Durga Chalisa

"Durga Chalisa" is a prayer addressed to Goddess Durga, the Supreme Mother of all beings. A 'Chalisa' is a rendition that contains 40 stanzas/verses. 

It is a rendition by a saint named Devidas. The last verse (41st stanza) confirms this fact. But I don't know much about him. There was a saint, Devadas of Gujarat, who lived in the 18th century. But these verses are in the Awadhi language. So, it could be a different saint.

I’ve combined both lines of the verse into one, marking the break in the middle to keep the post compact.

Meanings of the verses will be provided at the bottom of the post to facilitate continuous recitation of the prayer.

namO namO Durge sukh karaNi | namO namO Ambe dukh haraNi || (1)

nirAkAr hai jyOti tumhAri | tihoo lOk phaili ujiyAri || (2)

sashi lalaat, mukh mahA vishAlaa | nEtra laal bhrukiti vikarALaa || (3)

roop maatu kO adhika suhAva | daras karat jana ati sukh pAvE || (4)

tum sansAr shakti laya keenA | pAlan hEtu anna dhana deenA || (5)

annapoorNa hui jag paalaa | tum hee aadi sundari baalA || (6)

pralay-kaal sab nAshan haari | tum Gouri Shiv-Shankar pyaari || (7)

Shiva yOgi tumharE guN gaavE | Brahma Vishnu tumhe nit dhyAvE || (8)

roop Saraswati kO tum dhArA | dE subuddhi rishi-munin ubArA || (9)

dharyO roop Narsimha kO ambA | pragat bhayee phaadkar khambA || (10)

rakshA kar Prahlad bachAyO | HiraNyakashipu ko svarg pathAyO || (11)

Lakshmi roop dharO jag maahi | Shri Narayan anga samAhee || (12)

ksheer-sindhu me karata vilaasa | dayAsindhu deejai manu aasa || (13)

HingalAj mE tumhi Bhavani | mahimaa amit na jaat bakhaani || (14)

MAtangi aur dhoomAvati mAtA | BhuvanEshwari bagalaa sukh dAtA || (15)

Shri Bhairav, TArA, jagatAriNi | cchinna bhaal, bhava dukha nivArinee || (16)

KEhari vaahan sOha Bhavani | laangur veer chalat agavaanee || (17)

kar mE khappar-khadg virAjai | jAkO dEkh kaal dar bhAjai || (18)

sOhai astra aur trishoolA | jAtE uthat shatru hiya shoolA || (19)

nagara kOti mE tumahi virAjat | tihu lOk mE dankaa baajat || (20)

shumbha nishumbh daanav tum mArE | Raktabeej Shankhan samhArE || (21)

MahishAsur nrup ati abhimAnee | jEhi agha bhAr mahee akulAnee || (22)

roop karaal KALi-kaa dhArA | sEna sahitu tum tihi samhArA || (23)

paree gaadh santanu par jab jab | bhaee sahaay maatu tum tab tab || (24)

amarapuri aru baasav lOkA | tava mahimA sab rahE asOkA || (25)

jwAlA mE hai jyOti tumhAree | tumhE sadaa poojE nar-naaree || (26)

prEm bhakti sE jO yash gAvai | dukha daridra nikat nahi Avai || (27)

dhyAvE tumhE jO nar mana laayee | janma-maraNa taakou chuti jaayee || (28)

jOgee sur muni kahata pukAree | yOg na hO bina shakti tumhAree || (29)

Shankar Achaaraj tapa keenhO | kaama krOdha jeet sab leenhO || (30)

nishidin dhyan dharo Shankar kO | kaahu kaala nahi sumirO tumakO || (31)

shakti roop ka maram na pAyO | shakti gayee tab manu pachitAyO || (32)

sharaNAgat hui keerti bakhAnee | jai jai jaya Jagadamb BhavAnee || (33)

bhayee prasanna aadi Jagadamba | dayee shakti nahi keen vilambA || (34)

mOkO matu kasht ati ghErO | tuma binu kaun harE dukh mErO || (35)

aashA trushNa nipatu satAven | mOha madAdika sabu vinAshaven || (36)

shatru nAsha keejai maharaaNee | sumirou ikachita tumhE Bhavani || (37)

karO krupA hE mAtu dayAlA | riddhi-siddhi dE karahu nihAlA || (38)

jab lagi jiyavu dayaa-phal paavoo | tumharO yash mai sadaa sunAvoo || (39)

Durga chAlisaa jO nit gaave | sab sukh bhOgu paramapad paave || (40)

Devidas sharaN nija jaani | karahu krupA Jagadamba Bhavani ||