Durge Durghat Bhari: Marathi Durga Aarti

1. Verse 1

   दुर्गे दुर्घट भारी तुजविण संसारी। अनाथनाथे अंबे करुणा विस्तारी। वारी वारी जन्म मरणांते वारी। हारी पडलो आता संकट निवारी॥

   Durge durghat bhari tujvin sansari. Anathnathe ambe karuna vistari. Vari vari janma marnante vari. Hari padlo aata sankat nivari ||

   O Durga, without you this world is very hard to get through. O protector of the helpless, O Mother, spread your compassion. Ward off, ward off the round of birth and death. I am beaten now; take away my trouble.

2. Refrain (dhrupad)

   जय देवी जय देवी महिषासुरमथिनी। सुरवर ईश्वर वरदे तारक संजीवनी॥

   Jay devi jay devi mahishasuramthini. Survar eeshvar varde tarak sanjivni ||

   Victory, victory to you, O Goddess, crusher of Mahishasura. You grant boons even to the foremost gods and to Ishvara; you carry us across, and you give new life (sanjivani).

3. Verse 2

   त्रिभुवन भुवनी पाहता तुज ऐसी नाही। चारी श्रमले परंतु न बोलवे काही। साही विवाद करिता पडले प्रवाही। ते तू भक्तांलागी पावसि लवलाही॥

   Tribhuvan bhuvni pahta tuj aisi nahi. Chari shramle parantu na bolve kahi. Sahi vivad karita padle pravahi. Te too bhaktanlagi pavsi lavlahi ||

   Search the three worlds and there is none like you. The four (usually understood as the four Vedas) grew weary, yet could say nothing of you. The six (usually understood as the six schools of philosophy) argued until they were swept away by the current. And you, beyond them all, come quickly to your devotees.

4. Verse 3

   प्रसन्नवदने प्रसन्न होसी निजदासा। क्लेशांपासुनि सोडवि तोडी भवपाशा। अंबे तुजवाचून कोण पुरविल आशा। नरहरि तल्लिन झाला पदपंकजलेशा॥

   Prasannavadne prasanna hosi nijdasa. Kleshampasuni sodvi todi bhavpasha. Ambe tujvachoon kon purvil aasha. Narahri tallin jhala padpankajlesha ||

   O you of the gracious face, you are pleased with your own servants. Free us from suffering and cut the noose of worldly bondage. O Mother, who but you will fulfil our hopes? Narahari is lost in even a speck of your lotus feet.

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This aarti is in Marathi, and its original Marathi text is given here. The five sources agree line for line; a few words vary: in the refrain ‘Mahishasuramardini’ instead of ‘Mahishasuramathini’ (same meaning), and in some ‘Jai Devi Jai Devi jai Mahishasur…’; in verse 2 ‘tujvin bhuvani pahata tuj aise nahi’, ‘na bolave’ and ‘padilo pravahi’; in verse 3 ‘hoti nijdasa’ and ‘sodi todi’; in verse 1 ‘sankat nevari’. Sources do not agree on the author: according to Marathi Wikipedia the aarti came to Samarth Ramdas during his darshan of Bhavani Mata at Tuljapur, while the Marathi aarti collection on sanskritdocuments.org gives it to Sant Narahari Sonar. The name ‘Narahari’ appears in the last line of the aarti. In Maharashtra the refrain ‘Jai Devi Jai Devi’ is sung after every verse; here it is given once, after the first verse.

After the aarti, most homes recite: कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं संसारसारं भुजगेन्द्रहारम्।

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