Amba Stavam

yāmāmananti munayaḥ prakṛtiṃ purāṇīṃ vidyeti yāṃ śrutirahasyavido vadanti । tāmardhapallavitaśaṅkararūpamudrāṃ devīmananyaśaraṇaḥ śaraṇaṃ prapadye ॥ 1 ॥ amba staveṣu tava tāvadakartṛkāṇi kuṇṭhībhavanti vacasāmapi gumbhanāni । ḍimbhasya me stutirasāvasamañjasāpi vātsalyanighnahṛdayāṃ bhavatīṃ dhinotu ॥ 2 ॥ vyometi binduriti nāda itīndulekhā- -rūpeti vāgbhavatanūriti mātṛketi । niḥsyandamānasukhabodhasudhāsvarūpā vidyotase manasi bhāgyavatāṃ janānām ॥ 3 ॥ āvirbhavatpulakasantatibhiḥ śarīrai- -rniḥsyandamānasalilairnayanaiśca nityam । vāgbhiśca gadgadapadābhirupāsate ye pādau tavāmba bhuvaneṣu ta eva dhanyāḥ ॥ 4 ॥ vaktraṃ yadudyatamabhiṣṭutaye bhavatyā- -stubhyaṃ namo yadapi devi śiraḥ karoti । cetaśca yattvayi parāyaṇamamba tāni kasyāpi kairapi bhavanti tapoviśeṣaiḥ ॥ 5 ॥ mūlālavālakuharāduditā bhavāni nirbhidya ṣaṭsarasijāni taṭillateva । bhūyo'pi tatra viśasi dhruvamaṇḍalendu- -niḥsyandamānaparamāmṛtatoyarūpā ॥ 6 ॥ dagdhaṃ yadā madanamekamanekadhā te mugdhaḥ kaṭākṣavidhiraṅkurayāñcakāra । dhatte tadāprabhṛti devi lalāṭanetraṃ satyaṃ hriyaiva mukulīkṛtamindumauleḥ ॥ 7 ॥ ajñātasambhavamanākalitānvavāyaṃ bhikṣuṃ kapālinamavāsasamadvitīyam । pūrvaṃ karagrahaṇamaṅgalato bhavatyāḥ śambhuṃ ka eva bubudhe girirājakanye ॥ 8 ॥ carmāmbaraṃ ca śavabhasmavilepanaṃ ca bhikṣāṭanaṃ ca naṭanaṃ ca paretabhūmau । vetālasaṃhatiparigrahatā ca śambhoḥ śobhāṃ bibharti girije tava sāhacaryāt ॥ 9 ॥ kalpopasaṃharaṇakeliṣu paṇḍitāni caṇḍāni khaṇḍaparaśorapi tāṇḍavāni । ālokanena tava komalitāni māta- -rlāsyātmanā pariṇamanti jagadvibhūtyai ॥ 10 ॥ jantorapaścimatanoḥ sati karmasāmye niḥśeṣapāśapaṭalacchidurā nimeṣāt । kalyāṇi deśikakaṭākṣasamāśrayeṇa kāruṇyato bhavati śāmbhavavedadīkṣā ॥ 11 ॥ muktāvibhūṣaṇavatī navavidrumābhā yaccetasi sphurasi tārakiteva sandhyā । ekaḥ sa eva bhuvanatrayasundarīṇāṃ kandarpatāṃ vrajati pañcaśarīṃ vināpi ॥ 12 ॥ ye bhāvayantyamṛtavāhibhiraṃśujālai- -rāpyāyamānabhuvanāmamṛteśvarīṃ tvām । te laṅghayanti nanu mātaralaṅghanīyāṃ brahmādibhiḥ suravarairapi kālakakṣām ॥ 13 ॥ yaḥ sphāṭikākṣaguṇapustakakuṇḍikāḍhyāṃ vyākhyāsamudyatakarāṃ śaradinduśubhrām । padmāsanāṃ ca hṛdaye bhavatīmupāste mātaḥ sa viśvakavitārkikacakravartī ॥ 14 ॥ barhāvataṃsayutabarbarakeśapāśāṃ guñjāvalīkṛtaghanastanahāraśobhām । śyāmāṃ pravālavadanāṃ sukumārahastāṃ tvāmeva naumi śabarīṃ śabarasya jāyām ॥ 15 ॥ ardhena kiṃ navalatālalitena mugdhe krītaṃ vibhoḥ paruṣamardhamidaṃ tvayeti । ālījanasya parihāsavacāṃsi manye mandasmitena tava devi jaḍī bhavanti ॥ 16 ॥ brahmāṇḍa budbudakadambakasaṅkulo'yaṃ māyodadhirvividhaduḥkhataraṅgamālaḥ । āścaryamamba jhaṭiti pralayaṃ prayāti tvaddhyānasantatimahābaḍabāmukhāgnau ॥ 17 ॥ dākṣāyaṇīti kuṭileti kuhāriṇīti kātyāyanīti kamaleti kalāvatīti । ekā satī bhagavatī paramārthato'pi sandṛśyase bahuvidhā nanu nartakīva ॥ 18 ॥ ānandalakṣaṇamanāhatanāmni deśe nādātmanā pariṇataṃ tava rūpamīśe । pratyaṅmukhena manasā paricīyamānaṃ śaṃsanti netrasalilaiḥ pulakaiśca dhanyāḥ ॥ 19 ॥ tvaṃ candrikā śaśini tigmarucau rucistvaṃ tvaṃ cetanāsi puruṣe pavane balaṃ tvam । tvaṃ svādutāsi salile śikhini tvamūṣmā niḥsārameva nikhilaṃ tvadṛte yadi syāt ॥ 20 ॥ jyotīṃṣi yaddivi caranti yadantarikṣaṃ sūte payāṃsi yadahirdharaṇīṃ ca dhatte । yadvāti vāyuranalo yadudarcirāste tatsarvamamba tava kevalamājñayaiva ॥ 21 ॥ saṅkocamicchasi yadā girije tadānīṃ vāktarkayostvamasi bhūmiranāmarūpā । yadvā vikāsamupayāsi yadā tadānīṃ tvannāmarūpagaṇanāḥ sukarā bhavanti ॥ 22 ॥ bhogāya devi bhavatīṃ kṛtinaḥ praṇamya bhrūkiṅkarīkṛtasarojagṛhāḥ sahasram । cintāmaṇipracayakalpitakeliśaile kalpadrumopavana eva ciraṃ ramante ॥ 23 ॥ hartuṃ tvameva bhavasi tvadadhīnamīśe saṃsāratāpamakhilaṃ dayayā paśūnām । vaikartanī kiraṇasaṃhatireva śaktā dharmaṃ nijaṃ śamayituṃ nijayaiva vṛṣṭyā ॥ 24 ॥ śaktiḥ śarīramadhidaivatamantarātmā jñānaṃ kriyā karaṇamāsanajālamicchā । aiśvaryamāyatanamāvaraṇāni ca tvaṃ kiṃ tanna yadbhavasi devi śaśāṅkamauleḥ ॥ 25 ॥ bhūmau nivṛttiruditā payasi pratiṣṭhā vidyā'nale maruti śāntiratīvakāntiḥ । vyomnīti yāḥ kila kalāḥ kalayanti viśvaṃ tāsāṃ hi dūrataramamba padaṃ tvadīyam ॥ 26 ॥ yāvatpadaṃ padasarojayugaṃ tvadīyaṃ nāṅgīkaroti hṛdayeṣu jagaccharaṇye । tāvadvikalpajaṭilāḥ kuṭilaprakārā- -starkagrahāḥ samayināṃ pralayaṃ na yānti ॥ 27 ॥ nirdevayānapitṛyānavihārameke kṛtvā manaḥ karaṇamaṇḍalasārvabhaumam । dhyāne niveśya tava kāraṇapañcakasya parvāṇi pārvati nayanti nijāsanatvam ॥ 28 ॥ sthūlāsu mūrtiṣu mahīpramukhāsu mūrteḥ kasyāścanāpi tava vaibhavamamba yasyāḥ । patyā girāmapi na śakyata eva vaktuṃ sāpi stutā kila mayeti titikṣitavyam ॥ 29 ॥ kālāgnikoṭirucimamba ṣaḍadhvaśuddhau āplāvaneṣu bhavatīmamṛtaughavṛṣṭim । śyāmāṃ ghanastanataṭāṃ śakalīkṛtāghāṃ dhyāyanta eva jagatāṃ guravo bhavanti ॥ 30 ॥ vidyāṃ parāṃ katicidambaramamba keci- -dānandameva katicitkaticicca māyām । tvāṃ viśvamāhurapare vayamāmanāmaḥ sākṣādapārakaruṇāṃ gurumūrtimeva ॥ 31 ॥ kuvalayadalanīlaṃ barbarasnigdhakeśaṃ pṛthutarakucabhārākrāntakāntāvalagnam । kimiha bahubhiruktaistvatsvarūpaṃ paraṃ naḥ sakalajanani mātaḥ santataṃ sannidhattām ॥ 32 ॥ iti śrīkālidāsa viracita pañcastavyāṃ caturthaḥ ambāstavaḥ ।

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