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सुदर्शनाष्टकम् Sudarshanashtakam

sudarśanāṣṭakam

Sudarshanashtakam (सुदर्शनाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Viṣṇu, by Swami Desikan. 12 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

सुदर्शनाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

श्रीमते निगमान्त महादेशिकाय नमः

śrīmate nigamānta mahādeśikāya namaḥ

Verse 2

श्रीमान् वेङ्कटनाथार्यः कवितार्किक केसरी ।वेदान्ताचार्य वर्यो मे सन्निधत्ताम् सदा हृदि ॥प्रतिभटश्रेणि भीषण वरगुणस्तोम भूषणजनिभयस्थान तारण जगदवस्थान कारण ।निखिलदुष्कर्म कर्शन निगमसद्धर्म दर्शनजय जय श्री सुदर्शन जय जय श्री सुदर्शन ॥

śrīmān veṅkaṭanāthāryaḥ kavitārkika kesarī |vedāntācārya varyo me sannidhattām sadā hṛdi ||pratibhaṭaśreṇi bhīṣaṇa varaguṇastoma bhūṣaṇajanibhayasthāna tāraṇa jagadavasthāna kāraṇa |nikhiladuṣkarma karśana nigamasaddharma darśanajaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana ||

Verse 3

शुभजगद्रूप मण्डन सुरगणत्रास खण्डनशतमखब्रह्म वन्दित शतपथब्रह्म नन्दित ।प्रथितविद्वत् सपक्षित भजदहिर्बुध्न्य लक्षितजय जय श्री सुदर्शन जय जय श्री सुदर्शन ॥

śubhajagadrūpa maṇḍana suragaṇatrāsa khaṇḍanaśatamakhabrahma vandita śatapathabrahma nandita |prathitavidvat sapakṣita bhajadahirbudhnya lakṣitajaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana ||

Verse 4

स्फुटतटिज्जाल पिञ्जर पृथुतरज्वाल पञ्जरपरिगत प्रत्नविग्रह पतुतरप्रज्ञ दुर्ग्रह ।प्रहरण ग्राम मण्डित परिजन त्राण पण्डितजय जय श्री सुदर्शन जय जय श्री सुदर्शन ॥

sphuṭataṭijjāla piñjara pṛthutarajvāla pañjaraparigata pratnavigraha patutaraprajña durgraha |praharaṇa grāma maṇḍita parijana trāṇa paṇḍitajaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana ||

Verse 5

निजपदप्रीत सद्गण निरुपधिस्फीत षड्गुणनिगम निर्व्यूढ वैभव निजपर व्यूह वैभव ।हरि हय द्वेषि दारण हर पुर प्लोष कारणजय जय श्री सुदर्शन जय जय श्री सुदर्शन ॥

nijapadaprīta sadgaṇa nirupadhisphīta ṣaḍguṇanigama nirvyūḍha vaibhava nijapara vyūha vaibhava |hari haya dveṣi dāraṇa hara pura ploṣa kāraṇajaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana ||

Verse 6

दनुज विस्तार कर्तन जनि तमिस्रा विकर्तनदनुजविद्या निकर्तन भजदविद्या निवर्तन ।अमर दृष्ट स्व विक्रम समर जुष्ट भ्रमिक्रमजय जय श्री सुदर्शन जय जय श्री सुदर्शन ॥

danuja vistāra kartana jani tamisrā vikartanadanujavidyā nikartana bhajadavidyā nivartana |amara dṛṣṭa sva vikrama samara juṣṭa bhramikramajaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana ||

Verse 7

प्रथिमुखालीढ बन्धुर पृथुमहाहेति दन्तुरविकटमाय बहिष्कृत विविधमाला परिष्कृत ।स्थिरमहायन्त्र तन्त्रित दृढ दया तन्त्र यन्त्रितजय जय श्री सुदर्शन जय जय श्री सुदर्शन ॥

prathimukhālīḍha bandhura pṛthumahāheti danturavikaṭamāya bahiṣkṛta vividhamālā pariṣkṛta |sthiramahāyantra tantrita dṛḍha dayā tantra yantritajaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana ||

Verse 8

महित सम्पत् सदक्षर विहितसम्पत् षडक्षरषडरचक्र प्रतिष्ठित सकल तत्त्व प्रतिष्ठित ।विविध सङ्कल्प कल्पक विबुधसङ्कल्प कल्पकजय जय श्री सुदर्शन जय जय श्री सुदर्शन ॥

mahita sampat sadakṣara vihitasampat ṣaḍakṣaraṣaḍaracakra pratiṣṭhita sakala tattva pratiṣṭhita |vividha saṅkalpa kalpaka vibudhasaṅkalpa kalpakajaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana ||

Verse 9

भुवन नेत्र त्रयीमय सवन तेजस्त्रयीमयनिरवधि स्वादु चिन्मय निखिल शक्ते जगन्मय ।अमित विश्वक्रियामय शमित विश्वग्भयामयजय जय श्री सुदर्शन जय जय श्री सुदर्शन ॥

bhuvana netra trayīmaya savana tejastrayīmayaniravadhi svādu cinmaya nikhila śakte jaganmaya |amita viśvakriyāmaya śamita viśvagbhayāmayajaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana ||

Verse 10

फल श्रुति

phala śruti

Verse 11

द्विचतुष्कमिदं प्रभूतसारं पठतां वेङ्कटनायक प्रणीतम् ।विषमेऽपि मनोरथः प्रधावन् न विहन्येत रथाङ्ग धुर्य गुप्तः ॥

dvicatuṣkamidaṃ prabhūtasāraṃ paṭhatāṃ veṅkaṭanāyaka praṇītam |viṣame'pi manorathaḥ pradhāvan na vihanyeta rathāṅga dhurya guptaḥ ||

Verse 12

॥ इति श्रीवेदान्तदेशिकरचितं सुदर्शनाष्टकं समाप्तम् ॥कवितार्किकसिंहाय कल्याणगुणशालिने ।श्रीमते वेङ्कटेषाय वेदान्तगुरवे नमः ॥

|| iti śrīvedāntadeśikaracitaṃ sudarśanāṣṭakaṃ samāptam ||kavitārkikasiṃhāya kalyāṇaguṇaśāline |śrīmate veṅkaṭeṣāya vedāntagurave namaḥ ||

॥ इति सुदर्शनाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Swami Desikan.

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About Sudarshanashtakam

Sudarshanashtakam is a stotra addressed to Viṣṇu, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: सुदर्शनाष्टकम् (sudarśanāṣṭakam)). Swami Desikan. Source: Ashtaka.

Sudarshanashtakam (सुदर्शनाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Viṣṇu, by Swami Desikan. 12 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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