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Devi Atharvashirsha
శ్రీదేవ్యథర్వశీర్షమ్
Devi Atharvashirsha is a traditional Devi devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.
oṃ sarve vai devā devīmupatasthuḥ kāsi tvaṃ mahādevīti ||1||
sābravīt - ahaṃ brahmasvarūpiṇī | mattaḥ prakṛtipuruṣātmakaṃ jagat | śūnyaṃ cāśūnyaṃ ca ||2||
ahamānandānānandau | ahaṃ vijñānāvijñāne | ahaṃ brahmābrahmaṇī veditavye | ahaṃ pañcabhūtānyapañcabhūtāni | ahamakhilaṃ jagat ||3||
vedo'hamavedo'ham | vidyāhamavidyāham | ajāhamanajāham | adhaścordhvaṃ ca tiryak cāham ||4||
ahaṃ rudrebhirvasubhiścarāmi | ahamādityairuta viśvedevaiḥ | ahaṃ mitrāvaruṇāvubhau bibharmi | ahamindrāgnī ahamaśvināvubhau ||5||
ahaṃ somaṃ tvaṣṭāraṃ pūṣaṇaṃ bhagaṃ dadhāmi | ahaṃ viṣṇumurukramaṃ brahmāṇamuta prajāpatiṃ dadhāmi ||6||
ahaṃ dadhāmi draviṇaṃ haviṣmate suprāvye yajamānāya sunvate | ahaṃ rāṣṭrī saṅmanī vasūnāṃ cikituṣī prathamā yajñiyānām | ahaṃ suve pitaramasya mūrdhanmama yonirapsvantaḥ samudre | ya evaṃ veda sa daivīṃ sampadamāpnoti ||7||
te devā abruvan –
namo devyai mahādevyai śivāyai satataṃ namaḥ |
namaḥ prakṛtyai bhadrāyai niyatāḥ praṇatāḥ sma tām ||8||
tāmagnivarṇāṃ tapasā jvalantīṃ vairocanīṃ karmaphaleṣu juṣṭām |
durgāṃ devīṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadyāmahe'surānnāśayitryai te namaḥ ||9||
devīṃ vācamajanayanta devāstāṃ viśvarūpāḥ paśavo vadanti |
sā no mandreṣamūrjaṃ duhānā dhenurvāgasmānupa suṣṭutaitu ||10||
kālarātrīṃ brahmastutāṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ skandamātaram |
sarasvatīmaditiṃ dakṣaduhitaraṃ namāmaḥ pāvanāṃ śivām ||11||
mahālakṣmyai ca vidmahe sarvaśaktyai ca dhīmahi |
tanno devī pracodayāt ||12||
aditirhyajaniṣṭa dakṣa yā duhitā tava |
tāṃ devā anvajāyanta bhadrā amṛtabandhavaḥ ||13||
kāmo yoniḥ kamalā vajrapāṇirguhā hasā mātariśvābhramindraḥ |
punarguhā sakalā māyayā ca purūcyaiṣā viśvamātādividyom ||14||
eṣā''tmaśaktiḥ | eṣā viśvamohinī | pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇadharā |
eṣā śrīmahāvidyā | ya evaṃ veda sa śokaṃ tarati ||15||
namaste astu bhagavati mātarasmān pāhi sarvataḥ ||16||
saiṣāṣṭau vasavaḥ | saiṣaikādaśa rudrāḥ | saiṣā dvādaśādityāḥ | saiṣā viśvedevāḥ somapā asomapāśca | saiṣā yātudhānā asurā rakṣāṃsi piśācā yakṣāḥ siddhāḥ | saiṣā sattvarajastamāṃsi | saiṣā brahmaviṣṇurudrarūpiṇī | saiṣā prajāpatīndramanavaḥ | saiṣā grahanakṣatrajyotīṃsi | kalākāṣṭhādikālarūpiṇī | tāmahaṃ praṇaumi nityam ||
pāpāpahāriṇīṃ devīṃ bhuktimuktipradāyinīm |
anantāṃ vijayāṃ śuddhāṃ śaraṇyāṃ śivadāṃ śivām ||17||
viyadīkārasaṃyuktaṃ vītihotrasamanvitam |
ardhendulasitaṃ devyā bījaṃ sarvārthasādhanam ||18||
evamekākṣaraṃ brahma yatayaḥ śuddhacetasaḥ |
dhyāyanti paramānandamayā jñānāmburāśayaḥ ||19||
vāṅmāyā brahmasūstasmāt ṣaṣṭhaṃ vaktrasamanvitam |
sūryo'vāmaśrotrabindusaṃyuktaṣṭāttṛtīyakaḥ |
nārāyaṇena saṃmiśro vāyuścādharayuk tataḥ |
vicce navārṇako'rṇaḥ syānmahadānandadāyakaḥ ||20||
hṛtpuṇḍarīkamadhyasthāṃ prātaḥ sūryasamaprabhām |
pāśāṅkuśadharāṃ saumyāṃ varadābhayahastakām |
trinetrāṃ raktavasanāṃ bhaktakāmadughāṃ bhaje ||21||
namāmi tvāṃ mahādevīṃ mahābhayavināśinīm |
mahādurgapraśamanīṃ mahākāruṇyarūpiṇīm ||22||
yasyāḥ svarūpaṃ brahmādayo na jānanti tasmāducyate ajñeyā | yasyā anto na labhyate tasmāducyate anantā | yasyā lakṣyaṃ nopalakṣyate tasmāducyate alakṣyā | yasyā jananaṃ nopalabhyate tasmāducyate ajā | ekaiva sarvatra vartate tasmāducyate ekā | ekaiva viśvarūpiṇī tasmāducyate naikā | ataevocyate ajñeyānantālakṣyājaikā naiketi ||23||
mantrāṇāṃ mātṛkā devī śabdānāṃ jñānarūpiṇī |
jñānānāṃ cinmayātītā śūnyānāṃ śūnyasākṣiṇī |
yasyāḥ parataraṃ nāsti saiṣā durgā prakīrtitā ||24||
tāṃ durgāṃ durgamāṃ devīṃ durācāravighātinīm |
namāmi bhavabhīto'haṃ saṃsārārṇavatāriṇīm ||25||
idamatharvaśīrṣaṃ yo'dhīte sa pañcātharvaśīrṣajapaphalamāpnoti | idamatharvaśīrṣamajñātvā yo'rcāṃ sthāpayati - śatalakṣaṃ prajaptvāpi so'rcāsiddhiṃ na vindati | śatamaṣṭottaraṃ cāsya puraścaryāvidhiḥ smṛtaḥ |
daśavāraṃ paṭhed yastu sadyaḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate |
mahādurgāṇi tarati mahādevyāḥ prasādataḥ ||26||
sāyamadhīyāno divasakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati | prātaradhīyāno rātrikṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati | sāyaṃ prātaḥ prayuñjāno apāpo bhavati | niśīthe turīyasandhyāyāṃ japtvā vāksiddhirbhavati | nūtanāyāṃ pratimāyāṃ japtvā devatāsānnidhyaṃ bhavati | prāṇapratiṣṭhāyāṃ japtvā prāṇānāṃ pratiṣṭhā bhavati | bhaumāśvinyāṃ mahādevīsannidhau japtvā mahāmṛtyuṃ tarati | sa mahāmṛtyuṃ tarati ya evaṃ veda | ityupaniṣat ||
Reading & reflection
This hymn addresses Devi through devotional names and imagery. Begin with a quiet breath, read one verse at a time, and leave a short pause between stanzas.
Text edition & attribution
Complete text of श्रीदेव्यथर्वशीर्षम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 305051, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.
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