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महाबलेशाष्टकम् Shri Mahabalesha Ashtakam

mahābaleśāṣṭakam

Shri Mahabalesha Ashtakam (महाबलेशाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva, by Vruddha Nrisimhabharati. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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महाबलेशाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

विशालकरुणं विभुं तरुणचन्द्र सद्भूषणंधराधरसुतापतिं तरुणचन्द्रकोटिप्रभम् ।मनोरथविवर्धनं दुरितवर्गविध्वंसनंमहाबलशिवं भजे महितसर्वकल्याणदम् ॥ १॥

viśālakaruṇaṃ vibhuṃ taruṇacandra sadbhūṣaṇaṃdharādharasutāpatiṃ taruṇacandrakoṭiprabham |manorathavivardhanaṃ duritavargavidhvaṃsanaṃmahābalaśivaṃ bhaje mahitasarvakalyāṇadam || 1||

Verse 2

समाहितमनोनुतं शमितदैत्यदम्भं प्रभुंभवार्णवविशोषणं विहितभक्तसन्तोषणम् ।चराचरसुमन्दिरं विधृतबालचन्द्रं शिवंनमामि गिरिजापतिं नलिननेत्रमित्रं परम् ॥ २॥

samāhitamanonutaṃ śamitadaityadambhaṃ prabhuṃbhavārṇavaviśoṣaṇaṃ vihitabhaktasantoṣaṇam |carācarasumandiraṃ vidhṛtabālacandraṃ śivaṃnamāmi girijāpatiṃ nalinanetramitraṃ param || 2||

Verse 3

पराभवविवर्जितं जय जयेति देवैर्नुतंनमामि जगतां गुरुं जननमृत्युदूरं हरम् ।जनार्दनसहोदरीनयनपद्मभानूपमंपुराणपुरुषार्चितं शरणलोकसंरक्षकम् ॥ ३॥

parābhavavivarjitaṃ jaya jayeti devairnutaṃnamāmi jagatāṃ guruṃ jananamṛtyudūraṃ haram |janārdanasahodarīnayanapadmabhānūpamaṃpurāṇapuruṣārcitaṃ śaraṇalokasaṃrakṣakam || 3||

Verse 4

दुराचरणभीषणं दुरितवर्गसंहारिणंमहागिरिवराश्रयं मुनिवरेण्यसंसेवितम् ।हिरण्यनिधिदायकं करुणयैव संरक्षकंकलाधरसुशेखरं नमत नित्यकल्याणदम् ॥ ४॥

durācaraṇabhīṣaṇaṃ duritavargasaṃhāriṇaṃmahāgirivarāśrayaṃ munivareṇyasaṃsevitam |hiraṇyanidhidāyakaṃ karuṇayaiva saṃrakṣakaṃkalādharasuśekharaṃ namata nityakalyāṇadam || 4||

Verse 5

महागदविदारणं मदनगर्वविश्लोषणंभवं त्रिपुरघातिनं ह्यनलनेत्रमिन्द्रार्चितम् ।गिरीन्द्रतनयासखं सकलसौख्यसन्दायकंमहाबलमुपास्महे निगमगम्यरूपं शिवम् ॥ ५॥

mahāgadavidāraṇaṃ madanagarvaviśloṣaṇaṃbhavaṃ tripuraghātinaṃ hyanalanetramindrārcitam |girīndratanayāsakhaṃ sakalasaukhyasandāyakaṃmahābalamupāsmahe nigamagamyarūpaṃ śivam || 5||

Verse 6

शिलीन्द्रकुसुमप्रियं वरशिरीषमाल्यान्वितंसुबिल्वदलपूजितं वनजदिव्यपुष्पप्रियम् ।विरिञ्चिहरिसन्नुतं भजत पञ्चवक्त्रं प्रभुंप्रपञ्च परिपालकं वरचिरन्तनाभ्यर्चितम् ॥ ६॥

śilīndrakusumapriyaṃ varaśirīṣamālyānvitaṃsubilvadalapūjitaṃ vanajadivyapuṣpapriyam |viriñciharisannutaṃ bhajata pañcavaktraṃ prabhuṃprapañca paripālakaṃ varacirantanābhyarcitam || 6||

Verse 7

चिरन्तरवचोनुतं ह्यघचयस्य विध्वंसकंममाशु कविताप्रदं करिमुखस्य तातं विभुम् ।कवीन्द्र परिसन्नुतं नमत नीलकण्ठं वरंवरप्रदमहाबलं सुगुणकृष्णभूपावनम् ॥ ७॥

cirantaravaconutaṃ hyaghacayasya vidhvaṃsakaṃmamāśu kavitāpradaṃ karimukhasya tātaṃ vibhum |kavīndra parisannutaṃ namata nīlakaṇṭhaṃ varaṃvarapradamahābalaṃ suguṇakṛṣṇabhūpāvanam || 7||

Verse 8

मनोरथविदायकं मनुकुलेशसम्पूजितंह्युमार्धसुकलेवरं विधृतदिव्यगङ्गापगम् ।वृषेन्द्रवरवाहनं सुरवरेन्द्र सन्तोषणंजगद्भरणमीश्वरं तरुणचन्द्रमौलिं भजे ॥ ८॥

manorathavidāyakaṃ manukuleśasampūjitaṃhyumārdhasukalevaraṃ vidhṛtadivyagaṅgāpagam |vṛṣendravaravāhanaṃ suravarendra santoṣaṇaṃjagadbharaṇamīśvaraṃ taruṇacandramauliṃ bhaje || 8||

Verse 9

महाबलनुतिं जना वचसि धारयन्त्यन्वहंनृकेसरिगिरेरितां सकलसौख्यसम्पत्प्रदाम् ।सुसन्ततिविधायिनीं शुभकदम्ब संवर्धिनींभजन्ति शुभमेव ते शिवपदाब्जभक्ता भुवि ॥ ९॥

mahābalanutiṃ janā vacasi dhārayantyanvahaṃnṛkesarigireritāṃ sakalasaukhyasampatpradām |susantatividhāyinīṃ śubhakadamba saṃvardhinīṃbhajanti śubhameva te śivapadābjabhaktā bhuvi || 9||

Verse 10

इति दक्षिणाम्नायश्रीशृङ्गेरीशारदापीठाधीश्वरजगद्गुरुशङ्कराचार्यश्रीश्रीश्रीवृद्धनृसिंहभारतीमहास्वामिभिःगोकर्णक्षेत्रे विरचितं श्रीमहाबलेशाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti dakṣiṇāmnāyaśrīśṛṅgerīśāradāpīṭhādhīśvarajagadguruśaṅkarācāryaśrīśrīśrīvṛddhanṛsiṃhabhāratīmahāsvāmibhiḥgokarṇakṣetre viracitaṃ śrīmahābaleśāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति महाबलेशाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Mahabalesha Ashtakam is a stotra addressed to Śiva, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: महाबलेशाष्टकम् (mahābaleśāṣṭakam)). Vruddha Nrisimhabharati. Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Mahabalesha Ashtakam (महाबलेशाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva, by Vruddha Nrisimhabharati. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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