Aigiri Nandini

O daughter of the mountain, who makes the whole earth happy, who makes the whole universe rejoice, praised by Nandin; dwelling on the peak of the great Vindhya mountain, glittering widely, praised by those desirous of victory;

O goddess, wife of the blue necked siva, one who has many families, one who has done a lot; be victorious, be victorious,

O destroyer of the demon mahisa, with beautiful braids of hair, daughter of the mountain Himalaya: bestower of boons on Gods, one who assails those hard to control, who tolerates those with ugly faces, one engrossed in rejoicing; one who nourishes the three worlds, one who pleases sankara, one who removes sins, one who engrosses in sound of Om; one who is angry with the progeny of Danu, one who is angry with the sons of Diti, one who destroys those with evil intoxication of pride, daughter of the ocean:

O mother of the world, my mother, one who loves to dwell in a forest of Kadamba trees, one who keeps on smiling; one who is on her own dwelling on the tall peak of the Himalaya, the greatest among the mountains; one who is very sweet, one who has the treasure of demons Madhu and Kaitabha, destroyer of the demon Kaitabha,engaged in dancing:

O one who split the heads into hundreds of pieces and one who cut the trunks of great battle elephants; whose great lion is skilled in terrifying valor in tearing apart the temples of enemy elephants; one who has cut down into pieces the heads of enemy chieftains with the strength of her own arms:

O one who holds the invincible and undiminishing striking force which arose on the occasion of killing the enemies who were hard to subdue on the battlefield; who made Pramatha, the great attendant of Shiva, a leader in subtle thinking, her commander; who decided to destroy the messenger of demons who were sinful, with evil intentions, thoughts and mind:

O one who gives protection to the great heroic husbands of the enemy wives who have come seeking refuge; one who holds in her hands a spotless spear pointed towards the head of the opponent who is causing a great pain for all the three worlds; one who is like the blazing hot sun, aroused by the power of resounding noise of the drums of Gods:

O one who has blown aside hundreds of streams of smoke coming from demons with smoking eyes merely with her own roaring; who is like a vine of blood-drops grown from the dried blood drops in battle; one who delights in the company of auspicious Shiva, Shumbha, Nishumbha, and the spirits who were fed during the great battle; one who decks herself with dancing ornaments on throbbing limbs at the moment of the battle, making her bow ready; who killed the huge enemy soldiers with a shining sword and with a quiver which has golden brown spots; who made the battleground with fourfold army into a stage with a colorful drama with screaming little soldiers; be victorious! be victorious! whose victory should be sung, praised by the whole universe ready to sing the praise extolling her victory; who attracted the attention of shiva by twinkling of bells making various sounds of dancing; who delights in beautiful singing and in dance-drama presented by a leading dancer acting out the role of an actress with half of his body:

O one who has a flowerlike complexion attractive to the good heart of the goodhearted people surrounded by the face of the moon; who is in charge of huge royal elephants in fury whose rut is streaming down their temples incessantly; princess, the daughter of the ocean, who has the beauty of the moon, the ornament of all the three worlds; princess of cupid who enchants the minds desirous of ladies with beautiful teeth; whose spotless forehead is enhanced by the beautiful complexion, pure and delicate like that of lotus petals; whose flock of swans is moving sportingly with steps which are the marks of all beautiful arts; whose bees from the bakula trees meet on the tops of lotus flowers which are crowded with bees; whose sweet cooing sounds made with the flute held in her own hands have put to shame the Kokila bird and who has sweet thoughts; who is in colorful mountain groves pleasantly resounding with the assembled mountain folks; whose playbround is filled with good qualities of the flocks of the great tribal women who are manifestations of her own qualities; who has set aside the brilliance of the moon with the colorful rays coming from the yellow silk she is wearing on her waist; whose toe-nails shine like the moon because of the rays emanating form the crest jewels of the bowing gods and demons; whose breasts outshine the temples of wild elephants and the high peaks of the golden mountains; one who has surpassed the thousand-handed sun with her own thousand hands and one who is singularly praised by a thousand suns; she who performed the battle to save the Gods and whose sons fought a battle with the demon Taraka and are saviors:

O benevolent goddess accompanied by Shiva, if someone daily cherishes your lotuslike feet; then, O lotus dwelling Lakshmi, how will he not become wealthy?

O auspicious Goddess, is there anything that I would not have, if I earnestly believe that your feet are the highest goal to be achieved? if someone bathes you, the playground of virtues, with shining golden waters of the ocean; will he not experience in heaven the happiness embracing the full bosom of Sachi?

O Goddess worshipped by the speech of Gods, I take refuge in your feet, which are also the abode of Shiva. He who sufficiently dedicates himself to your entire moonlike face, which is as bright as a host of spotless moons; will he be turned away by the moon-faced beauties of the city of Indra?

O Uma, you should be kindly disposed toward me because of your virtue of compassion toward the meek; you may choose to do whatever is appropriate, she removes the great pain.

Adi Shankara