Sri Lalita Chalisa
Sri Lalita Chalisa
zrI lalitA cAlIsA
lalitAmAtA zambhupriyA jagatiki mUlaM nIvammA
zrI bhuvanezvari avatAraM jagamantaTikI AdhAram || 1 ||
herambuniki mAtavugA hariharAdulu sevimpa
caNDunimuNDuni saMhAraM cAmuNDezvari avatAram || 2 ||
padmarekula kAntulalo bAlAtripurasundarigA
haMsavAhanArUDhiNigA vedamAtavai vaccitivi || 3 ||
zvetavastramu dhariyiJci akSaramAlanu paTTukòni
bhaktimArgamu cUpitivi jJAnajyotini nimpitivi || 4 ||
nitya annadAnezvarigA kAzIpuramuna kòluvuNDa
AdibikSuvai vaccADu sAkSAdAparamezvaruDu || 5 ||
kadambavana saJcAriNigA kAmezvaruni kalatramugA
kAmitArtha pradAyinigA kaJci kAmAkSivainAvu || 6 ||
zrIcakrarAja nilayinigA zrImat tripurasundarigA
siri sampadalu ivvammA zrImahAlakSmigA rAvammA || 7 ||
maNidvIpamuna kòluvuNDi mahAkAli avatAramulo
mahiSAsuruni campitivi mullokAlanu elitivi || 8 ||
pasiDi vènnèla kAntulalo paTTuvastrapudhAraNalo
pArijAtapu mAlalalo pArvati devigA vaccitivi || 9 ||
raktavastramu dhariyiJci raNaraGgamuna praveziJci
raktabIjuni hatamArci ramyakapardinivainAvu || 10 ||
kArtikeyuniki mAtavugA kAtyAyinigA karuNiJci
kaliyugamantA kApADa kanakadurgavai vèlisitivi || 11 ||
rAmaliGgezvaru rANivigA ravikula somuni ramaNivigA
ramA vANi sevitagA rAjarAjezvarivainAvu || 12 ||
khaDgaM zUlaM dhariyiJci pAzupatAstramu cebUni
zumbha nizumbhula dunumADi vaccindi zrIzyAmalagA || 13 ||
mahAmantrAdhidevatagA lalitAtripurasundarigA
daridra bAdhalu tòligiJci mahadAnandamu kaligiJce || 14 ||
artatrANa parAyaNive advaitAmRta varSiNive
AdizaGkara pUjitave aparNAdevi rAvammA || 15 ||
viSNu pAdamuna janiyiJci gaGgAvatAramu èttitivi
bhAgIrathuDu ninu kòluva bhUlokAniki vaccitivi || 16 ||
AzutoSuni mèppiJci ardhazarIraM dAlcitivi
AdiprakRti rUpiNigA darzanamiccènu jagadambA || 17 ||
dakSuni iNTa janiyiJci satIdevigA cAliJci
aSTAdaza pIThezvarigA darzanamiccènu jagadambA || 18 ||
zaGkhu cakramu dhariyiJci rAkSasa saMhAramunu cesi
lokarakSaNa cesAvu bhaktula madilo nilicAvu || 19 ||
parAbhaTTArika devatagA paramazAnta svarUpiNigA
cirunavvulanu cindistU cèRku gaDanu dharayiJcitivi || 20 ||
paJcadazAkSari mantrAdhitagA paramezvara paramezvarito
pramathagaNamulu kòluvuNDa kailAsambe pulakiJce || 21 ||
surulu asurulu andarunu zirasunu vaJci mròkkaGgA
mANikyAla kAntulato nI pAdamulu mèrisinavi || 22 ||
mUlAdhAra cakramulo yoginulaku AdIzvariyai
aGkuzAyudha dhAriNigA bhAsillènu zrI jagadambA || 23 ||
sarvadevatala zaktulace satya svarUpiNi rUpòndi
zaGkhanAdamu cesitivi siMhavAhinigA vaccitivi || 24 ||
mahAmeruvu nilayinivi mandAra kusuma mAlalato
munulandaru ninu kòlavaGga mokSamArgamu cUpitivi || 25 ||
cidambarezvari nI lIla cidvilAsame nI sRSTi
cidrUpI paradevatagA cirunavvulanu cindiJce || 26 ||
ambA zAmbhavi avatAraM amRtapAnaM nI nAmaM
adbhutamainadi nI mahima atisundaramu nI rUpam || 27 ||
ammalaganna ammavugA muggurammalaku mUlamugA
jJAnaprasUnA rAvammA jJAnamunandarikivvammA || 28 ||
niSThato ninne kòlicèdamu nI pUjalane cesèdamu
kaSTamulannI kaDaterci kanikaramuto mamu kApADu || 29 ||
rAkSasa bAdhalu paDaleka devatalantA prArthimpa
abhayahastamu cUpitivi avatAramulu dAlcitivi || 30 ||
aruNAruNapu kAntulalo agni varNapu jvAlalalo
asurulanandari dunumADi aparAjitavai vaccitivi || 31 ||
girirAjuniki putrikagA nandananduni sodarigA
bhUlokAniki vaccitivi bhaktula korkèlu tIrcitivi || 32 ||
paramezvaruniki priyasatigA jagamantaTikI mAtavugA
andari sevalu andukòni antaTa nIve niNDitivi || 33 ||
karuNiJcammA lalitammA kApADammA durgammA
darzanamiyyaga rAvammA bhaktula kaSTaM tIrcammA || 34 ||
e vidhamugA ninu kòlicinanu e peruna ninu pilicinanu
mAtRhRdayavai dayacUpu karuNAmUrtigA kApADu || 35 ||
mallèlu mòllalu tèccitimi manasunu nIke iccitimi
maguvalamantA ceritimi nI pArAyaNa cesitimi || 36 ||
trimAtRrUpA lalitammA sRSTi sthiti layakAriNivi
nI nAmamulu ènnènno lèkkiJcuTa mA taramavunA || 37 ||
Azritulandaru rAraNDi ammarUpamu cUDaNDi
ammaku nIrAjanamicci amma dIvèna pòndudamu || 38 ||
sadAcAra sampannavugA sAmagAna priyalolinivi
sadAziva kuTumbinivi saubhAgyamicce devatavu || 39 ||
maGgalagaurI rUpamunu manasula niNDA nimpaNDi
mahAdeviki manamantA maGgala hAratuliddAmu || 40 ||
About This Stotram
Overview
Sri Lalita Chalisa is a devotional hymn in 40 verses dedicated to Goddess Lalita Tripurasundari, the principal deity of the Srikula Shakta tradition. The chalisa format presents the Goddess's attributes, deeds, and divine forms in a structured, rhythmic composition. The text belongs to the popular Shakta devotional tradition and shows influence from South Indian Lalita worship.
What are the benefits of chanting Sri Lalita Chalisa?
- Recitation is said to bring Goddess Lalita's grace and protection.
- Devotees chant it for removal of obstacles and adversities.
- It is used to seek fulfillment of desires and material prosperity.
- The 40-verse structure makes it accessible for daily recitation.
- It is recited for spiritual progress within the Shakta tradition.
When is the best time to recite this?
Morning and evening recitation are traditional. Navaratri is the primary festival occasion. Fridays and the month of Shravana are also considered auspicious for this chalisa.
Historical and traditional background
The chalisa as a devotional form gained wide popularity in medieval India as an accessible format for the masses. It typically consists of 40 verses (chalisa means forty) narrating a deity's glories. This chalisa dedicated to Lalita shows vocabulary and phrasing associated with South Indian Shakta devotional traditions. The author is unknown. The text circulated within popular devotional streams as a shorter alternative to the Lalita Sahasranama.
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 to read it in your preferred script.
Related Texts
- Sri Lalitha Trishati Stotram — the 300-name hymn to Lalita, a traditional stepping stone between the chalisa and the full sahasranama.
- Sri Lalita Sahasranama — the thousand-name hymn to Lalita from the Brahmanda Purana, the most authoritative text in Srikula worship.