Kali Chalisa, Kali Mata Chalisa
Kali Chalisa, Kali Mata Chalisa
Kali Chalisa, Kali Mata Chalisa
Jai Jai Jai Kali Kapali
|| dohā ||
jaya kālī jagadamba jaya,
harani ogha agha puṃja|
vāsa karahu nija dāsa ke,
niśadina hṛdaya nikuṃja||
jayati kapālī kālikā,
kaṃkālī sukha dāni|
kṛpā karahu varadāyinī,
nija sevaka anumāni||
|| caupāī ||
jaya jaya jaya kālī kaṃkālī|
jaya kapālinī, jayati karālī||
śaṃkara priyā, aparṇā, ambā|
jaya kapardinī, jaya jagadambā||
āryā, halā, ambikā, māyā|
kātyāyanī umā jagajāyā||
girijā gaurī durgā caṇḍī|
dākṣāṇāyinī śāmbhavī pracaṃḍī||
pārvatī maṃgalā bhavānī|
viśvakāriṇī satī mṛḍānī||
sarvamaṃgalā śaila nandinī|
hemavatī tuma jagata vandinī||
brahmacāriṇī kālarātri jaya|
mahārātri jaya moharātri jaya||
tuma trimūrti rohiṇī kālikā|
kūṣmāṇḍā kārtikā caṇḍikā||
tārā bhuvaneśvarī ananyā|
tumhīṃ chinnamastā śucidhanyā||
dhūmāvatī ṣoḍaśī mātā|
bagalā mātaṃgī vikhyātā||
tuma bhairavī mātu tuma kamalā|
raktadantikā kīrati amalā||
śākambharī kauśikī bhīmā|
mahātamā aga jaga kī sīmā||
candraghaṇṭikā tuma sāvitrī|
brahmavādinī māṃ gāyatrī||
rūdrāṇī tuma kṛṣṇa piṃgalā|
agnijvālā tuma sarvamaṃgalā||
meghasvanā tapasvini yoginī|
sahasrākṣi tuma agajaga bhoginī||
jalodarī sarasvatī ḍākinī|
tridaśeśvarī ajeya lākinī||
puṣṭi tuṣṭi dhṛti smṛti śiva dūtī|
kāmākṣī lajjā āhūtī||
mahodarī kāmākṣi hāriṇī|
vināyakī śruti mahā śākinī||
ajā karmamohī brahmāṇī|
dhātrī vārāhī śarvāṇī||
skanda mātu tuma siṃha vāhinī|
mātu subhadrā rahahu dāhinī||
nāma rūpa guṇa amita tumhāre|
śeṣa śāradā baraṇata hāre||
tanu chavi śyāmavarṇa tava mātā|
nāma kālikā jaga vikhyātā||
aṣṭādaśa taba bhujā manohara|
tinamaha~ astra virājata sundara||
śaṃkha cakra arū gadā suhāvana|
parigha bhuśaṇḍī ghaṇṭā pāvana||
śūla bajra dhanubāṇa uṭhāe|
niśicara kula saba māri girāe||
śuṃbha niśuṃbha daitya saṃhāre|
raktabīja ke prāṇa nikāre||
cauṃsaṭha yoginī nācata saṃgā|
madyapāna kīnhaiu raṇa gaṃgā||
kaṭi kiṃkiṇī madhura nūpura dhuni|
daityavaṃśa kāṃpata jehi suni-suni||
kara khappara triśūla bhayakārī|
ahai sadā santana sukhakārī||
śava ārūḍha़ nṛtya tuma sājā|
bajata mṛdaṃga bherī ke bājā||
rakta pāna aridala ko kīnhā|
prāṇa tajeu jo tumhiṃ na cīnhā||
lapalapāti jivhā tava mātā|
bhaktana sukha duṣṭana duḥkha dātā||
lasata bhāla seṃdura ko ṭīko|
bikhare keśa rūpa ati nīko||
muṃḍamāla gala atiśaya sohata|
bhujāmala kiṃkaṇa manamohana||
pralaya nṛtya tuma karahu bhavānī|
jagadambā kahi veda bakhānī||
tuma maśāna vāsinī karālā|
bhajata turata kāṭahu bhavajālā||
bāvana śakti pīṭha tava sundara|
jahā~ birājata vividha rūpa dhara||
vindhavāsinī kahū~ baḍa़āī|
kaha~ kālikā rūpa suhāī||
śākambharī banī kaha~ jvālā|
mahiṣāsura mardinī karālā||
kāmākhyā tava nāma manohara|
pujavahiṃ manokāmanā drutatara||
caṃḍa muṃḍa vadha china mahaṃ kareu|
devana ke ura ānanda bhareu||
sarva vyāpinī tuma mā~ tārā|
aridala dalana lehu avatārā||
khalabala macata sunata hu~kārī|
agajaga vyāpaka deha tumhārī||
tuma virāṭa rūpā guṇakhānī|
viśva svarūpā tuma mahārānī||
utpatti sthiti laya tumhare kāraṇa|
karahu dāsa ke doṣa nivāraṇa||
mā~ ura vāsa karahū tuma aṃbā|
sadā dīna jana kī avalaṃbā||
tumhāro dhyāna dharai jo koī|
tā kaha~ bhīti katahu~ nahiṃ hoī||
viśvarūpa tuma ādi bhavānī|
mahimā veda purāṇa bakhānī||
ati apāra tava nāma prabhāvā|
japata na rahana raṃca duḥkha dāvā||
mahākālikā jaya kalyāṇī|
jayati sadā sevaka sukhadānī||
tuma ananta audārya vibhūṣaṇa|
kījie kṛpā kṣamiye saba dūṣaṇa||
dāsa jāni nija dayā dikhāvahu|
suta anumānita sahita apanāvahu||
jananī tuma sevaka prati pālī|
karahu kṛpā saba vidhi mā~ kālī||
pāṭha karai cālīsā joī|
tāpara kṛpā tumhārī hoī||
|| dohā ||
jaya tārā, jaya dakṣiṇā,
kalāvatī sukhamūla|
śaraṇāgata 'bhakta' hai,
rahahu sadā anukūla||
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About This Stotram
Overview
The Kali Chalisa is a Hindi devotional composition of forty verses (chaupais) dedicated to Goddess Kali, a fierce form of the Divine Mother worshipped in Shakta traditions. The text praises Kali's attributes, her role as destroyer of evil, and invokes her protection and blessings for her devotees. It belongs to the chalisa genre of North Indian vernacular devotional literature.
What are the benefits of chanting Kali Chalisa?
- Removes fear and anxiety
- Grants protection from harmful forces
- Bestows courage and resilience
- Leads toward spiritual liberation
When is the best time to recite this?
The Kali Chalisa is recited during morning and evening prayers. Navaratri and Kali Puja are the principal occasions for its recitation. It may also be recited during times of distress or when seeking strength.
What is the historical and traditional background?
Chalisas as a genre of devotional literature became widespread in North India from the 15th century onward, composed in vernacular languages to make devotional practice accessible to a broad audience. The Kali Chalisa draws on the Tantric and Puranic traditions of Kali worship, which have ancient roots in the Devi Mahatmyam and various Shakta Agamas. The author is unknown; the text likely developed through oral tradition within communities devoted to Kali, before being compiled in written form. Its language is Hindi, consistent with the North Indian chalisa tradition.
Available scripts
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Related Texts
- Kali 1000 Names — a longer Sanskrit sahasranamavali for Goddess Kali, complementing the shorter chalisa
- Kakaradi Kali Sahasra Namavali — a thousand-name Sanskrit compilation for Kali arranged alphabetically