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Shri Annapurna Chalisa श्री अन्नपूर्णा चालीसा

Forty chaupais to Annapurna of Kashi that retell Parvati's austerity to win Shiva.

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Doha

विश्वेश्वर पदपदम की, रज निज शीश लगाय ।viśveśvar padapadam kī, raj nij śīś lagāy |

अन्नपूर्णे तव सुयश, बरनौं कवि मतिलाय ॥annapūrṇe tav suyaś, baranauṃ kavi matilāy ||

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Chaupai 1

नित्य अनंद करिणी माता ।nitya anaṃd kariṇī mātā |

वर अरु अभय भाव प्रख्याता ॥ १ ॥var aru abhay bhāv prakhyātā || 1 ||

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Chaupai 2

जय सौंदर्य सिंधु जग जननी ।jay sauṃdarya siṃdhu jag jananī |

अखिल पाप हर भव भय हरनी ॥ २ ॥akhil pāp har bhav bhay haranī || 2 ||

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Chaupai 3

श्वेत बदन पर श्वेत बसन पुनि ।śvet badan par śvet basan puni |

संतन तुव पद सेवत ऋषिमुनि ॥ ३ ॥saṃtan tuv pad sevat ṛṣimuni || 3 ||

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Chaupai 4

काशी पुराधीश्वरी माता ।kāśī purādhīśvarī mātā |

माहेश्वरी सकल जग त्राता ॥ ४ ॥māheśvarī sakal jag trātā || 4 ||

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Chaupai 5

बृषभारूढ़ नाम रुद्राणी ।bṛṣabhārūṛh nām rudrāṇī |

विश्व विहारिणि जय कल्याणी ॥ ५ ॥viśva vihāriṇi jay kalyāṇī || 5 ||

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Chaupai 6

पतिदेवता सुतीत शिरोमनि ।patidevatā sutīt śiromani |

पदवी प्राप्त कीह्न गिरि नंदिनी ॥ ६ ॥padavī prāpta kīhna giri naṃdinī || 6 ||

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Chaupai 7

पति विछोह दुख सहि नहि पावा ।pati vichoh dukh sahi nahi pāvā |

योग अगिन तब बदन जरावा ॥ ७ ॥yog agin tab badan jarāvā || 7 ||

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Chaupai 8

देह तजत शिव चरण सनेहू ।deh tajat śiv caraṇ sanehū |

राखेहु जाते हिमगिरि गेहू ॥ ८ ॥rākhehu jāte himagiri gehū || 8 ||

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Chaupai 9

प्रकटी गिरिजा नाम धरायो ।prakaṭī girijā nām dharāyo |

अति आनंद भवन मँह छायो ॥ ९ ॥ati ānaṃd bhavan mam̐h chāyo || 9 ||

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Chaupai 10

नारद ने तब तोहिं भरमायहु ।nārad ne tab tohiṃ bharamāyahu |

ब्याह करन हित पाठ पढ़ायहु ॥ १० ॥byāh karan hit pāṭh paṛhāyahu || 10 ||

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Chaupai 11

ब्रह्मा वरुण कुबेर गनाये ।brahmā varuṇ kuber ganāye |

देवराज आदिक कहि गाये ॥ ११ ॥devarāj ādik kahi gāye || 11 ||

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Chaupai 12

सब देवन को सुजस बखानी ।sab devan ko sujas bakhānī |

मतिपलटन की मन मँह ठानी ॥ १२ ॥matipalaṭan kī man mam̐h ṭhānī || 12 ||

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Chaupai 13

अचल रहीं तुम प्रण पर धन्या ।acal rahīṃ tum praṇ par dhanyā |

कीह्नी सिद्ध हिमाचल कन्या ॥ १३ ॥kīhnī siddha himācal kanyā || 13 ||

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Chaupai 14

निज कौ तव नारद घबराये ।nij kau tav nārad ghabarāye |

तब प्रण पूरण मंत्र पढ़ाये ॥ १४ ॥tab praṇ pūraṇ maṃtra paṛhāye || 14 ||

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Chaupai 15

करन हेतु तप तोहिं उपदेशेउ ।karan hetu tap tohiṃ upadeśeu |

संत बचन तुम सत्य परेखेहु ॥ १५ ॥saṃt bacan tum satya parekhehu || 15 ||

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Chaupai 16

गगनगिरा सुनि टरी न टारे ।gaganagirā suni ṭarī na ṭāre |

ब्रह्मा तब तुव पास पधारे ॥ १६ ॥brahmā tab tuv pās padhāre || 16 ||

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Chaupai 17

कहेउ पुत्रि वर माँगु अनूपा ।kaheu putri var mām̐gu anūpā |

देहुँ आज तुव मति अनुरूपा ॥ १७ ॥dehum̐ āj tuv mati anurūpā || 17 ||

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Chaupai 18

तुम तप कीह्न अलौकिक भारी ।tum tap kīhna alaukik bhārī |

कष्ट उठायेहु अति सुकुमारी ॥ १८ ॥kaṣṭa uṭhāyehu ati sukumārī || 18 ||

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Chaupai 19

अब संदेह छाँड़ि कछु मोसों ।ab saṃdeh chām̐ṛi kachu mosoṃ |

है सौगंध नहीं छल तोसों ॥ १९ ॥hai saugaṃdh nahīṃ chal tosoṃ || 19 ||

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Chaupai 20

करत वेद विद ब्रह्मा जानहु ।karat ved vid brahmā jānahu |

वचन मोर यह सांचो मानहु ॥ २० ॥vacan mor yah sāṃco mānahu || 20 ||

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Chaupai 21

तजि संकोच कहहु निज इच्छा ।taji saṃkoc kahahu nij icchā |

देहौं मैं मन मानी भिक्षा ॥ २१ ॥dehauṃ maiṃ man mānī bhikṣā || 21 ||

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Chaupai 22

सुनि ब्रह्मा की मधुरी बानी ।suni brahmā kī madhurī bānī |

मुखसों कछु मुसुकायि भवानी ॥ २२ ॥mukhasoṃ kachu musukāyi bhavānī || 22 ||

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Chaupai 23

बोली तुम का कहहु विधाता ।bolī tum kā kahahu vidhātā |

तुम तो जगके स्रष्टाधाता ॥ २३ ॥tum to jagake sraṣṭādhātā || 23 ||

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Chaupai 24

मम कामना गुप्त नहिं तोंसों ।mam kāmanā gupta nahiṃ toṃsoṃ |

कहवावा चाहहु का मोसों ॥ २४ ॥kahavāvā cāhahu kā mosoṃ || 24 ||

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Chaupai 25

दक्ष यज्ञ महँ मरती बारा ।dakṣa yajña maham̐ maratī bārā |

शंभुनाथ पुनि होहिं हमारा ॥ २५ ॥śaṃbhunāth puni hohiṃ hamārā || 25 ||

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Chaupai 26

सो अब मिलहिं मोहिं मनभाये ।so ab milahiṃ mohiṃ manabhāye |

कहि तथास्तु विधि धाम सिधाये ॥ २६ ॥kahi tathāstu vidhi dhām sidhāye || 26 ||

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Chaupai 27

तब गिरिजा शंकर तव भयऊ ।tab girijā śaṃkar tav bhayaū |

फल कामना संशय गयऊ ॥ २७ ॥phal kāmanā saṃśay gayaū || 27 ||

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Chaupai 28

चन्द्रकोटि रवि कोटि प्रकाशा ।candrakoṭi ravi koṭi prakāśā |

तब आनन महँ करत निवासा ॥ २८ ॥tab ānan maham̐ karat nivāsā || 28 ||

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Chaupai 29

माला पुस्तक अंकुश सोहै ।mālā pustak aṃkuś sohai |

करमँह अपर पाश मन मोहे ॥ २९ ॥karamam̐h apar pāś man mohe || 29 ||

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Chaupai 30

अन्नपूर्णे सदपूर्णे ।annapūrṇe sadapūrṇe |

अज अनवद्य अनंत अपूर्णे ॥ ३० ॥aj anavadya anaṃt apūrṇe || 30 ||

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Chaupai 31

कृपा सगरी क्षेमंकरी माँ ।kṛpā sagarī kṣemaṃkarī mām̐ |

भव विभूति आनंद भरी माँ ॥ ३१ ॥bhav vibhūti ānaṃd bharī mām̐ || 31 ||

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Chaupai 32

कमल बिलोचन विलसित बाले ।kamal bilocan vilasit bāle |

देवि कालिके चण्डि कराले ॥ ३२ ॥devi kālike caṇḍi karāle || 32 ||

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Chaupai 33

तुम कैलास मांहि है गिरिजा ।tum kailās māṃhi hai girijā |

विलसी आनंदसाथ सिंधुजा ॥ ३३ ॥vilasī ānaṃdasāth siṃdhujā || 33 ||

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Chaupai 34

स्वर्ग महालछमी कहलायी ।svarga mahālachamī kahalāyī |

मर्त्य लोक लछमी पदपायी ॥ ३४ ॥martya lok lachamī padapāyī || 34 ||

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Chaupai 35

विलसी सब मँह सर्व सरूपा ।vilasī sab mam̐h sarva sarūpā |

सेवत तोहिं अमर पुर भूपा ॥ ३५ ॥sevat tohiṃ amar pur bhūpā || 35 ||

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Chaupai 36

जो पढ़िहहिं यह तुव चालीसा ।jo paṛhihahiṃ yah tuv cālīsā |

फल पइहहिं शुभ साखी ईसा ॥ ३६ ॥phal paihahiṃ śubh sākhī īsā || 36 ||

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Chaupai 37

प्रात समय जो जन मन लायो ।prāt samay jo jan man lāyo |

पढ़िहहिं भक्ति सुरुचि अधिकायो ॥ ३७ ॥paṛhihahiṃ bhakti suruci adhikāyo || 37 ||

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Chaupai 38

स्त्री कलत्र पनि मित्र पुत्र युत ।strī kalatra pani mitra putra yut |

परमैश्वर्य लाभ लहि अद्भुत ॥ ३८ ॥paramaiśvarya lābh lahi adbhut || 38 ||

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Chaupai 39

राज विमुखको राज दिवावै ।rāj vimukhako rāj divāvai |

जस तेरो जन सुजस बढ़ावै ॥ ३९ ॥jas tero jan sujas baṛhāvai || 39 ||

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Chaupai 40

पाठ महा मुद मंगल दाता ।pāṭh mahā mud maṃgal dātā |

भक्त मनो वांछित निधिपाता ॥ ४० ॥bhakta mano vāṃchit nidhipātā || 40 ||

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Doha

जो यह चालीसा सुभग, पढ़ि नावहिंगे माथ ।jo yah cālīsā subhag, paṛhi nāvahiṃge māth |

तिनके कारज सिद्ध सब, साखी काशी नाथ ॥tinake kāraj siddha sab, sākhī kāśī nāth ||

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Read in another script: ગુજરાતી বাংলা தமிழ் తెలుగు ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

Transcribed on 27 September 2026 line by line from the page scans of 51 Chalisa Sangrah, Randhir Prakashan, Haridwar (2004) (archive.org), then compared letter by letter with the Nath Pustak Bhandar print (Annapurna Chalisa evam Stotra, Delhi), which agrees in 95% of letters. Where the wording differs only in spelling, the print is kept. Correction: गाय → गाये (rhyme with गनाये; Nath Pustak Bhandar print).

The Roman line is IAST transliteration derived from the Devanagari (ā = long a, ṃ = anusvara, ḥ = visarga, ś/ṣ = sh sounds, c = ch as in “church”). In Hindi, Awadhi and Braj texts the silent final “a” is dropped. Transliteration does not show Vedic accents.

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What is Shri Annapurna Chalisa?

Forty chaupais to Annapurna of Kashi that retell Parvati's austerity to win Shiva.

Who is Shri Annapurna Chalisa associated with?

Shri Annapurna Chalisa is associated with Annapurna. The Goddess as the giver of food and nourishment; her best-known temple is in Varanasi.

What does Shri Annapurna Chalisa mean?

Annapurna is praised as queen of Kashi, giver of joy, boons and fearlessness. The chalisa retells how Sati gave up her body in the yoga fire, was reborn as Girija, held to her vow despite Narada's tests, and was granted Shiva by Brahma after her austerity. She is then hailed as Kali, Lakshmi and Parvati at once, and the closing verses say that reading it at dawn brings family, wealth and honour.

What is the source of Shri Annapurna Chalisa?

Traditional devotional text (common printed and recited form) — Shri Annapurna Chalisa. Tradition: Shakta.

Are there different versions of Shri Annapurna Chalisa?

Chalisa prints differ in spelling, in a few words and sometimes in the order of verses. This version follows the print named in the notes.

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