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1. 1

   नित्यानन्दकरी वराभयकरी सौन्दर्यरत्नाकरी निर्धूताखिलघोरपावनकरी प्रत्यक्षमाहेश्वरी । प्रालेयाचलवंशपावनकरी काशीपुराधीश्वरी भिक्षां देहि कृपावलम्बनकरी माताऽन्नपूर्णेश्वरी ॥ १॥

   nityānandakarī varābhayakarī saundaryaratnākarī nirdhūtākhilaghorapāvanakarī pratyakṣamāheśvarī | prāleyācalavaṃśapāvanakarī kāśīpurādhīśvarī bhikṣāṃ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī mātānnapūrṇeśvarī || 1||

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   O Goddess, you bestow eternal bliss and grant boons and fearlessness with your hands; you are like a mine of the jewel of beauty. You purify by washing away every terrible sin, and you are the very manifest power of Maheshvara (Shiva) himself. You sanctify the lineage of the Himalayan mountain (as daughter of Himavan) and you rule as sovereign of the holy city of Kashi. O Mother Annapurneshvari, who graciously extends her support, please grant me alms.

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   नानारत्नविचित्रभूषणकरी हेमाम्बराडम्बरी मुक्ताहारविलम्बमान विलसत् वक्षोजकुम्भान्तरी । काश्मीरागरुवासिता रुचिकरी काशीपुराधीश्वरी भिक्षां देहि कृपावलम्बनकरी माताऽन्नपूर्णेश्वरी ॥ २॥

   nānāratnavicitrabhūṣaṇakarī hemāmbarāḍambarī muktāhāravilambamāna vilasat vakṣojakumbhāntarī | kāśmīrāgaruvāsitā rucikarī kāśīpurādhīśvarī bhikṣāṃ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī mātānnapūrṇeśvarī || 2||

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   You are adorned with wondrous ornaments made of many kinds of gems and are resplendent in garments of gold. A pearl necklace hangs gracefully upon your full, pot-like bosom. Fragrant with saffron and agaru incense, utterly delightful, you are the sovereign of the city of Kashi. O Mother Annapurneshvari, who graciously extends her support, please grant me alms.

3. 3

   योगानन्दकरी रिपुक्षयकरी धर्मार्थनिष्ठाकरी चन्द्रार्कानलभासमानलहरी त्रैलोक्यरक्षाकरी । सर्वैश्वर्यसमस्तवाञ्छितकरी काशीपुराधीश्वरी भिक्षां देहि कृपावलम्बनकरी माताऽन्नपूर्णेश्वरी ॥ ३॥

   yogānandakarī ripukṣayakarī dharmārthaniṣṭhākarī candrārkānalabhāsamānalaharī trailokyarakṣākarī | sarvaiśvaryasamastavāñchitakarī kāśīpurādhīśvarī bhikṣāṃ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī mātānnapūrṇeśvarī || 3||

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   You grant the bliss of yoga, destroy one's enemies, and establish steadfastness in righteousness and right livelihood. Your radiance shines like the waves of the moon, the sun and fire, and you protect the three worlds. You bestow every kind of wealth and fulfil all desires, and you rule as sovereign of Kashi. O Mother Annapurneshvari, who graciously extends her support, please grant me alms.

4. 4

   कैलासाचलकन्दरालयकरी गौरी उमा शङ्करी कौमारी निगमार्थगोचरकरी ओङ्कारबीजाक्षरी । मोक्षद्वारकपाटपाटनकरी काशीपुराधीश्वरी भिक्षां देहि कृपावलम्बनकरी माताऽन्नपूर्णेश्वरी ॥ ४॥

   kailāsācalakandarālayakarī gaurī umā śaṅkarī kaumārī nigamārthagocarakarī oṅkārabījākṣarī | mokṣadvārakapāṭapāṭanakarī kāśīpurādhīśvarī bhikṣāṃ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī mātānnapūrṇeśvarī || 4||

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   Your abode lies in the caves of Mount Kailasa; you are Gauri, Uma, and Shankari, the consort of Shankara (Shiva). You are Kaumari, the very substance grasped through the deep meaning of the Vedas, and you are the seed-syllable Om itself. You are the one who throws open the doors of liberation, and you rule as sovereign of Kashi. O Mother Annapurneshvari, who graciously extends her support, please grant me alms.

5. 5

   दृश्यादृश्य विभूतिवाहनकरी ब्रह्माण्डभाण्डोदरी लीलानाटकसूत्रभेदनकरी विज्ञानदीपाङ्कुरी । श्रीविश्वेशमनः प्रसादनकरी काशीपुराधीश्वरी भिक्षां देहि कृपावलम्बनकरी माताऽन्नपूर्णेश्वरी ॥ ५॥

   dṛśyādṛśya vibhūtivāhanakarī brahmāṇḍabhāṇḍodarī līlānāṭakasūtrabhedanakarī vijñānadīpāṅkurī | śrīviśveśamanaḥ prasādanakarī kāśīpurādhīśvarī bhikṣāṃ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī mātānnapūrṇeśvarī || 5||

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   You bear both the visible and the invisible glories of creation, and the entire universe rests within your womb as though held in a single vessel. You are the one who unravels the threads of this cosmic play, the sprouting lamp of true wisdom. You delight the mind of glorious Vishvesha (the Lord of the universe, Shiva of Kashi), and you rule as sovereign of Kashi. O Mother Annapurneshvari, who graciously extends her support, please grant me alms.

6. 6

   उर्वी सर्वजनेश्वरी भगवती माताऽन्नपूर्णेश्वरी वेणीनीलसमानकुन्तलधरी नित्यान्नदानेश्वरी । सर्वानन्दकरी सदाशुभकरी काशीपुराधीश्वरी भिक्षां देहि कृपावलम्बनकरी माताऽन्नपूर्णेश्वरी ॥ ६॥

   urvī sarvajaneśvarī bhagavatī mātānnapūrṇeśvarī veṇīnīlasamānakuntaladharī nityānnadāneśvarī | sarvānandakarī sadāśubhakarī kāśīpurādhīśvarī bhikṣāṃ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī mātānnapūrṇeśvarī || 6||

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   Like the earth, you sustain and rule over all beings, O divine Mother Annapurneshvari. You wear a braid of hair dark as a rain-cloud, and you are the eternal sovereign giver of food and grain. You bring joy to everyone, you are ever auspicious, and you rule as sovereign of Kashi. O Mother Annapurneshvari, who graciously extends her support, please grant me alms.

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   आदिक्षान्तसमस्तवर्णनकरी शम्भोस्त्रिभावाकरी काश्मीरा त्रिजलेश्वरी त्रिलहरी नित्याङ्कुरा शर्वरी । कामाकाङ्क्षकरी जनोदयकरी काशीपुराधीश्वरी भिक्षां देहि कृपावलम्बनकरी माताऽन्नपूर्णेश्वरी ॥ ७॥

   ādikṣāntasamastavarṇanakarī śambhostribhāvākarī kāśmīrā trijaleśvarī trilaharī nityāṅkurā śarvarī | kāmākāṅkṣakarī janodayakarī kāśīpurādhīśvarī bhikṣāṃ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī mātānnapūrṇeśvarī || 7||

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   You exist as the entire alphabet, from the first letter to the last, and you are the cause of Shambhu's (Shiva's) threefold nature. Fragrant as saffron, sovereign of the three sacred streams, rising in triple waves, ever renewed like the night, you fulfil the desires of your devotees, uplift humankind, and rule as sovereign of Kashi. O Mother Annapurneshvari, who graciously extends her support, please grant me alms.

8. 8

   देवी सर्वविचित्ररत्नरचिता दाक्षायणी सुन्दरी वामे स्वादुपयोधरा प्रियकरी सौभाग्य माहेश्वरी । भक्ताभीष्टकरी सदाशुभकरी काशीपुराधीश्वरी भिक्षां देहि कृपावलम्बनकरी माताऽन्नपूर्णेश्वरी ॥ ८॥

   devī sarvavicitraratnaracitā dākṣāyaṇī sundarī vāme svādupayodharā priyakarī saubhāgya māheśvarī | bhaktābhīṣṭakarī sadāśubhakarī kāśīpurādhīśvarī bhikṣāṃ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī mātānnapūrṇeśvarī || 8||

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   O Goddess, you are adorned with a wondrous variety of jewels, known as Dakshayani, the daughter of Daksha, and you are supremely beautiful. On your gracious left side rests your nourishing, sweetness-bestowing form; you are dear to Shiva and the presiding Maheshvari of good fortune. You fulfil the heartfelt wishes of your devotees, you are ever auspicious, and you rule as sovereign of Kashi. O Mother Annapurneshvari, who graciously extends her support, please grant me alms.

9. 9

   चन्द्रार्कानलकोटिकोटिसदृशा चन्द्रांशुबिम्बाधरी चन्द्रार्काग्निसमानकुण्डलधरी चन्द्रार्कवर्णेश्वरी । मालापुस्तकपाशसाङ्कुशधरी काशीपुराधीश्वरी भिक्षां देहि कृपावलम्बनकरी माताऽन्नपूर्णेश्वरी ॥ ९॥

   candrārkānalakoṭikoṭisadṛśā candrāṃśubimbādharī candrārkāgnisamānakuṇḍaladharī candrārkavarṇeśvarī | mālāpustakapāśasāṅkuśadharī kāśīpurādhīśvarī bhikṣāṃ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī mātānnapūrṇeśvarī || 9||

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   Your radiance shines like millions upon millions of moons, suns and fires combined, and your lips resemble the orb of the moon. You wear earrings resembling the moon, the sun and fire, and your very complexion glows like the moon and sun. You hold in your hands a rosary, a book, a noose and a goad, and you rule as sovereign of Kashi. O Mother Annapurneshvari, who graciously extends her support, please grant me alms.

10. 10

    क्षत्रत्राणकरी महाऽभयकरी माता कृपासागरी साक्षान्मोक्षकरी सदा शिवकरी विश्वेश्वरी श्रीधरी । दक्षाक्रन्दकरी निरामयकरी काशीपुराधीश्वरी भिक्षां देहि कृपावलम्बनकरी माताऽन्नपूर्णेश्वरी ॥ १०॥

    kṣatratrāṇakarī mahā'bhayakarī mātā kṛpāsāgarī sākṣānmokṣakarī sadā śivakarī viśveśvarī śrīdharī | dakṣākrandakarī nirāmayakarī kāśīpurādhīśvarī bhikṣāṃ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī mātānnapūrṇeśvarī || 10||

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    You protect those who take refuge in you, you grant great fearlessness, and you are the Mother who is an ocean of compassion. You directly bestow liberation, you are ever auspicious, sovereign of the universe, and the bearer of prosperity. You are moved to answer the anguished cries of your devotees and you free them from all affliction and disease, and you rule as sovereign of Kashi. O Mother Annapurneshvari, who graciously extends her support, please grant me alms.

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    अन्नपूर्णे सदापूर्णे शङ्करप्राणवल्लभे । ज्ञानवैराग्यसिद्ध्यर्थं भिक्षां देहि च पार्वति ॥ ११॥

    annapūrṇe sadāpūrṇe śaṅkaraprāṇavallabhe | jñānavairāgyasiddhyarthaṃ bhikṣāṃ dehi ca pārvati || 11||

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    O Annapurna, ever complete and full, beloved of Shankara's very life-breath — O Parvati, please grant me alms so that I may attain knowledge and dispassion.

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    माता मे पार्वती देवी पिता देवो महेश्वरः । बान्धवाः शिवभक्ताश्च स्वदेशो भुवनत्रयम् ॥ १२॥

    mātā me pārvatī devī pitā devo maheśvaraḥ | bāndhavāḥ śivabhaktāśca svadeśo bhuvanatrayam || 12||

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    My mother is the goddess Parvati and my father is Lord Maheshvara. The devotees of Shiva are my kinsmen, and the three worlds together are my true homeland.