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शास्तुःध्यानाष्टकम् Shastuh Dhyanashtakam

śāstuḥdhyānāṣṭakam

Shastuh Dhyanashtakam (शास्तुःध्यानाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Ayyappa. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

शास्तुःध्यानाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

श्रीगणेशाय नमः ।नमामि धर्मशास्तारं योगपीठस्थितं विभुम् ।प्रसन्नं निर्मलं शान्तं सत्यधर्मव्रतं भजे ॥ १॥

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |namāmi dharmaśāstāraṃ yogapīṭhasthitaṃ vibhum |prasannaṃ nirmalaṃ śāntaṃ satyadharmavrataṃ bhaje || 1||

Verse 2

आश्यामकोमलविशालतनुं विचित्रवासो वसानमरुणोत्पलवामहस्तम् ।उत्तुङ्गरत्नमुकुटं कुटिलाग्रकेशंशास्तारमिष्टवरदं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥ २॥

āśyāmakomalaviśālatanuṃ vicitravāso vasānamaruṇotpalavāmahastam |uttuṅgaratnamukuṭaṃ kuṭilāgrakeśaṃśāstāramiṣṭavaradaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 2||

Verse 3

हरिहरशरीरजन्मा मरकतमणिभङ्गमेचकच्छायः ।विजयतु देवः शास्ता सकलजगच्चित्तमोहिनीमूर्तिः ॥ ३॥

hariharaśarīrajanmā marakatamaṇibhaṅgamecakacchāyaḥ |vijayatu devaḥ śāstā sakalajagaccittamohinīmūrtiḥ || 3||

Verse 4

पार्श्वस्थापत्यदारं वटविटपितलन्यस्तसिंहासनस्थम् ।श्यामं कालाम्बरं च श्रितकरयुगलादर्शचिन्तामणिं च ।शस्त्री निस्त्रिंशबाणासनविशिखधृतं रक्तमाल्यानुलेपंवन्दे शास्तारमीड्यं घनकुटिलबृहत्कुन्तलोदग्रमौळिम् ॥ ४॥

pārśvasthāpatyadāraṃ vaṭaviṭapitalanyastasiṃhāsanastham |śyāmaṃ kālāmbaraṃ ca śritakarayugalādarśacintāmaṇiṃ ca |śastrī nistriṃśabāṇāsanaviśikhadhṛtaṃ raktamālyānulepaṃvande śāstāramīḍyaṃ ghanakuṭilabṛhatkuntalodagramauḷim || 4||

Verse 5

स्निग्धारालविसारिकुन्तलभरं सिंहासनाध्यासिनंस्फूर्जत्पत्रसुकॢप्तकुण्डलमथेष्विष्वासभृद्दोर्द्वयम् ।नीलक्षौमवसं नवीनजलदश्यामं प्रभासत्यकस्वायत्पार्श्वयुगं सुरक्तसकलाकल्पं स्मरेदार्यकम् ॥ ५॥

snigdhārālavisārikuntalabharaṃ siṃhāsanādhyāsinaṃsphūrjatpatrasukḷptakuṇḍalamatheṣviṣvāsabhṛddordvayam |nīlakṣaumavasaṃ navīnajaladaśyāmaṃ prabhāsatyakasvāyatpārśvayugaṃ suraktasakalākalpaṃ smaredāryakam || 5||

Verse 6

कोदण्डं सशरं भुजेन भुजगेन्द्राभोगभासा वहन्वामेन क्षुरिकां विपक्षदलने पक्षेण दक्षेण च ।कान्त्या निर्जितनीरदः पुरभिदः क्रीडत्किराताकृतेःपुत्रोऽस्माकमनल्पनिर्मलयशाः निर्मातु शर्मानिशम् ॥ ६॥

kodaṇḍaṃ saśaraṃ bhujena bhujagendrābhogabhāsā vahanvāmena kṣurikāṃ vipakṣadalane pakṣeṇa dakṣeṇa ca |kāntyā nirjitanīradaḥ purabhidaḥ krīḍatkirātākṛteḥputro'smākamanalpanirmalayaśāḥ nirmātu śarmāniśam || 6||

Verse 7

काळाम्भोदकलाभकोमलतनुं बालेन्दुचूडं विभुंबालार्कायुतरोचिषं शरलसत्कोदण्डबाणान्वितम् ।वीरश्रीरमणं रणोत्सुकमिषद्रक्ताम्बुभूषाञ्जलिंकालारातिसुतं किरातवपुषं वन्दे परं दैवतम् ॥ ७॥

kāḷāmbhodakalābhakomalatanuṃ bālenducūḍaṃ vibhuṃbālārkāyutarociṣaṃ śaralasatkodaṇḍabāṇānvitam |vīraśrīramaṇaṃ raṇotsukamiṣadraktāmbubhūṣāñjaliṃkālārātisutaṃ kirātavapuṣaṃ vande paraṃ daivatam || 7||

Verse 8

साध्यं स्वपार्श्वेन विबुद्।ह्ध्य गाढंनिपातयन्तं खलु साधकस्य ।पादाब्जयोर्मण्डधरं त्रिनेत्रंभजेम शास्तारमभीष्टसिद्।ह्ध्यै ॥ ८॥

sādhyaṃ svapārśvena vibud|hdhya gāḍhaṃnipātayantaṃ khalu sādhakasya |pādābjayormaṇḍadharaṃ trinetraṃbhajema śāstāramabhīṣṭasid|hdhyai || 8||

Verse 9

॥ इति शास्तुः ध्यानाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

|| iti śāstuḥ dhyānāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||

॥ इति शास्तुःध्यानाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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About Shastuh Dhyanashtakam

Shastuh Dhyanashtakam is a stotra addressed to Ayyappa, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: शास्तुःध्यानाष्टकम् (śāstuḥdhyānāṣṭakam)). Source: Ashtaka.

Shastuh Dhyanashtakam (शास्तुःध्यानाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Ayyappa. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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