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अष्टभुजाष्टकम् Ashtabhujashtakam

aṣṭabhujāṣṭakam

Ashtabhujashtakam (अष्टभुजाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Viṣṇu, by vedAntadeshika. 11 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

अष्टभुजाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

वेदान्तदेशिककृतम् ।(काञ्च्यां)गजेन्द्ररक्षात्वरितं भवन्तं ग्राहैरिवाहं विषयैर्विकृष्टः ।अपारविज्ञानदयानुभावमाप्तं सतामष्टभुजं प्रपद्ये ॥ १॥

vedāntadeśikakṛtam |(kāñcyāṃ)gajendrarakṣātvaritaṃ bhavantaṃ grāhairivāhaṃ viṣayairvikṛṣṭaḥ |apāravijñānadayānubhāvamāptaṃ satāmaṣṭabhujaṃ prapadye || 1||

Verse 2

त्वदेकशेषोऽहमनात्मतन्त्रस्त्वत्पादलिप्सां दिशता त्वयैव ।असत्समोऽप्यष्टभुजास्पदेश सत्तामिदानीमुपलम्भितोऽस्मि ॥ २॥

tvadekaśeṣo'hamanātmatantrastvatpādalipsāṃ diśatā tvayaiva |asatsamo'pyaṣṭabhujāspadeśa sattāmidānīmupalambhito'smi || 2||

Verse 3

स्वरूपरूपास्त्रविभूषणाद्यैः परत्वचिन्तां त्वयि दुर्निवाराम् ।भोगे मृदूपक्रमतामभीप्सन् शीलादिभिर्वारयसीव पुंसाम् ॥ ३॥

svarūparūpāstravibhūṣaṇādyaiḥ paratvacintāṃ tvayi durnivārām |bhoge mṛdūpakramatāmabhīpsan śīlādibhirvārayasīva puṃsām || 3||

Verse 4

शक्तिं शरण्यान्तरशब्दभाजां सारं च सन्तोल्य फलान्तराणाम् ।त्वद्दास्यहेतोस्त्वयि निर्विशङ्कं न्यस्तात्मनां नाथ विभर्षि भारम् ॥ ४॥

śaktiṃ śaraṇyāntaraśabdabhājāṃ sāraṃ ca santolya phalāntarāṇām |tvaddāsyahetostvayi nirviśaṅkaṃ nyastātmanāṃ nātha vibharṣi bhāram || 4||

Verse 5

अभीतिहेतोरनुवर्तनीयं नाथ त्वदन्यं न विभावयामि ।भयं कुतः स्यात्त्वयि सानुकम्पे रक्षा कुतः स्यात्त्वयि जातरोषे ॥ ५॥

abhītihetoranuvartanīyaṃ nātha tvadanyaṃ na vibhāvayāmi |bhayaṃ kutaḥ syāttvayi sānukampe rakṣā kutaḥ syāttvayi jātaroṣe || 5||

Verse 6

त्वदेकतन्त्रं कमलासहाय स्वेनैव मां रक्षितुमर्हसि त्वम् ।त्वयि प्रवृत्ते मम किं प्रयासैस्त्वय्यप्रवृत्ते मम किं प्रयासैः ॥ ६॥

tvadekatantraṃ kamalāsahāya svenaiva māṃ rakṣitumarhasi tvam |tvayi pravṛtte mama kiṃ prayāsaistvayyapravṛtte mama kiṃ prayāsaiḥ || 6||

Verse 7

समाधिभङ्गेष्वपि सम्पतत्सु शरण्यभूते त्वयि बद्धकक्ष्ये ।अपत्रपे सोढुमकिञ्चनोऽहं दूराधिरोहं पतनं च नाथ ॥ ७॥

samādhibhaṅgeṣvapi sampatatsu śaraṇyabhūte tvayi baddhakakṣye |apatrape soḍhumakiñcano'haṃ dūrādhirohaṃ patanaṃ ca nātha || 7||

Verse 8

प्राप्ताभिलाषं त्वदनुग्रहान्मां पद्मानिषेव्ये तव पादपद्मे ।आदेहपातादपराधदूरमात्मान्तकैङ्कर्यरसं विधेयाः ॥ ८॥

prāptābhilāṣaṃ tvadanugrahānmāṃ padmāniṣevye tava pādapadme |ādehapātādaparādhadūramātmāntakaiṅkaryarasaṃ vidheyāḥ || 8||

Verse 9

प्रपन्नजनपाथेयं प्रपित्सूनां रसायनम् ।श्रेयसे जगतामेतच्छ्रीमदष्टभुजाष्टकम् ॥ ९॥

prapannajanapātheyaṃ prapitsūnāṃ rasāyanam |śreyase jagatāmetacchrīmadaṣṭabhujāṣṭakam || 9||

Verse 10

शरणागतसन्त्राणत्वरा द्विगुणबाहुना ।हरिणा वेङ्कटेशीया स्तुतिः स्वीक्रियतामियम् ॥ १०॥

śaraṇāgatasantrāṇatvarā dviguṇabāhunā |hariṇā veṅkaṭeśīyā stutiḥ svīkriyatāmiyam || 10||

Verse 11

इति वेदान्तदेशिककृतं अष्टभुजाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti vedāntadeśikakṛtaṃ aṣṭabhujāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति अष्टभुजाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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About Ashtabhujashtakam

Ashtabhujashtakam is a stotra addressed to Viṣṇu, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: अष्टभुजाष्टकम् (aṣṭabhujāṣṭakam)). vedAntadeshika. Source: Ashtaka.

Ashtabhujashtakam (अष्टभुजाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Viṣṇu, by vedAntadeshika. 11 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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