Sri Lalitha Stotram (Brahmaadi Krutam)

 1. Verse 1 — Salutations to Lalitā, the one sovereign of the world, the name Tripurā’s counterpart, the slayer of Bhandāsura — Kāmeśvarī, the gracious left-sided (Vāmakeshī) Goddess.
 2. Verse 2 — She is the wish-fulfilling jewel (Chintāmaṇi), the giver of what is desired, the inscrutable stream of consciousness — the radiant source of the fashioned world; salutations.
 3. Verse 3 — She bestows liberation, her moonlike crest and tender smile dissolve illusion; praised in secret Tantras as the mistress of mudrās, salutations to her.
 4. Verse 4 — She is the destroyer of cruel foes like Andhaka; in anger she can assume the terrifying Kāli-form yet remains the compassionate refuge — salutations.
 5. Verse 5 — Protected by the Sixfold (ṣaḍaṅga) divine retinue and rooted in Vedic truth, she is the lord of six chakras and six inner moods — hail to Lalitā.
 6. Verse 6 — Foremost among the Kāmeśvarīs, enthroned in feminine beauty and lotus-like gaze — giver of desire, queen of the arts; salutations.
 7. Verse 7 — Present among divine, human and siddha realms; a thousand-fold brilliance and ocean of compassion — revered of the gods, salutations.
 8. Verse 8 — Worthy of service with the eightfold adoration of Sadāśiva; gentle, single-bodied, honoured by Savitṛ — salutations.
 9. Verse 9 — Served by Brahmā’s mothers and their attendants, beloved of the brahmin order, the royal-hansa of the stream of Brahma’s nectar — hail to Lalitā.
 10. Verse 10 — Worshipped by mudrā-deities, remover of worldly decay and witness of the world’s play — ever salutary, hail Lalitā.
 11. Verse 11 — Served by the timeless sixteen arts and drawn by Kama, she is fearless and compassionate, radiant with a garland of blue-eyed mercies — salutations.
 12. Verse 12 — Worshipped by love-deities and crowned with blooms of passion; she destroys hostile hosts — hail to Lalitā.
 13. Verse 13 — Adorned with fourteen principal emblems and circumambulated by luminous garlands; she reveals the pure refuge — salutations.
 14. Verse 14 — Clustered with all siddhi-powers and the fullness of knowledge, she is the giver of every attainment — hail Lalitā.
 15. Verse 15 — Supreme among knower-goddesses, fulfiller of cosmic longings, she protects the world — O Savitṛ, shelter us.
 16. Verse 16 — I salute the Vāg-wonder who governs the Vāsinī (speech-powers); magnify and protect the universe with your radiant wheel.
 17. Verse 17 — In the battle against Bhandā, her array of divine weapons blazed like molten light; salute that blazing, sovereign power.
 18. Verse 18 — As Kāmeśī, Vajreśī and Bhageśī she shatters the time-ravaging foes and enthrones the lotus of desire — salutations.
 19. Verse 19 — Seed and drop united, Brahman-essence manifest; in great splendour she delights the senses and grants boons — hail Lalitā.
 20. Verse 20 — Dwelling in Kāmeśvara’s heart, timeless, merciful, rising at the end of Kalpas as the wish-granting creeper — salutations.
 21. Verse 21 — Radiant with ruddy nectar, lotus-eyed, speech-beautiful and sovereign of all learning — she stands ensconced as the source of all knowledge; hail to her.

Summary:
This hymn is a compact, exalted salute by the gods (and by Brahmā in tradition) to Lalitā Tripurasundarī — the supreme Shakti who unites creation, preservation and dissolution in her being. Each verse names a facet: the wish-fulfilling jewel, Tantric mistress of mudrās, battlefield victor over asuras, bearer of siddhis, patron of arts and speech, compassionate refuge, and sovereign of the sacred wheel (Śrīcakra). Devotional recitation invokes liberation, eloquence, protection, and the fulfilment of righteous desires. The stotram links Vedic authority and Tantric potency: serve her with reverence to receive knowledge, siddhi and auspicious fruits.