Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 871 of 1000: बहिर्मुखसुदुर्लभाबहिर्-मुख-सुदुर्लभा · BahirmukhasudurlabhāBahir-mukha-sudurlabhā

Hard To Reach For The Outward-Turned

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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

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: bahirmukhasudurlabhā
बहिर्मुखसुदुर्लभाbahirmukhasudurlabhā

very hard for the outward-turned to obtain

vigraha bahirmukhaiḥ sudurlabhā

बहिर्मुखbahirmukha

having the face turned outward

vigraha bahiḥ mukhaṃ yasya saḥ

बहिस्bahis

outside, outward

मुखmukha

face, mouth

सुदुर्लभsudurlabha

exceedingly hard to obtain

vigraha atīva durlabhā

सुsu

well, very, exceedingly

दुर्लभdurlabha

difficult to obtain, scarce, rare

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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