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नमस्काराष्टकम् Namaskarashtakam

namaskārāṣṭakam

Namaskarashtakam (नमस्काराष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Rāma, by murAridevAchArya. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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नमस्काराष्टकम्

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Verse 1

रमाकान्तरामं भवारामरामं विरामेऽभिरामं प्रशान्तप्रकामम् ।परब्रह्मरूपं चिदानन्दरूपं स्फुरच्चारुचापं नतोऽहं नतोऽहम् ॥ १॥

ramākāntarāmaṃ bhavārāmarāmaṃ virāme'bhirāmaṃ praśāntaprakāmam |parabrahmarūpaṃ cidānandarūpaṃ sphuraccārucāpaṃ nato'haṃ nato'ham || 1||

Verse 2

नभोनीलरूपं धृतानन्तरूपं कृतारिप्रकोपं हृतारिप्रपापम् ।जटाजूटरूपं सतीभ्रान्तिकारं त्रिलोकोपकारं नतोऽहं नतोऽहम् ॥ २॥

nabhonīlarūpaṃ dhṛtānantarūpaṃ kṛtāriprakopaṃ hṛtāriprapāpam |jaṭājūṭarūpaṃ satībhrāntikāraṃ trilokopakāraṃ nato'haṃ nato'ham || 2||

Verse 3

अहल्याघहारं हि ताराजतारं भवाम्भोधिपारं गृहीतावतारम् ।शृतिव्रातसारं धराधामधारं दशास्यापहारं नतोऽहं नतोऽहम् ॥ ३॥

ahalyāghahāraṃ hi tārājatāraṃ bhavāmbhodhipāraṃ gṛhītāvatāram |śṛtivrātasāraṃ dharādhāmadhāraṃ daśāsyāpahāraṃ nato'haṃ nato'ham || 3||

Verse 4

कृताम्भोधिसेतुं सुरत्राणहेतुं मदान्धाँश्चजेतुं रघोर्वंशकेतुम् ।रिपौ दण्ड पाणिं रणे शार्ङ्गपाणिं मनोहारिवाणिं मतोऽहं नतोऽहम् ॥ ४॥

kṛtāmbhodhisetuṃ suratrāṇahetuṃ madāndhām̐ścajetuṃ raghorvaṃśaketum |ripau daṇḍa pāṇiṃ raṇe śārṅgapāṇiṃ manohārivāṇiṃ mato'haṃ nato'ham || 4||

Verse 5

मुनीन्द्रैः सुरेन्द्रैर्द्विजेन्द्रैर्नरेन्द्रैः सुगीतं ससीतं प्रदीप्तं प्रपीतम् ।दहन्तं प्रदाहं सुबाहुं नृसिंहं तडित्ताडकाहं नतोऽहम नतोऽहम् ॥ ५॥

munīndraiḥ surendrairdvijendrairnarendraiḥ sugītaṃ sasītaṃ pradīptaṃ prapītam |dahantaṃ pradāhaṃ subāhuṃ nṛsiṃhaṃ taḍittāḍakāhaṃ nato'hama nato'ham || 5||

Verse 6

जगज्जानृपालं भवालम्बनालं धृताम्भोजमालं कृपालुं नृपालम् ।चलच्चारुचालं करादत्ततालं सुसाकेतबालं नतोऽहं नतोऽहम् ॥ ६॥

jagajjānṛpālaṃ bhavālambanālaṃ dhṛtāmbhojamālaṃ kṛpāluṃ nṛpālam |calaccārucālaṃ karādattatālaṃ susāketabālaṃ nato'haṃ nato'ham || 6||

Verse 7

कपीन्द्रादिन्वद्यं नृपेन्द्राद्यनिन्द्यं खराखर्वगर्वं हरन्तं वरं तम् ।महाकालकालं महावालिनेऽलं बलेरङ्कवालं नतोऽहं नतोऽहम् ॥ ७॥

kapīndrādinvadyaṃ nṛpendrādyanindyaṃ kharākharvagarvaṃ harantaṃ varaṃ tam |mahākālakālaṃ mahāvāline'laṃ baleraṅkavālaṃ nato'haṃ nato'ham || 7||

Verse 8

ग्रसद्व्यालकालं महाश्चर्यशीलं कृतारण्यवासं घृतागण्यभासम् ।सदाश्रीनिवासं ससन्मन्दहासं सुसीताविलासं नतोऽहं नतोऽहम् ॥ ८॥

grasadvyālakālaṃ mahāścaryaśīlaṃ kṛtāraṇyavāsaṃ ghṛtāgaṇyabhāsam |sadāśrīnivāsaṃ sasanmandahāsaṃ susītāvilāsaṃ nato'haṃ nato'ham || 8||

Verse 9

आचार्यसार्वभौमेण श्रीमद्देवमुरारिणा ।प्रणीतमष्टकं चैतत् पठतां मुक्तिदायकम् ॥ ९॥

ācāryasārvabhaumeṇa śrīmaddevamurāriṇā |praṇītamaṣṭakaṃ caitat paṭhatāṃ muktidāyakam || 9||

Verse 10

इति जगद्गुरुश्रीमुरारिदेवाचार्यप्रणीतं नमस्काराष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti jagadguruśrīmurāridevācāryapraṇītaṃ namaskārāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति नमस्काराष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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About Namaskarashtakam

Namaskarashtakam is a stotra addressed to Rāma, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: नमस्काराष्टकम् (namaskārāṣṭakam)). murAridevAchArya. Source: Ashtaka.

Namaskarashtakam (नमस्काराष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Rāma, by murAridevAchArya. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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