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हरिनामाष्टकम् Shri Harinamashtakam

harināmāṣṭakam

Shri Harinamashtakam (हरिनामाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Viṣṇu, by Swami Brahmananda. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

हरिनामाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

श्री गणेशाय नमः ॥श्री केशवाच्युत मुकुन्द रथाङ्गपाणेगोविन्द माधव जनार्दन दानवारे ।नारायणामरपते त्रिजगन्निवासजिह्वे जपेति सततं मधुराक्षराणि ॥ १॥

śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ ||śrī keśavācyuta mukunda rathāṅgapāṇegovinda mādhava janārdana dānavāre |nārāyaṇāmarapate trijagannivāsajihve japeti satataṃ madhurākṣarāṇi || 1||

Verse 2

श्रीदेवदेव मधुसूदन शार्ङ्गपाणेदामोदरार्णवनिकेतन कैटभारे ।विश्वम्भराभरणभूषित भूमिपालजिह्वे जपेति सततं मधुराक्षराणि ॥ २॥

śrīdevadeva madhusūdana śārṅgapāṇedāmodarārṇavaniketana kaiṭabhāre |viśvambharābharaṇabhūṣita bhūmipālajihve japeti satataṃ madhurākṣarāṇi || 2||

Verse 3

श्रीपद्मलोचन गदाधर पद्मनाभपद्मेश पद्मपद पावन पद्मपाणे ।पीताम्बराम्बररुचे रुचिरावतारजिह्वे जपेति सततं मधुराक्षराणि ॥ ३॥

śrīpadmalocana gadādhara padmanābhapadmeśa padmapada pāvana padmapāṇe |pītāmbarāmbararuce rucirāvatārajihve japeti satataṃ madhurākṣarāṇi || 3||

Verse 4

श्रीकान्त कौस्तुभधरार्तिहराब्जपाणेविष्णो त्रिविक्रम महीधर धर्मसेतो ।वैकुण्ठवास वसुधाधिप वासुदेवजिह्वे जपेति सततं मधुराक्षराणि ॥ ४॥

śrīkānta kaustubhadharārtiharābjapāṇeviṣṇo trivikrama mahīdhara dharmaseto |vaikuṇṭhavāsa vasudhādhipa vāsudevajihve japeti satataṃ madhurākṣarāṇi || 4||

Verse 5

श्रीनारसिंह नरकान्तक कान्तमूर्तेलक्ष्मीपते गरुडवाहन शेषशायिन् ।केशिप्रणाशन सुकेश किरीटमौलेजिह्वे जपेति सततं मधुराक्षराणि ॥ ५॥

śrīnārasiṃha narakāntaka kāntamūrtelakṣmīpate garuḍavāhana śeṣaśāyin |keśipraṇāśana sukeśa kirīṭamaulejihve japeti satataṃ madhurākṣarāṇi || 5||

Verse 6

श्रीवत्सलाञ्छन सुरर्षभ शङ्खपाणेकल्पान्तवारिधिविहार हरे मुरारे ।यज्ञेश यज्ञमय यज्ञभुगादिदेवजिह्वे जपेति सततं मधुराक्षराणि ॥ ६॥

śrīvatsalāñchana surarṣabha śaṅkhapāṇekalpāntavāridhivihāra hare murāre |yajñeśa yajñamaya yajñabhugādidevajihve japeti satataṃ madhurākṣarāṇi || 6||

Verse 7

श्रीराम रावणरिपो रघुवंशकेतोसीतापते दशरथात्मज राजसिंह ।सुग्रीवमित्र मृगवेधन चापपाणेजिह्वे जपेति सततं मधुराक्षराणि ॥ ७॥

śrīrāma rāvaṇaripo raghuvaṃśaketosītāpate daśarathātmaja rājasiṃha |sugrīvamitra mṛgavedhana cāpapāṇejihve japeti satataṃ madhurākṣarāṇi || 7||

Verse 8

श्रीकृष्ण वृष्णिवर यादव राधिकेशगोवर्धनोद्धरण कंसविनाश शौरे ।गोपाल वेणुधर पाण्डुसुतैकबन्धोजिह्वे जपेति सततं मधुराक्षराणि ॥ ८॥

śrīkṛṣṇa vṛṣṇivara yādava rādhikeśagovardhanoddharaṇa kaṃsavināśa śaure |gopāla veṇudhara pāṇḍusutaikabandhojihve japeti satataṃ madhurākṣarāṇi || 8||

Verse 9

इत्यष्टकं भगवतः सततं नरो योनामाङ्कितं पठति नित्यमनन्यचेताः ।विष्णोः परं पदमुपैति पुनर्न जातुमातुः पयोधररसं पिबतीह सत्यम् ॥ ९॥

ityaṣṭakaṃ bhagavataḥ satataṃ naro yonāmāṅkitaṃ paṭhati nityamananyacetāḥ |viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padamupaiti punarna jātumātuḥ payodhararasaṃ pibatīha satyam || 9||

Verse 10

इति श्रीपरमहंसस्वामिब्रह्मानन्दविरचितंश्रीहरिनामाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

iti śrīparamahaṃsasvāmibrahmānandaviracitaṃśrīharināmāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||

॥ इति हरिनामाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Swami Brahmananda.

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About Shri Harinamashtakam

Shri Harinamashtakam is a stotra addressed to Viṣṇu, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: हरिनामाष्टकम् (harināmāṣṭakam)). Swami Brahmananda. Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Harinamashtakam (हरिनामाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Viṣṇu, by Swami Brahmananda. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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