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हरिशरणाष्टकम् Shriharisharanashtakam

hariśaraṇāṣṭakam

Shriharisharanashtakam (हरिशरणाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Viṣṇu, by Swami Brahmananda. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

हरिशरणाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥(वसन्ततिलकावृत्तम् )ध्येयं वदन्ति शिवमेव ही केचिदन्येशक्तिं गणेशमपरे तु दिवाकरं वै ।रूपैस्तु तैरपि विभासि यतस्त्वमेकस्तस्मात्त्वमेव शरणं मम शङ्खपाणे ॥ १॥

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||(vasantatilakāvṛttam )dhyeyaṃ vadanti śivameva hī kecidanyeśaktiṃ gaṇeśamapare tu divākaraṃ vai |rūpaistu tairapi vibhāsi yatastvamekastasmāttvameva śaraṇaṃ mama śaṅkhapāṇe || 1||

Verse 2

नो सोदरो न जनको जननी न जायानैवात्मजो न च कुलं विपुलं बलं वा ।संदृष्यते न किल कोऽपि सहायको मेतस्मात्त्वमेव शरणं मम शङ्खपाणे ॥ २॥

no sodaro na janako jananī na jāyānaivātmajo na ca kulaṃ vipulaṃ balaṃ vā |saṃdṛṣyate na kila ko'pi sahāyako metasmāttvameva śaraṇaṃ mama śaṅkhapāṇe || 2||

Verse 3

नोपासिता मदमपास्य मया महान्तस्तीर्थानि चास्तिकधिया नहि सेवितानि ।देवार्चनं च विधिवन्न कृतं कदापितस्मात्त्वमेव शरणं मम शङ्खपाणे ॥ ३॥

nopāsitā madamapāsya mayā mahāntastīrthāni cāstikadhiyā nahi sevitāni |devārcanaṃ ca vidhivanna kṛtaṃ kadāpitasmāttvameva śaraṇaṃ mama śaṅkhapāṇe || 3||

Verse 4

दुर्वासना मम सदा परिकर्षयन्तिचित्तं शरीरमपि रोगगणा दहन्ति ।सञ्जीवनं च परहस्तगतं सदैवतस्मात्त्वमेव शरणं मम शङ्खपाणे ॥ ४॥

durvāsanā mama sadā parikarṣayanticittaṃ śarīramapi rogagaṇā dahanti |sañjīvanaṃ ca parahastagataṃ sadaivatasmāttvameva śaraṇaṃ mama śaṅkhapāṇe || 4||

Verse 5

पूर्वं कृतानि दुरितानि मया तु यानिस्मृत्वाखिलानि हृदयं परिकम्पते मे ।ख्याता च ते पतितपावनता तु यस्मात्तस्मात्त्वमेव शरणं मम शङ्खपाणे ॥ ५॥

pūrvaṃ kṛtāni duritāni mayā tu yānismṛtvākhilāni hṛdayaṃ parikampate me |khyātā ca te patitapāvanatā tu yasmāttasmāttvameva śaraṇaṃ mama śaṅkhapāṇe || 5||

Verse 6

दुःखं जराजननजं विविधाश्च रोगाःकाकश्वसूकरजनिर्निरये च पातः ।त्वद्विस्मॄतेः फलमिदं विततं हि लोकेतस्मात्त्वमेव शरणं मम शङ्खपाणे ॥ ६॥

duḥkhaṃ jarājananajaṃ vividhāśca rogāḥkākaśvasūkarajanirniraye ca pātaḥ |tvadvismṝteḥ phalamidaṃ vitataṃ hi loketasmāttvameva śaraṇaṃ mama śaṅkhapāṇe || 6||

Verse 7

नीचोऽपि पापवलितोऽपि विनिन्दितोऽपिब्रूयात्तवाहमिति यस्तु किलैकवारम् ।तं यच्छसीश निजलोकमिति व्रतं तेतस्मात्त्वमेव शरणं मम शङ्खपाणे ॥ ७॥

nīco'pi pāpavalito'pi vinindito'pibrūyāttavāhamiti yastu kilaikavāram |taṃ yacchasīśa nijalokamiti vrataṃ tetasmāttvameva śaraṇaṃ mama śaṅkhapāṇe || 7||

Verse 8

वेदेषु धर्मवचनेषु तथागमेषुरामायणेऽपि च पुराणकदम्बके वा ।सर्वत्र सर्वविधिना गदितस्त्वमेवतस्मात्त्वमेव शरणं मम शङ्खपाणे ॥ ८॥

vedeṣu dharmavacaneṣu tathāgameṣurāmāyaṇe'pi ca purāṇakadambake vā |sarvatra sarvavidhinā gaditastvamevatasmāttvameva śaraṇaṃ mama śaṅkhapāṇe || 8||

Verse 9

॥ इति श्रीपरमहंसस्वामिब्रह्मानन्दविरचितंश्रीहरिशरणाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

|| iti śrīparamahaṃsasvāmibrahmānandaviracitaṃśrīhariśaraṇāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||

॥ इति हरिशरणाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Swami Brahmananda.

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About Shriharisharanashtakam

Shriharisharanashtakam is a stotra addressed to Viṣṇu, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: हरिशरणाष्टकम् (hariśaraṇāṣṭakam)). Swami Brahmananda. Source: Ashtaka.

Shriharisharanashtakam (हरिशरणाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Viṣṇu, by Swami Brahmananda. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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