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\engtitle{.. Shri Nila Sarasvati Stotram ..}##
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     shrI gaNeshAya namaH ||
ghorarUpe mahArAve sarvashatruvasha~NkarI | ##var ## kShaya~NkarI, bhaya~NkarI
bhaktebhyo varade devi trAhi mAM sharaNAgatam || 1||
surA.asurArchite devi siddhagandharvasevite |
jADyapApahare devi trAhi mAM sharaNAgatam || 2||
jaTAjUTasamAyukte lolajihvAnukAriNI |
drutabuddhikare devi trAhi mAM sharaNAgatam || 3||
saumyarUpe ghorarUpe chaNDarUpe namo.astu te | ##var ## krodharUpe
dR^iShTirUpe namastubhya.n trAhi mAM sharaNAgatam || 4|| ##var ## sR^iShTirUpe

jaDAnAM jaDatAM hanti bhaktAnAM bhaktavatsale | ##var ## jaDatAM bhajatAM
mUDhatAM hara me devi trAhi mAM sharaNAgatam || 5||
hrUM hrUMkAramaye devi balihomapriye namaH |
ugratAre namastubhyaM trAhi mAM sharaNAgatam || 6||
buddhiM dehi yasho dehi kavitvaM dehi dehi me |
kubuddhiM hara me devi trAhi mAM sharaNAgatam || 7|| mUDhatvaM
indrAdideva sadvR^indavandite karuNAmayI | ##var ## indrAdidiviShad vR^inda
tAre tArAdhinAthAsye trAhi mAM sharaNAgatam || 8||

     || atha phalashrutiH ||
aShTamyAM cha chaturdashyAM navamyAM yaH paThennaraH | chaikachetasaH
ShaNmAsaiH siddhimApnoti nA.atra kAryA vichAraNA || 1||
mokShArthI labhate mokShaM dhanArthI dhanamApnuyAt |
vidyArthI labhate vidyAM tarkavyAkaraNAdikAm || 2||
idaM stotraM paThedyastu satataM shraddhayAnvitaH | sadhanaM labhate naraH |
tasya shatruH kShayaM yAti mahApraj~nA cha jAyate || 3||
pIDAyAM vApi sa~NgrAme japye dAne tathA bhaye |
ya idaM paThati stotraM shubhaM tasya na saMshayaH || 4||
stotreNAnena deveshi stutvA devIM sureshvarIm |
sarvakAmamavApnoti sarvavidyAnidhirbhavet || 5|| sarvAn kAmAnavApnoti
iti te kathitaM divyaM stotraM sArasvatapradam |
asmAtparataraM nAsti stotraM tantre maheshvarI || 6||

|| iti bR^ihannilatantre dvitIyapaTale tAriNInIlasarasvatIstotraM samAptam ||

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Encoded and proofread by Arun Shantharam
Proofread by Srinivas Kommireddy

Comments by Kunal :
Nilasaraswati is a form of Goddess Tara, the second deity in the list of famous Dashamahavidya. Her iconography is close to Goddess Kali as opposed to the same of Goddess Saraswati in the Vedas. Other popular forms of Godess Tara are Tarini and Ugra-Tara.

Devi Nilasaraswati is the Ishta-devi of sage Vashista. It is well known in the society of tantra practitioners that she puts her worshipper to extreme challenges before really granting siddhi. For example, sage Vashista himself was plucked off several times in this sadhana despite performing extreme austerities for many many years. As a result the sage did put a curse on Tara-mantra. The success of Brahmananda Giri (of Digamvaritala Bangladesh, the Parapara guru of Krishnananda Agamvagisha) in this sadhana is a story worth knowing. In the recent past, she was worshipped by Vamdeva or Bamakhyapa (the crazy Bama), the Bhairava of Tarapith on the same 'pancha-mundi-asan' (the seat of five skulls) below the Shalmali tree (known as Mundamalinitala) where sage Vashista is supposed to have perfomed his sadhana.

Amongst the several boons Nilasaraswati grants are poesy and eloquence.  Moreover, she grants 'vaksiddhi' for free or resides in the tounge of the worshipper, and, this is the precise reason that explains her name.  Brihannilatantra is a source to know more of her.

Stotra is from Brihannilatantra,
edited by Ramachandra Bhatt and Harabhatta Shastri,
published by the Kashmir Mercantile Press, Srinagar in 1938.
Chapter 2, Pages 17-18, Shlokas 119 - 133
also in tArAkarpUrarAjastotram


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