दुर्गे दुर्घटDurge Durghat Bhari
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दुर्गे दुर्घट भारी तुजविण संसारी
Durge Durghat Bhari Tujavin Sansari
Durga, without you this world is a very hard place to get through.
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अनाथ नाथे अम्बे करुणा विस्तारी
Anath Nathe Ambe Karuna Vistari
Mother Ambe, protector of those with no one else, spread your compassion over me.
https://sadguruaniruddhabapu.com/post/english-translation-of-durge-durghata-bhaari-aarti-english-mahishasuramardini'Anath-nathe' is a title, 'lord of the lordless', addressed to the goddess.
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वारी वारी जन्म मरणांते वारी
Vari Vari Janma Maranante Vari
Free me, free me, free me from the cycle of birth and death.
https://www.sanatan.org/mr/a/610.html'Vari' appears three times in one line as emphasis, not as three different words.
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हारी पडलो आता संकट निवारी
Hari Padalo Aata Sankat Nivari
I am beaten. Now take this trouble away.
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जय देवी जय देवी महिषासुरमथिनी
Jai Devi Jai Devi Mahishasuramathini
Victory to the goddess, victory to the goddess, who destroyed the demon Mahishasura.
https://sadguruaniruddhabapu.com/post/english-translation-of-durge-durghata-bhaari-aarti-english-mahishasuramardiniThis text reads 'Mahishasuramathini'. Other printed texts read 'mardini' or 'mathani'. All three are attested and point to the same act.
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सुरवर ईश्वर वरदे तारक संजीवनी
Suravar Eeshvar Varade Tarak Sanjivani
You who grant boons to the highest gods, who rescue us and give us new life.
https://sadguruaniruddhabapu.com/post/english-translation-of-durge-durghata-bhaari-aarti-english-mahishasuramardini'Sanjivani' is the name of the herb that restores the dead to life, used here as a title for her.
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त्रिभुवन-भुवनी पाहता तुज ऐसी नाही
Tribhuvan-bhuvani Pahata Tuj Aisi Nahi
Look through all three worlds and there is no one like you.
https://sadguruaniruddhabapu.com/post/english-translation-of-durge-durghata-bhaari-aarti-english-mahishasuramardiniA real variant exists here: several editions read 'tujavin bhuvani', which changes the sense to 'in the world without you'.
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चारी श्रमले परन्तु न बोलवे काही
Chari Shramale Parantu Na Bolave Kahi
All four Vedas wore themselves out trying, and still could say nothing adequate about you.
https://www.sanatan.org/mr/a/610.html'Chari', 'the four', is shorthand for the four Vedas.
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साही विवाद करिता पडले प्रवाही
Sahi Vivad Karita Padale Pravahi
The six schools of philosophy argued it out and were simply swept away in the current.
https://www.sanatan.org/mr/a/610.html'Sahi', 'the six', means the six darshanas. Lines 8 and 9 together say that scripture and philosophy both failed where devotion succeeds.
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ते तू भक्तालागी पावसि लवलाही
Te Tu Bhaktalagi Pavasi Lavalahi
Yet for your devotee you come at once.
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जय देवी जय देवी महिषासुरमथिनी
Jai Devi Jai Devi Mahishasuramathini
Victory to the goddess, victory to the goddess, who destroyed the demon Mahishasura.
https://sadguruaniruddhabapu.com/post/english-translation-of-durge-durghata-bhaari-aarti-english-mahishasuramardiniRefrain, same as line 5.
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सुरवर ईश्वर वरदे तारक संजीवनी
Suravar Eeshvar Varade Tarak Sanjivani
You who grant boons to the highest gods, who rescue us and give us new life.
https://sadguruaniruddhabapu.com/post/english-translation-of-durge-durghata-bhaari-aarti-english-mahishasuramardiniRefrain, same as line 6.
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प्रसन्न वदने प्रसन्न होसी निजदासा
Prasanna Vadane Prasanna Hosi Nijadasa
Your face is full of joy, and you turn that joy on those who serve you.
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क्लेशांपासुनि सोडवि तोडी भवपाशा
Kleshampasuni Sodavi Todi Bhavapasha
Release them from their suffering and cut the ropes that bind them to this world.
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अम्बे तुजवाचून कोण पुरविल आशा
Ambe Tujavachun Kon Puravil Aasha
Mother, apart from you, who will fulfil what I hope for?
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नरहरी तल्लिन झाला पदपंकजलेशा
Narahari Tallin Jhala Padapankajalesha
Narahari has lost himself in the smallest speck of dust at your lotus feet.
https://sadguruaniruddhabapu.com/post/english-translation-of-durge-durghata-bhaari-aarti-english-mahishasuramardiniThe composer's signature line, deliberately self-diminishing: not the feet, not even the dust on them, but the least particle of that dust.
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जय देवी जय देवी महिषासुरमथिनी
Jai Devi Jai Devi Mahishasuramathini
Victory to the goddess, victory to the goddess, who destroyed the demon Mahishasura.
https://sadguruaniruddhabapu.com/post/english-translation-of-durge-durghata-bhaari-aarti-english-mahishasuramardiniRefrain, same as line 5.
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सुरवर ईश्वर वरदे तारक संजीवनी
Suravar Eeshvar Varade Tarak Sanjivani
You who grant boons to the highest gods, who rescue us and give us new life.
https://sadguruaniruddhabapu.com/post/english-translation-of-durge-durghata-bhaari-aarti-english-mahishasuramardiniRefrain, same as line 6.