrata dhArI|
tuma sana tare pAtakI bhArI||
jApara kRRipA tumhArI hoI|
tApara kRRipA kareM saba koI||
manda buddhi te budhi bala pAveM|
rogI roga rahita ho jAveM||
daridra miTai kaTai saba pIrA|
nAshai duHkha harai bhava bhIrA||
gRRiha klesha chita chintA bhArI|
nAsai gAyatrI bhaya hArI||
santati hIna susantati pAveM|
sukha saMpati yuta moda manAveM||
bhUta pishAcha sabai bhaya khAveM|
yama ke dUta nikaTa nahiM AveM||
jo sadhavA sumireM chita 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 dIkShA pAve|
so sAdhana ko saphala banAve||
sumirana kare surUchi baDabhAgI|
lahai manoratha gRRihI virAgI||
aShTa siddhi navanidhi kI dAtA|
saba samartha gAyatrI mAtA||
RRiShi muni yatI tapasvI yogI|
Arata arthI chintita bhogI||
jo jo sharaNa tumhArI AveM|
so so mana vAMChita phala pAveM||
bala budhi vidyA shIla svabhAu|
dhana vaibhava yasha teja uChAu||
sakala baDheM upajeM sukha nAnA|
je yaha pATha karai dhari dhyAnA||
|| dohA ||
yaha chAlIsA bhakti yuta,
pATha karai jo koI|
tApara kRRipA 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.
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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