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विष्ण्वष्टकम् ४ Shri Vishnu Ashtakam (2)

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Shri Vishnu Ashtakam (2) (विष्ण्वष्टकम् ४): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Viṣṇu. 11 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

विष्ण्वष्टकम् ४

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Verse 1

शतानीकःब्रह्मन्नपारे संसारे रागादिव्याप्तमानसः ।शब्दादिलुब्धपुरुषः किं कुर्वन्नावसीदति ॥ १॥

śatānīkaḥbrahmannapāre saṃsāre rāgādivyāptamānasaḥ |śabdādilubdhapuruṣaḥ kiṃ kurvannāvasīdati || 1||

Verse 2

श्री शौनकःस्वे महिम्नि स्थितं देवमप्रमेयमजं विभुम् ।शोकमोहविनिर्मुक्तं विष्णुं ध्यायन्न सीदति ॥ २॥

śrī śaunakaḥsve mahimni sthitaṃ devamaprameyamajaṃ vibhum |śokamohavinirmuktaṃ viṣṇuṃ dhyāyanna sīdati || 2||

Verse 3

प्रमाणमतिगं ब्रह्म वेदान्तेषु प्रकाशितम् ।आद्यं पुरुषमीशानं विष्णुं ध्यायन्न सीदति ॥ ३॥

pramāṇamatigaṃ brahma vedānteṣu prakāśitam |ādyaṃ puruṣamīśānaṃ viṣṇuṃ dhyāyanna sīdati || 3||

Verse 4

अमृतं साधनं साध्यं यं पश्यन्ति मनीषिणः ।ज्ञेयाख्यं परमात्मानं विष्णुं ध्यायन्न सीदति ॥ ४॥

amṛtaṃ sādhanaṃ sādhyaṃ yaṃ paśyanti manīṣiṇaḥ |jñeyākhyaṃ paramātmānaṃ viṣṇuṃ dhyāyanna sīdati || 4||

Verse 5

अशनाद्यैरसंस्पृष्टं सेवितं योगिभिस्सदा ।सर्वदोषविनिर्मुक्तं विष्णुं ध्यायन्न सीदति ॥ ५॥

aśanādyairasaṃspṛṣṭaṃ sevitaṃ yogibhissadā |sarvadoṣavinirmuktaṃ viṣṇuṃ dhyāyanna sīdati || 5||

Verse 6

क्ष्रराक्षरविनिर्मुक्तं जन्ममृत्युविवर्जितम् ।अभयं सत्यसङ्कल्पं विष्णुं ध्यायन्न सीदति ॥ ६॥

kṣrarākṣaravinirmuktaṃ janmamṛtyuvivarjitam |abhayaṃ satyasaṅkalpaṃ viṣṇuṃ dhyāyanna sīdati || 6||

Verse 7

अतुल्यसखधर्माणं व्योमदेहं सनातनम् ।धर्माधर्मविनिर्मुक्तं विष्णुं ध्यायन्न सीदति ॥ ७॥

atulyasakhadharmāṇaṃ vyomadehaṃ sanātanam |dharmādharmavinirmuktaṃ viṣṇuṃ dhyāyanna sīdati || 7||

Verse 8

व्यासाद्यैर्मुनिभिस्सिद्धैः ध्यानयोगपरायणैः ।अर्चितं भावकुसुमैः विष्णुं ध्यायन्न सीदति ॥ ८॥

vyāsādyairmunibhissiddhaiḥ dhyānayogaparāyaṇaiḥ |arcitaṃ bhāvakusumaiḥ viṣṇuṃ dhyāyanna sīdati || 8||

Verse 9

विष्ण्वष्टकमिदं पुण्यं योगिनां प्रीतिवर्धनम् ।यः पठेत्परया प्रीत्या स गच्छेद्विष्णुसाम्यताम् ॥ ९॥

viṣṇvaṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yogināṃ prītivardhanam |yaḥ paṭhetparayā prītyā sa gacchedviṣṇusāmyatām || 9||

Verse 10

एतत् पुण्यं पापहरं धन्यं दुःस्वप्ननाशनम् ।पठतां शृण्वतां चैव विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ॥ १०॥

etat puṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ dhanyaṃ duḥsvapnanāśanam |paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva viṣṇormāhātmyamuttamam || 10||

Verse 11

इति श्रीविष्ण्वष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrīviṣṇvaṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति विष्ण्वष्टकम् ४ सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Vishnu Ashtakam (2) is a stotra addressed to Viṣṇu, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: विष्ण्वष्टकम् ४ (viṣṇvaṣṭakam 4)). Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Vishnu Ashtakam (2) (विष्ण्वष्टकम् ४): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Viṣṇu. 11 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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