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DeviApradhKshamabyAdiShankaraSanskritStotra

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SeekingMercyfromGoddess
Oh! I don't know the Mantra, the Yantra, or
theEulogies.Idon'tevenknowhowtoinvoke
You, how to meditate on You, and even the
speechbehindYoureulogies.Idon'tknowthe
postures [in which to say eulogies], and I
don't know how to wail. [But] O Mother! I
knowthatfollowing You absolves the biggest
distresses.||1||
Theofferingswhichwereduetothelackof
knowledge of methodology, by the lack of
resources,byindolence,orduetothelackof
strength for submission fallen [by me] on
Your dualfeet, forgive all those mistakes, O
Mother! O Shiva, Who absolves everyone!
Because a son can become bad or ignorant
about his duties as an offspring, but the
MotheralwaysremainsaMother.||2||
O Mother! There are many sons of Yours on
thisearthandtheyaregentle.Amidstthem,I
am Your son, who is extremely libidinous. I
havethefeelingsofpossession,andIhaveno
compassion within me. But I am Yours, O
Shiva! A son can become bad or ignorant
about his duties as an offspring, but the
MotheralwaysremainsaMother.||3||
O Mother! O Mother of the world! Your feet
has not been engaged upon [by me] and,
even more so, Your feet has not been
submitted with offerings by me. Even then,
You shower immaculate benevolence on me.
Because a son can become bad or ignorant
about his duties as an offspring, but the
MotheralwaysremainsaMother.||4||
Atanageofmorethaneightyfiveyears, by
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me,wholackstheprowesstoperformvarious
rituals, the Devas have been left along. O
Mother of Lambodar (Parvati)! Now, in this
situation, if Your benevolence does not
happensonme,then,I,theunsupportedone,
willtakewhoserefuge?||5||
OAparna!Adogeater(Chandala)becomesa
talkative person with honeylike sweet words
comingoutfromthetongueandapoorman
roams fearlessly for long time in golden
riches, when the chants of Your name fall
[seat] inside the ear of anyone. O Mother!
Then, in that case, who can know the
achievements due to continuous chants of
Your name based on the appropriate rules?
||6||
Kapali,Whohasashesfromtheburntcorpses
on body, Who has the directions as clothes
(clothless), Who has thick tresslocks, Who
hasagarlandofkingofsnakeinneck,Whois
known as Pashupati, and Who is the ruler of
ghosts, attains the position of poison
destroyer and Lord of the world. O Bhavani!
This is just a result of addition of You as His
consort.||7||
I don't have the desire to attain Moksha,
neitherIhavethedesiretoattainluxuriesand
resplendence in the world. I don't have
expectations of sciences, and O the Moon
facedGoddess!Idon'tevendesireforluxuries
andcomfort.OMother!Thus,IbegYou,that
wheneverIamborn,givemethechantingof
thesenamestomeMridani,Rudrani,Shiv,
Bhavani.||8||
OShyama!Youarenotreveredbyme,using
methods or various prescriptions. I didn't do
anything beyond the roughthinking and
speech. But even then, if You keep me, the
destituteand orphan, in benevolence, then it
suits You since You indeed are beyond
everything,OMother!.||9||
O Durga, Who is the abode of ocean of
mercy!WhenIrememberYouintroublesome
situations, don't think it is stupidity. It is
becausewhenachildishungry,thechildonly
rememberstheMother.||10||
O Mother of the world! You are full of
benevolenceforme[but]whatisthesurprise
in this? [Because] Even when a son is full of
faults,theMotherdoesnotignoresordisowns
thechild.||11||
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O Mahadevi! There is no fallen one like me,

and there is indeed no absolver of sins like
You.Knowingthis,YoudowhatYouthinkas
appropriate.||12||
Notes:
Becauseoftheageofthepoet,webelieve
thatthispoemisnotbyAdiShankaracharya.
Poet:Shankaracharya
Source:StotraRatnavaliGitapress
Stutimandal2006,Mar24.

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