Ai Giri Nandini

AI GIRI NANDINI
Shankaracharya’s Praise of the Divine Mother

01. AI GIRI NANDINI NANDIT. MEDINI
Oh Beloved daughter of the mountains,The One Who brings about great joy to
the earth,
VISHW. VINODINI NANDANUTE
The One who brings joy to the whole universe, I prostrate myself before
You,who are of the form of complete bliss.
GIRIVAR. VINDHYA SHIRODHINI VASINI
Your Holy abode is in the king of the mountains, the Vindhyas.
VISHNU VILASINI JISHNU NUTE
Shri Vishnu is filled with joy when he meditates on You. I seek refuge at Your
Lotus Feet.
BHAGAVATI HE SHITI KANTH. KUTUMBINI
Oh great creatrix of this universe, the Great Goddess who is the wife of Lord
Shiva, the blue troated one, and of the family of Lord Shiva.
BHURI KUTUMBINI BHURI KRUTE
You belong to the universal family and for You, the whole universe is Your
family. Your are the one who does the greatest of great actions namely giving
self-realisation.
JAY. JAY. HE MAHISHASUR. MAR.DINI
Victory to You, Oh Great Goddess who killed the terrible demon Mahishasura.
RAMYA KAPAR.DINI SHAILA SUTE (Chorus, x3)
You are the One with the beautiful luminous face, the wife of the One who has
the matted locks (Lord Shiva), Daughter of the King of mountains (Shri
Parvati).
02. SUR.VAR. VARSHINI DUR.DHAR. DHAR.SHINI

On the gods You shower auspicious blessings. Enemies of Gods are so powerful,
yet You are able to keep them away.
DUR.MUKH. MARSHINI HAR.SHARATE
You are the destroyer of the evil faced ones, i.e. demons.You are the giver of
uninterrupted happiness.
TRIBHUVAN. POSHINI SHANKAR. TOSHINI
You are the one who looks after and sustains all the three worlds. The One
who is the ultimate joy of Lord Shankara.
KILBISHA MOJINI GHOSHARATE
You alone can destroy all our sins which You do by giving us self-realisation.
Yet, for those who are the enemies of the gods and your children, You always
wear a ferocious expression that says "BEWARE".
DANUJ. NIROSHINI KSHITISUT. ROSHINI
You show to the gods that You are pleased with them.
Yet to the sons of Diti(different from Aditi = the Mother of the gods), who are the demons, you
always show your displeasure.
DUR.MUD. SHOSHINI SINDHUSUTE
Even though there may be demons who have great strength, You can take their
evil strength away.
Parvati).
03. AI SHAT. KHANDA VIKHANDIT. RUNDA
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Oh Goddess, You cut the demons into 100 parts. And then cut them again and
scatter the pieces.
VITUNDIT. SHUNDA GAJA DHIPATE
And pulverise the remaining parts into less than dust. Even those demons that
could be described as powerful as the king of elephants,
RIPU GAJA GANDA VIDA RANA CHANDA
The demons who are as strong as elephants or as ferocious as lions,
PARA KRAMA SHUNDA MRUGA DHIPATE
You alone, Oh great Goddess, cut them and smash them into nothing.
NIJABHUJ. DANDA NIPATIT. CHANDA
All this You do using Your own powerful arms, i.e. without the help of any one
else. And after having destroyed them completely if anything remains there,
You scatter that also away.
VIPATIT. MUNDA BHATA DHAPATE
You cutt off their heads in one sweep and toss them away like balls.
Parvati).
04. DHANU RANU SANGA RANA KSHANA SANGA

In the battle field You are so absorbed in the battle that Your arm moves
continuously shooting arrows,
PARISPHUT. DANGA NATAT KATAKE
Your entire body shakes as if You are dancing and Your bangles make musical
sounds. (All these denotes that even while She is continuously vanquishing the
force of the gods, She does it with total concentration, with grace and beauty)
KANAK. PISHANGA PUSHATKA NISHANGA
Oh Great Goddess who destroyed the demon Vatuke, when You shoot Your
arrows in the battle field
RASAD BHATA SHRUNGA HATA BATUKE
they look like flashes of gold, yellow and light shining from Your bow.
(Kanak=Gold, Pishanga= Yellow, Nishanga rasad bhata shrunga = Making sounds
that are pleasing to the ear).
KRUT. CHATU RANGA BALA KSHITI RANGA
And Your very presence makes this army of gods filled with enthusiasm, joy
and valor, and even their arrows which are in the quiver on their backs
GHATADA BAHU RANGA RATADA BHATUKE
shine forth with new colours and seeing all these Lord Bhairava dances in front
of You in great ecstasy, repeating over and over again "Jai Mataji, Jai Mataji"!
Parvati).
05. JAY. JAY. JAPYA JAYE JAYA SHABDA

Oh Great Goddess, who bring salvation to the world, our complete prostration
before You; constant incantation of your Holy Name is the most supreme
prayer that a devotee can take for his own meditation,
PARAS TUTI TAT PARA VISHWA NUTE
and when he gets absorbed in saying Your Name, need for other sounds and
language falls away. Oh Goddess, who have brought salvation to this world, we
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constantly prostrate ourselves before You.(Tatpar = constantly).
JHANA JHANA JHIN JITA JHIN KRUTA NUPURA
Lord Shiva, who is though beyond sound and language, when he hears the
sound of Your wondrous ornaments moving against one another
JHIN JHITA MOHITA BHUTA PATE
when You are in battle or in dance and making sounds like Jhana Jhana Jhinjita
and Jhinkruta, he becomes totally filled with joy and leaving his meditation
desires to hear these heavenly sounds again and again.
NATINA NATARTHA NATINA NATA NAYAKA
Oh Great Goddess, who took the form of Shri Ardha Narishwara, when You
dance in the company of other great dancers,
NAATITA NATYA YUGANA RATE
You put them all to shame and for Your divine cosmic dance You always have
the greatest musicians and singers to accompany You.
Parvati).
06. AYI SUMANAS SUMANAS SUMANAS

(In this line the poet uses the word Sumanah four times and each time he uses
it to denote a different aspect of the Devi.) With the beautiful mind, You are
also like a soft flower. Though we are seeing You in the form of Shri Durga,
Your mind is as that of Lord Shiva and Shri Parvati;
SUMANAS SUMANO HARA KANTI YUTE
Your being is so beautiful, and seeing You in this beautiful form our minds
become as pure as those of the gods, and we worship You even more because
You are the One who is totally effulgent and all kinds of lights emanate fromYou.
SHRITA RAJANI RAJANI RAJANI
(Here the word Rajani, has four differents meanings)
The night takes Your protection, Beautiful, You are the One whose arti we do;
RAJANI RAJANI KARA VAKRA VRUTE
You are the One who has no birth, You are eternal, in Your hand You hold a
lotus; Your noble face shines like a full moon.
SUNA YANA VI BHRAMA RA BHRAMA RA BHRAMA
And we see Your beautiful eyes under the lovely dark eye-brows that look like
a cluster of bees,
RA BHRAMA RA BHRAMA RA DHIPATE
And Your name is also Shri Bhramahri Devi, that when you raise Your
eyebrows, the three lines that are formed on Your forehead are the three
worlds themselves and simply by the movement of Your eye-brows You create
and dissolve the three worlds.
Parvati).
07. SAHITA MAHAR NAVA MALLA MATTA LIKA

In the battle field when You are faced with great fighters,
VALLIKA RALLIKA MALLA RATE
You do battle with them in the way in which they fight.
VIR.CHITA VALLIKA PALLIKA MALLIKA
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When You are confronted with such powerful demons who use no weapons, You
become totally absorbed in that battle,
JHILLIKA BHILLIKA VARGA VRUTE
and make plans to destroy them after You have tired them and all this brings
great joy to the Bhil tribals who were being harassed by these Mallas.
SITA KRUTA PHULLI SAMULLA SITA RUNA
Your actions are so beautiful, like the rays of the rising sun, and become
apparent to us as if
TALLAJA PALLAVA SALLALITE
flowers are suddenly blossoming on creepers and seeing all these beautiful
actions Lord Shiva becomes pleased.
Parvati).
08. KAMALA DALA MALA KOMALA KANTI

Those beautiful pure clusters of lotuses that emit very gently and sweetly
beautiful light,
KALA KALITA MALA BHALA LATE
You have made these flowers blossom by Your own powers and have kept them
in Your hair.
SAKALA VILASA KALA NILAYA KRAMA
Heavenly swans have the power to discriminate, and when they recognise all
your great work,
KELI CHALAT KALA HAUNSA KULE
they are filled with complete joy and move around in an excited manner.
ALI KULA SAN KULA KUVALAYA MANDALA
Just as clusters of bees are attracted to groups of fragrant lotuses,
MAULI MILAD BAKULALI KULE
the stars come in clusters attracted to Your forehead.
Parvati).

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AI GIRI NANDINI

Shankaracharya’s Praise of the Divine Mother

02. SUR.VAR. VARSHINI DUR.DHAR. DHAR.SHINI

03. AI SHAT. KHANDA VIKHANDIT. RUNDA

04. DHANU RANU SANGA RANA KSHANA SANGA

05. JAY. JAY. JAPYA JAYE JAYA SHABDA

06. AYI SUMANAS SUMANAS SUMANAS

07. SAHITA MAHAR NAVA MALLA MATTA LIKA

08. KAMALA DALA MALA KOMALA KANTI

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