Jaya Ambe Jagadambe
Shakta / Bhakti Yoga जय अम्बे जगदम्बे माता भवानी जय अम्बे Jaya Ambe Jagadambe Jaya Ambe Jagadambe Mata Bhavani Jaya Ambe "Victory to the Mother, Mother of the Universe" Chords — Key of C · Relaxed swaying groove (~90 bpm); can double-time for a peak Call CJaya Ambe, Jagadambe CMata Bhavani, Jaya Ambe Response FJaya Ambe, JagaFmdambe CMata Bhavani, Jaya Ambe Word by Word Jaya victory, hail — an exclamation of praise Ambe O Amba — Mother, an ancient name of the Goddess Jagadambe O Jagadamba — Mother of the universe (jagat = world, amba = mother) Mata mother Bhavani giver of life and existence — a name of Parvati / Durga Full Translation This beloved Devi chant calls to the Divine Mother by her most tender and most cosmic names at once: Amba, simply "Mother"; Jagadamba, "Mother of the whole universe"; and Bhavani, the giver of life and existence. Singing "jaya" — victory, hail — to her is both celebration and surrender, greeting the power that births, protects, and transforms all things. Pronunciation Tips JAH-yah AHM-bay jah-gah-DAHM-bay MAH-tah bah-VAH-nee — the "e" endings sound like "ay"; sung with a swinging, wave-like rhythm Traditional, public-domain text prepared by Kirtans.com — free to print for personal and group practice. kirtans.com/mantras/jaya-ambe-jagadambe

Shakta / Bhakti Yoga

जय अम्बे जगदम्बे माता भवानी जय अम्बे

Jaya Ambe Jagadambe

Jaya Ambe Jagadambe Mata Bhavani Jaya Ambe

"Victory to the Mother, Mother of the Universe"

Chords — Key of C · Relaxed swaying groove (~90 bpm); can double-time for a peak

Call

CJaya Ambe, Jagadambe

CMata Bhavani, Jaya Ambe

Response

FJaya Ambe, JagaFmdambe

CMata Bhavani, Jaya Ambe

Word by Word

Jaya: victory, hail — an exclamation of praise
Ambe: O Amba — Mother, an ancient name of the Goddess
Jagadambe: O Jagadamba — Mother of the universe (jagat = world, amba = mother)
Mata: mother
Bhavani: giver of life and existence — a name of Parvati / Durga

Full Translation

This beloved Devi chant calls to the Divine Mother by her most tender and most cosmic names at once: Amba, simply "Mother"; Jagadamba, "Mother of the whole universe"; and Bhavani, the giver of life and existence. Singing "jaya" — victory, hail — to her is both celebration and surrender, greeting the power that births, protects, and transforms all things.

Pronunciation Tips

JAH-yah AHM-bay jah-gah-DAHM-bay MAH-tah bah-VAH-nee — the "e" endings sound like "ay"; sung with a swinging, wave-like rhythm

Traditional, public-domain text prepared by Kirtans.com — free to print for personal and group practice.

kirtans.com/mantras/jaya-ambe-jagadambe