Narmada Chalisa, Narmada Mata Chalisa
Narmada Chalisa, Narmada Mata Chalisa
Narmada Chalisa, Narmada Mata Chalisa
Jai Jai Jai Narmada Bhavani
|| dohā ||
devi pūjitā narmadā,
mahimā baḍa़ī apāra|
cālīsā varṇana karata,
kavi aru bhakta udāra||
inakī sevā se sadā,
miṭate pāpa mahāna|
taṭa para kara japa dāna nara,
pāte haiṃ nita jñāna||
|| caupāī ||
jaya-jaya-jaya narmadā bhavānī|
tumharī mahimā saba jaga jānī||
amarakaṇṭha se nikalīṃ mātā|
sarva siddhi nava nidhi kī dātā||
kanyā rūpa sakala guṇa khānī|
jaba prakaṭīṃ narmadā bhavānī||
saptamī sūrya makara ravivārā|
aśvani māgha māsa avatārā||
vāhana makara āpako sājaiṃ|
kamala puṣpa para āpa virājaiṃ||
brahmā hari hara tumako dhyāvaiṃ|
taba hī manavāṃchita phala pāvaiṃ||
darśana karata pāpa kaṭi jāte|
koṭi bhakta gaṇa nitya nahāte||
jo nara tumako nita hī dhyāvai|
vaha nara rudra loka ko jāvaiṃ||
magaramaccha tuma meṃ sukha pāvaiṃ|
antima samaya paramapada pāvaiṃ||
mastaka mukuṭa sadā hī sājaiṃ|
pāṃva paiṃjanī nita hī rājaiṃ||
kala-kala dhvani karatī ho mātā|
pāpa tāpa haratī ho mātā||
pūraba se paścima kī orā|
bahatīṃ mātā nācata morā||
śaunaka ṛṣi tumharau guṇa gāvaiṃ|
sūta ādi tumharau yaśa gāvaiṃ||
śiva gaṇeśa bhī tere guṇa gāvaiṃ|
sakala deva gaṇa tumako dhyāvaiṃ||
koṭi tīrtha narmadā kināre|
ye saba kahalāte duḥkha hāre||
manokāmanā pūraṇa karatī|
sarva duḥkha mā~ nita hī haratīṃ||
kanakhala meṃ gaṃgā kī mahimā|
kurukṣetra meṃ sarasvatī mahimā||
para narmadā grāma jaṃgala meṃ|
nita rahatī mātā maṃgala meṃ||
eka bāra karake asanānā|
tarata pīḍha़ī hai nara nārā||
mekala kanyā tuma hī revā|
tumharī bhajana kareṃ nita devā||
jaṭā śaṃkarī nāma tumhārā|
tumane koṭi janoṃ ko tārā||
samodbhavā narmadā tuma ho|
pāpa mocanī revā tuma ho||
tuma mahimā kahi nahiṃ jāī|
karata na banatī mātu baḍa़āī||
jala pratāpa tumameṃ ati mātā|
jo ramaṇīya tathā sukha dātā||
cāla sarpiṇī sama hai tumhārī|
mahimā ati apāra hai tumhārī||
tuma meṃ paḍa़ī asthi bhī bhārī|
chuvata pāṣāṇa hota vara vārī||
yamunā meṃ jo manuja nahātā|
sāta dinoṃ meṃ vaha phala pātā||
sarasuti tīna dinoṃ meṃ detīṃ|
gaṃgā turata bāda hī detīṃ||
para revā kā darśana karake|
mānava phala pātā mana bhara ke||
tumharī mahimā hai ati bhārī|
jisako gāte haiṃ nara-nārī||
jo nara tuma meṃ nitya nahātā|
rudra loka me pūjā jātā||
jaḍa़ī būṭiyāṃ taṭa para rājeṃ|
mohaka dṛśya sadā hī sājeṃ||
vāyu sugandhita calatī tīrā|
jo haratī nara tana kī pīrā||
ghāṭa-ghāṭa kī mahimā bhārī|
kavi bhī gā nahiṃ sakate sārī||
nahiṃ jānū~ maiṃ tumharī pūjā|
aura sahārā nahīṃ mama dūjā||
ho prasanna ūpara mama mātā|
tuma hī mātu mokṣa kī dātā||
jo mānava yaha nita hai paḍha़tā|
usakā māna sadā hī baḍha़tā||
jo śata bāra ise hai gātā|
vaha vidyā dhana daulata pātā||
agaṇita bāra paḍha़ai jo koī|
pūraṇa manokāmanā hoī||
sabake ura meṃ basata narmadā|
yahāṃ vahāṃ sarvatra narmadā||
|| dohā ||
bhakti bhāva ura āni ke,
jo karatā hai jāpa|
mātā jī kī kṛpā se,
dūra hota santāpa||
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