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विद्यारण्याष्टकम् Shri Vidyaranya Ashtakam

vidyāraṇyāṣṭakam

Shri Vidyaranya Ashtakam (विद्यारण्याष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Guru. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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विद्यारण्याष्टकम्

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Verse 1

श्रीविद्यारण्यमुनिध्यानम्अविद्यारण्यकान्तारे भ्रमतां प्राणिनां सदा ।विद्यामार्गोपदेष्टारं विद्यारण्यगुरुं श्रये ॥विद्याविद्याविवेकेन पारं संसारवारिधेः ।प्रापयत्यनिशं भक्तांस्तं विद्यारण्यमाश्रये ॥अथ श्रीविद्यारण्याष्टकम् ।भवभीतिविभेत्तारं भवभूतिप्रदकटाक्षलवलेशम् ।श्रीविद्यारण्यगुरुं भजे भजत्कल्पभूमिरुहम् ॥ १॥

śrīvidyāraṇyamunidhyānamavidyāraṇyakāntāre bhramatāṃ prāṇināṃ sadā |vidyāmārgopadeṣṭāraṃ vidyāraṇyaguruṃ śraye ||vidyāvidyāvivekena pāraṃ saṃsāravāridheḥ |prāpayatyaniśaṃ bhaktāṃstaṃ vidyāraṇyamāśraye ||atha śrīvidyāraṇyāṣṭakam |bhavabhītivibhettāraṃ bhavabhūtipradakaṭākṣalavaleśam |śrīvidyāraṇyaguruṃ bhaje bhajatkalpabhūmiruham || 1||

Verse 2

खरदीधितिनिभवसनं वरदानरतस्वकीयचित्ताब्जम् ।श्रीविद्यारण्यगुरुं स्मरामि करनिर्जिताम्बुसंजातम् ॥ २॥

kharadīdhitinibhavasanaṃ varadānaratasvakīyacittābjam |śrīvidyāraṇyaguruṃ smarāmi karanirjitāmbusaṃjātam || 2||

Verse 3

करबदरिततर्कद्वयसांख्यद्वयजैमिनीयवेदान्तम् ।श्रीविद्यारण्यगुरुं कलयाम्येणाङ्कशीतलस्वान्तम् ॥ ३॥

karabadaritatarkadvayasāṃkhyadvayajaiminīyavedāntam |śrīvidyāraṇyaguruṃ kalayāmyeṇāṅkaśītalasvāntam || 3||

Verse 4

विजयपुरीवैभवदं प्रार्थितमाकृतसुवर्णघनवृष्ट्या ।श्रीविद्यारण्यगुरुं कलयेऽहं राजराजिकलिताङ्घ्रिम् ॥ ४॥

vijayapurīvaibhavadaṃ prārthitamākṛtasuvarṇaghanavṛṣṭyā |śrīvidyāraṇyaguruṃ kalaye'haṃ rājarājikalitāṅghrim || 4||

Verse 5

विनतातनुभववाहनवनितानुग्रहविशेषततिपात्रम् ।श्रीविद्यारण्यगुरुं विनताघवज्रविनाशकं वन्दे ॥ ५॥

vinatātanubhavavāhanavanitānugrahaviśeṣatatipātram |śrīvidyāraṇyaguruṃ vinatāghavajravināśakaṃ vande || 5||

Verse 6

कृतकृतान्तादिभयं कृम्यादिनिखिलकृपासुधाब्धिहृदयम् ।श्रीविद्यारण्यगुरुं कृत्स्नजगत्कृष्नताबुधं कलये ॥ ६॥

kṛtakṛtāntādibhayaṃ kṛmyādinikhilakṛpāsudhābdhihṛdayam |śrīvidyāraṇyaguruṃ kṛtsnajagatkṛṣnatābudhaṃ kalaye || 6||

Verse 7

संयमिमणिगणनम्यं चेष्टितवाणीहृदङ्गमतिरम्यम् ।विद्यारण्यं सौम्यं वन्देऽजस्रं वितीर्णनतकाम्यम् ॥ ७॥

saṃyamimaṇigaṇanamyaṃ ceṣṭitavāṇīhṛdaṅgamatiramyam |vidyāraṇyaṃ saumyaṃ vande'jasraṃ vitīrṇanatakāmyam || 7||

Verse 8

पारदजनिमृतसिन्धोः सारदनिगमान्तवेद्यतत्त्वस्य ।श्रीविद्यारण्यगुरो वरदायभधृत्कराम्बुजाताव ॥ ८॥

pāradajanimṛtasindhoḥ sāradanigamāntavedyatattvasya |śrīvidyāraṇyaguro varadāyabhadhṛtkarāmbujātāva || 8||

Verse 9

इति श्रीविद्यारण्याष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrīvidyāraṇyāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति विद्यारण्याष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Vidyaranya Ashtakam is a stotra addressed to Guru, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: विद्यारण्याष्टकम् (vidyāraṇyāṣṭakam)). Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Vidyaranya Ashtakam (विद्यारण्याष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Guru. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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