{"collection":"tantra","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/tantra/htg/htg37.htm","path":"tantra/htg/htg37.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/tantra/htg/htg37.htm","text":"Hymns to the Goddess, by John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon), [1913]\nINDRA said:\n1\nO Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b! I salute Thee,\n Thou art Mah\u0101m\u0101y\u0101\u00a02 and \u015ar\u012bp\u012btha.\u00a03\n Worshipped art Thou by Devas,\n Holder of conch, disc, and mace.\u00a04\n O Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b! I salute Thee.\n2\nO Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b! I salute Thee.\n Mounted art Thou on the back of Garuda.\u00a05\n Thou art a terror most formidable to Asura Kola.\n Thou removeth all sins.\n O Dev\u012b Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b! obeisance to Thee.\n O Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b!\n Thou knowest all.\n3\nGiver of boons art Thou to all;\n Formidable terror to the wicked;\n Remover of all pain and sorrow.\n O Dev\u012b! salutation to Thee.\n4\nO Dev\u012b Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b!\n Thou art the giver of intelligence and success,\n And of both worldly enjoyment and liberation.\n Thou art the self of Mantra.\u00a01\n O Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b! obeisance to Thee.\n5\nThou art without beginning or end.\n O Supreme Dev\u012b Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b!\n Thou art the primeval power,\n And art born of yoga.\n O Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b! salutation to Thee.\n6\nThou art both gross and subtle,\u00a02\n Thou art terrible and a great power,\n Great-bellied art Thou.\u00a03\n Thou removeth all great sins.\n O Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b! obeisance to Thee.\n7\nO Dev\u012b Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b!\n Thou art the supreme Brahman,\n The ever-pervading \u0100tman.\n Thou art the great Lord\u00a01\n And Mother of the world.\n O Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b! Salutation to Thee.\n8\nO Dev\u012b clad in white raiment,\u00a02\n Adorned with varied gems.\n Mother and upholder of the world art Thou.\n O Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b! obeisance to Thee.\n9\nThe S\u0101dhaka\u00a03 who ever reads\u00a04 this hymn to Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b.\n Composed of eight verses,\n Attains a kingdom and all success.\n10\nWhosoever reads this hymn once a day\n Is freed from sin,\n He who reads it twice a day\n Has ever abundance of paddy\u00a05 and wealth.\n11\nWhosoever reads this hymn thrice a day,\n All his great enemies perish;\n Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b ever bestows Her grace on him,\n Grants him all boons,\n And does him all good.\n229:1 From the Brihatstotraratn\u0101kara, edited by Jagann\u0101tha Meht\u0101 (Benares).\n229:2 She who is both the Authoress and Victrix of M\u0101y\u0101 (delusion), the supreme \u015aakti.\n229:3 Abode of wealth and beauty.\n229:4 The implements held by Vi\u1e63\u1e47u, Her Spouse.\n229:5 The bird-king carrier (v\u0101hana) of Vi\u1e63\u1e47u.\n230:1 Mantr\u0101tmik\u0101 (see Introduction).\n230:2 See Introduction.\n230:3 Mahodari, for all things are in Her.\n231:1 Mahe\u015bvar\u012b.\n231:2 Lak\u1e63m\u012b is generally clad in red and Sarasvat\u012b in white, but the Supreme \u015aakti has all the attributes and qualities of the rest.\n231:3 Worshipper. See Introduction to Tantra \u015a\u0101stra.\n231:4 Here follows the phala portion of the stotra.\n231:5 When p\u016bj\u0101 is done to Lak\u1e63m\u012b, the M\u016brti (Lak\u1e63mirk\u0101nta) is placed on paddy, which is kept in the Thakurghar for a whole year, and then thrown into the Ganges.","title":"Hymns to the Goddess: From Indra: Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012b (Mah\u0101lak\u1e63m\u012bstotra) by Indra","type":"page"}