Lalita Chalisa, Lalita Mata Chalisa
Lalita Chalisa, Lalita Mata Chalisa
Lalita Chalisa, Lalita Mata Chalisa
Jayati Jayati Jai Lalite Mata
|| caupāī ||
jayati jayati jaya lalite mātā|
tava guṇa mahimā hai vikhyātā||
tū sundarī, tripureśvarī devī|
sura nara muni tere pada sevī||
tū kalyāṇī kaṣṭa nivāriṇī|
tū sukha dāyinī, vipadā hāriṇī||
moha vināśinī daitya nāśinī|
bhakta bhāvinī jyoti prakāśinī||
ādi śakti śrī vidyā rūpā|
cakra svāminī deha anūpā||
hṛdaya nivāsinī-bhakta tāriṇī|
nānā kaṣṭa vipati dala hāriṇī||
daśa vidyā hai rupa tumhārā|
śrī candreśvarī naimiṣa pyārā||
dhūmā, bagalā, bhairavī, tārā|
bhuvaneśvarī, kamalā, vistārā||
ṣoḍaśī, chinnmastā, mātaṃgī|
laliteśakti tumhārī saṃgī||
lalite tuma ho jyotita bhālā|
bhakta janoṃ kā kāma saṃbhālā||
bhārī saṃkaṭa jaba-jaba āye|
unase tumane bhakta bacāe||
jisane kṛpā tumhārī pāyī|
usakī saba vidhi se bana āyī||
saṃkaṭa dūra karo mā~ bhārī|
bhakta janoṃ ko āsa tumhārī||
tripureśvarī, śailajā, bhavānī|
jaya jaya jaya śiva kī mahārānī||
yoga siddi pāveṃ saba yogī|
bhogeṃ bhoga mahā sukha bhogī||
kṛpā tumhārī pāke mātā|
jīvana sukhamaya hai bana jātā||
dukhiyoṃ ko tumane apanāyā|
mahā mūढ़ jo śaraṇa na āyā||
tumane jisakī ora nihārā|
milī use sampatti, sukha sārā||
ādi śakti jaya tripura pyārī|
mahāśakti jaya jaya, bhaya hārī||
kula yoginī, kuṇḍalinī rūpā|
līlā lalite kareṃ anūpā||
mahā-maheśvarī, mahā śakti de|
tripura-sundarī sadā bhakti de||
mahā mahā-nande kalyāṇī|
mūkoṃ ko detī ho vāṇī||
icchā-jñāna-kriyā kā bhāgī|
hotā taba sevā anurāgī||
jo lalite terā guṇa gāve|
use na koī kaṣṭa satāve||
sarva maṃgale jvālā-mālinī|
tuma ho sarva śakti saṃcālinī||
āyā mā~ jo śaraṇa tumhārī|
vipadā harī usī kī sārī||
nāmā karṣiṇī, cintā karṣiṇī|
sarva mohinī saba sukha-varṣiṇī||
mahimā tava saba jaga vikhyātā|
tuma ho dayāmayī jaga mātā||
saba saubhāgya dāyinī lalitā|
tuma ho sukhadā karuṇā kalitā||
ānanda, sukha, sampatti detī ho|
kaṣṭa bhayānaka hara letī ho||
mana se jo jana tumako dhyāve|
vaha turanta mana vāṃchita pāve||
lakṣmī, durgā tuma ho kālī|
tumhīṃ śāradā cakra-kapālī||
mūlādhāra, nivāsinī jaya jaya|
sahasrāra gāminī mā~ jaya jaya||
chaḥ cakroṃ ko bhedane vālī|
karatī ho sabakī rakhavālī||
yogī, bhogī, krodhī, kāmī|
saba haiṃ sevaka saba anugāmī||
sabako pāra lagātī ho mā~|
saba para dayā dikhātī ho mā~||
hemāvatī, umā, brahmāṇī|
bhaṇḍāsura ki hṛdaya vidāriṇī||
sarva vipati hara, sarvādhāre|
tumane kuṭila kupaṃthī tāre||
candra- dhāriṇī, naimiśvāsinī|
kṛpā karo lalite adhanāśinī||
bhakta janoṃ ko darasa dikhāo|
saṃśaya bhaya saba śīghra miṭāo||
jo koī paढ़e lalitā cālīsā|
hove sukha ānanda adhīsā||
jisa para koī saṃkaṭa āve|
pāṭha kare saṃkaṭa miṭa jāve||
dhyāna lagā paढ़e ikkīsa bārā|
pūrṇa manoratha hove sārā||
putra-hīna saṃtati sukha pāve|
nirdhana dhanī bane guṇa gāve||
isa vidhi pāṭha kare jo koī|
duḥkha bandhana chūṭe sukha hoī||
jitendra candra bhāratīya batāveṃ|
paढ़eṃ cālīsā to sukha pāveṃ||
sabase laghu upāya yaha jāno|
siddha hoya mana meṃ jo ṭhāno||
lalitā kare hṛdaya meṃ bāsā|
siddi deta lalitā cālīsā||
|| dohā ||
lalite mā~ aba kṛpā karo,
siddha karo saba kāma|
śraddhā se sira nāya kare,
karate tumheṃ praṇāma||
About This Stotram
Overview
The Lalita Chalisa is a Hindi devotional hymn of forty verses dedicated to Goddess Lalita Tripurasundari, the supreme goddess of the Sri Vidya tradition within Shaktism. It follows the standard chalisa format of chaupai verses with framing dohas, presenting the goddess's attributes and powers in accessible vernacular language. The text bridges the classical Tantric Shakta tradition with the popular Hindi devotional literature of northern India.
What are the benefits of chanting Lalita Chalisa?
- Removes obstacles and protects from negative forces
- Bestows prosperity and material well-being
- Grants spiritual knowledge and progress toward liberation
- Fulfills desires and aspirations
When is the best time to recite this?
The Lalita Chalisa is recited in the morning and evening. Navaratri is the primary festival occasion, and Lalita Jayanti and Fridays are also appropriate. It is suitable for daily practice as part of regular Devi worship.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The chalisa form became popular in northern India during the medieval Bhakti movement from the fifteenth century onward, offering vernacular devotional alternatives to Sanskrit scriptural texts. Goddess Lalita Tripurasundari is a major deity within Tantric Hinduism and the Sri Vidya system, with her worship centered on the Sri Chakra. The Lalita Chalisa translates this Tantric tradition into the accessible Hindi chalisa format, making the goddess's worship available to lay devotees. The authorship is not attributed to a known historical figure and the composition date is uncertain; the text is composed in Hindi, consistent with northern India's folk devotional tradition.
Available scripts
This text is available in 14 scripts: devanagari, tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, gujarati, bengali, iast, gurmukhi, oriya, assamese, sinhala, itrans, hk. Use the script selector above to switch between them.
Related Texts
- Lalita Sahasranama — the authoritative 1000-name Sanskrit text of Goddess Lalita from the Brahmanda Purana, representing the classical scriptural layer of the same tradition
- Lalita Pancha Ratnam — a compact five-verse Sanskrit hymn praising Goddess Lalita, intended as a morning meditation