Hari Aum.
A very happy International Women's Day to all readers. In celebration of this day, I was listening to a particularly beautiful prayer to the Divine Mother composed by Adi Shankaracharya.
It is called the Bhavani ashtakam. This is link to the stothram being sung beautifully with translation:
This is a link to the stothram written in Sanskrit (with English translation):
https://greenmesg.org/stotras/durga/bhavani_ashtakam.php
The prayer essentially says that the Divine Mother (God) is our sole refuge in life. And that despite being unworthy in every way, we seek Her protection as Her children as we know that She is an ocean of compassion.
May Mother Bhavani bless us all with spiritual success in this very lifetime.
Om Shri Durgayai Namah.
Hari Aum Tat Sat
