Devi kshama prathana stotram

                      (Prayer to goddess requesting her pardon)

                                         Translated by

                                     P.R.Ramachander

 

(Goddess Parvathi is an ocean of mercy. This prayer tells what a bad person one is, and requests her pardon. This is a part of Durga Sapthasloki)

 

Aparadha sahasrani kriyanthe aaharnisam maya,

Daso aayamithi maam mathwa kshamaswa parameshwari.            1

 

Oh great goddess, I commit thousands of offences routinely,

So please think me as your slave and please pardon me.

 

Aavajanam na janami, na janami visarjanam,

Poojam chaiva na janami , kshamyatham Parameshwari.                 2

 

I do not how to invoke you, nor do I know how do send you away,

And I also do not know how to worship you, and please pardon me.

 

Manthraheenam, kriyaheenam, Bhakthiheenam , Sureswari,

Yath poojitham maya devi paripoornam thadasthuthe.                         3

 

I do not know chants or holy action or devotion, Oh God of the devas,

And so whatever worship I do, please make it complete.

 

Aaparadha satham kruthwa jagadambethi cho ucharath,

Yaam gathim samvapnothe na thaam brahmadaya suraa.                       4

 

If one calls you, “Mother of the universe” and commits hundred mistakes,

Still you look after his salvation, and this cannot be done by Brahma and other devas.

 

Saparadhosmi saranam prathasthvam jagadambike,

Idhanee manu kampyoham Yadecchasi thada kuru.                                   5

 

Oh mother of the universe , having committed several mistakes I seek your refuge,

And please decide on the fate of this shivering one according to your wishes.

 

Agnana smrutherbranthya  yanyoonam adhikam krutham.

Thath sarva kshamyadham devi  praseedha parameshwari.                          6

 

Oh great goddess I have done all this due to ignorance and wayward thoughts,

And so excuse them all  and be pleased with me.

 

Kameshwari jaganmatha sachidananda vigrahe,

Grahanarchameemam  preethya praseeda parameshwari.                               7

 

Oh Goddess of love, Oh mother of the world, Oh source of eternal happiness,

Please accept my worship and with love become pleased with me.

 

Guhyadhi guhya gopthri grahana asmad krutham japam,

Sidhir bhavathu mey devi thwat prasadath sureshwari.                                    8

 

Oh goddess who is secret of secrets, Please accept the chanting done by me,

And make me powerful, through your grace, Oh Goddess of the devas.