Narmada Chalisa, Narmada Mata Chalisa
Narmada Chalisa, Narmada Mata Chalisa
Jai Jai Jai Narmada Bhavani
|| dohA ||
devi pUjitA narmadA,
mahimA baDa़I apAra|
cAlIsA varNana karata,
kavi aru bhakta udAra||
inakI sevA se sadA,
miTate pApa mahAna|
taTa para kara japa dAna nara,
pAte haiM nita jJAna||
|| caupAI ||
jaya-jaya-jaya narmadA bhavAnI|
tumharI mahimA saba jaga jAnI||
amarakaNTha se nikalIM mAtA|
sarva siddhi nava nidhi kI dAtA||
kanyA rUpa sakala guNa khAnI|
jaba prakaTIM narmadA bhavAnI||
saptamI sUrya makara ravivArA|
azvani mAgha mAsa avatArA||
vAhana makara Apako sAjaiM|
kamala puSpa para Apa virAjaiM||
brahmA hari hara tumako dhyAvaiM|
taba hI manavAMchita phala pAvaiM||
darzana karata pApa kaTi jAte|
koTi bhakta gaNa nitya nahAte||
jo nara tumako nita hI dhyAvai|
vaha nara rudra loka ko jAvaiM||
magaramaccha tuma meM sukha pAvaiM|
antima samaya paramapada pAvaiM||
mastaka mukuTa sadA hI sAjaiM|
pAMva paiMjanI nita hI rAjaiM||
kala-kala dhvani karatI ho mAtA|
pApa tApa haratI ho mAtA||
pUraba se pazcima kI orA|
bahatIM mAtA nAcata morA||
zaunaka RSi tumharau guNa gAvaiM|
sUta Adi tumharau yaza gAvaiM||
ziva gaNeza bhI tere guNa gAvaiM|
sakala deva gaNa tumako dhyAvaiM||
koTi tIrtha narmadA kinAre|
ye saba kahalAte duHkha hAre||
manokAmanA pUraNa karatI|
sarva duHkha mA~ nita hI haratIM||
kanakhala meM gaMgA kI mahimA|
kurukSetra meM sarasvatI mahimA||
para narmadA grAma jaMgala meM|
nita rahatI mAtA maMgala meM||
eka bAra karake asanAnA|
tarata pIDha़I hai nara nArA||
mekala kanyA tuma hI revA|
tumharI bhajana kareM nita devA||
jaTA zaMkarI nAma tumhArA|
tumane koTi janoM ko tArA||
samodbhavA narmadA tuma ho|
pApa mocanI revA tuma ho||
tuma mahimA kahi nahiM jAI|
karata na banatI mAtu baDa़AI||
jala pratApa tumameM ati mAtA|
jo ramaNIya tathA sukha dAtA||
cAla sarpiNI sama hai tumhArI|
mahimA ati apAra hai tumhArI||
tuma meM paDa़I asthi bhI bhArI|
chuvata pASANa hota vara vArI||
yamunA meM jo manuja nahAtA|
sAta dinoM meM vaha phala pAtA||
sarasuti tIna dinoM meM detIM|
gaMgA turata bAda hI detIM||
para revA kA darzana karake|
mAnava phala pAtA mana bhara ke||
tumharI mahimA hai ati bhArI|
jisako gAte haiM nara-nArI||
jo nara tuma meM nitya nahAtA|
rudra loka me pUjA jAtA||
jaDa़I bUTiyAM taTa para rAjeM|
mohaka dRzya sadA hI sAjeM||
vAyu sugandhita calatI tIrA|
jo haratI nara tana kI pIrA||
ghATa-ghATa kI mahimA bhArI|
kavi bhI gA nahiM sakate sArI||
nahiM jAnU~ maiM tumharI pUjA|
aura sahArA nahIM mama dUjA||
ho prasanna Upara mama mAtA|
tuma hI mAtu mokSa kI dAtA||
jo mAnava yaha nita hai paDha़tA|
usakA mAna sadA hI baDha़tA||
jo zata bAra ise hai gAtA|
vaha vidyA dhana daulata pAtA||
agaNita bAra paDha़ai jo koI|
pUraNa manokAmanA hoI||
sabake ura meM basata narmadA|
yahAM vahAM sarvatra narmadA||
|| dohA ||
bhakti bhAva ura Ani ke,
jo karatA hai jApa|
mAtA jI kI kRpA se,
dUra hota santApa||
About This Stotram
Overview
The Narmada Chalisa is a Hindi devotional hymn of 40 verses honoring Goddess Narmada, the personification of the Narmada River. The text praises the river goddess as a purifier of sins and a bestower of blessings, using the chalisa format of rhyming couplets that is standard in North Indian devotional literature. The Narmada River is considered one of the seven sacred rivers of India, and this chalisa belongs to the folk-devotional tradition centered on river goddess worship.
What are the benefits of chanting Narmada Chalisa?
- Invokes the purifying and protective qualities of Goddess Narmada
- Removes accumulated sins through devout recitation
- Seeks the goddess's blessing for worldly and spiritual aspirations
- Connects devotees to the pilgrimage tradition of the Narmada River
When is the best time to recite this?
The Narmada Chalisa is recited in the morning and evening. Narmada Jayanti is the most auspicious occasion, and it is also recited during Narmada parikrama (circumambulation pilgrimage) and on other days significant to the river goddess.
What is the historical and traditional background?
Chalisas as a devotional genre gained prominence during the medieval period in India, typically composed in vernacular languages to make devotional practice accessible to a wide audience. The Narmada Chalisa's authorship is unknown, following the pattern of many popular chalisas that emerged from folk and regional devotional communities rather than from named scholars. The Narmada River's sanctity is attested in ancient Puranic literature, but the chalisa as a form of its worship is a later development. The text is widely recited by pilgrims and devotees along the Narmada in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.
Available scripts
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Related Texts
- Narmada Ashtakam — an eight-verse Sanskrit hymn to the Narmada River, representing the older Sanskrit devotional literature on the same deity
- Narmada Stotram — another praise hymn dedicated to Goddess Narmada, recited in the same river-worship tradition