Shri Lalita Sahasranam

108 Names of Devi and the Shri Lalita Sahasranam Stotram Dhyanam

(This is a meditation on Devi chanted at the beginning of Shri Lalita Sahasranam, the Thousand Names of Devi)

sindhur aruna vigraham trinayanam

manikya mauli spurat

tara nayaka shekharam

smita mukhim apina vakshoruham

panibhyam alipurna ratna chashakam

raktotpalam bibhratim

saumyam ratna ghatastha rakta

charanam dhyayet param ambikam

dhyayet padmasanastham

vikasita vadanam padma patraya takshim

hemabham pita vastram karakali talasat

hemapadmam varangim

sarvalankara yuktam satatam abhayatam

bhaktanamram bhavanim

shri vidyam shanta murtim sakala suranutam

sarva sampat pradatrim

sakumkuma vilepana

mallika chumbi kasturikam

samanda hasitekshanam

sashara chapa pashamkusham

asesha jana mohinim

aruna malya bhushojvalam

japa kusuma bhasuram

japavidhau smaretambikam

arunam karunam

tarangi takshim

dhrita pasham

kusha pushpa bana chapam

animadibhi ravratam mayukhai

rahamityeva vibhavayet mahesim



She has three eyes; Her hue is like that of red sindhura; the diadem of precious stones She wears has a crescent on it shining wonderfully.

That She is easily accessible is indicated by Her benign smile; Her children have an inexhaustible store of the milk of life in Her full breasts; the vessel of honey in one hand and the red lotus in the other symbolize joy and wisdom of which She alone in the source; and Her feet placed on the precious pot full of valuable gems indicate that these are not difficult for those who surrender to Her feet and take refuge in Her.

I meditate on Sri Bhavani who is seated in the lotus of expansive countenance, Whose eyes are like lotus petals, who is golden-hued, who wears a yellow raiment, who has in her hand lotus flowers of gold, who always dispels fear, whose devotees bow before her, who is the embodiment of peace, who is Sri Vidya Herself who is praised by the gods, and who gives every wealth that is sought...

I meditate on the Mother whose eyes are smiling a little, who has in Her hands the arrow, the bow, the noose and goad, who bewitches everybody, who is glittering with red garlands and ornaments, who is painted with vermillion, whose forehead is kissed with the mark of musk and who is red and tender like the japa flower...

I mediate on the great Empress who is light red in color, whose eyes are full of compassion, who has in Her hands the noose, the goad, the bow and the flowery arrow and who is surrounded on all sides by powers, such as 'anima,' like rays, as if She is the Self within me...