Navratri Mantra
ॐ देवी शैलपुत्र्यै नमः ॥Also known as Navdurga Mantra
In Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and English — with the meaning of every word, and the one syllable most people pronounce wrongly.
What the Navratri Mantra is
The Navratri mantra for each night is a pair of short texts: the name mantra 'Om Devi ... namah', which salutes that night's Durga by name in the dative case, and a two-line dhyana shloka that pictures her. Neither has a named author; the nine dhyana verses are the ones printed together as the Navadurga Stotram. On Pratipada, Shailaputri wears the half moon on her crown. On the second day Brahmacharini holds a rosary and a water pot, and on the third Chandraghanta is armed with weapons of fierce wrath. Kushmanda holds two pots, one filled to the brim and one steeped in blood. Skandamata sits on a lion throne with a lotus in each hand. Katyayani's hand gleams with the curved sword called chandrahasa as she rides a tiger. Kalaratri, on the seventh night, rides a donkey and alone takes two shlokas. Mahagauri is dressed in white on a white bull, and on Navami Siddhidatri is served by siddhas, gods and asuras.
Brahma's count and the nine nights kept
The order of the nights comes from the Devi Kavacham, the armour hymn read before the Durga Saptashati. Asked by the sage Markandeya for a hidden protection, Brahma first counts the Goddess's forms by number, Shailaputri the first and Siddhidatri the ninth, and calls them the nine Durgas. Navaratri gives each number one night, so the form honoured is fixed by the tithi of the bright fortnight, from Pratipada to Navami. How the nights are kept is told in the third book of the Devi Bhagavata Purana, where Vyasa answers King Janamejaya. It names Chaitra in spring and Ashvina in autumn as the two seasons of the vow, autumn being the chief. Preparation begins on the new-moon day with a single meal. On Pratipada the Goddess is installed on a raised altar under a pavilion, and where no image is at hand a water pot holding gold, gems and five leafy twigs stands in her place. The same chapter sets out the worship of young girls, giving one name to each age from two to ten, Kumari to Subhadra. A later chapter relates that Rama kept the vow on a hilltop in Ashvina with Narada as his priest, and that the Goddess appeared to him on a lion on the night of Ashtami.
The mantra, in six scripts
- ॐ
- oṃ — Om, the sacred syllable
- देवी
- devī — Goddess
- शैलपुत्र्यै
- śailaputryai — to Shailaputri, the mountain's daughter
- नमः
- namaḥ — salutation
Navratri Mantra lyrics in full
Nine name mantras and nine dhyana shlokas, one pair for each night from Pratipada to Navami. Kalaratri's dhyana runs to two shlokas, printed together.
All 18 verses, in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and English, each with its meaning. Choose a script:
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ॐ देवी शैलपुत्र्यै नमः ॥
ௐ தேவீ ஶைலபுத்ர்யை நமஃ ॥
ఓం దేవీ శైలపుత్ర్యై నమః ॥
ಓಂ ದೇವೀ ಶೈಲಪುತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ദേവീ ശൈലപുത്ര്യൈ നമഃ ॥
oṃ devī śailaputryai namaḥ ||
Om, salutations to the goddess Shailaputri, daughter of the mountain.
वन्दे वाञ्छितलाभाय चन्द्रार्धकृतशेखराम् ।
वृषारूढां शूलधरां शैलपुत्रीं यशस्विनीम् ॥
வந்தே வாஞ்சிதலாபாய சந்த்ரார்தக்ருதஶேகராம் ।
வ்ருஷாரூடாம் ஶூலதராம் ஶைலபுத்ரீம் யஶஸ்விநீம் ॥
వన్దే వాఞ్ఛితలాభాయ చన్ద్రార్ధకృతశేఖరామ్ ।
వృషారూఢాం శూలధరాం శైలపుత్రీం యశస్వినీమ్ ॥
ವನ್ದೇ ವಾಞ್ಛಿತಲಾಭಾಯ ಚನ್ದ್ರಾರ್ಧಕೃತಶೇಖರಾಮ್ ।
ವೃಷಾರೂಢಾಂ ಶೂಲಧರಾಂ ಶೈಲಪುತ್ರೀಂ ಯಶಸ್ವಿನೀಮ್ ॥
വന്ദേ വാഞ്ഛിതലാഭായ ചന്ദ്രാര്ധകൃതശേഖരാമ് ।
വൃഷാരൂഢാം ശൂലധരാം ശൈലപുത്രീം യശസ്വിനീമ് ॥
vande vāñchitalābhāya candrārdhakṛtaśekharām |
vṛṣārūḍhāṃ śūladharāṃ śailaputrīṃ yaśasvinīm ||
For the gaining of what I desire, I bow to the glorious Shailaputri, who wears the half-moon on her crown, rides a bull and holds a trident.
ॐ देवी ब्रह्मचारिण्यै नमः ॥
ௐ தேவீ ப்ரஹ்மசாரிண்யை நமஃ ॥
ఓం దేవీ బ్రహ్మచారిణ్యై నమః ॥
ಓಂ ದೇವೀ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚಾರಿಣ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ദേവീ ബ്രഹ്മചാരിണ്യൈ നമഃ ॥
oṃ devī brahmacāriṇyai namaḥ ||
Om, salutations to the goddess Brahmacharini, the one who walks the path of austerity.
दधाना करपद्माभ्यामक्षमालाकमण्डलू ।
देवी प्रसीदतु मयि ब्रह्मचारिण्यनुत्तमा ॥
ததாநா கரபத்மாப்யாமக்ஷமாலாகமண்டலூ ।
தேவீ ப்ரஸீதது மயி ப்ரஹ்மசாரிண்யநுத்தமா ॥
దధానా కరపద్మాభ్యామక్షమాలాకమణ్డలూ ।
దేవీ ప్రసీదతు మయి బ్రహ్మచారిణ్యనుత్తమా ॥
ದಧಾನಾ ಕರಪದ್ಮಾಭ್ಯಾಮಕ್ಷಮಾಲಾಕಮಣ್ಡಲೂ ।
ದೇವೀ ಪ್ರಸೀದತು ಮಯಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚಾರಿಣ್ಯನುತ್ತಮಾ ॥
ദധാനാ കരപദ്മാഭ്യാമക്ഷമാലാകമണ്ഡലൂ ।
ദേവീ പ്രസീദതു മയി ബ്രഹ്മചാരിണ്യനുത്തമാ ॥
dadhānā karapadmābhyāmakṣamālākamaṇḍalū |
devī prasīdatu mayi brahmacāriṇyanuttamā ||
May the goddess Brahmacharini, the unsurpassed, who holds a rosary and a water pot in her lotus-like hands, be gracious to me.
ॐ देवी चन्द्रघण्टायै नमः ॥
ௐ தேவீ சந்த்ரகண்டாயை நமஃ ॥
ఓం దేవీ చన్ద్రఘణ్టాయై నమః ॥
ಓಂ ದೇವೀ ಚನ್ದ್ರಘಣ್ಟಾಯೈ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ദേവീ ചന്ദ്രഘണ്ടായൈ നമഃ ॥
oṃ devī candraghaṇṭāyai namaḥ ||
Om, salutations to the goddess Chandraghanta, who bears the bell-shaped moon.
पिण्डजप्रवरारूढा चण्डकोपास्त्रकैर्युता ।
प्रसादं तनुते मह्यं चन्द्रघण्टेति विश्रुता ॥
பிண்டஜப்ரவராரூடா சண்டகோபாஸ்த்ரகைர்யுதா ।
ப்ரஸாதம் தநுதே மஹ்யம் சந்த்ரகண்டேதி விஶ்ருதா ॥
పిణ్డజప్రవరారూఢా చణ్డకోపాస్త్రకైర్యుతా ।
ప్రసాదం తనుతే మహ్యం చన్ద్రఘణ్టేతి విశ్రుతా ॥
ಪಿಣ್ಡಜಪ್ರವರಾರೂಢಾ ಚಣ್ಡಕೋಪಾಸ್ತ್ರಕೈರ್ಯುತಾ ।
ಪ್ರಸಾದಂ ತನುತೇ ಮಹ್ಯಂ ಚನ್ದ್ರಘಣ್ಟೇತಿ ವಿಶ್ರುತಾ ॥
പിണ്ഡജപ്രവരാരൂഢാ ചണ്ഡകോപാസ്ത്രകൈര്യുതാ ।
പ്രസാദം തനുതേ മഹ്യം ചന്ദ്രഘണ്ടേതി വിശ്രുതാ ॥
piṇḍajapravarārūḍhā caṇḍakopāstrakairyutā |
prasādaṃ tanute mahyaṃ candraghaṇṭeti viśrutā ||
Riding the finest of beasts and armed with weapons of fierce wrath, she who is renowned as Chandraghanta extends her grace to me.
ॐ देवी कूष्माण्डायै नमः ॥
ௐ தேவீ கூஷ்மாண்டாயை நமஃ ॥
ఓం దేవీ కూష్మాణ్డాయై నమః ॥
ಓಂ ದೇವೀ ಕೂಷ್ಮಾಣ್ಡಾಯೈ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ദേവീ കൂഷ്മാണ്ഡായൈ നമഃ ॥
oṃ devī kūṣmāṇḍāyai namaḥ ||
Om, salutations to the goddess Kushmanda.
सुरासम्पूर्णकलशं रुधिराप्लुतमेव च ।
दधाना हस्तपद्माभ्यां कूष्माण्डा शुभदास्तु मे ॥
ஸுராஸம்பூர்ணகலஶம் ருதிராப்லுதமேவ ச ।
ததாநா ஹஸ்தபத்மாப்யாம் கூஷ்மாண்டா ஶுபதாஸ்து மே ॥
సురాసమ్పూర్ణకలశం రుధిరాప్లుతమేవ చ ।
దధానా హస్తపద్మాభ్యాం కూష్మాణ్డా శుభదాస్తు మే ॥
ಸುರಾಸಮ್ಪೂರ್ಣಕಲಶಂ ರುಧಿರಾಪ್ಲುತಮೇವ ಚ ।
ದಧಾನಾ ಹಸ್ತಪದ್ಮಾಭ್ಯಾಂ ಕೂಷ್ಮಾಣ್ಡಾ ಶುಭದಾಸ್ತು ಮೇ ॥
സുരാസമ്പൂര്ണകലശം രുധിരാപ്ലുതമേവ ച ।
ദധാനാ ഹസ്തപദ്മാഭ്യാം കൂഷ്മാണ്ഡാ ശുഭദാസ്തു മേ ॥
surāsampūrṇakalaśaṃ rudhirāplutameva ca |
dadhānā hastapadmābhyāṃ kūṣmāṇḍā śubhadāstu me ||
Holding in her lotus hands a pot brimming with nectar and one overflowing with blood, may Kushmanda be the giver of good to me.
ॐ देवी स्कन्दमातायै नमः ॥
ௐ தேவீ ஸ்கந்தமாதாயை நமஃ ॥
ఓం దేవీ స్కన్దమాతాయై నమః ॥
ಓಂ ದೇವೀ ಸ್ಕನ್ದಮಾತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ദേവീ സ്കന്ദമാതായൈ നമഃ ॥
oṃ devī skandamātāyai namaḥ ||
Om, salutations to the goddess Skandamata, mother of Skanda.
सिंहासनगता नित्यं पद्माश्रितकरद्वया ।
शुभदास्तु सदा देवी स्कन्दमाता यशस्विनी ॥
ஸிம்ஹாஸநகதா நித்யம் பத்மாஶ்ரிதகரத்வயா ।
ஶுபதாஸ்து ஸதா தேவீ ஸ்கந்தமாதா யஶஸ்விநீ ॥
సింహాసనగతా నిత్యం పద్మాశ్రితకరద్వయా ।
శుభదాస్తు సదా దేవీ స్కన్దమాతా యశస్వినీ ॥
ಸಿಂಹಾಸನಗತಾ ನಿತ್ಯಂ ಪದ್ಮಾಶ್ರಿತಕರದ್ವಯಾ ।
ಶುಭದಾಸ್ತು ಸದಾ ದೇವೀ ಸ್ಕನ್ದಮಾತಾ ಯಶಸ್ವಿನೀ ॥
സിംഹാസനഗതാ നിത്യം പദ്മാശ്രിതകരദ്വയാ ।
ശുഭദാസ്തു സദാ ദേവീ സ്കന്ദമാതാ യശസ്വിനീ ॥
siṃhāsanagatā nityaṃ padmāśritakaradvayā |
śubhadāstu sadā devī skandamātā yaśasvinī ||
Ever seated on a lion throne, her two hands holding lotuses, may the glorious goddess Skandamata always be the giver of good.
ॐ देवी कात्यायन्यै नमः ॥
ௐ தேவீ காத்யாயந்யை நமஃ ॥
ఓం దేవీ కాత్యాయన్యై నమః ॥
ಓಂ ದೇವೀ ಕಾತ್ಯಾಯನ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ദേവീ കാത്യായന്യൈ നമഃ ॥
oṃ devī kātyāyanyai namaḥ ||
Om, salutations to the goddess Katyayani.
चन्द्रहासोज्ज्वलकरा शार्दूलवरवाहना ।
कात्यायनी शुभं दद्याद् देवी दानवघातिनी ॥
சந்த்ரஹாஸோஜ்ஜ்வலகரா ஶார்தூலவரவாஹநா ।
காத்யாயநீ ஶுபம் தத்யாத் தேவீ தாநவகாதிநீ ॥
చన్ద్రహాసోజ్జ్వలకరా శార్దూలవరవాహనా ।
కాత్యాయనీ శుభం దద్యాద్ దేవీ దానవఘాతినీ ॥
ಚನ್ದ್ರಹಾಸೋಜ್ಜ್ವಲಕರಾ ಶಾರ್ದೂಲವರವಾಹನಾ ।
ಕಾತ್ಯಾಯನೀ ಶುಭಂ ದದ್ಯಾದ್ ದೇವೀ ದಾನವಘಾತಿನೀ ॥
ചന്ദ്രഹാസോജ്ജ്വലകരാ ശാര്ദൂലവരവാഹനാ ।
കാത്യായനീ ശുഭം ദദ്യാദ് ദേവീ ദാനവഘാതിനീ ॥
candrahāsojjvalakarā śārdūlavaravāhanā |
kātyāyanī śubhaṃ dadyād devī dānavaghātinī ||
Her hand bright with a gleaming sword, riding a noble tiger, may the goddess Katyayani, slayer of demons, grant what is good.
ॐ देवी कालरात्र्यै नमः ॥
ௐ தேவீ காலராத்ர்யை நமஃ ॥
ఓం దేవీ కాలరాత్ర్యై నమః ॥
ಓಂ ದೇವೀ ಕಾಲರಾತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ദേവീ കാലരാത്ര്യൈ നമഃ ॥
oṃ devī kālarātryai namaḥ ||
Om, salutations to the goddess Kalaratri, the dark night.
एकवेणी जपाकर्णपूरा नग्ना खरास्थिता ।
लम्बोष्ठी कर्णिकाकर्णी तैलाभ्यक्तशरीरिणी ॥ वामपादोल्लसल्लोहलताकण्टकभूषणा ।
वर्धनमूर्धध्वजा कृष्णा कालरात्रिर्भयङ्करी ॥
ஏகவேணீ ஜபாகர்ணபூரா நக்நா கராஸ்திதா ।
லம்போஷ்டீ கர்ணிகாகர்ணீ தைலாப்யக்தஶரீரிணீ ॥ வாமபாதோல்லஸல்லோஹலதாகண்டகபூஷணா ।
வர்தநமூர்தத்வஜா க்ருஷ்ணா காலராத்ரிர்பயங்கரீ ॥
ఏకవేణీ జపాకర్ణపూరా నగ్నా ఖరాస్థితా ।
లమ్బోష్ఠీ కర్ణికాకర్ణీ తైలాభ్యక్తశరీరిణీ ॥ వామపాదోల్లసల్లోహలతాకణ్టకభూషణా ।
వర్ధనమూర్ధధ్వజా కృష్ణా కాలరాత్రిర్భయఙ్కరీ ॥
ಏಕವೇಣೀ ಜಪಾಕರ್ಣಪೂರಾ ನಗ್ನಾ ಖರಾಸ್ಥಿತಾ ।
ಲಮ್ಬೋಷ್ಠೀ ಕರ್ಣಿಕಾಕರ್ಣೀ ತೈಲಾಭ್ಯಕ್ತಶರೀರಿಣೀ ॥ ವಾಮಪಾದೋಲ್ಲಸಲ್ಲೋಹಲತಾಕಣ್ಟಕಭೂಷಣಾ ।
ವರ್ಧನಮೂರ್ಧಧ್ವಜಾ ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ ಕಾಲರಾತ್ರಿರ್ಭಯಙ್ಕರೀ ॥
ഏകവേണീ ജപാകര്ണപൂരാ നഗ്നാ ഖരാസ്ഥിതാ ।
ലമ്ബോഷ്ഠീ കര്ണികാകര്ണീ തൈലാഭ്യക്തശരീരിണീ ॥ വാമപാദോല്ലസല്ലോഹലതാകണ്ടകഭൂഷണാ ।
വര്ധനമൂര്ധധ്വജാ കൃഷ്ണാ കാലരാത്രിര്ഭയങ്കരീ ॥
ekaveṇī japākarṇapūrā nagnā kharāsthitā |
lamboṣṭhī karṇikākarṇī tailābhyaktaśarīriṇī || vāmapādollasallohalatākaṇṭakabhūṣaṇā |
vardhanamūrdhadhvajā kṛṣṇā kālarātrirbhayaṅkarī ||
With a single braid and hibiscus flowers at her ears, unclad and seated on a donkey, long-lipped, with ornaments in her ears and her body anointed with oil; her left foot shining with an iron creeper of thorns as an ornament, her banner raised high, dark in colour, she is Kalaratri, the terrifying one.
ॐ देवी महागौर्यै नमः ॥
ௐ தேவீ மஹாகௌர்யை நமஃ ॥
ఓం దేవీ మహాగౌర్యై నమః ॥
ಓಂ ದೇವೀ ಮಹಾಗೌರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ദേവീ മഹാഗൌര്യൈ നമഃ ॥
oṃ devī mahāgauryai namaḥ ||
Om, salutations to the goddess Mahagauri, the great fair one.
श्वेते वृषे समारूढा श्वेताम्बरधरा शुचिः ।
महागौरी शुभं दद्यान्महादेवप्रमोददा ॥
ஶ்வேதே வ்ருஷே ஸமாரூடா ஶ்வேதாம்பரதரா ஶுசிஃ ।
மஹாகௌரீ ஶுபம் தத்யாந்மஹாதேவப்ரமோததா ॥
శ్వేతే వృషే సమారూఢా శ్వేతామ్బరధరా శుచిః ।
మహాగౌరీ శుభం దద్యాన్మహాదేవప్రమోదదా ॥
ಶ್ವೇತೇ ವೃಷೇ ಸಮಾರೂಢಾ ಶ್ವೇತಾಮ್ಬರಧರಾ ಶುಚಿಃ ।
ಮಹಾಗೌರೀ ಶುಭಂ ದದ್ಯಾನ್ಮಹಾದೇವಪ್ರಮೋದದಾ ॥
ശ്വേതേ വൃഷേ സമാരൂഢാ ശ്വേതാമ്ബരധരാ ശുചിഃ ।
മഹാഗൌരീ ശുഭം ദദ്യാന്മഹാദേവപ്രമോദദാ ॥
śvete vṛṣe samārūḍhā śvetāmbaradharā śuciḥ |
mahāgaurī śubhaṃ dadyānmahādevapramodadā ||
Mounted on a white bull, dressed in white and pure, may Mahagauri, who brings joy to Mahadeva, grant what is good.
ॐ देवी सिद्धिदात्र्यै नमः ॥
ௐ தேவீ ஸித்திதாத்ர்யை நமஃ ॥
ఓం దేవీ సిద్ధిదాత్ర్యై నమః ॥
ಓಂ ದೇವೀ ಸಿದ್ಧಿದಾತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ദേവീ സിദ്ധിദാത്ര്യൈ നമഃ ॥
oṃ devī siddhidātryai namaḥ ||
Om, salutations to the goddess Siddhidatri, the giver of accomplishment.
सिद्धगन्धर्वयक्षाद्यैरसुरैरमरैरपि ।
सेव्यमाना सदा भूयात् सिद्धिदा सिद्धिदायिनी ॥
ஸித்தகந்தர்வயக்ஷாத்யைரஸுரைரமரைரபி ।
ஸேவ்யமாநா ஸதா பூயாத் ஸித்திதா ஸித்திதாயிநீ ॥
సిద్ధగన్ధర్వయక్షాద్యైరసురైరమరైరపి ।
సేవ్యమానా సదా భూయాత్ సిద్ధిదా సిద్ధిదాయినీ ॥
ಸಿದ್ಧಗನ್ಧರ್ವಯಕ್ಷಾದ್ಯೈರಸುರೈರಮರೈರಪಿ ।
ಸೇವ್ಯಮಾನಾ ಸದಾ ಭೂಯಾತ್ ಸಿದ್ಧಿದಾ ಸಿದ್ಧಿದಾಯಿನೀ ॥
സിദ്ധഗന്ധര്വയക്ഷാദ്യൈരസുരൈരമരൈരപി ।
സേവ്യമാനാ സദാ ഭൂയാത് സിദ്ധിദാ സിദ്ധിദായിനീ ॥
siddhagandharvayakṣādyairasurairamarairapi |
sevyamānā sadā bhūyāt siddhidā siddhidāyinī ||
Served always by siddhas, gandharvas, yakshas and others, by demons and by gods alike, may she be Siddhidatri, the giver of accomplishment.
The syllable people get wrong
In the Day 9 mantra, siddhidātryai has four syllables, sid-dhi-dā-tryai: the d is doubled with breath on the second, dā is long, and tryai is a single syllable rhyming with 'try' plus the 'ai' of 'aisle'. 'Siddhi-daatri-yai' adds a fifth syllable the word does not have.
When the Navratri Mantra is chanted
Weekday. Friday
Festival. Sharada and Chaitra Navaratri, one form for each night
Questions
Have your chart read before you decide
Chanting is yours to do, and free. But which deity your situation calls for — and whether a mantra alone is the right response — depends on your chart. Sometimes it is; sometimes it is not.
- Over 30 years in the Guru–Sishya Parampara, from the age of five
- He reads every chart himself — 60 minutes, one to one, never delegated
- Charts are read only between sunrise and sunset, following tradition
