About this book
Verses in praise of the Divine Mother of Haidakhan — attributed to Mahendra Mahārāj, and the source from which the 700 Names were later drawn.
- Attributed to
- Śrī Mahendra Mahārāj
- Also known as
- Shri Shardulasiddhendrastavah
- Length
- One continuous hymn · about 3,000 words
- Read here in
- English translation and transliterated Sanskrit
The Haiḍākhāṇḍī Sapta Śatī is a hymn of praise to Śrī Haiḍākhāṇḍeśvarī, the Divine Mother of Haiḍākhāṇ, cast in the traditional form of a stava: the Ṛṣis, Gods and Yogīs themselves are depicted praying to the Supreme Mother Jagadambikā, “with firm determination and sincere desire to achieve perfection.” What follows is verse after verse addressed to Her directly — as light sustaining the three worlds, as the one who dispels fear, as Wisdom, Prosperity and Glory, and as “the Conscious Soul Herself, never born.”
What is inside
There is no chapter division — a continuous sequence of numbered verses, each a few lines, building a single sustained hymn rather than telling a story or setting out teaching. It is verse meant for recitation, not prose meant for explanation.
Its relationship to the 700 Names
Readers who explore this shelf’s prayer section will meet this text again. 700 Names of the Divine Mother of Haidakhan is drawn directly from this Sapta Śatī — the same devotional source, reworked into the traditional form of a name-litany, each of the seven hundred names given in transliterated Sanskrit with its English meaning. Reading the Sapta Śatī first gives the fuller devotional context that the Names then distill into a single continuous act of praise.
Who wrote it
The hymn is attributed to Śrī Mahendra Mahārāj, also known by its own alternate title, Shri Shardulasiddhendrastavah. As with several works attributed to him, no single manuscript history is given here beyond the attribution itself — it stands alongside his prose essays and his autobiographical writing as part of the wider body of devotional literature associated with his name.
What you are actually reading
- A collected liturgical text, not translated by this library.
- Offered in English translation and in transliterated Sanskrit for recitation, side by side.
If you are deciding where to start
Read this if you want a sustained devotional hymn to the Divine Mother of Haiḍākhāṇ in Her full praise, before or instead of the shorter name-litany drawn from it.
Read 700 Names of the Divine Mother of Haidakhan first if you want the more compact form for regular recitation, and this longer hymn afterward for its fuller context.