Kīrtana

Jam

A kīrtan to Lalitā sung from the Sahasranāma itself. Its verses are whole shlokas, taken in the order of the text; its chorus gathers single names from across the thousand. Sing along with the video, and learn the names as you go.

Sung by Swami Aniruddha on Mahāgaurī night, Navarātri 2026.Watch on YouTube(opens in a new tab)
Hover or tap a name for its meaning

Verse 1

0:13

Chorus

0:47

जय ओ

jaya o

Victory to you, O —

सर्वेश्वरी

sarveśvarī

Sovereign Of AllName 202 · Shloka 52(opens in a new tab)

मही

mahī

The Wide EarthName 718 · Shloka 139(opens in a new tab)

Tag

1:57

Verse 2

2:14

Shloka 41 · Names 112–117(opens in a new tab)The axe laid to the forest of becoming

भवानी भावनागम्याभावना-गम्या भवारण्यकुठारिकाभवारण्य-कुठारिका

bhavānī bhāvanāgamyābhāvanā-gamyā bhavāraṇyakuṭhārikābhavāraṇya-kuṭhārikā

Consort Of Bhava · Reached By Contemplation · Axe To The Forest Of Existence

भद्रप्रियाभद्र-प्रिया भद्रमूर्तिर्भक्तसौभाग्यदायिनीभद्र-मूर्तिर्-भक्त-सौभाग्य-दायिनी

bhadrapriyābhadra-priyā bhadramūrtirbhaktasaubhāgyadāyinībhadra-mūrtir-bhakta-saubhāgya-dāyinī

Fond Of The Auspicious · Auspicious In Form · Giver Of Fortune To Devotees

Shloka 42 · Names 118–125(opens in a new tab)Devotion has power over her

भक्तिप्रियाभक्ति-प्रिया भक्तिगम्याभक्ति-गम्या भक्तिवश्याभक्ति-वश्या भयापहा

bhaktipriyābhakti-priyā bhaktigamyābhakti-gamyā bhaktivaśyābhakti-vaśyā bhayāpahā

Fond Of Devotion · Reached By Devotion · Won Over By Devotion · Remover Of Fear

शाम्भवी शारदाराध्या शर्वाणी शर्मदायिनीशर्म-दायिनी

śāmbhavī śāradārādhyā śarvāṇī śarmadāyinīśarma-dāyinī

She Who Belongs To Śambhu · Worshipped By Śāradā · Consort Of Śarva · Bestower Of Bliss

Verse 3

4:13

Shloka 52 · Names 199–204(opens in a new tab)All powers, all mantras

सर्वशक्तिमयीसर्व-शक्तिमयी सर्वमङ्गलासर्व-मङ्गला सद्गतिप्रदासद्-गति-प्रदा

sarvaśaktimayīsarva-śaktimayī sarvamaṅgalāsarva-maṅgalā sadgatipradāsad-gati-pradā

Made Of All Powers · Wholly Auspicious · Giver Of The Good Path

सर्वेश्वरी सर्वमयी सर्वमन्त्रस्वरूपिणीसर्व-मन्त्र-स्वरूपिणी

sarveśvarī sarvamayī sarvamantrasvarūpiṇīsarva-mantra-svarūpiṇī

Sovereign Of All · She Who Consists Of All · Very Form Of All Mantras

Shloka 53 · Names 205–211(opens in a new tab)From all the diagrams and all the scriptures to the beloved of the gracious one

सर्वयन्त्रात्मिकासर्व-यन्त्रात्मिका सर्वतन्त्ररूपासर्व-तन्त्र-रूपा मनोन्मनी

sarvayantrātmikāsarva-yantrātmikā sarvatantrarūpāsarva-tantra-rūpā manonmanī

Soul Of Every Yantra · Whose Form Is All Tantra · Mind Beyond Mind

माहेश्वरी महादेवीमहा-देवी महालक्ष्मीर्मृडप्रियामहा-लक्ष्मीर्-मृड-प्रिया

māheśvarī mahādevīmahā-devī mahālakṣmīrmṛḍapriyāmahā-lakṣmīr-mṛḍa-priyā

Consort Of The Great Lord · The Great Goddess · The Great Lakṣmī · Beloved Of Mṛḍa

Verse 4

6:09

Shloka 55 · Names 219–225(opens in a new tab)Six goods of practice, and the sovereign of those who obtain them

महाभोगामहा-भोगा महैश्वर्या महावीर्यामहा-वीर्या महाबलामहा-बला

mahābhogāmahā-bhogā mahaiśvaryā mahāvīryāmahā-vīryā mahābalāmahā-balā

Of Boundless Enjoyment · Of Great Sovereignty · Of Great Potency · Of Great Strength

महाबुद्धिर्महासिद्धिर्महायोगेश्वरेश्वरीमहा-बुद्धिर्-महा-सिद्धिर्-महा-योगेश्वरेश्वरी

mahābuddhirmahāsiddhirmahāyogeśvareśvarīmahā-buddhir-mahā-siddhir-mahā-yogeśvareśvarī

The Great Intelligence · The Great Attainment · Sovereign Over The Masters Of Yoga

Shloka 56 · Names 226–231(opens in a new tab)The great tantra, the great mantra, the great diagram

महातन्त्रामहा-तन्त्रा महामन्त्रामहा-मन्त्रा महायन्त्रामहा-यन्त्रा महासना

mahātantrāmahā-tantrā mahāmantrāmahā-mantrā mahāyantrāmahā-yantrā mahāsanā

Mistress Of The Great Tantra · Mistress Of The Great Mantra · Mistress Of The Great Yantra · Enthroned On The Great Seat

महायागक्रमाराध्यामहा-याग-क्रमाराध्या महाभैरवपूजितामहा-भैरव-पूजिता

mahāyāgakramārādhyāmahā-yāga-kramārādhyā mahābhairavapūjitāmahā-bhairava-pūjitā

Worshipped By The Great Rite · Worshipped By Great Bhairava

Verse 5

8:05

Shloka 109 · Names 528–532(opens in a new tab)The thousand-petalled lotus, where every particular becomes all

सहस्रदलपद्मस्थासहस्र-दल-पद्मस्था सर्ववर्णोपशोभितासर्व-वर्णोपशोभिता

sahasradalapadmasthāsahasra-dala-padmasthā sarvavarṇopaśobhitāsarva-varṇopaśobhitā

Seated In The Thousand-Petalled Lotus · Radiant With Every Colour

सर्वायुधधरासर्वायुध-धरा शुक्लसंस्थिताशुक्ल-संस्थिता सर्वतोमुखीसर्वतो-मुखी

sarvāyudhadharāsarvāyudha-dharā śuklasaṃsthitāśukla-saṃsthitā sarvatomukhīsarvato-mukhī

Bearer Of All Weapons · Established In Śukla · Facing Everywhere

Shloka 118 · Names 583–589(opens in a new tab)Four kinds of knowing, and the mantra named at last

आत्मविद्याआत्म-विद्या महाविद्यामहा-विद्या श्रीविद्याश्री-विद्या कामसेविताकाम-सेविता

ātmavidyāātma-vidyā mahāvidyāmahā-vidyā śrīvidyāśrī-vidyā kāmasevitākāma-sevitā

Knowledge Of The Self · The Great Learning · The Auspicious Vidyā · Attended By Kāma

श्रीषोडशाक्षरीविद्याश्री-षोडशाक्षरी-विद्या त्रिकूटात्रि-कूटा कामकोटिकाकाम-कोटिका

śrīṣoḍaśākṣarīvidyāśrī-ṣoḍaśākṣarī-vidyā trikūṭātri-kūṭā kāmakoṭikākāma-koṭikā

The Holy Sixteen-Syllabled Vidyā · Of Three Peaks · The Utmost Point Of Desire

Verse 6

10:10

Shloka 164 · Names 880–883(opens in a new tab)Expert at hauling out the mired, and every role in the sacrifice at once

यज्ञप्रियायज्ञ-प्रिया यज्ञकर्त्रीयज्ञ-कर्त्री यजमानस्वरूपिणीयजमान-स्वरूपिणी

yajñapriyāyajña-priyā yajñakartrīyajña-kartrī yajamānasvarūpiṇīyajamāna-svarūpiṇī

To Whom Sacrifice Is Dear · Performer Of The Sacrifice · Embodied As The Sacrificer

Shloka 182 · Names 994–997(opens in a new tab)The thousandth name, and the line that closes the singing