kātyāyanyaṣṭakam Lyrics in English:
sriganesaya namah ।
avarsisamjnam puramasti loke katyayani tatra virajate ya ।
prasadada ya pratibha tadiya sa chatrapuryam jayatiha geya ॥ 1॥
tvamasya bhinnaiva vibhasi tasyastejasvini dipajadipakalpa ।
katyayani svasritaduhkhahartri pavitragatri matimanadatri ॥ 2॥
brahmoruvetalakasimhadadhosubhairavairagniganabhidhena ।
samsevyamana ganapatyabhikhya yuja ca devi svaganairihasi ॥ 3॥
gotresu jatairjamadagnibharadvaja’trisatkasyapakausikanam ।
kaundinyavatsanvayajaisca viprairnijairnisevye varade namaste ॥ 4॥
bhajami goksirakṛtabhiseke raktambare raktasucandanakte ।
tvam bilvapatrisubhadamasobhe bhaksyapriye hṛtpriyadipamale ॥ 5॥
khadgam ca saṅkham mahisasuriyam puccham trisūlam mahisasurasye ।
pravesitam devi karairdadhane raksanisam mam mahisasuraghne ॥ 6॥
svagrasthabanesvaranamaliṅgam suratnakam rukmamayam kiritma ।
sirse dadhane jaya he saranye vidyutprabhe mam jayinam kurūsva ॥ 7॥
netravatidaksinaparsvasamsthe vidyadharairnagaganaisca sevye ।
dayaghane prapaya sam sadasmanmataryasode subhade subhaksi ॥ 8॥
idam katyayanidevyah prasadastakamistadam ।
kumathacaryajam bhaktya pathedyah sa sukhi bhavet ॥ 9॥
॥ iti srikatyayanyastakam sampūrnam ॥
