दुर्गा सुळादि
दुर्गा सुळादि
durgā sulādi
Durgā Sulādi
Devanagari lyrics with meaning · composed by Śrī Vijaya Dāsaru · devaranama · 6 verses
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Verse 1 — दुर्गा दुर्गॆयॆ महदुष्टजन संहारॆ दुर्गांतर्गत…
दुर्गा दुर्गॆयॆ महदुष्टजन संहारॆ दुर्गांतर्गत दुर्गॆ दुर्लभॆ सुलभॆ दुर्गमवागिदॆ निन्न महिमॆ बॊम्म भर्गादिगळिगॆल्ल गुणिसिदरू स्वर्ग भूमि पाताळ व्यापुत देवि वर्गक्कॆ मीरिद बलु सुंदरी दुर्गणदवर बाधॆ बहळवागिदॆ तायि दुर्गतिहारॆ नानु पेळुवुदेनु दुर्गंधवागिदॆ संसृति नोडिदरॆ निर्गम ना काणॆनम्म मंगळांगॆ दुर्गॆ हॆ दुर्गॆ महा दुर्गॆ भूदुर्गॆ विष्णु दुर्गॆ दुर्जय दुर्धक्षॆ शक्ति दुर्गकानन गहन पर्वतघोर सर्प गर्गर शब्द व्याघ्र करडि मृत्यु वर्ग भूत प्रेत पैशाचि मॊदलाद दुर्गण संकट प्राप्तवागॆ दुर्गादुर्गॆ ऎंदु उच्चस्वरदिंद निर्गळितवागि ऒम्मॆ कूगिदरू स्वर्गापवर्गदल्लि हरियॊडनॆ इद्दरू सुर्गण जय जयवॆंदु पॊगळुतिरॆ कर्गळिंदलि ऎत्ति साकुव साक्षि भूतॆ निर्गुडिदंतॆ लोक लीलॆ निनगॆ स्वर्गंगाजनक नम्म विजय विठ्ठलनंघ्रि दुर्गाश्रम माडि बदुकुवंतॆ माडु
durgā durgèyè mahaduṣṭajana saṃhārè durgāṃtargata durgè durlabhè sulabhè durgamavāgidè ninna mahimè bòmma bhargādigal̤igèlla guṇisidarū svarga bhūmi pātāl̤a vyāputa devi vargakkè mīrida balu suṃdarī durgaṇadavara bādhè bahal̤avāgidè tāyi durgatihārè nānu pel̤uvudenu durgaṃdhavāgidè saṃsṛti noḍidarè nirgama nā kāṇènamma maṃgal̤āṃgè durgè hè durgè mahā durgè bhūdurgè viṣṇu durgè durjaya durdhakṣè śakti durgakānana gahana parvataghora sarpa gargara śabda vyāghra karaḍi mṛtyu varga bhūta preta paiśāci mòdalāda durgaṇa saṃkaṭa prāptavāgè durgādurgè èṃdu uccasvaradiṃda nirgal̤itavāgi òmmè kūgidarū svargāpavargadalli hariyòḍanè iddarū surgaṇa jaya jayavèṃdu pògal̤utirè kargal̤iṃdali ètti sākuva sākṣi bhūtè nirguḍidaṃtè loka līlè ninagè svargaṃgājanaka namma vijaya viṭhṭhalanaṃghri durgāśrama māḍi badukuvaṃtè māḍu
An invocation to Durga — destroyer of the wicked, dwelling within as the fortress, hard to attain yet easy to the devoted. Her glory is beyond Brahma and Rudra; she pervades heaven, earth and the nether world. Call out her names — Durga, Mahadurga, Bhudurga, Vishnu-Durga — against forests, mountains, snakes, tigers, ghosts and all afflictions, and take refuge at Vijaya Vittala's feet.
Verse 2 — अरिदरांकुश शक्ति परशु नेगलिखड्ग सरसिज गदॆ…
अरिदरांकुश शक्ति परशु नेगलिखड्ग सरसिज गदॆ मुद्गर चाप मार्गण वर अभय मुसल परि परि आयुधव धरिसि मॆरॆव लकुमि सरसिज भव रुद्र सरुव देवतॆगळ करुणापांगदल्लि निरीक्षिसि अवरवर स्वरूप सुखकॊडुव सिरिभूमि दुर्गा सर्वोत्तम नम्म विजय विठ्ठलनंघ्रि परम भकुतियिंद स्मरिसुव जगज्जननि
aridarāṃkuśa śakti paraśu negalikhaḍga sarasija gadè mudgara cāpa mārgaṇa vara abhaya musala pari pari āyudhava dharisi mèrèva lakumi sarasija bhava rudra saruva devatègal̤a karuṇāpāṃgadalli nirīkṣisi avaravara svarūpa sukhakòḍuva siribhūmi durgā sarvottama namma vijaya viṭhṭhalanaṃghri parama bhakutiyiṃda smarisuva jagajjanani
She shines bearing many weapons — goad, axe, sword, bow, mace and club — watched with compassion by Lakshmi, Brahma, Rudra and all the gods, granting each their own blissful nature. Remember with deep devotion the world's mother, supreme over all.
Verse 3 — स्तुति माडुवॆ निन्न काळि महाकाळि उन्नत बाहु…
स्तुति माडुवॆ निन्न काळि महाकाळि उन्नत बाहु कराळवदनॆ चंदिरॆ मुखॆ धृति शांति बहुरूपॆ रात्रि रात्रि चरणॆ स्थितियॆ निद्राभद्रॆ भक्तवत्सले भव्ये चतुरष्ट द्विहस्तॆ हस्ति हस्ति गमनॆ अद्भुत प्रबलॆ प्रवासॆ दुर्गारण्यवासॆ क्षितिभारहरणॆ क्षीराब्धि तनयॆ सद्गति प्रदातॆ माया श्रीयॆ इंदिरॆ रमॆ दिति जातॆ निग्रहॆ निर्धूत कल्मषॆ प्रतिकूल भेदॆ पूर्णबोधॆ रौद्रे अतिशय रक्त जिह्वालोलॆ माणिक्यमालॆ जितकामॆ जनन मरण रहित ख्यातॆ घृत पात्र परमान्न तांबूल हस्तॆ सुव्रतॆ पतिव्रतॆ त्रिनेत्रॆ रक्तांबरॆ शतपत्र नयनॆ निरुतकन्ये उदयार्क शतकोटि सन्निभॆ हरियांकसंस्थॆ श्रुतिततिनुतॆ शुक्ल शोणित रहितॆ अप्रतिहतॆ सर्वदा संचारिणि चतुरॆ चतुर कपर्दियॆ अंभरणि ह्री उत्पत्ति स्थितिलय कर्तॆ शुभ्रशोभन मूर्तॆ पतितपावनॆ रन्नॆ सर्वोषधियलिद्दु हतमाडु काडुव रोगगळिंद क्षितियॊळु सुखदल्लि बाळुव मतियित्तु सतत कायलि बेकु दुर्गे दुर्गे च्युतदूर विजय विठ्ठलरेयन प्रीयॆ कृतांजलियिंदलि तलॆबागि नमिसुवॆ
stuti māḍuvè ninna kāl̤i mahākāl̤i unnata bāhu karāl̤avadanè caṃdirè mukhè dhṛti śāṃti bahurūpè rātri rātri caraṇè sthitiyè nidrābhadrè bhaktavatsale bhavye caturaṣṭa dvihastè hasti hasti gamanè adbhuta prabalè pravāsè durgāraṇyavāsè kṣitibhāraharaṇè kṣīrābdhi tanayè sadgati pradātè māyā śrīyè iṃdirè ramè diti jātè nigrahè nirdhūta kalmaṣè pratikūla bhedè pūrṇabodhè raudre atiśaya rakta jihvālolè māṇikyamālè jitakāmè janana maraṇa rahita khyātè ghṛta pātra paramānna tāṃbūla hastè suvratè pativratè trinetrè raktāṃbarè śatapatra nayanè nirutakanye udayārka śatakoṭi sannibhè hariyāṃkasaṃsthè śrutitatinutè śukla śoṇita rahitè apratihatè sarvadā saṃcāriṇi caturè catura kapardiyè aṃbharaṇi hrī utpatti sthitilaya kartè śubhraśobhana mūrtè patitapāvanè rannè sarvoṣadhiyaliddu hatamāḍu kāḍuva rogagal̤iṃda kṣitiyòl̤u sukhadalli bāl̤uva matiyittu satata kāyali beku durge durge cyutadūra vijaya viṭhṭhalareyana prīyè kṛtāṃjaliyiṃdali talèbāgi namisuvè
I praise you — Kali, Mahakali, moon-faced, many-formed, auspicious, two-armed, wondrously mighty, dweller of the forest, daughter of the milk-ocean, Lakshmi, Indira, Rama, the fierce one with blood-red tongue and jewel garlands, three-eyed, lotus-eyed. Destroy the diseases that torment, grant the wisdom to live in joy, and guard us ever, O Durga.
Verse 4 — श्रीलक्ष्मीकमला पद्मापद्मिनि कमलालयॆ रमा…
श्रीलक्ष्मीकमला पद्मापद्मिनि कमलालयॆ रमा वृषाकपि धन्यावृद्धिविशाला यज्ञा इंदिरॆ हिरण्य हरिणिवालय सत्य नित्यानंद त्रयि सुधा शीलॆ सुगंध सुंदरि विद्यासुशीलॆ सुलक्षण देवि नाना रूपंगळिंद मॆरॆव मृत्युनाशॆ वालगकॊडु संतर सन्निधियल्लि काल कालकॆ ऎन्न भार वहिसुव तायि मेलु मेलु निन्न शक्ति कीर्ति बलु केळि केळि बंदॆ केवल ई मन घाळियंतॆ परद्रव्यक्कॆ पॊपुदु एळल माडदॆ उद्धार माडुव कैलासपुरदल्लि पूजॆगॊंब देवि मूलप्रकृति सर्व वर्णाभिमानिनि पालसागरशायि विजय विठ्ठलनॊळु लीलॆ माडुव नानाभरणॆ भूषणॆ पूर्णॆ
śrīlakṣmīkamalā padmāpadmini kamalālayè ramā vṛṣākapi dhanyāvṛddhiviśālā yajñā iṃdirè hiraṇya hariṇivālaya satya nityānaṃda trayi sudhā śīlè sugaṃdha suṃdari vidyāsuśīlè sulakṣaṇa devi nānā rūpaṃgal̤iṃda mèrèva mṛtyunāśè vālagakòḍu saṃtara sannidhiyalli kāla kālakè ènna bhāra vahisuva tāyi melu melu ninna śakti kīrti balu kel̤i kel̤i baṃdè kevala ī mana ghāl̤iyaṃtè paradravyakkè pòpudu el̤ala māḍadè uddhāra māḍuva kailāsapuradalli pūjègòṃba devi mūlaprakṛti sarva varṇābhimānini pālasāgaraśāyi vijaya viṭhṭhalanòl̤u līlè māḍuva nānābharaṇè bhūṣaṇè pūrṇè
Lakshmi in myriad forms — Kamala, Rama, Indira, of noble conduct and many names, destroyer of death. Grant audience to the saints, bear my burden time and again, O mother whose fame I heard and came to. Primal nature, worshipped in Kailasa, sporting with Vijaya Vittala, the fully adorned one.
Verse 5 — गोपिनंदनॆ मुक्तॆ दैत्य संततिगॆ संतापव कॊडुतिप्प…
गोपिनंदनॆ मुक्तॆ दैत्य संततिगॆ संतापव कॊडुतिप्प महाकठोरॆ उग्र रूप वैलक्षणॆ अज्ञानक्कभिमानिनि तपत्रय विनाश ओंकारॆ हूंकारॆ पापि कंसगॆ भय तोरिदॆ बाल लीलॆ व्यापुत धर्ममार्ग प्रेरणॆ अप्राकृतॆ स्वापददलि निन्न नॆनॆसिद शरणनिगॆ अपारवागिद्द वारिधियंतॆ महा आपत्तु बंदिरलु हारॆ पोगोवु सप्त द्वीप नायिकॆ नरक निर्लेपॆ तमोगुणद व्यापार माडिसि भक्त जनकॆ पुण्य सोपान माडिकॊडुव सौभाग्यवंतॆ दुर्गॆ प्रापुतवागि ऎन्न मनदलि निंदु दुःख कूपदिंदलि ऎत्ति कडॆ माडु जन्मंगळ सौपर्णि मिगिलाद सतियरु नित्य निन्न आपाद मौळितनक भजिसि भव्यरादरु ना पेळुवदेनु पांडवर मनोभिष्टॆ ई पंच भौतिकदल्लि आव साधनॆ काणे श्रीपति नाम ऒंदे जिह्वाग्रदलि नॆनॆव औपासन कॊडु रुद्रादिगळ वरदे तापस जनप्रीय विजयविठ्ठल मूर्तिय श्रीपादार्चनॆ माळ्पा श्रीभूदुर्गा वर्णिश्रयॆ
gopinaṃdanè muktè daitya saṃtatigè saṃtāpava kòḍutippa mahākaṭhorè ugra rūpa vailakṣaṇè ajñānakkabhimānini tapatraya vināśa oṃkārè hūṃkārè pāpi kaṃsagè bhaya toridè bāla līlè vyāputa dharmamārga preraṇè aprākṛtè svāpadadali ninna nènèsida śaraṇanigè apāravāgidda vāridhiyaṃtè mahā āpattu baṃdiralu hārè pogovu sapta dvīpa nāyikè naraka nirlepè tamoguṇada vyāpāra māḍisi bhakta janakè puṇya sopāna māḍikòḍuva saubhāgyavaṃtè durgè prāputavāgi ènna manadali niṃdu duḥkha kūpadiṃdali ètti kaḍè māḍu janmaṃgal̤a sauparṇi migilāda satiyaru nitya ninna āpāda maul̤itanaka bhajisi bhavyarādaru nā pel̤uvadenu pāṃḍavara manobhiṣṭè ī paṃca bhautikadalli āva sādhanè kāṇe śrīpati nāma òṃde jihvāgradali nènèva aupāsana kòḍu rudrādigal̤a varade tāpasa janaprīya vijayaviṭhṭhala mūrtiya śrīpādārcanè māl̤pā śrībhūdurgā varṇiśrayè
O liberator who strikes fear into demons, destroyer of the three afflictions, who frightened Kamsa as a child. You ferry across the ocean of calamity like a bridge, stepping-stone of merit for devotees. Keep but one name of Śrīpati on the tongue, grant worship, and take refuge at the feet of Vijaya Vittala's form, O Śrī Bhū Durgā.
Verse 6 — दुर्गॆ हा हे हो हाः दुर्गॆ मंगळ दुर्गॆ दुर्गॆति…
दुर्गॆ हा हे हो हाः दुर्गॆ मंगळ दुर्गॆ दुर्गॆति कॊडदिरु विजयविठ्ठलप्रीयॆ
durgè hā he ho hāḥ durgè maṃgal̤a durgè durgèti kòḍadiru vijayaviṭhṭhalaprīyè
Durga — auspicious Durga — grant us no misfortune, O beloved of Vijaya Vittala.
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About Durgā Sulādi
Durgā Sulādi is a Kannada devaranama, composed by Śrī Vijaya Dāsaru, addressed to Durga — a Suladi. It is presented here in Devanagari, Roman (IAST), Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, each verse with its English meaning. Source text: madhwafestivals.com.
Also known as: Durga Suladi.
A leading Haridāsa saint who revived the Dāsakūṭa in the eighteenth century and initiated a lineage that included Gopāla Dāsaru and Jagannātha Dāsaru; composer of a vast body of padas, suḷādis and ugābhogas under the signature "Vijaya Viṭhala".
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