चन्द्रशेखराष्टकम् Chandrashekhara Ashtakam
candraśekharāṣṭakam
"What can Yama do to me?": the hymn the boy-sage Mārkaṇḍeya sang to Śiva, the moon-crested one, who saved him from death.
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चन्द्रशेखराष्टकम्
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चन्द्रशेखर चन्द्रशेखर चन्द्रशेखर पाहि माम् ।चन्द्रशेखर चन्द्रशेखर चन्द्रशेखर रक्ष माम् ॥
candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara pāhi mām |candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣa mām ||
O Candraśekhara, moon-crested Lord, protect me; O Candraśekhara, save me.
रत्नसानुशरासनं रजताद्रिशृङ्गनिकेतनंसिञ्जिनीकृतपन्नगेश्वरमच्युतानलसायकम् ।क्षिप्रदग्धपुरत्रयं त्रिदिवालयैरभिवन्दितंचन्द्रशेखरमाश्रये मम किं करिष्यति वै यमः ॥१॥
ratnasānuśarāsanaṃ rajatādriśṛṅganiketanaṃsiñjinīkṛtapannageśvaramacyutānalasāyakam |kṣipradagdhapuratrayaṃ tridivālayairabhivanditaṃcandraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ||1||
His bow is the jewelled mountain (Meru), his home the peak of the silver mountain (Kailāsa); the king of serpents is his bowstring, Acyuta (Viṣṇu) and Agni his arrow. He burned the three cities in an instant and is worshipped by the dwellers of heaven. I take refuge in Candraśekhara; what can Yama do to me?
पञ्चपादपपुष्पगन्धपदाम्बुजद्वयशोभितंभाललोचनजातपावकदग्धमन्मथविग्रहम् ।भस्मदिग्धकलेवरं भवनाशनं भवमव्ययंचन्द्रशेखरमाश्रये मम किं करिष्यति वै यमः ॥२॥
pañcapādapapuṣpagandhapadāmbujadvayaśobhitaṃbhālalocanajātapāvakadagdhamanmathavigraham |bhasmadigdhakalevaraṃ bhavanāśanaṃ bhavamavyayaṃcandraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ||2||
His two lotus feet are lovely with the fragrance of the flowers of the five heavenly trees; the fire born of the eye on his forehead burned the body of Manmatha (Kāma). His body is smeared with ash; he ends worldly bondage; he is Bhava, the imperishable. I take refuge in Candraśekhara; what can Yama do to me?
मत्तवारणमुख्यचर्मकृतोत्तरीयमनोहरंपङ्कजासनपद्मलोचनपूजिताङ्घ्रिसरोरुहम् ।देवसिन्धुतरङ्गसीकरसिक्तशुभ्रजटाधरंचन्द्रशेखरमाश्रये मम किं करिष्यति वै यमः ॥३॥
mattavāraṇamukhyacarmakṛtottarīyamanoharaṃpaṅkajāsanapadmalocanapūjitāṅghrisaroruham |devasindhutaraṅgasīkarasiktaśubhrajaṭādharaṃcandraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ||3||
Handsome in his upper garment made from the hide of a great maddened elephant, his lotus feet worshipped by Brahmā, seated on the lotus, and by lotus-eyed Viṣṇu; he bears white matted locks sprinkled with the spray of the waves of the heavenly river (Gaṅgā). I take refuge in Candraśekhara; what can Yama do to me?
यक्षराजसखं भगाक्षहरं भुजङ्गविभूषणंशैलराजसुतापरिष्कृतचारुवामकलेवरम् ।क्ष्वेडनीलगलं परश्वधधारिणं मृगधारिणंचन्द्रशेखरमाश्रये मम किं करिष्यति वै यमः ॥४॥
yakṣarājasakhaṃ bhagākṣaharaṃ bhujaṅgavibhūṣaṇaṃśailarājasutāpariṣkṛtacāruvāmakalevaram |kṣveḍanīlagalaṃ paraśvadhadhāriṇaṃ mṛgadhāriṇaṃcandraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ||4||
Friend of Kubera, king of the yakṣas; who took the eyes of Bhaga; adorned with serpents; the lovely left half of whose body is graced by the daughter of the king of mountains; whose throat is blue with poison, who carries an axe and a deer. I take refuge in Candraśekhara; what can Yama do to me?
कुण्डलीकृतकुण्डलीश्वरकुण्डलं वृषवाहनंनारदादिमुनीश्वरस्तुतवैभवं भुवनेश्वरम् ।अन्धकान्तकमाश्रितामरपादपं शमनान्तकंचन्द्रशेखरमाश्रये मम किं करिष्यति वै यमः ॥५॥
kuṇḍalīkṛtakuṇḍalīśvarakuṇḍalaṃ vṛṣavāhanaṃnāradādimunīśvarastutavaibhavaṃ bhuvaneśvaram |andhakāntakamāśritāmarapādapaṃ śamanāntakaṃcandraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ||5||
His earrings are the coiled lord of serpents, his mount the bull; his glory is praised by Nārada and the great sages; he is Lord of the worlds, slayer of Andhaka, a wish-fulfilling tree to those who take refuge in him, and the end of Yama himself. I take refuge in Candraśekhara; what can Yama do to me?
भेषजं भवरोगिणामखिलापदामपहारिणंदक्षयज्ञविनाशनं त्रिगुणात्मकं त्रिविलोचनम् ।भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदं सकलाघसङ्घनिबर्हणंचन्द्रशेखरमाश्रये मम किं करिष्यति वै यमः ॥६॥
bheṣajaṃ bhavarogiṇāmakhilāpadāmapahāriṇaṃdakṣayajñavināśanaṃ triguṇātmakaṃ trivilocanam |bhuktimuktiphalapradaṃ sakalāghasaṅghanibarhaṇaṃcandraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ||6||
The medicine for those sick with worldly existence, who removes every calamity; destroyer of Dakṣa’s sacrifice, whose nature is the three guṇas, the three-eyed one; giver of both enjoyment and liberation, who destroys every heap of sin. I take refuge in Candraśekhara; what can Yama do to me?
भक्तवत्सलमर्चितं निधिमक्षयं हरिदम्बरंसर्वभूतपतिं परात्परमप्रमेयमनुत्तमम् ।सोमवारिनभोहुताशनसोमपानिलखाकृतिंचन्द्रशेखरमाश्रये मम किं करिष्यति वै यमः ॥७॥
bhaktavatsalamarcitaṃ nidhimakṣayaṃ haridambaraṃsarvabhūtapatiṃ parātparamaprameyamanuttamam |somavārinabhohutāśanasomapānilakhākṛtiṃcandraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ||7||
Loving to his devotees, worshipped by all, an inexhaustible treasure, clothed by the directions; lord of all beings, higher than the highest, immeasurable and unsurpassed; whose forms are the moon, water, the sky, fire, the sacrificer and the wind, the elements of his eightfold form. I take refuge in Candraśekhara; what can Yama do to me?
विश्वसृष्टिविधायकं पुनरेव पालनतत्परंसंहरन्तमपि प्रपञ्चमशेषलोकनिवासिनम् ।क्रीडयन्तमहर्निशं गणनाथयूथसमन्वितंचन्द्रशेखरमाश्रये मम किं करिष्यति वै यमः ॥८॥
viśvasṛṣṭividhāyakaṃ punareva pālanatatparaṃsaṃharantamapi prapañcamaśeṣalokanivāsinam |krīḍayantamaharniśaṃ gaṇanāthayūthasamanvitaṃcandraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ||8||
He creates the universe, again sustains it, and also withdraws it; he dwells in all the worlds and sports day and night among the hosts of his gaṇas. I take refuge in Candraśekhara; what can Yama do to me?
मृत्युभीतमृकण्डुसूनुकृतस्तवं शिवसन्निधौयत्र कुत्र च यः पठेन्न हि तस्य मृत्युभयं भवेत् ।पूर्णमायुररोगितामखिलार्थसम्पदमादरंचन्द्रशेखर एव तस्य ददाति मुक्तिमयत्नतः ॥९॥
mṛtyubhītamṛkaṇḍusūnukṛtastavaṃ śivasannidhauyatra kutra ca yaḥ paṭhenna hi tasya mṛtyubhayaṃ bhavet |pūrṇamāyurarogitāmakhilārthasampadamādaraṃcandraśekhara eva tasya dadāti muktimayatnataḥ ||9||
This hymn was sung in Śiva’s presence by the son of Mṛkaṇḍu, afraid of death. Whoever recites it, wherever he may be, has no fear of death. To him Candraśekhara himself gives a full life free of disease, every kind of wealth with honour, and liberation without effort.
॥ इति चन्द्रशेखराष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥
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Sage Mārkaṇḍeya (Śiva Rahasya; also in the Padma Purāṇa).
