The hymn to Annapurna.
O benign mother,
Who pours out upon us everlasting bliss.
You,
The ocean of beauty,
Bestower of boons and of fearlessness.
O supreme purifier,
Who washes away all sins.
Thou,
The visible ruler of the world,
The sanctifier of King Himalaya's line.
O thou,
The queen empress of holy Kashi,
Divine Annapurna.
Be gracious to me and grant me alms.
You,
Whose apparel sparkles,
Sewn with innumerable gems.
Who wears a golden sari to heighten your unsurpassable loveliness.
You,
On whom's bosom reposes a necklace of many pearls.
Who breathes forth a fragrance,
Being anointed with saffron and sandal paste.
O benign mother,
You whose form is soothing to the eyes.
O thou,
The queen empress of holy Kashi,
The divine Annapurna.
Be gracious unto me and grant me alms.
Bestower of yoga's bliss,
Destroyer of the foe.
Fulfiller of wealth and of righteousness.
You who appears like waves of light,
Or the radiance of sun,
Moon,
And fire.
Protectress of the three worlds.
Giver of wealth and of all things wished for.
O thou,
The queen empress of holy Kashi,
Divine Annapurna.
Be gracious to me and grant me alms.
O Gauri,
O Uma,
O Shankari,
O Kamari.
Thou who hast thy dwelling in the cave of sacred Mount Kailas.
You who reveals the meaning of the holy Vedas.
Who's the very embodiment of the mystic syllable OM.
Who opens the gates of liberation.
O thou,
The queen empress of holy Kashi,
Divine Annapurna.
Be gracious unto me and grant me alms.
You who bears the manifold world of the visible and the invisible.
Who holds the universe in your womb.
You who severs the thread of the play we all play upon this earth.
Who lights the lamp of wisdom.
Who brings joy to the heart of Shiva.
O thou,
The queen empress of holy Kashi,
Divine Annapurna.
Be gracious to me and grant me alms.
O Bhagavati,
Thou who art the sovereign of the world.
O mother Annapurna,
O supreme deity,
Ocean of mercy.
You whose long tresses,
Falling to your knees,
Ripple restlessly like a river's current and sparkle like a blue gem.
Mother,
Ever eager to give us food and bliss and all good fortune.
O thou,
The queen empress of holy Kashi,
Divine Annapurna.
Be gracious unto me and grant me alms.
You who reveals all letters,
From the first to the last.
Mother of the cosmos,
Gross and subtle,
And of its lord as well.
Ruler of earth and heaven and the netherworld.
Who embodies in thyself the waves of creation,
Sustenance,
And dissolution.
Eternal,
Uncaused cause.
Who are the thick darkness of cosmic dissolution.
You who brings desire to the heart of humanity.
Who bestows on us well-being in this world.
O thou,
The queen empress of holy Kashi,
Divine Annapurna.
Be gracious unto me and grant me alms.
You who holds in your right hand a ladle of gold studded with jewels and in your left hand holds a cup of delicious food.
You giver of good fortune,
Who fulfills the wishes of your worshippers and brings about their welfare with a mere wink of your eye.
O thou,
The queen empress of holy Kashi,
Divine Annapurna.
Be gracious to me and grant me alms.
You whose radiance burns a million times more bright than sun and moon and fire.
For whom the light of the moon is but the shadow of thy lips.
Whose earrings sparkle like the sun and moon and fire.
Who shines like the sun and moon.
Thou,
The supreme empress.
Who in thy four hands holds rosary and book and goad and dice.
O thou,
Queen empress of holy Kashi,
Divine Annapurna.
Be gracious unto me and grant me alms.
Protectress of the Kshatriya line.
Giver of utter fearlessness.
Benign mother of all.
Ocean of infinite mercy.
You the bestower of instantaneous liberation.
The giver of eternal good.
Provider of Shiva's welfare.
Destroyer of every bodily ill.
O you,
The queen empress of holy Kashi,
Divine Annapurna.
Be gracious to me and grant me alms.
O Annapurna.
You who never lacks for anything.
Who holds Shankara's heart in thrall.
O Parvati,
Grant me alms.
I supplicate thee for the boon of wisdom and renunciation above all.
My mother is the goddess Parvati.
My father is Shiva,
The lord whose power none can withstand.
Their worshippers I own as my kith and kin.
And the three worlds are my native land.
