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महामृत्युञ्जयाष्टकम् १ Mahamrityunjaya Ashtakam

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Mahamrityunjaya Ashtakam (महामृत्युञ्जयाष्टकम् १): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva. 12 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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  • Aṣṭakam
  • Śiva
  • Ashtaka

महामृत्युञ्जयाष्टकम् १

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Verse 1

ॐ मृत्युञ्जय ! परेशान जगदामयनाशन ! ।तव ध्यानेन देवेश ! मृत्युं प्राप्तोऽपि जीवति ॥ १॥

oṃ mṛtyuñjaya ! pareśāna jagadāmayanāśana ! |tava dhyānena deveśa ! mṛtyuṃ prāpto'pi jīvati || 1||

Verse 2

पञ्चास्यदोर्द्दण्डदशाङ्घ्रिनेमदिनेशभालेन्दुयुतं गणेशैः ।वामाङ्गसंस्थागिरिजासमेतं वन्दे महामृत्युविनाशरूपम् ॥ २॥

pañcāsyadorddaṇḍadaśāṅghrinemadineśabhālenduyutaṃ gaṇeśaiḥ |vāmāṅgasaṃsthāgirijāsametaṃ vande mahāmṛtyuvināśarūpam || 2||

Verse 3

देवं मृत्युविनाशनं भयहरं साम्राज्यमुक्तिप्रदंनानाभूतगणान्वितं दिवि पदैर्देवैः सदा सेवितम् ।अज्ञानान्धकनाशनं शुभकरं विद्यासुसौख्यप्रदंसर्वं सर्वपतिं महेश्वरहरं मृत्युञ्जयं भावये ॥ ३॥

devaṃ mṛtyuvināśanaṃ bhayaharaṃ sāmrājyamuktipradaṃnānābhūtagaṇānvitaṃ divi padairdevaiḥ sadā sevitam |ajñānāndhakanāśanaṃ śubhakaraṃ vidyāsusaukhyapradaṃsarvaṃ sarvapatiṃ maheśvaraharaṃ mṛtyuñjayaṃ bhāvaye || 3||

Verse 4

वन्दे ईशानदेवाय नमस्तस्मै पिनाकिने ।आदिमध्यान्तरूपाय मृत्युनाशं करोतु मे ॥ ४॥

vande īśānadevāya namastasmai pinākine |ādimadhyāntarūpāya mṛtyunāśaṃ karotu me || 4||

Verse 5

नमस्तस्मै भगवते कैलासाचलवासिने ।नमो ब्रह्मेन्द्ररूपाय मृत्युञ्जय प्रसीद मे ॥ ५॥

namastasmai bhagavate kailāsācalavāsine |namo brahmendrarūpāya mṛtyuñjaya prasīda me || 5||

Verse 6

नमो विष्ण्वर्करूपाय नमो ज्ञानस्वरूपिणे ।मृत्युं नाशयतामाशु मृत्युञ्जय प्रसीद मे ॥ ६॥

namo viṣṇvarkarūpāya namo jñānasvarūpiṇe |mṛtyuṃ nāśayatāmāśu mṛtyuñjaya prasīda me || 6||

Verse 7

त्र्यम्बकाय नमस्तुभ्यं पञ्चास्याय नमो नमः ।दोर्द्दण्डचापाय नमो मम मृत्युं विनाशय ॥ ७॥

tryambakāya namastubhyaṃ pañcāsyāya namo namaḥ |dorddaṇḍacāpāya namo mama mṛtyuṃ vināśaya || 7||

Verse 8

नमोऽर्धेन्दुस्वरूपाय नमो दिग्वसनाय च ।नमो भक्तार्तिहन्त्रे च मम मृत्युं विनाशय ॥ ८॥

namo'rdhendusvarūpāya namo digvasanāya ca |namo bhaktārtihantre ca mama mṛtyuṃ vināśaya || 8||

Verse 9

मृत्युञ्जयाष्टकं दिव्यं त्रिकाले यः पठेन्नरः ।अपमृत्युर्व्रजेत्तस्य सत्यं सत्यं शिवाज्ञया ॥ ९॥

mṛtyuñjayāṣṭakaṃ divyaṃ trikāle yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ |apamṛtyurvrajettasya satyaṃ satyaṃ śivājñayā || 9||

Verse 10

अर्धरात्रे जपेन्नित्यं चतुरशीतिसङ्ख्यया ।काले मृत्युर्विनश्येत अकालाल्पस्य का कथा ॥ १०॥

ardharātre japennityaṃ caturaśītisaṅkhyayā |kāle mṛtyurvinaśyeta akālālpasya kā kathā || 10||

Verse 11

आलस्येनाप्रसङ्गेन श्रद्धाहीनेन चेतसा ।पठेद्यद्यप्यकालेषु ध्रुवं मृत्युं निवारयेत् ॥ ११॥

ālasyenāprasaṅgena śraddhāhīnena cetasā |paṭhedyadyapyakāleṣu dhruvaṃ mṛtyuṃ nivārayet || 11||

Verse 12

॥ इति महामृत्युञ्जयाष्टकम् ॥

|| iti mahāmṛtyuñjayāṣṭakam ||

॥ इति महामृत्युञ्जयाष्टकम् १ सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Mahamrityunjaya Ashtakam is a stotra addressed to Śiva, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: महामृत्युञ्जयाष्टकम् १ (mahāmṛtyuñjayāṣṭakam 1)). Source: Ashtaka.

Mahamrityunjaya Ashtakam (महामृत्युञ्जयाष्टकम् १): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva. 12 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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