Chinnamasta Stotram (Selected Verses)
About this stotra
Chinnamasta Stotram (छिन्नमस्तास्तोत्रम्) - a hymn to Goddess Chinnamasta, the self-decapitated goddess who represents the ultimate sacrifice and the transcendence of the ego. She embodies the truth that liberation requires cutting through attachment to the separate self.
|| छिन्नमस्तास्तोत्रम् ||
छिन्नमस्तां महादेवीं दिव्यमाल्यविभूषिताम् । खड्गकर्तरिहस्तां च प्रणमामि दयानिधिम् ॥१॥
chinnamastāṃ mahādevīṃ divyamālyavibhūṣitām | khaḍgakartarihastāṃ ca praṇamāmi dayānidhim ||1||
I bow to Chinnamasta, the great goddess adorned with divine garlands, holding a sword and a severed head, the treasure of compassion.
प्रणवाक्षरसंस्थानां रक्तमांसोपशोभिताम् । दिव्यचिन्तामणिं देवीं छिन्नमस्तां नमाम्यहम् ॥२॥
praṇavākṣarasaṃsthānāṃ raktamāṃsopaśobhitām | divyacintāmaṇiṃ devīṃ chinnamastāṃ namāmyaham ||2||
I bow to Chinnamasta, seated on the sacred syllable Om, adorned with blood and flesh, the divine wish-fulfilling gem.
॥ इति छिन्नमस्तास्तोत्रस्य चयनितश्लोकाः ॥