Mātā Amṛtānandamayi Aṣṭottara Śata Nāmāvali
108 Names of Amma
Om Dhyayamo dhavalavagunathanavatim tejomayim naisthikim
snigdhapanga vilokinim bhagavathim mandasmita sri mukhim
vatsalyamrta varishinim sumadhuram sankirttanalapinim
syamangim madhu sikta sukthim amrtanandatmikamisvarim
We meditate on (Mata Amritanandamayi), who is clad with a white garment, who is effulgent, who is ever established in Truth, whose glances beam with binding love, who is the seat of the six godly qualities, whose radiant smile adorns Her face with auspiciousness, who incessantly showers the nectar of affection, who sings devotional songs most sweetly, whose complexion resembles that of rain clouds, whose words are soaked in honey, who is bliss immortal, and who is the Supreme Goddess Herself.
1. Om pūrṇa brahma svarūpiṇyai namaḥ
…who is the complete manifestation of the Absolute Truth.
2. Om saccidānanda mūrtaye namaḥ
…who is Existence, Knowledge and Bliss embodied.
3. Om ātmā rāmāgragaṇyāyai namaḥ
…who is supreme among those who revel in the inner Self.
4. Om yoga līnāntarātmane namaḥ
…whose Self is merged in yoga (the union of the Self with Brahman).
5. Om antar mukha svabhāvāyai namaḥ
…who is inwardly drawn by Her very nature.
6. Om turya tuṅga sthalījjuṣe namaḥ
…who dwells in the top most plane of consciousness known as ‘turya’.
7. Om prabhā maṇḍala vīta yai namaḥ
…who is totally surrounded by divine light.
8. Om durāsada mahaujase namaḥ
…whose greatness is unsurpassable.
9. Om tyakta dig vastu kālādi sarvāvacceda rāśaye namaḥ
…who has risen above the limitations of space, matter and time.
10. Om sajātīya vijātīja svīya bheda nirākṛte namaḥ
…who is devoid of all kinds of differences.
11. Om vāṇī buddhi vimṛgyāyai namaḥ
…whom speech and intellect cannot apprehend.
12. Om śaśvad avyakta vartmane namaḥ
…whose path is eternally undefined.
13. Om nāma rūpādi śūnyāyai namaḥ
…who is devoid of name and form.
14. Om śūnya kalpa vibhūtaye namaḥ
…to whom the yogic powers are of no importance (like the whole world is unimportant when in dissolution).
15. Om ṣaḍaiśvarya samudrāyai namaḥ
…who has the auspicious marks of the six godly qualities (affluence, valor, fame, auspiciousness, knowledge, and dispassion).
16. Om dūrī kṛta ṣaḍ ūrmaye namaḥ
…who is devoid of the six modifications of life (birth, existence, growth, change or evolution, degeneration, and destruction).
17. Om nitya prabuddha saṁśuddha nirmuktātma prabhāmuce namaḥ
…who is emanating the light of the Self, eternal, conscious, pure, and free.
18. Om kāruṇyākula cittāyai namaḥ
…whose heart is full of mercy.
19. Om tyakta yoga suṣuptaye namaḥ
…who has given up the yogic sleep.
20. Om kerala kṣmāvatīrṇāyai namaḥ
…who has incarnated in the land of Kerala.
21. Om mānuṣa strī vapurbhṛte namaḥ
…who has a feminine human body.
22. Om dharmiṣṭha suguṇānanda damayantī svayam bhuve namaḥ
…who has incarnated of Her own will as the daughter of the virtuous Sugunananda and Damayanti.
23. Om mātā pitṛ cirācīrṇa puṇya pūra phalātmane namaḥ
…who was born to Her parents as a result of their many virtuous deeds over many lives.
24. Om niśśabda jananī garbha nirgamādbhuta karmaṇe namaḥ
…who miraculously kept silence when She came out of Her mother’s womb.
25. Om kālī śrī kṛṣṇa saṅkāśa komala śyāmala tviṣe namaḥ
…who has the beautiful dark complexion reminiscent of Kali and Krishna.
26. Om cira naṣṭa punar labdha bhārgava kṣetra sampade namaḥ
…who is the wealth (treasure) of Kerala (land of Bhargava) lost for a long time and now regained.
27. Om mṛta prāya bhṛgu kṣetra punar uddhita tejase namaḥ
…who is the life of Kerala, which was almost dying and is now resurrected.
28. Om sauśīlyādi guṇākṛṣṭajaṅgama sthāvarālaye namaḥ
…who by Her noble qualities, like good behavior, attracts the whole creation.
29. Om manuṣya mṛga pakṣyādi sarva saṁsevitāṅghraye namaḥ
…whose feet are served by humans, animals, birds, and others.
30. Om naisargika dayā tīrtha snāna klinnāntarātmane namaḥ
…whose inner Self is always bathing in the holy river of mercy.
31. Om daridra janatā hasta samarpita nijāndhase namaḥ
…who offered Her own food to the poor.
32. Om anya vaktra pra bhuktānna pūrita svīya kukṣaye namaḥ
…whose stomach becomes full when others have their meals.
33. Om samprāpta sarva bhūtātma svātma sattānubhūtaye namaḥ
…who attained the experience that Her Self is one with the Self of all beings.
34. Om aśikṣita svayam svānta sphurat kṛṣṇa vibhūtaye namaḥ
…who knew all about Krishna without being taught.
35. Om acchinna madhurodāra kṛṣṇa līlānusandhaye namaḥ
…who continuously contemplated on the sweet sports of Lord Krishna.
36. Om nandātmaja mukhāloka nityotkaṇṭhita cetase namaḥ
…whose mind ever craves to see the face of the Son of Nanda (Krishna).
37. Om govinda viprayogādhi dāva dagdhāntarātmane namaḥ
…whose mind was burning in the fire of the agony of separation from Govinda.
38. Om viyoga śoka sammūrcchā muhur patita varṣmaṇe namaḥ
…who often fell down unconscious, due to the grief of non union with Krishna.
39. Om sārameyādi vihita śuśrūṣā labdha buddhaye namaḥ
…who regained consciousness by the nursing given by dogs and other animals.
40. Om prema bhakti balākṛṣṭa prādur bhāvita śārṅgiṇe namaḥ
…whose supreme love drew Krishna by force, as it were, to manifest himself before her.
41. Om kṛṣṇa loka mahāhlāda dhvasta śokāntarātmane namaḥ
…who was relieved of Her agony by the immense joy of the vision of Krishna.
42. Om kāñcī candraka manjīra vaṁśī śobhi svabhū dṛśe namaḥ
…who had the vision of the shining form of Krishna, with golden ornaments such as girdles, anklets, peacock feather, and flute.
43. Om sārvatrika hṛṣīkeśa sānnidhya laharī spṛśe namaḥ
…who felt the all pervading presence of Hrisikesa (Krishna).
44. Om susmera tan mukhāloka vismerotphulla dṛṣṭaye namaḥ
…whose eyes remained wide open with joy on beholding Krishna’s smiling face.
45. Om tat kānti yamunā sparśa hṛṣṭa romāṅga yaṣṭaye namaḥ
…whose hair stood on end when She touched the river of His beauty.
46. Om apratīkṣita samprāptādevī rūpopalabdhaye namaḥ
…who had an unexpected vision of the Divine Mother.
47. Om pāṇī padma svapadvīṇā śobhamānāmbikā dṛśe namaḥ
…who had the vision of the Divine Mother holding the veena in Her lotus hand.
48. Om devī sadyas tirodhāna tāpa vyathita cetase namaḥ
…who became very sorrowful on the Divine Mother’s sudden disappearance.
49. Om dīna rodana nir ghoṣa dīrṇa dikkarṇa vartmane namaḥ
…whose sorrowful wailing was rending the ears of the four quarters.
50. Om tyaktānna pāna nidrādi sarva daihika dharmaṇe namaḥ
…who gave up all bodily activities like eating, drinking, and sleeping.
51. Om kurarādi samānīta bhakṣya poṣita varṣmaṇe namaḥ
…whose body was nourished by the food brought by birds and animals.
52. Om vīṇā niṣyanti saṅgīta lālita śruti nālaye namaḥ
…whose ears became filled by the waves of divine melodies emanating from the veena (in the hands of the Divine Mother).
53. Om apāra paramānanda laharī magna cetase namaḥ
…whose mind was merged in the intoxicating, limitless, and supreme bliss.
54. Om caṇḍikā bhīkarākāra darśanālabdha śarmaṇe namaḥ
…whose mind was filled with peace by the vision of the terrible form of the Divine Mother (Chandika).
55. Om śānta rūpāmṛtajharī pāraṇā nirvṛtātmane namaḥ
…who was filled with ecstasy drinking from the ambrosial river of the blissful aspect (of the Divine Mother).
56. Om śāradā smārakāśeṣa svabhāva guṇa sampade namaḥ
…whose nature and qualities remind us of Sri Sarada Devi.
57. Om prati bimbita cāndreya śāradobhaya mūrtaye namaḥ
…in whom is reflected the dual form of Sri Ramakrishna and Sri Sarada Devi.
58. Om tannāṭakābhinayana nitya raṅgayitātmane namaḥ
…in whom we can see the play of these two re-enacted.
59. Om cāndreya śāradā kelī kallolita sudhābdhaye namaḥ
…who is the ocean of ambrosia in which the waves of the various plays of Sri Ramakrishna and Sri Sarada Devi arise.
60. Om uttejita bhṛgu kṣetra daiva caitanya raṁhase namaḥ
…who has enhanced the divine potentialities of Kerala.
61. Om bhūyaḥ pratyavaruddhārṣa divya saṁskāra rāśaye namaḥ
…who has re established the eternal, divine values enunciated by the rishis.
62. Om aprākṛtāt bhūtānanta kalyāṇa guṇa sindhave namaḥ
…who is an ocean of divine qualities which are natural, wondrous, and infinite.
63. Om aiśvarya vīrya kīrti śrī jñāna vairāgya veśmaṇe namaḥ
…who is the embodiment of rulership, valour, fame, auspiciousness, knowledge, and dispassion; the six characteristics of divine personification.
64. Om upātta bāla gopāla veṣa bhūṣā vibhūtaye namaḥ
…who assumed the form and qualities of Bala Gopala (the child Krishna).
65. Om smera snigdha kaṭākṣāyai namaḥ
…whose glances are most sweet and loving.
66. Om svairādyuṣita vedaye namaḥ
…who leads programmes playfully on the dais.
67. Om piñcha kuṇḍala mañjīra vaṁśikā kiṅkiṇī bhṛte namaḥ
…who wore all the ornaments, the peacock feather, the earrings, the anklets, and the flute like Krishna.
68. Om bhakta lokākhilā bhīṣṭa pūraṇa prīṇanecchave namaḥ
…who is keen to please the world of devotees by fulfilling all their desires.
69. Om pīṭhārūḍha mahādevī bhāva bhāsvara mūrtaye namaḥ
…who in the mood of the Great Divine Mother, seated on the pitham (divine seat), looks divinely resplendent.
70. Om bhūṣanāmbara veṣa śrī dīpya mānāṅga yaṣṭaye namaḥ
…whose entire body shines, adorned by ornaments and unique dress like that of the Divine Mother.
71. Om suprasanna mukhāmbhoja varābhayada pāṇaye namaḥ
…who has a bright, beaming face, as beautiful as a lotus flower, and who holds her Hand in the posture of blessing.
72. Om kirīṭa raśanākarṇa pūra svarṇa paṭī bhṛte namaḥ
…who wears all the various gold ornaments and the crown, like the Divine Mother.
73. Om jihva līḍha mahā rogi bībhatsa vraṇita tvace namaḥ
…who licks with Her tongue the festering ulcers of people stricken with terrible diseases.
74. Om tvag roga dhvaṁsa niṣṇāta gaurāṅgāpara mūrtaye namaḥ
…who, like Sri Chaitanya, is an adept at removing skin diseases.
75. Om steya hiṁsā surāpānā dyaśeṣādharma vidviṣe namaḥ
…who strongly disapproves of bad qualities like stealing, injuring others, intoxicants, etc.
76. Om tyāga vairagya maitryādi sarva sadvāsanā puṣe namaḥ
…who encourages the cultivation of good qualities, like renunciation, dispassion, love, etc.
77. Om pādāśrita manorūḍha dussaṁskāra rahomuṣe namaḥ
…who steals away all bad tendencies from the hearts of those who have taken refuge in Her Lotus Feet.
78. Om prema bhakti sudhāsikta sādhu citta guhājjuṣe namaḥ
…who resides in the cave of the hearts of the pious that are drenched with the nectar of devotion.
79. Om sudhāmaṇi mahā nāmne namaḥ
…who has the great name Sudhamani.
80. Om subhāṣita sudhā muce namaḥ
…whose speech is as sweet as ambrosia.
81. Om amṛtānanda mayyākhyā janakarṇa puṭa spṛśe namaḥ
…whose name, as Amritanandamayi, resounds all over the world.
82. Om dṛpta datta viraktāyai namaḥ
…who is indifferent to the offerings by vain and worldly people.
83. Om namrārpita bhubhukṣave namaḥ
…who accepts the food offered by devotees with humility.
84. Om utsṛṣṭa bhogi saṅgāyai namaḥ
…who is disinclined to be in the company of pleasure seekers.
85. Om yogi saṅga riraṁsave namaḥ
…who cherishes the company of yogis.
86. Om abhinandita dānādi śubha karmā bhivṛddhaye namaḥ
…who encourages good actions, like charity, etc.
87. Om abhivandita niśśeṣa sthira jaṅgama sṛṣṭaye namaḥ
…who is worshipped by the sentient and insentient beings of the world.
88. Om protsāhita brahmavidyā sampradāya pravṛttaye namaḥ
…who encourages the learning of Brahmavidya, the science of the Absolute, through the traditional guru-disciple lineage.
89. Om punar āsādita śreṣṭha tapovipina vṛttaye namaḥ
…who brought back the great way of living of the sages of the forests.
90. Om bhūyo gurukulā vāsa śikṣaṇotsuka medhase namaḥ
…who is keen on re establishing the ‘gurukula’ way of education.
91. Om aneka naiṣṭhika brahmacāri nirmātṛ vedhase namaḥ
…who is a mother to many, many life long Brahmacharins.
92. Om śiṣya saṅkrāmita svīya projvalat brahma varcase namaḥ
…who has transmitted Her divine brilliance to Her disciples.
93. Om antevāsi janāśeṣa ceṣṭā pātita dṛṣṭaye namaḥ
…who watches over all the actions of the disciples.
94. Om mohāndha kāra sañcāri lokā nugrāhi rociṣe namaḥ
…who delights in blessing the worlds, moving like a heavenly light, dispelling the darkness.
95. Om tamaḥ kliṣṭa mano vṛṣṭa svaprakāśa śubhāśiṣe namaḥ
…who sheds the light of Her blessings on the hearts of those suffering in the darkness of ignorance.
96. Om bhakta śuddhānṭa raṅgastha bhadra dīpa śikhā tviṣe namaḥ
…who is the bright flame of the lamp kindled in the pure heart of devotees.
97. Om saprīthi bhukta bhaktaughanyarpita sneha sarpiṣe namaḥ
..who enjoys drinking the ghee offered by the devotees.
98. Om śiṣya varya sabhā madhya dhyāna yoga vidhitsave namaḥ
…who likes to sit with the disciples in meditation.
99. Om śaśvalloka hitācāra magna dehendriyāsave namaḥ
…whose body and senses are always acting for the good of the world.
100. Om nija puṅya pradānānya pāpādāna cikīrṣave namaḥ
…who is happy in exchanging Her own merits with the demerits of others.
101. Om para svaryāpana svīya naraka prāpti lipsave namaḥ
…who is happy in exchanging heaven with hell for the relief of others.
102. Om rathotsava calat kanyā kumārī martya mūrtaye namaḥ
…who is Kanya Kumari in human form, as on the occasion of the chariot festival.
103. Om vimo hārṇava nirmagna bhṛgu kṣetrojjihīrṣave namaḥ
…who is anxious to uplift the land of Kerala, which is immersed in the ocean of ignorance.
104. Om punassantā nita dvaipāyana satkula tantave namaḥ
…who has extended the great lineage of Sage Veda Vyasa.
105. Om veda śāstra purāṇetihāsa śāśvata bandhave namaḥ
…who is the eternal friend of the vedic knowledge and all other spiritual texts.
106. Om bṛghu kṣetra samun mīlat para daivata tejase namaḥ
…who is the divine glory of the awakening land of Kerala.
107. Om devyai namaḥ
…who is the Great Divine Mother.
108. Om premāmṛtānandamayyai nityam namo namaḥ
…who is full of divine love and immortal bliss, adoration again and again.