Gayatri Chalisa — Lyrics with Meaning

Doha

Hreem Shreem Kleem medha prabha, jeevan jyoti prachand | Shanti kanti jagrit pragati, rachna shakti akhand ||

O Mother Gayatri, you are the seed sounds Hreem, Shreem and Kleem. You are intellect, radiance and the blazing light of life; you are peace, beauty, awakening, progress and the unbroken power of creation.

Doha

Jagat janani mangal karani, Gayatri sukhdham | Pranavon Savitri Swadha, Swaha pooran kaam ||

O Mother of the world, giver of blessings, Gayatri, home of happiness — I bow to you. You are Savitri, Swadha and Swaha, the one who fulfils every wish.

Chaupai 1

Bhur bhuvah swah Om yut janani | Gayatri nit kalimal dahani ||

O Mother, you are joined with 'Om Bhur Bhuvah Swah'. O Gayatri, you constantly burn away the impurities of the Kali age.

Chaupai 2

Akshar chauvis param punita | Inmen basen shastra shruti Gita ||

The twenty-four syllables of the Gayatri mantra are supremely sacred. The essence of the scriptures, the Vedas and the Gita lives in them.

Chaupai 3

Shashwat satoguni sat roopa | Satya sanatan sudha anupa ||

You are eternal, full of purity and the very form of truth. You are the timeless truth and a nectar beyond compare.

Chaupai 4

Hansarudh sitambar dhari | Swarn kanti shuchi gagan-bihari ||

You ride a swan and wear white garments. Your glow is golden; you are pure and move freely through the sky.

Chaupai 5

Pustak pushp kamandalu mala | Shubhra varn tanu nayan vishala ||

You hold a book, a flower, a water pot and a rosary. Your body is radiant white and your eyes are large.

Chaupai 6

Dhyan dharat pulkit hit hoi | Sukh upjat dukh durmati khoi ||

Meditating on you fills the heart with joy and brings good. Happiness arises, and sorrow and wrong thinking fall away.

Chaupai 7

Kamdhenu tum sur taru chhaya | Nirakar ki adbhut maya ||

You are like Kamdhenu, the wish-fulfilling cow, and the shade of the heavenly wish-tree. You are the wondrous power of the formless Divine.

Chaupai 8

Tumhari sharan gahai jo koi | Tarai sakal sankat son soi ||

Whoever takes refuge in you crosses safely through every difficulty.

Chaupai 9

Saraswati Lakshmi tum Kali | Dipai tumhari jyoti nirali ||

You are Saraswati, Lakshmi and Kali. Your unique light shines everywhere.

Chaupai 10

Tumhari mahima paar na pavain | Jo Sharad shat mukh gun gavain ||

Even if Saraswati sang your praises with a hundred mouths, she could not reach the end of your glory.

Chaupai 11

Char Ved ki maat punita | Tum Brahmani Gauri Sita ||

You are the sacred mother of the four Vedas. You are Brahmani, Gauri and Sita.

Chaupai 12

Mahamantra jitne jag mahin | Kou Gayatri sam nahin ||

Of all the great mantras in the world, none is equal to the Gayatri.

Chaupai 13

Sumirat hiya mein gyan prakasai | Aalas paap avidya nasai ||

Remembering you lights up the heart with knowledge and drives away laziness, sin and ignorance.

Chaupai 14

Srishti beej jag janani Bhavani | Kalratri varada kalyani ||

You are the seed of creation, Bhavani, mother of the world. You are Kalratri, the giver of boons and the bringer of good.

Chaupai 15

Brahma Vishnu Rudra sur jete | Tum son pavain surta tete ||

Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra and all the gods receive their divinity from you.

Chaupai 16

Tum bhaktan ki bhakt tumhare | Jananihin putra pran te pyare ||

You belong to your devotees and they belong to you. As a child is dearer than life to a mother, so are devotees dear to you.

Chaupai 17

Mahima aparampar tumhari | Jai jai jai Tripada bhayhari ||

Your glory is boundless. Victory, victory, victory to you, O three-footed Gayatri, remover of fear.

Chaupai 18

Poorit sakal gyan vigyana | Tum sam adhik na jag mein aana ||

You are filled with all knowledge and wisdom. There is no one in the world equal to you or greater.

Chaupai 19

Tumahin jaani kachhu rahai na shesha | Tumahin paay kachhu rahai na kalesha ||

Once you are known, nothing remains to be known; once you are found, no suffering remains.

Chaupai 20

Janat tumahin tumahin hvai jai | Paras parasi kudhatu suhai ||

One who truly knows you becomes like you — just as base metal turns to gold at the touch of the philosopher's stone.

Chaupai 21

Tumhari shakti dipai sab thai | Mata tum sab thaur samai ||

Your power shines in every place. O Mother, you are present everywhere.

Chaupai 22

Grah nakshatra brahmand ghanere | Sab gativan tumhare prere ||

Countless planets, stars and universes move only because you set them in motion.

Chaupai 23

Sakal srishti ki pran vidhata | Palak poshak nashak trata ||

You give life to all creation. You are the one who sustains, nourishes, dissolves and protects.

Chaupai 24

Mateshwari daya vrat dhari | Tum san tare pataki bhari ||

O Divine Mother, you have vowed to be merciful. Through you even great sinners have been saved.

Chaupai 25

Japar kripa tumhari hoi | Tapar kripa karen sab koi ||

Whoever receives your grace receives the kindness of everyone.

Chaupai 26

Mand buddhi te budhi bal pavain | Rogi rog rahit ho javain ||

The Chalisa says that by your grace the slow-witted gain wisdom and strength, and the sick become free of illness.

Chaupai 27

Daridra mitai katai sab peera | Nashai dukh harai bhav bheera ||

By your grace poverty ends, all pain is cut away, sorrow is destroyed and the fear of worldly life is removed.

Chaupai 28

Grih klesh chit chinta bhari | Nasai Gayatri bhay hari ||

Quarrels at home and heavy worries of the mind are removed by Mother Gayatri, the remover of fear.

Chaupai 29

Santati heen susantati pavain | Sukh sampati yut mod manavain ||

According to the Chalisa, the childless are blessed with good children and rejoice in happiness and prosperity.

Chaupai 30

Bhoot pishach sabai bhay khavain | Yam ke doot nikat nahin aavain ||

Ghosts and evil spirits all fear you, and even the messengers of Yama do not come near your devotee.

Chaupai 31

Jo sadhva sumiren chit lai | Achhat suhag sada sukhdai ||

Married women who remember you with devotion are blessed with lasting marital happiness.

Chaupai 32

Ghar var sukh prad lahain kumari | Vidhva rahen satya vrat dhari ||

Unmarried girls find a happy home and a good husband, and widows stay firm on the path of truth and vows.

Chaupai 33

Jayati jayati Jagdamb Bhavani | Tum sam aur dayalu na dani ||

Victory, victory to you, O Jagdamba Bhavani. There is no one as kind and generous as you.

Chaupai 34

Jo satguru son diksha pave | So sadhan ko saphal banave ||

One who receives initiation from a true guru makes their spiritual practice fruitful.

Chaupai 35

Sumiran kare suruchi badbhagi | Lahai manorath grihi viragi ||

The fortunate one who remembers you with love — whether a householder or a renunciant — has their heart's wish fulfilled.

Chaupai 36

Asht siddhi navnidhi ki data | Sab samarth Gayatri Mata ||

Mother Gayatri grants the eight spiritual powers and the nine treasures, and is capable of everything.

Chaupai 37

Rishi muni yati tapasvi yogi | Aarat arthi chintit bhogi ||

Seers, sages, ascetics, those doing penance, yogis, the distressed, those seeking wealth, the worried and those enjoying worldly life —

Chaupai 38

Jo jo sharan tumhari aavain | So so man vanchhit phal pavain ||

— whoever among them comes to your shelter receives what their heart desires.

Chaupai 39

Bal budhi vidya sheel swabhau | Dhan vaibhav yash tej uchhau ||

Strength, wisdom, learning, good character, wealth, splendour, fame, radiance and enthusiasm —

Chaupai 40

Sakal badhen upjen sukh nana | Je yah paath karai dhari dhyana ||

— all of these grow, and many joys arise, for the one who recites this with full attention.

Doha

Yah chalisa bhakti yut, paath karai jo koy | Tapar kripa prasannata, Gayatri ki hoy ||

Whoever recites this Chalisa with devotion receives the grace and blessings of Mother Gayatri.