Vande Mataram — Full Lyrics with Meaning वन्दे मातरम्

वन्दे मातरम्।
सुजलां सुफलां मलयजशीतलाम्
शस्यश्यामलां मातरम्। वन्दे मातरम्॥

vande mātaram
sujalāṃ suphalāṃ malayaja-śītalām
śasya-śyāmalāṃ mātaram — vande mātaram

I bow to you, Mother — rich in waters, rich in fruit, cooled by the southern breeze, green with harvests, O Mother. I bow to you, Mother.

शुभ्रज्योत्स्नापुलकितयामिनीं
फुल्लकुसुमितद्रुमदलशोभिनीं
सुहासिनीं सुमधुरभाषिणीं
सुखदां वरदां मातरम्। वन्दे मातरम्॥

śubhra-jyotsnā-pulakita-yāminīm
phulla-kusumita-drumadala-śobhinīm
suhāsinīṃ sumadhura-bhāṣiṇīm
sukhadāṃ varadāṃ mātaram — vande mātaram

Your nights thrill in the white moonlight; you are adorned with trees in full flower; sweetly smiling, sweetly speaking, giver of joy and blessings, O Mother. I bow to you, Mother.

सप्तकोटिकण्ठ-कलकल-निनादकराले
द्विसप्तकोटिभुजैर्धृतखरकरवाले
अबला केन मा एत बले।
बहुबलधारिणीं नमामि तारिणीं
रिपुदलवारिणीं मातरम्। वन्दे मातरम्॥

sapta-koṭi-kaṇṭha-kalakala-nināda-karāle
dvi-sapta-koṭi-bhujair-dhṛta-khara-karavāle
abalā keno mā eto bale
bahu-bala-dhāriṇīṃ namāmi tāriṇīm
ripu-dala-vāriṇīṃ mātaram — vande mātaram

With the roar of seventy million voices and swords held high in twice seventy million hands — who says you are weak, Mother? I bow to you who hold great strength, who save us and drive back the enemy, O Mother.

तुमि विद्या, तुमि धर्म,
तुमि हृदि, तुमि मर्म,
त्वं हि प्राणाः शरीरे।
बाहुते तुमि मा शक्ति,
हृदये तुमि मा भक्ति,
तोमारई प्रतिमा गडि मन्दिरे मन्दिरे॥

tumi vidyā, tumi dharma
tumi hṛdi, tumi marma
tvaṃ hi prāṇāḥ śarīre
bāhute tumi mā śakti
hṛdaye tumi mā bhakti
tomārai pratimā gaḍi mandire mandire

You are knowledge, you are dharma; you are our heart and our innermost being; you are the life in our bodies. In our arms you are strength, Mother; in our hearts, devotion. It is your image we shape in temple after temple.

त्वं हि दुर्गा दशप्रहरणधारिणी
कमला कमलदलविहारिणी
वाणी विद्यादायिनी, नमामि त्वाम्।
नमामि कमलाम् अमलाम् अतुलाम्
सुजलां सुफलां मातरम्। वन्दे मातरम्॥

tvaṃ hi durgā daśa-praharaṇa-dhāriṇī
kamalā kamala-dala-vihāriṇī
vāṇī vidyā-dāyinī, namāmi tvām
namāmi kamalām amalām atulām
sujalāṃ suphalāṃ mātaram — vande mātaram

You are Durga holding ten weapons, Kamala (Lakshmi) who sports among lotus petals, Vani (Saraswati) who gives learning — I bow to you. I bow to you, lotus-like, pure, peerless, rich in waters, rich in fruit, O Mother.

श्यामलां सरलां सुस्मितां भूषिताम्
धरणीं भरणीं मातरम्। वन्दे मातरम्॥

śyāmalāṃ saralāṃ susmitāṃ bhūṣitām
dharaṇīṃ bharaṇīṃ mātaram — vande mātaram

Dark-hued, simple, smiling, adorned — you who bear us and sustain us, O Mother. I bow to you, Mother.