Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 871 of 1000: बहिर्मुखसुदुर्लभाबहिर्-मुख-सुदुर्लभा · BahirmukhasudurlabhāBahir-mukha-sudurlabhā
Hard To Reach For The Outward-Turned
Artha
What the name means
For those whose attention stays fastened on outside things she is next to impossible to find, being nowhere they are looking.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ बहिर्मुखसुदुर्लभायै नमः
oṃ bahirmukhasudurlabhāyai namaḥ
om bahirmukhasudurlabhayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bahirmukhasudurlabhā, as part of Shloka 162. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
very hard for the outward-turned to obtain
vigraha bahirmukhaiḥ sudurlabhā
having the face turned outward
vigraha bahiḥ mukhaṃ yasya saḥ
outside, outward
face, mouth
exceedingly hard to obtain
vigraha atīva durlabhā
well, very, exceedingly
difficult to obtain, scarce, rare
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 162Names 866–871
अजा क्षयविनिर्मुक्ता मुग्धा क्षिप्रप्रसादिनी ।
अन्तर्मुखसमाराध्या बहिर्मुखसुदुर्लभा ॥ १६२ ॥
ajā kṣayavinirmuktā mugdhā kṣipraprasādinī
antarmukhasamārādhyā bahirmukhasudurlabhā
Study the whole shloka: Unborn, undecaying, easily pleased — and only by those facing the right way
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- bahirmukhasudurlabhaom bahirmukhasudurlabhayai namah
- ITRANS
- bahirmukhasudurlabhAOM bahirmukhasudurlabhAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- bahirmukhasudurlabhAOM bahirmukhasudurlabhAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- బహిర్ముఖసుదుర్లభాఓం బహిర్ముఖసుదుర్లభాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಬಹಿರ್ಮುಖಸುದುರ್ಲಭಾಓಂ ಬಹಿರ್ಮುಖಸುದುರ್ಲಭಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ബഹിര്മുഖസുദുര്ലഭാഓം ബഹിര്മുഖസുദുര്ലഭായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ப³ஹிர்முக²ஸுது³ர்லபா⁴ஓம் ப³ஹிர்முக²ஸுது³ர்லபா⁴யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- બહિર્મુખસુદુર્લભાૐ બહિર્મુખસુદુર્લભાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বহির্মুখসুদুর্লভাওঁ বহির্মুখসুদুর্লভায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବହିର୍ମୁଖସୁଦୁର୍ଲଭାଓଁ ବହିର୍ମୁଖସୁଦୁର୍ଲଭାୟୈ ନମଃ