Vindhyavasini Chalisa

Glory, glory, glory to the Queen of Vindhyachal. You are the primal power, known across the world as Bhavani.

Victory to the World Mother who rides the lion. Victory again and again to the one who brings joy to all three worlds.

Victory to the Goddess of the world who ends every hardship, whom both gods and demons come to serve and honour.

Your greatness is boundless and beyond measure. Even Shesha with his thousand mouths grows tired trying to describe it.

O Bhavani, you carry away the pain of the poor and the helpless. No giver as open-handed as you has ever been seen.

Mother, you grant the heartfelt wishes of everyone. Your endless glory is spoken of throughout the world.

Anyone who fixes their mind on you in meditation quickly receives the very reward they longed for.

You alone are Vaishnavi and Rudrani. You alone are Sharada, goddess of learning, and Brahmani.

You appear as Rama, Radhika, Shyama, and Kali. Mother, you sustain and shelter your devoted children.

You are Uma, Madhavi, Chandi, and Jwala. Be quick to turn your kindness toward me.

You are the great queen Hinglaj herself. You are Sheetala, and you are the source of true understanding.

You are Durga, the one who ends every difficulty. You are Lakshmi, who gives the world its wealth and comfort.

You are Janhavi and Utrani. O Amba, you are Hemavati, the giver of final release.

You are the eight-armed goddess Varahini, whom even Vishnu and Shiva wait upon in devotion.

You are the sixty-four goddesses who bring welfare to all. You are Gauri and Mangala, the storehouse of every good quality.

Known as Patan Mumba, Danta, and Kumari, O Bhadrakali, please hear this humble plea of mine.

You hold the thunderbolt and destroy all sorrow. You guard the span of life, O Vindhyavasini.

You are Jaya, Vijaya, and Baitali. Mother, you take the gentle form of Sugandha and the fierce form of Vikarali.

O Bhavani, your names have no end. How could an unknowing human ever count and describe them all?

When your grace, Mother, rests on someone, that person can accomplish whatever their heart desires.

Pour your grace upon me, O great queen. O Amba, let the words of this prayer come true.

Whoever holds the Mother in steady meditation finds lasting well-being in every part of life.

Trouble does not reach, even in a dream, the one who keeps repeating the Goddess's name.

A person weighed down by enormous debt should recite this chalisa a hundred times.

The debt will surely be cleared for anyone who recites it with a focused and attentive heart.

Whoever reads this praise, or helps others to read it, gains abundant happiness in this very life.

O friend, whoever is tormented by illness sees every ailment fall away through steady chanting.

A person held in heavy confinement or bondage should recite this twelve thousand times.

They will certainly be set free from that bondage. Take these words of mine as the truth, O friend.

Whatever crisis descends on a person, they should firmly call the Goddess to mind, and she removes it.

O friend, one who longs for a child yet has none should take up this practice as the remedy.

Have the chalisa recited for five years, and feed Brahmins during the Navratri days.

Bhavani, the treasury of every virtue, is sure to be pleased and to grant the gift of a child.

Bring a flag and a coconut to offer, and carry out the worship with all its proper rites.

Recite it every day with an attentive mind and heartfelt love; there is truly no other means than this.

This is the sacred Vindhyachal Chalisa; by reciting it even a pauper can rise to the standing of a king.

Do not treat this as some strange marvel, O friend; it happens simply because the Goddess's kind gaze falls on the devotee.

Glory, glory, glory to Bhavani, Mother of the world. Knowing me as your own, be gracious to me.

Whoever recites this chalisa with a settled mind, with faith and with love,

upon that person Vindhyeshwari showers her grace and fulfils every wish held in their heart.