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मीनाक्ष्यष्टकम् २ Minakshi Ashtakam 2

mīnākṣyaṣṭakam 2

Minakshi Ashtakam 2 (मीनाक्ष्यष्टकम् २): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Mīnākṣī, by Krishnananda Saraswati. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

मीनाक्ष्यष्टकम् २

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Verse 1

सामीनश्रीरञ्जितपङ्केरुह कान्तेर्नामी यस्याः पादसरोजद्वितयस्य ।कमी नाक्षीणाशुभवृत्तिर्लभते तां सा मीनाक्षी पातु समीकृत्य ममागः ॥ १॥

sāmīnaśrīrañjitapaṅkeruha kānternāmī yasyāḥ pādasarojadvitayasya |kamī nākṣīṇāśubhavṛttirlabhate tāṃ sā mīnākṣī pātu samīkṛtya mamāgaḥ || 1||

Verse 2

अव्यादव्यापादरतध्येयपदाब्जा दिव्या दिव्यापन्निचयान्मामपचेयात् ।स्तव्या भव्यापादनशीला निगमान्तैरव्याहारव्यापृतिभूमीनदृगीशा ॥ २॥

avyādavyāpādaratadhyeyapadābjā divyā divyāpannicayānmāmapaceyāt |stavyā bhavyāpādanaśīlā nigamāntairavyāhāravyāpṛtibhūmīnadṛgīśā || 2||

Verse 3

विद्यल्लेखाविभ्रमविश्राणनदीक्षाबद्धोत्साहश्रीपरिरब्धाङ्गलतायाः ।मुग्धाकारस्मेरमुखेन्दोर्गिरिजायाः किञ्चिन्मे निष्क्रिञ्चनगम्यं प्रतिभाति ॥ ३॥

vidyallekhāvibhramaviśrāṇanadīkṣābaddhotsāhaśrīparirabdhāṅgalatāyāḥ |mugdhākārasmeramukhendorgirijāyāḥ kiñcinme niṣkriñcanagamyaṃ pratibhāti || 3||

Verse 4

पाणौ वीणामादधती कीरकिशोरध्वानध्यातः स्वञ्चिततन्त्रीध्वनिभेदम् ।लावण्याब्धिर्लक्षितकारुण्यकटाक्षा श्यामा कामं मीनदृगम्बा परिपातु ॥ ४॥

pāṇau vīṇāmādadhatī kīrakiśoradhvānadhyātaḥ svañcitatantrīdhvanibhedam |lāvaṇyābdhirlakṣitakāruṇyakaṭākṣā śyāmā kāmaṃ mīnadṛgambā paripātu || 4||

Verse 5

कामारामोद्दामकटाक्षोत्कलिकाभिः क्षेमक्षामक्षालनदक्षा सुजनानाम् ।देवी वाचामाचरणान्तादनवद्या भायादन्तस्सन्ततमम्बा शफराक्षी ॥ ५॥

kāmārāmoddāmakaṭākṣotkalikābhiḥ kṣemakṣāmakṣālanadakṣā sujanānām |devī vācāmācaraṇāntādanavadyā bhāyādantassantatamambā śapharākṣī || 5||

Verse 6

चारुस्मेराम्भोरुहकिञ्जल्कसरूपामापादाग्रादञ्चितभूषामुषिताङ्गीम् ।मालापाशौ पुस्तकचापौ च दधानां मीनाक्षीं तां चेतसि बालां कलयामि ॥ ६॥

cārusmerāmbhoruhakiñjalkasarūpāmāpādāgrādañcitabhūṣāmuṣitāṅgīm |mālāpāśau pustakacāpau ca dadhānāṃ mīnākṣīṃ tāṃ cetasi bālāṃ kalayāmi || 6||

Verse 7

वेणीमूलामुक्तनिशानाथवतंसा फालोन्मीलल्लोचनसङ्घर्षिललामा ।कीरालापध्मापितमन्दस्मितवक्त्रा मीनाक्षी नश्चेतसि नित्यं प्रतिभायात् ॥ ७॥

veṇīmūlāmuktaniśānāthavataṃsā phālonmīlallocanasaṅgharṣilalāmā |kīrālāpadhmāpitamandasmitavaktrā mīnākṣī naścetasi nityaṃ pratibhāyāt || 7||

Verse 8

अम्बाकाराः सन्तु सहस्रं सुरवन्द्याः किञ्चालम्बे कामपि मूर्तिं कमनीयाम् ।लीलाकीरालङ्कृत पाणिं ललिताङ्गीं लोलापाङ्गां मीनदृगाख्यां शिवपत्नीम् ॥ ८॥

ambākārāḥ santu sahasraṃ suravandyāḥ kiñcālambe kāmapi mūrtiṃ kamanīyām |līlākīrālaṅkṛta pāṇiṃ lalitāṅgīṃ lolāpāṅgāṃ mīnadṛgākhyāṃ śivapatnīm || 8||

Verse 9

प्रातःकाले जल्पति यो ना नियतात्मा स्मृत्वा देवीमष्टकमिष्टार्थदमेतत् ।तस्य प्रीता सम्पदमुच्चैरपि वाचं दद्यादद्यालोकसवित्री शफराक्षी ॥ ९॥

prātaḥkāle jalpati yo nā niyatātmā smṛtvā devīmaṣṭakamiṣṭārthadametat |tasya prītā sampadamuccairapi vācaṃ dadyādadyālokasavitrī śapharākṣī || 9||

Verse 10

श्रीरामभद्रयोगीन्द्रचरणाम्बुजरेणुना ।कृष्णानन्दसरस्वत्या श्रीमीनाक्ष्यष्टकं कृतम् ।इति कृष्णानन्दकृतिषु मीनाक्ष्यष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

śrīrāmabhadrayogīndracaraṇāmbujareṇunā |kṛṣṇānandasarasvatyā śrīmīnākṣyaṣṭakaṃ kṛtam |iti kṛṣṇānandakṛtiṣu mīnākṣyaṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||

॥ इति मीनाक्ष्यष्टकम् २ सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Krishnananda Saraswati.

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Minakshi Ashtakam 2 is a stotra addressed to Mīnākṣī, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: मीनाक्ष्यष्टकम् २ (mīnākṣyaṣṭakam 2)). Krishnananda Saraswati. Source: Ashtaka.

Minakshi Ashtakam 2 (मीनाक्ष्यष्टकम् २): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Mīnākṣī, by Krishnananda Saraswati. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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