Durga Suktam - In sanskrit with meaning
- From Mahanarayana Upanishad
जातवेदसे सुनवाम सोममरातीयतो निदहाति वेदः ।
स नः पर्षदति दर्गा
ु णि विश्वा नावेव सिन्धंु दरि
ु तात्यग्निः ॥१॥
Meaning:
(We offer our oblations to the Fire of Durga to cross over this very difficult ocean of worldly existence)
1.1: To that Jataveda (one from whom the Vedas are born) we press out the Soma (i.e. Invoke Her
ardently); (We invoke that Jataveda) Who consumes by Her Fire of Knowledge (Veda) all the Adversities
(within and without) (And frees us from the bondage of the world),
1.2: May that Agni (Fire of Durga) carry us over this Ocean of the World which is full of Great
Difficulties and beset with great Perils; like a Boat (carrying one over a very rough Sea),
तामग्निवर्णां तपसा ज्वलन्तीं वैरोचनीं कर्मफलेषु जुष्टाम ् ।
दर्गां
ु दे वीँशरणमहं प्रपद्ये सुतरसि तरसे नमः ॥२॥
Meaning:
(We offer our oblations to the Fire of Durga to cross over this very difficult ocean of worldly existence)
2.1: To Her, Who is of the colour of Fire (Agni Varna) and blazing with Tapas (Tapasa Jwalantim); Who
was born of that Fire (of Tapas) (Vairochinim), and Who is worshipped through Fruits of Actions (Karma
Phalas) (offered to Her Fire as oblations),
2.2: To that Durga, to that Devi, I take Refuge (Sharanam Aham) by falling at Her Feet (Prapadye); (O
Mother Durga, I Prostrate before You) Please ferry me mercifully (over this Ocean of the World full of
great Difficulties and Perils),
अग्ने त्वं पारया नव्यो अस्मान ् स्वस्तिभिरति दर्गा
ु णि विश्वा ।
पश्ू च पथ्
ृ वी बहुला न उर्वी भवा तोकाय तनयाय शंयोः ॥३॥
Meaning:
(We offer our oblations to the Fire of Durga to cross over this very difficult ocean of worldly existence)
3.1: O Agni (Fire of Durga), You Who are eulogized (for carrying one across this Samsara); Please ferry
us (too), by carrying us (i.e. our Souls) over Your Auspicious Nature, and make us cross this World full
of Great Difficulties (Samsara), ...
3.2: ... (and also spread Your Auspicious Nature over the) Land and Earth, (so that the Earth) becomes
abundantly Fertile and Green (and we feel Your presence in external Nature); And fill us, (We who are)
Your Children with Your Bliss (so that we feel Your presence internally),
विश्वानि नो दर्गु हा जातवेदः सिन्धुं न नावा दरि
ु तातिपर्षि ।
अग्ने अत्रिवन्मनसा गण ृ ानोऽस्माकं बोध्यविता तनन ू ाम ् ॥४॥
Meaning:
(We offer our oblations to the Fire of Durga to cross over this very difficult ocean of worldly existence)
4.1: O Jataveda (one from whom the Vedas are born), You remove (grave) difficulties in all the Worlds;
Please carry us like a Boat in this very difficult Ocean of the World (Samsara),
4.2: O Agni (Fire of Durga), our Minds are invoking You (ardently) like sage Atri (who continuously
chants the mantras), and our beings are (now) filled with Your Consciousness (by continuously invoking
You),
पतृ नाजितँसहमानमुग्रमग्निँ हुवेम परमात्सधस्थात ् ।
स नः पर्षदति दर्गा
ु णि विश्वा क्षामद्देवो अति दरि
ु तात्यग्निः ॥५॥
Meaning:
(We offer our oblations to the Fire of Durga to cross over this very difficult ocean of worldly existence)
5.1: (She is) the (Great) Fire Who is Invincible in Battle, and charges ahead in a Terrible manner
conquering (the Enemies); We invoke Her together from the Highest Assembly (i.e. ardently invoke Her
together with the greatest reverence),
5.2: May that Agni (Fire of Durga) carry us over this World full of Great Difficulties, by (charging ahead
and) Burning to ashes the very difficult Enemies (within us) with Her Divine Fire,
प्रत्नोषि कमीड्यो अध्वरे षु सनाच्च होता नव्यश्च सत्सि ।
स्वां चाग्ने तनव
ु ं पिप्रयस्वास्मभ्यं च सौभगमायजस्व ॥६॥
Meaning:
(We offer our oblations to the Fire of Durga to cross over this very difficult ocean of worldly existence)
6.1: You are lauded for spreading Bliss in the Sacrifice since ancient times (The Bliss resulting from
killing the inner Enemies); You act as a Hota (Invoker of Bliss) by abiding as a New Maiden (Who is
eternally young and free of decay) (in the Sacrificial Altar within the Hearts of the Devotees),
6.2: Your own Conscious Form, O Agni (Fire of Durga) is a source of Happiness (Bliss) for us, and a
source of Welfare for our Sacrifice,
गोभिर्जुष्टमयुजो निषिक्तं तवेन्द्र विष्णोरनुसंचरे म ।
नाकस्य पष्ृ ठमभि संवसानो वैष्णवीं लोक इह मादयन्ताम ् ॥७॥
Meaning:
(We offer our oblations to the Fire of Durga to cross over this very difficult ocean of worldly existence)
7.1: With Senses (i.e. Mind and Heart) Pleased (by Your Blissful Presence) and becoming Unattached (to
the external world), we are Infused with Your (Devotion), O the Highest One; May we Follow (i.e.
Immerse ourselves in) Your All-Pervading (Blissful Consciousness) ...
7.2: ... within the Spiritual Sky (Chidakasha), and dwell here in this Vaishnavi Loka (World of Your All-
Pervading Consciousness), being Intoxicated (by Your Blissful Nature),
ॐ कात्यायनाय विद्महे कन्याकुमारि धीमहि
तन्नो दर्गि
ु ः प्रचोदयात ् ॥
Durga Gayatri:
1: Om, (Let our mind contemplate) on Devi Katyayani to know Her (Conscious Form); (And then)
Meditate on that Kanyakumari deeply (Who is the Universal Mother),
2: May that (Fire of) Durga awaken (our Consciousness).
