Janaki Stuti

जानकि त्वां नमस्यामि सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम्

jānaki tvāṃ namasyāmi sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm

O Devi Janaki, I salute you. You are the destroyer of all sins.

दारिद्र्यरणसंहर्त्रीं भक्तानाभिष्टदायिनीम्
विदेहराजतनयां राघवानन्दकारिणीम्

dāridryaraṇasaṃhartrīṃ bhaktānābhiṣṭadāyinīm
videharājatanayāṃ rāghavānandakāriṇīm

I salute you. You are the destroyer of poverty in the battle of life and the bestower of devotees’ wishes. You are the daughter of the King of Videha, Janaka, and the source of joy to Raghava, Śrī Rāma.

भूमेर्दुहितरं विद्यां नमामि प्रकृतिं शिवाम्
पौलस्त्यैश्वर्यसंहत्रीं भक्ताभीष्टां सरस्वतीम्

bhūmer duhitaraṃ vidyāṃ namāmi prakṛtiṃ śivām
paulastyaiśvaryasaṃhatrīṃ bhaktābhīṣṭāṃ sarasvatīm

I salute you, the daughter of the Earth and the embodiment of knowledge. You are the auspicious Prakriti. You destroyed the power and supremacy of oppressors like Ravana and fulfil the wishes of devotees. You are the embodiment of Saraswati.

पतिव्रताधुरीणां त्वां नमामि जनकात्मजाम्
अनुग्रहपरामृद्धिमनघां हरिवल्लभाम्

pativratādhurīṇāṃ tvāṃ namāmi janakātmajām
anugrahaparāmṛddhim anaghāṃ harivallabhām

I salute you, the foremost among ideal wives and the noble daughter of Janaka. You are full of grace, the embodiment of prosperity, pure and sinless, and dearly beloved of Hari.

आत्मविद्यां त्रयीरूपामुमारूपां नमाम्यहम्
प्रसादाभिमुखीं लक्ष्मीं क्षीराब्धितनयां शुभाम्

ātmavidyāṃ trayīrūpām umārūpāṃ namāmyaham
prasādābhimukhīṃ lakṣmīṃ kṣīrābdhitanayāṃ śubhām

I salute you, the embodiment of Atma Vidya revealed in the three Vedas. You are of the nature of Devi Uma. You are auspicious Lakshmi, born of the ocean of milk, ever inclined to bestow grace upon devotees.

नमामि चन्द्रभगिनीं सीतां सर्वाङ्गसुन्दरीम्
नमामि धर्मनिलयां करुणां वेदमातरम्

namāmi candrabhaginīṃ sītāṃ sarvāṅgasundarīm
namāmi dharmanilayāṃ karuṇāṃ vedamātaram

I salute you, radiant like the sister of the Moon. You are Sita, beautiful in every limb. You are the abode of Dharma, full of compassion, and the mother of the Vedas.

पद्मालयां पद्महस्तां विष्णुवक्षःस्थलालयाम्
नमामि चन्द्रनिलयां सीतां चन्द्रनिभाननाम्

padmālayāṃ padmahastāṃ viṣṇuvakṣaḥsthalālayām
namāmi candranilayāṃ sītāṃ candranibhānanām

I salute you, who dwell in the lotus, hold the lotus in your hands, and reside eternally in the heart of Vishnu. You abide in the lunar sphere, O Sita, whose face shines like the moon.

आह्लादरूपिणीं सिद्धिं शिवां शिवकरीं सतीम्
नमामि विश्वजननीं रामचन्द्रेष्टवल्लभाम्
सीतां सर्वानवद्याङ्गीं भजामि सततं हृदा

āhlādarūpiṇīṃ siddhiṃ śivāṃ śivakarīṃ satīm
namāmi viśvajananīṃ rāmacandreṣṭavallabhām
sītāṃ sarvānavadyāṅgīṃ bhajāmi satataṃ hṛdā

I salute you, whose form bestows joy, auspiciousness, and spiritual fulfilment. I bow to the Mother of the Universe, beloved of Ramachandra. O Mother Sita, flawless in every aspect, I worship you always in my heart.

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Shloka in praise of devi Sita. Devi Janaki is the destroyer of all sins, poverty and bestower of the wishes of her devotees. She is the daughter of the Earth and embodiment of knowledge, destroyer of power and supremacy.