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जय गणेश गिरिजा सुवन, मंगल मूल सुजान। कहत अयोध्यादास तुम, देहु अभय वरदान॥
Jaya Ganesha Girijā suvana, mangala mūla sujāna | Kahata Ayodhyādāsa tuma, dehu abhaya varadāna ||
(Doha) Glory to Ganesha, son of Girija (Parvati), root of all auspiciousness and wise one. Ayodhyadas prays — grant me the boon of fearlessness.
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जय गिरिजा पति दीन दयाला। सदा करत सन्तन प्रतिपाला॥
Jaya Girijā pati dīna dayālā | Sadā karata santana pratipālā ||
Glory to you, consort of Girija, merciful to the humble; you ever protect and sustain the saintly.
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भाल चन्द्रमा सोहत नीके। कानन कुण्डल नागफनी के॥
Bhāla chandramā sohata nīke | Kānana kundala nāgaphanī ke ||
The moon shines beautifully on your brow, and the hoods of serpents are the rings in your ears.
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अंग गौर शिर गंग बहाये। मुण्डमाल तन क्षार लगाए॥
Anga gaura shira Ganga bahāye | Mundamāla tana kshāra lagāe ||
Your body is fair, the Ganga flows from your head, you wear a garland of skulls and your body is smeared with ash.
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वस्त्र खाल बाघम्बर सोहे। छवि को देखि नाग मन मोहे॥
Vastra khāla bāghambara sohe | Chhavi ko dekhi nāga mana mohe ||
A tiger skin is your garment; seeing your form, even the serpents (and sages) are enchanted.
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मैना मातु की हवे दुलारी। बाम अंग सोहत छवि न्यारी॥
Mainā mātu kī have dulārī | Bāma anga sohata chhavi nyārī ||
Parvati, the beloved daughter of Mother Maina, graces your left side with a beauty beyond compare.
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कर त्रिशूल सोहत छवि भारी। करत सदा शत्रुन क्षयकारी॥
Kara trishūla sohata chhavi bhārī | Karata sadā shatruna kshayakārī ||
The trident in your hand looks magnificent; it ever brings destruction to the enemies.
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नन्दि गणेश सोहै तहँ कैसे। सागर मध्य कमल हैं जैसे॥
Nandi Ganesha sohai taha kaise | Sāgara madhya kamala hai jaise ||
Nandi and Ganesha appear there as lovely as lotuses blooming in the midst of a lake.
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कार्तिक श्याम और गणराऊ। या छवि को कहि जात न काऊ॥
Kārtika shyāma aura ganarāū | Yā chhavi ko kahi jāta na kāū ||
Kartikeya, Shyama (Parvati) and the lord of the ganas — no one can put the beauty of this divine family into words.
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देवन जबहीं जाय पुकारा। तब ही दुख प्रभु आप निवारा॥
Devana jabahī jāya pukārā | Taba hī dukha prabhu āpa nivārā ||
Whenever the gods went and called upon you, Lord, you at once removed their suffering.
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किया उपद्रव तारक भारी। देवन सब मिलि तुमहिं जुहारी॥
Kiyā upadrava Tāraka bhārī | Devana saba mili tumahi juhārī ||
When the demon Taraka caused great havoc, all the gods together came to you in prayer.
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तुरत षडानन आप पठायउ। लवनिमेष महँ मारि गिरायउ॥
Turata Shadānana āpa pathāyau | Lava nimesha maha māri girāyau ||
You sent Shadanana (six-faced Kartikeya) at once, and he struck the demon down in the blink of an eye.
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आप जलंधर असुर संहारा। सुयश तुम्हार विदित संसारा॥
Āpa Jalandhara asura sanhārā | Suyasha tumhāra vidita sansārā ||
You slew the demon Jalandhara; your glory is known throughout the world.
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त्रिपुरासुर सन युद्ध मचाई। सबहिं कृपा कर लीन बचाई॥
Tripurāsura sana yuddha machāī | Sabahi kripā kara līna bachāī ||
You waged war against the Tripura demons and in your grace saved everyone.
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किया तपहिं भागीरथ भारी। पुरब प्रतिज्ञा तासु पुरारी॥
Kiyā tapahi Bhāgīratha bhārī | Puraba pratigyā tāsu Purārī ||
When Bhagiratha performed severe austerities, you, O Purari (foe of Tripura), fulfilled his vow by receiving the Ganga and bringing her to earth.
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दानिन महँ तुम सम कोउ नाहीं। सेवक स्तुति करत सदाहीं॥
Dānina maha tuma sama kou nāhī | Sevaka stuti karata sadāhī ||
Among all givers there is none like you; your devotees sing your praises always.
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वेद नाम महिमा तव गाई। अकथ अनादि भेद नहिं पाई॥
Veda nāma mahimā tava gāī | Akatha anādi bheda nahi pāī ||
The Vedas have sung the glory of your name, yet you remain beyond words and without beginning; none has fathomed your mystery.
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प्रकटी उदधि मंथन में ज्वाला। जरत सुरासुर भए विहाला॥
Prakatī udadhi manthana me jvālā | Jarata surāsura bhae vihālā ||
When the ocean was churned, a flame of poison arose, and gods and demons alike were in agony from its burning.
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कीन्ही दया तहं करी सहाई। नीलकण्ठ तब नाम कहाई॥
Kīnhī dayā taha karī sahāī | Nīlakantha taba nāma kahāī ||
Then in compassion you came to their aid by drinking the poison, and from that time you were called Nilakantha, the blue-throated.
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पूजन रामचन्द्र जब कीन्हा। जीत के लंक विभीषण दीन्हा॥
Pūjana Rāmachandra jaba kīnhā | Jīta ke Lanka Vibhīshana dīnhā ||
When Rama worshipped you, by your grace he conquered Lanka and gave it to Vibhishana.
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सहस कमल में हो रहे धारी। कीन्ह परीक्षा तबहिं पुरारी॥
Sahasa kamala me ho rahe dhārī | Kīnha parīkshā tabahi Purārī ||
When Vishnu was worshipping you with a thousand lotuses, you, O Purari, put him to the test.
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एक कमल प्रभु राखेउ जोई। कमल नयन पूजन चहं सोई॥
Eka kamala prabhu rākheu joī | Kamala nayana pūjana chaha soī ||
You hid away one of the lotuses, Lord; then lotus-eyed Vishnu resolved to complete the worship by offering his own eye in its place.
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कठिन भक्ति देखी प्रभु शंकर। भए प्रसन्न दिए इच्छित वर॥
Kathina bhakti dekhī prabhu Shankara | Bhae prasanna die ichchhita vara ||
Seeing such steadfast devotion, Lord Shankara was pleased and granted him the boon he desired.
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जय जय जय अनन्त अविनाशी। करत कृपा सब के घटवासी॥
Jaya jaya jaya ananta avināshī | Karata kripā saba ke ghatavāsī ||
Glory, glory, glory to the infinite and imperishable Lord! Dwelling in every heart, you shower grace on all.
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दुष्ट सकल नित मोहि सतावै। भ्रमत रहौं मोहि चैन न आवै॥
Dushta sakala nita mohi satāvai | Bhramata rahau mohi chaina na āvai ||
All manner of wicked forces trouble me every day; I wander about lost and find no peace.
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त्राहि त्राहि मैं नाथ पुकारो। येहि अवसर मोहि आन उबारो॥
Trāhi trāhi mai nātha pukāro | Yehi avasara mohi āna ubāro ||
"Save me, save me," I cry to you, Lord — come now, at this very moment, and rescue me.
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लै त्रिशूल शत्रुन को मारो। संकट से मोहि आन उबारो॥
Lai trishūla shatruna ko māro | Sankata se mohi āna ubāro ||
Take up your trident, strike down the foes, and come deliver me from this crisis.
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मात-पिता भ्राता सब होई। संकट में पूछत नहिं कोई॥
Māta-pitā bhrātā saba hoī | Sankata me pūchhata nahi koī ||
Mother, father, brothers — though all are there, no one stands by me in times of trouble.
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स्वामी एक है आस तुम्हारी। आय हरहु मम संकट भारी॥
Svāmī eka hai āsa tumhārī | Āya harahu mama sankata bhārī ||
Lord, you are my only hope; come and take away my heavy burden of trouble.
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धन निर्धन को देत सदा हीं। जो कोई जांचे सो फल पाहीं॥
Dhana nirdhana ko deta sadā hī | Jo koī jāche so phala pāhī ||
You always give to the poor; whoever asks of you receives what they seek.
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अस्तुति केहि विधि करैं तुम्हारी। क्षमहु नाथ अब चूक हमारी॥
Astuti kehi vidhi karai tumhārī | Kshamahu nātha aba chūka hamārī ||
We do not even know how rightly to praise you; Lord, forgive us our failings.
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शंकर हो संकट के नाशन। मंगल कारण विघ्न विनाशन॥
Shankara ho sankata ke nāshana | Mangala kārana vighna vināshana ||
O Shankara, you are the destroyer of troubles, the source of all that is auspicious and the remover of obstacles.
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योगी यति मुनि ध्यान लगावैं। शारद नारद शीश नवावैं॥
Yogī yati muni dhyāna lagāvai | Shārada Nārada shīsha navāvai ||
Yogis, ascetics and sages meditate on you; even Sharada (Saraswati) and Narada bow their heads to you.
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नमो नमो जय नमः शिवाय। सुर ब्रह्मादिक पार न पाय॥
Namo namo jaya namah Shivāya | Sura Brahmādika pāra na pāya ||
Salutations, salutations, glory to you, O Shiva — even Brahma and the gods could not find the limit of your greatness.
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जो यह पाठ करे मन लाई। ता पर होत है शम्भु सहाई॥
Jo yaha pātha kare mana lāī | Tā para hota hai Shambhu sahāī ||
Whoever recites this with a focused heart finds Shambhu (Shiva) coming to their aid.
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ऋनियां जो कोई हो अधिकारी। पाठ करे सो पावन हारी॥
Riniyā jo koī ho adhikārī | Pātha kare so pāvana hārī ||
One weighed down by debt — material or karmic — who recites it is, as tradition holds, relieved of that burden and made pure.
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पुत्र हीन कर इच्छा जोई। निश्चय शिव प्रसाद तेहि होई॥
Putra hīna kara ichchhā joī | Nishchaya Shiva prasāda tehi hoī ||
One who is childless and longs for a child receives, as devotees believe, Shiva's blessing.
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पण्डित त्रयोदशी को लावे। ध्यान पूर्वक होम करावे॥
Pandita trayodashī ko lāve | Dhyāna pūrvaka homa karāve ||
On Trayodashi (the thirteenth lunar day), invite a learned priest and have a homa (fire offering) performed with care.
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त्रयोदशी व्रत करै हमेशा। ताके तन नहीं रहै कलेशा॥
Trayodashī vrata karai hameshā | Tāke tana nahī rahai kaleshā ||
Whoever regularly keeps the Trayodashi fast is, in traditional belief, kept free of affliction.
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धूप दीप नैवेद्य चढ़ावे। शंकर सम्मुख पाठ सुनावे॥
Dhūpa dīpa naivedya chadhāve | Shankara sammukha pātha sunāve ||
Offering incense, a lamp and food, let one recite this before Shankara.
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जन्म जन्म के पाप नसावे। अन्त धाम शिवपुर में पावे॥
Janma janma ke pāpa nasāve | Anta dhāma Shivapura me pāve ||
Devotees believe this washes away the wrongs of many lifetimes and that in the end one finds a home in Shiva's realm.
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कहैं अयोध्यादास आस तुम्हारी। जानि सकल दुःख हरहु हमारी॥
Kahai Ayodhyādāsa āsa tumhārī | Jāni sakala duhkha harahu hamārī ||
Says Ayodhyadas — Lord, my hope rests in you alone; knowing all, take away all our sorrows.
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नित्त नेम कर प्रातः ही, पाठ करौं चालीसा। तुम मेरी मनोकामना, पूर्ण करो जगदीश॥
Nitta nema kara prātah hī, pātha karau chālīsā | Tuma merī manokāmanā, pūrna karo Jagadīsha ||
(Doha) Keeping to my daily discipline, I recite this Chalisa every morning; O Lord of the world, fulfil my heart's wish.
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मगसर छठि हेमन्त ऋतु, संवत चौसठ जान। अस्तुति चालीसा शिवहि, पूर्ण कीन कल्याण॥
Magasara chhathi hemanta ritu, samvata chausatha jāna | Astuti chālīsā Shivahi, pūrna kīna kalyāna ||
(Doha) This auspicious Chalisa in praise of Shiva was completed on the sixth day of the month of Margashirsha, in the Hemanta (early winter) season, in the year "sixty-four" of the Samvat era.