Soundarya Lahari All Verses

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Soundarya Lahari, meaning “Waves of Beauty,” is a revered Sanskrit literary work attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, the great philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta in the 8th century. This composition is not just a poetic description of the physical beauty of the Goddess Shakti, but also a profound work of tantric philosophy and spiritual insight.

The text is divided into two parts:

Ananda Lahari (Waves of Bliss) – Verses 1 to 41
Soundarya Lahari (Waves of Beauty) – Verses 42 to 100

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आनन्दलहरी (१-४०) – Anandalaharī (1-40)
शिवः शक्त्या युक्तो यदि भवति शक्तः प्रभवितुं
न चेदेवं देवो न खलु कुशलः स्पन्दितुमपि ।
अतस्त्वामाराध्यां हरिहरविरिञ्चादिभिरपि
प्रणन्तुं स्तोतुं वा कथमकृतपुण्यः प्रभवति ॥ १॥
ānandalaharī (1-40)
śivaḥ śaktyā yukto yadi bhavati śaktaḥ prabhavituṃ
na cedevaṃ devo na khalu kuśalaḥ spanditumapi .
atastvāmārādhyāṃ hariharaviriñcādibhirapi
praṇantuṃ stotuṃ vā kathamakṛtapuṇyaḥ prabhavati .. 1..

तनीयांसं पांसुं तव चरणपङ्केरुहभवं
विरिञ्चिस्सञ्चिन्वन् विरचयति लोकानविकलम् ।
वहत्येनं शौरिः कथमपि सहस्रेण शिरसां
हरस्संक्षुद्यैनं भजति भसितोद्धूलनविधिम् ॥ २॥
tanīyāṃsaṃ pāṃsuṃ tava caraṇapaṅkeruhabhavaṃ
viriñcissañcinvan viracayati lokānavikalam .
vahatyenaṃ śauriḥ kathamapi sahasreṇa śirasāṃ
harassaṃkṣudyainaṃ bhajati bhasitoddhūlanavidhim .. 2..

अविद्यानामन्त-स्तिमिर-मिहिरद्वीपनगरी
जडानां चैतन्य-स्तबक-मकरन्द-स्रुतिझरी ।
दरिद्राणां चिन्तामणिगुणनिका जन्मजलधौ
निमग्नानां दंष्ट्रा मुररिपु-वराहस्य भवति ॥ ३॥
avidyānāmanta-stimira-mihiradvīpanagarī
jaḍānāṃ caitanya-stabaka-makaranda-srutijharī .
daridrāṇāṃ cintāmaṇiguṇanikā janmajaladhau
nimagnānāṃ daṃṣṭrā muraripu-varāhasya bhavati .. 3..

त्वदन्यः पाणिभ्यामभयवरदो दैवतगणः
त्वमेका नैवासि प्रकटितवराभीत्यभिनया ।
भयात् त्रातुं दातुं फलमपि च वाञ्छासमधिकं
शरण्ये लोकानां तव हि चरणावेव निपुणौ ॥ ४॥
tvadanyaḥ pāṇibhyāmabhayavarado daivatagaṇaḥ
tvamekā naivāsi prakaṭitavarābhītyabhinayā .
bhayāt trātuṃ dātuṃ phalamapi ca vāñchāsamadhikaṃ
śaraṇye lokānāṃ tava hi caraṇāveva nipuṇau .. 4..

हरिस्त्वामाराध्य प्रणतजनसौभाग्यजननीं
पुरा नारी भूत्वा पुररिपुमपि क्षोभमनयत् ।
स्मरोऽपि त्वां नत्वा रतिनयनलेह्येन वपुषा
मुनीनामप्यन्तः प्रभवति हि मोहाय महताम् ॥ ५॥
haristvāmārādhya praṇatajanasaubhāgyajananīṃ
purā nārī bhūtvā puraripumapi kṣobhamanayat .
smaro’pi tvāṃ natvā ratinayanalehyena vapuṣā
munīnāmapyantaḥ prabhavati hi mohāya mahatām .. 5..

धनुः पौष्पं मौर्वी मधुकरमयी पञ्च विशिखाः
वसन्तः सामन्तो मलयमरुदायोधनरथः ।
तथाप्येकः सर्वं हिमगिरिसुते कामपि कृपाम्
अपाङ्गात्ते लब्ध्वा जगदिद-मनङ्गो विजयते ॥ ६॥
dhanuḥ pauṣpaṃ maurvī madhukaramayī pañca viśikhāḥ
vasantaḥ sāmanto malayamarudāyodhanarathaḥ .
tathāpyekaḥ sarvaṃ himagirisute kāmapi kṛpām
apāṅgātte labdhvā jagadida-manaṅgo vijayate .. 6..

क्वणत्काञ्चीदामा करिकलभकुम्भस्तननता
परिक्षीणा मध्ये परिणतशरच्चन्द्रवदना ।
धनुर्बाणान् पाशं सृणिमपि दधाना करतलैः
पुरस्तादास्तां नः पुरमथितुराहोपुरुषिका ॥ ७॥
kvaṇatkāñcīdāmā karikalabhakumbhastananatā
parikṣīṇā madhye pariṇataśaraccandravadanā .
dhanurbāṇān pāśaṃ sṛṇimapi dadhānā karatalaiḥ
purastādāstāṃ naḥ puramathiturāhopuruṣikā .. 7..

सुधासिन्धोर्मध्ये सुरविटपिवाटीपरिवृते
मणिद्वीपे नीपोपवनवति चिन्तामणिगृहे ।
शिवाकारे मञ्चे परमशिवपर्यङ्कनिलयां
भजन्ति त्वां धन्याः कतिचन चिदानन्दलहरीम् ॥ ८॥
sudhāsindhormadhye suraviṭapivāṭīparivṛte
maṇidvīpe nīpopavanavati cintāmaṇigṛhe .
śivākāre mañce paramaśivaparyaṅkanilayāṃ
bhajanti tvāṃ dhanyāḥ katicana cidānandalaharīm .. 8..

महीं मूलाधारे कमपि मणिपूरे हुतवहं
स्थितं स्वाधिष्ठाने हृदि मरुतमाकाशमुपरि ।
मनोऽपि भ्रूमध्ये सकलमपि भित्वा कुलपथं
सहस्रारे पद्मे सह रहसि पत्या विहरसे ॥ ९॥
mahīṃ mūlādhāre kamapi maṇipūre hutavahaṃ
sthitaṃ svādhiṣṭhāne hṛdi marutamākāśamupari .
mano’pi bhrūmadhye sakalamapi bhitvā kulapathaṃ
sahasrāre padme saha rahasi patyā viharase .. 9..

सुधाधारासारैश्चरणयुगलान्तर्विगलितैः
प्रपञ्चं सिञ्चन्ती पुनरपि रसाम्नायमहसः ।
अवाप्य स्वां भूमिं भुजगनिभमध्युष्टवलयं
स्वमात्मानं कृत्वा स्वपिषि कुलकुण्डे कुहरिणि ॥ १०॥
sudhādhārāsāraiścaraṇayugalāntarvigalitaiḥ
prapañcaṃ siñcantī punarapi rasāmnāyamahasaḥ .
avāpya svāṃ bhūmiṃ bhujaganibhamadhyuṣṭavalayaṃ
svamātmānaṃ kṛtvā svapiṣi kulakuṇḍe kuhariṇi .. 10..

चतुर्भिः श्रीकण्ठैः शिवयुवतिभिः पञ्चभिरपि
प्रभिन्नाभिः शम्भोर्नवभिरपि मूलप्रकृतिभिः ।
चतुश्चत्वारिंशद्वसुदलकलाश्रत्रिवलय-
त्रिरेखाभिः सार्धं तव शरणकोणाः परिणताः ॥ ११॥
caturbhiḥ śrīkaṇṭhaiḥ śivayuvatibhiḥ pañcabhirapi
prabhinnābhiḥ śambhornavabhirapi mūlaprakṛtibhiḥ .
catuścatvāriṃśadvasudalakalāśratrivalaya-
trirekhābhiḥ sārdhaṃ tava śaraṇakoṇāḥ pariṇatāḥ .. 11..

त्वदीयं सौन्दर्यं तुहिनगिरिकन्ये तुलयितुं
कवीन्द्राः कल्पन्ते कथमपि विरिञ्चिप्रभृतयः ।
यदालोकौत्सुक्यादमरललना यान्ति मनसा
तपोभिर्दुष्प्रापामपि गिरिशसायुज्यपदवीम् ॥ १२॥
tvadīyaṃ saundaryaṃ tuhinagirikanye tulayituṃ
kavīndrāḥ kalpante kathamapi viriñciprabhṛtayaḥ .
yadālokautsukyādamaralalanā yānti manasā
tapobhirduṣprāpāmapi giriśasāyujyapadavīm .. 12..

नरं वर्षीयांसं नयनविरसं नर्मसु जडं
तवापाङ्गालोके पतितमनुधावन्ति शतशः ।
गलद्वेणीबन्धाः कुचकलशविस्रस्तसिचया
हठात् त्रुट्यत्काञ्च्यो विगलितदुकूला युवतयः ॥ १३॥
naraṃ varṣīyāṃsaṃ nayanavirasaṃ narmasu jaḍaṃ
tavāpāṅgāloke patitamanudhāvanti śataśaḥ .
galadveṇībandhāḥ kucakalaśavisrastasicayā
haṭhāt truṭyatkāñcyo vigalitadukūlā yuvatayaḥ .. 13..

क्षितौ षट्पञ्चाशद् द्विसमधिकपञ्चाशदुदके
हुताशे द्वाषष्टिश्चतुरधिकपञ्चाशदनिले ।
दिवि द्विष्षट्त्रिंशन्मनसि च चतुष्षष्टिरिति ये
मयूखास्तेषामप्युपरि तव पादाम्बुजयुगम् ॥ १४॥
kṣitau ṣaṭpañcāśad dvisamadhikapañcāśadudake
hutāśe dvāṣaṣṭiścaturadhikapañcāśadanile .
divi dviṣṣaṭtriṃśanmanasi ca catuṣṣaṣṭiriti ye
mayūkhāsteṣāmapyupari tava pādāmbujayugam .. 14..

शरज्ज्योत्स्नाशुद्धां शशियुतजटाजूटमकुटां
वरत्रासत्राणस्फटिकघटिकापुस्तककराम् ।
सकृन्न त्वा नत्वा कथमिव सतां संन्निदधते
मधुक्षीरद्राक्षामधुरिमधुरीणाः भणितयः ॥ १५॥
कवीन्द्राणां चेतःकमलवनबालातपरुचिं
भजन्ते ये सन्तः कतिचिदरुणामेव भवतीम् ।
विरिञ्चिप्रेयस्यास्तरुणतरश‍ृङ्गारलहरी-
गभीराभिर्वाग्भिर्विदधति सतां रञ्जनममी ॥ १६॥
śarajjyotsnāśuddhāṃ śaśiyutajaṭājūṭamakuṭāṃ
varatrāsatrāṇasphaṭikaghaṭikāpustakakarām .
sakṛnna tvā natvā kathamiva satāṃ saṃnnidadhate
madhukṣīradrākṣāmadhurimadhurīṇāḥ bhaṇitayaḥ .. 15.. var phaṇitayaḥ
kavīndrāṇāṃ cetaḥkamalavanabālātaparuciṃ
bhajante ye santaḥ katicidaruṇāmeva bhavatīm .
viriñcipreyasyāstaruṇataraśṛṅgāralaharī-
gabhīrābhirvāgbhirvidadhati satāṃ rañjanamamī .. 16..

सवित्रीभिर्वाचां शशिमणिशिलाभङ्गरुचिभिः
वशिन्याद्याभिस्त्वां सह जननि संचिन्तयति यः ।
स कर्ता काव्यानां भवति महतां भङ्गिरुचिभिः
वचोभिर्वाग्देवीवदनकमलामोदमधुरैः ॥ १७॥
savitrībhirvācāṃ śaśimaṇiśilābhaṅgarucibhiḥ
vaśinyādyābhistvāṃ saha janani saṃcintayati yaḥ .
sa kartā kāvyānāṃ bhavati mahatāṃ bhaṅgirucibhiḥ
vacobhirvāgdevīvadanakamalāmodamadhuraiḥ .. 17..

तनुच्छायाभिस्ते तरुणतरणिश्रीसरणिभिः
दिवं सर्वामुर्वीमरुणिमनि मग्नां स्मरति यः ।
भवन्त्यस्य त्रस्यद्वनहरिणशालीननयनाः
सहोर्वश्या वश्याः कति कति न गीर्वाणगणिकाः ॥ १८॥
tanucchāyābhiste taruṇataraṇiśrīsaraṇibhiḥ
divaṃ sarvāmurvīmaruṇimani magnāṃ smarati yaḥ .
bhavantyasya trasyadvanahariṇaśālīnanayanāḥ
sahorvaśyā vaśyāḥ kati kati na gīrvāṇagaṇikāḥ .. 18..

मुखं बिन्दुं कृत्वा कुचयुगमधस्तस्य तदधो
हरार्धं ध्यायेद्यो हरमहिषि ते मन्मथकलाम् ।
स सद्यः संक्षोभं नयति वनिता इत्यतिलघु
त्रिलोकीमप्याशु भ्रमयति रवीन्दुस्तनयुगाम् ॥ १९॥
mukhaṃ binduṃ kṛtvā kucayugamadhastasya tadadho
harārdhaṃ dhyāyedyo haramahiṣi te manmathakalām .
sa sadyaḥ saṃkṣobhaṃ nayati vanitā ityatilaghu
trilokīmapyāśu bhramayati ravīndustanayugām .. 19..

किरन्तीमङ्गेभ्यः किरणनिकुरम्बामृतरसं
हृदि त्वामाधत्ते हिमकरशिलामूर्तिमिव यः ।
स सर्पाणां दर्पं शमयति शकुन्ताधिप इव
ज्वरप्लुष्टान् दृष्ट्या सुखयति सुधाधारसिरया ॥ २०॥
kirantīmaṅgebhyaḥ kiraṇanikurambāmṛtarasaṃ
hṛdi tvāmādhatte himakaraśilāmūrtimiva yaḥ .
sa sarpāṇāṃ darpaṃ śamayati śakuntādhipa iva
jvarapluṣṭān dṛṣṭyā sukhayati sudhādhārasirayā .. 20..

तटिल्लेखातन्वीं तपनशशिवैश्वानरमयीं
निषण्णां षण्णामप्युपरि कमलानां तव कलाम् ।
महापद्माटव्यां मृदितमलमायेन मनसा
महान्तः पश्यन्तो दधति परमाह्लादलहरीम् ॥ २१॥
taṭillekhātanvīṃ tapanaśaśivaiśvānaramayīṃ
niṣaṇṇāṃ ṣaṇṇāmapyupari kamalānāṃ tava kalām .
mahāpadmāṭavyāṃ mṛditamalamāyena manasā
mahāntaḥ paśyanto dadhati paramāhlādalaharīm .. 21..

भवानि त्वं दासे मयि वितर दृष्टिं सकरुणा-
मिति स्तोतुं वाञ्छन् कथयति भवानि त्वमिति यः ।
तदैव त्वं तस्मै दिशसि निजसायुज्यपदवीं
मुकुन्दब्रह्मेन्द्रस्फुटमकुटनीराजितपदाम् ॥ २२॥
bhavāni tvaṃ dāse mayi vitara dṛṣṭiṃ sakaruṇā-
miti stotuṃ vāñchan kathayati bhavāni tvamiti yaḥ .
tadaiva tvaṃ tasmai diśasi nijasāyujyapadavīṃ
mukundabrahmendrasphuṭamakuṭanīrājitapadām .. 22..

त्वया हृत्वा वामं वपुरपरितृप्तेन मनसा
शरीरार्धं शम्भोरपरमपि शङ्के हृतमभूत् ।
यदेतत्त्वद्रूपं सकलमरुणाभं त्रिनयनं
कुचाभ्यामानम्रं कुटिलशशिचूडालमकुटम् ॥ २३॥
tvayā hṛtvā vāmaṃ vapuraparitṛptena manasā
śarīrārdhaṃ śambhoraparamapi śaṅke hṛtamabhūt .
yadetattvadrūpaṃ sakalamaruṇābhaṃ trinayanaṃ
kucābhyāmānamraṃ kuṭilaśaśicūḍālamakuṭam .. 23..

जगत्सूते धाता हरिरवति रुद्रः क्षपयते
तिरस्कुर्वन्नेतत्स्वमपि वपुरीशस्तिरयति ।
सदापूर्वः सर्वं तदिदमनुगृह्णाति च शिव-
स्तवाज्ञामालम्ब्य क्षणचलितयोर्भ्रूलतिकयोः ॥ २४॥
jagatsūte dhātā hariravati rudraḥ kṣapayate
tiraskurvannetatsvamapi vapurīśastirayati .
sadāpūrvaḥ sarvaṃ tadidamanugṛhṇāti ca śiva-
stavājñāmālambya kṣaṇacalitayorbhrūlatikayoḥ .. 24..

त्रयाणां देवानां त्रिगुणजनितानां तव शिवे
भवेत् पूजा पूजा तव चरणयोर्या विरचिता ।
तथा हि त्वत्पादोद्वहनमणिपीठस्य निकटे
स्थिता ह्येते शश्वन्मुकुलितकरोत्तंसमकुटाः ॥ २५॥
trayāṇāṃ devānāṃ triguṇajanitānāṃ tava śive
bhavet pūjā pūjā tava caraṇayoryā viracitā .
tathā hi tvatpādodvahanamaṇipīṭhasya nikaṭe
sthitā hyete śaśvanmukulitakarottaṃsamakuṭāḥ .. 25..

विरिञ्चिः पञ्चत्वं व्रजति हरिराप्नोति विरतिं
विनाशं कीनाशो भजति धनदो याति निधनम् ।
वितन्द्री माहेन्द्री विततिरपि संमीलितदृशा
महासंहारेऽस्मिन् विहरति सति त्वत्पतिरसौ ॥ २६॥
viriñciḥ pañcatvaṃ vrajati harirāpnoti viratiṃ
vināśaṃ kīnāśo bhajati dhanado yāti nidhanam .
vitandrī māhendrī vitatirapi saṃmīlitadṛśā
mahāsaṃhāre’smin viharati sati tvatpatirasau .. 26..

जपो जल्पः शिल्पं सकलमपि मुद्राविरचना
गतिः प्रादक्षिण्यक्रमणमशनाद्याहुतिविधिः ।
प्रणामस्संवेशस्सुखमखिलमात्मार्पणदृशा
सपर्यापर्यायस्तव भवतु यन्मे विलसितम् ॥ २७॥
japo jalpaḥ śilpaṃ sakalamapi mudrāviracanā
gatiḥ prādakṣiṇyakramaṇamaśanādyāhutividhiḥ .
praṇāmassaṃveśassukhamakhilamātmārpaṇadṛśā
saparyāparyāyastava bhavatu yanme vilasitam .. 27..

सुधामप्यास्वाद्य प्रतिभयजरामृत्युहरिणीं
विपद्यन्ते विश्वे विधिशतमखाद्या दिविषदः ।
करालं यत्क्ष्वेलं कबलितवतः कालकलना
न शम्भोस्तन्मूलं तव जननि ताटङ्कमहिमा ॥ २८॥
sudhāmapyāsvādya pratibhayajarāmṛtyuhariṇīṃ
vipadyante viśve vidhiśatamakhādyā diviṣadaḥ .
karālaṃ yatkṣvelaṃ kabalitavataḥ kālakalanā
na śambhostanmūlaṃ tava janani tāṭaṅkamahimā .. 28..

किरीटं वैरिञ्चं परिहर पुरः कैटभभिदः
कठोरे कोटीरे स्खलसि जहि जम्भारिमुकुटम् ।
प्रणम्रेष्वेतेषु प्रसभमुपयातस्य भवनं
भवस्याभ्युत्थाने तव परिजनोक्तिर्विजयते ॥ २९॥
kirīṭaṃ vairiñcaṃ parihara puraḥ kaiṭabhabhidaḥ
kaṭhore koṭīre skhalasi jahi jambhārimukuṭam .
praṇamreṣveteṣu prasabhamupayātasya bhavanaṃ
bhavasyābhyutthāne tava parijanoktirvijayate .. 29..

स्वदेहोद्भूताभिर्घृणिभिरणिमाद्याभिरभितो
निषेव्ये नित्ये त्वामहमिति सदा भावयति यः ।
किमाश्चर्यं तस्य त्रिनयनसमृद्धिं तृणयतो
महासंवर्ताग्निर्विरचयति निराजनविधिम् ॥ ३०॥
svadehodbhūtābhirghṛṇibhiraṇimādyābhirabhito
niṣevye nitye tvāmahamiti sadā bhāvayati yaḥ .
kimāścaryaṃ tasya trinayanasamṛddhiṃ tṛṇayato
mahāsaṃvartāgnirviracayati nirājanavidhim .. 30..

चतुष्षष्ट्या तन्त्रैः सकलमतिसंधाय भुवनं
स्थितस्तत्तत्सिद्धिप्रसवपरतन्त्रैः पशुपतिः ।
पुनस्त्वन्निर्बन्धादखिलपुरुषार्थैकघटना-
स्वतन्त्रं ते तन्त्रं क्षितितलमवातीतरदिदम् ॥ ३१॥
catuṣṣaṣṭyā tantraiḥ sakalamatisaṃdhāya bhuvanaṃ
sthitastattatsiddhiprasavaparatantraiḥ paśupatiḥ .
punastvannirbandhādakhilapuruṣārthaikaghaṭanā-
svatantraṃ te tantraṃ kṣititalamavātītaradidam .. 31..

शिवः शक्तिः कामः क्षितिरथ रविः शीतकिरणः
स्मरो हंसः शक्रस्तदनु च परामारहरयः ।
अमी हृल्लेखाभिस्तिसृभिरवसानेषु घटिता
भजन्ते वर्णास्ते तव जननि नामावयवताम् ॥ ३२॥
śivaḥ śaktiḥ kāmaḥ kṣitiratha raviḥ śītakiraṇaḥ
smaro haṃsaḥ śakrastadanu ca parāmāraharayaḥ .
amī hṛllekhābhistisṛbhiravasāneṣu ghaṭitā
bhajante varṇāste tava janani nāmāvayavatām .. 32..

स्मरं योनिं लक्ष्मीं त्रितयमिदमादौ तव मनो-
र्निधायैके नित्ये निरवधिमहाभोगरसिकाः ।
भजन्ति त्वां चिन्तामणिगुननिबद्धाक्षवलयाः
शिवाग्नौ जुह्वन्तः सुरभिघृतधाराहुतिशतैः ॥ ३३॥
smaraṃ yoniṃ lakṣmīṃ tritayamidamādau tava mano-
rnidhāyaike nitye niravadhimahābhogarasikāḥ .
bhajanti tvāṃ cintāmaṇigunanibaddhākṣavalayāḥ
śivāgnau juhvantaḥ surabhighṛtadhārāhutiśataiḥ .. 33..

शरीरं त्वं शम्भोः शशिमिहिरवक्षोरुहयुगं
तवात्मानं मन्ये भगवति नवात्मानमनघम् ।
अतश्शेषश्शेषीत्ययमुभयसाधारणतया
स्थितः संबन्धो वां समरसपरानन्दपरयोः ॥ ३४॥
śarīraṃ tvaṃ śambhoḥ śaśimihiravakṣoruhayugaṃ
tavātmānaṃ manye bhagavati navātmānamanagham .
ataśśeṣaśśeṣītyayamubhayasādhāraṇatayā
sthitaḥ saṃbandho vāṃ samarasaparānandaparayoḥ .. 34..

मनस्त्वं व्योम त्वं मरुदसि मरुत्सारथिरसि
त्वमापस्त्वं भूमिस्त्वयि परिणतायां न हि परम् ।
त्वमेव स्वात्मानं परिणमयितुं विश्ववपुषा
चिदानन्दाकारं शिवयुवति भावेन बिभृषे ॥ ३५॥
manastvaṃ vyoma tvaṃ marudasi marutsārathirasi
tvamāpastvaṃ bhūmistvayi pariṇatāyāṃ na hi param .
tvameva svātmānaṃ pariṇamayituṃ viśvavapuṣā
cidānandākāraṃ śivayuvati bhāvena bibhṛṣe .. 35..

तवाज्ञाचक्रस्थं तपनशशिकोटिद्युतिधरं
परं शम्भुं वन्दे परिमिलितपार्श्वं परचिता ।
यमाराध्यन् भक्त्या रविशशिशुचीनामविषये
निरालोकेऽलोके निवसति हि भालोकभवने ॥ ३६॥
tavājñācakrasthaṃ tapanaśaśikoṭidyutidharaṃ
paraṃ śambhuṃ vande parimilitapārśvaṃ paracitā .
yamārādhyan bhaktyā raviśaśiśucīnāmaviṣaye
nirāloke’loke nivasati hi bhālokabhavane .. 36..

विशुद्धौ ते शुद्धस्फटिकविशदं व्योमजनकं
शिवं सेवे देवीमपि शिवसमानव्यवसिताम् ।
ययोः कान्त्या यान्त्याः शशिकिरणसारूप्यसरणे-
विधूतान्तर्ध्वान्ता विलसति चकोरीव जगती ॥ ३७॥
viśuddhau te śuddhasphaṭikaviśadaṃ vyomajanakaṃ
śivaṃ seve devīmapi śivasamānavyavasitām .
yayoḥ kāntyā yāntyāḥ śaśikiraṇasārūpyasaraṇe-
vidhūtāntardhvāntā vilasati cakorīva jagatī .. 37..

समुन्मीलत् संवित् कमलमकरन्दैकरसिकं
भजे हंसद्वन्द्वं किमपि महतां मानसचरम् ।
यदालापादष्टादशगुणितविद्यापरिणति-
र्यदादत्ते दोषाद् गुणमखिलमद्भ्यः पय इव ॥ ३८॥
samunmīlat saṃvit kamalamakarandaikarasikaṃ
bhaje haṃsadvandvaṃ kimapi mahatāṃ mānasacaram .
yadālāpādaṣṭādaśaguṇitavidyāpariṇati-
ryadādatte doṣād guṇamakhilamadbhyaḥ paya iva .. 38..

तव स्वाधिष्ठाने हुतवहमधिष्ठाय निरतं
तमीडे संवर्तं जननि महतीं तां च समयाम् ।
यदालोके लोकान् दहति महति क्रोधकलिते
दयार्द्रा या दृष्टिः शिशिरमुपचारं रचयति ॥ ३९॥
tava svādhiṣṭhāne hutavahamadhiṣṭhāya nirataṃ
tamīḍe saṃvartaṃ janani mahatīṃ tāṃ ca samayām .
yadāloke lokān dahati mahati krodhakalite
dayārdrā yā dṛṣṭiḥ śiśiramupacāraṃ racayati .. 39..

तटित्त्वन्तं शक्त्या तिमिरपरिपन्थिफुरणया
स्फुरन्नानारत्नाभरणपरिणद्धेन्द्रधनुषम् ।
तव श्यामं मेघं कमपि मणिपूरैकशरणं
निषेवे वर्षन्तं हरमिहिरतप्तं त्रिभुवनम् ॥ ४०॥
taṭittvantaṃ śaktyā timiraparipanthiphuraṇayā
sphurannānāratnābharaṇapariṇaddhendradhanuṣam .
tava śyāmaṃ meghaṃ kamapi maṇipūraikaśaraṇaṃ
niṣeve varṣantaṃ haramihirataptaṃ tribhuvanam .. 40..

तवाधारे मूले सह समयया लास्यपरया
नवात्मानं मन्ये नवरसमहाताण्डवनटम् ।
उभाभ्यामेताभ्यामुदयविधिमुद्दिश्य दयया
सनाथाभ्यां जज्ञे जनकजननीमज्जगदिदम् ॥ ४१॥
tavādhāre mūle saha samayayā lāsyaparayā
navātmānaṃ manye navarasamahātāṇḍavanaṭam .
ubhābhyāmetābhyāmudayavidhimuddiśya dayayā
sanāthābhyāṃ jajñe janakajananīmajjagadidam .. 41..

सौन्दर्यलहरी – Saundaryalaharī
गतैर्माणिक्यत्वं गगनमणिभिः सान्द्रघटितं
किरीटं ते हैमं हिमगिरिसुते कीर्तयति यः ।
स नीडेयच्छायाच्छुरणशबलं चन्द्रशकलं
धनुः शौनासीरं किमिति न निबध्नाति धिषणाम् ॥ ४२॥
saundaryalaharī
gatairmāṇikyatvaṃ gaganamaṇibhiḥ sāndraghaṭitaṃ
kirīṭaṃ te haimaṃ himagirisute kīrtayati yaḥ .
sa nīḍeyacchāyācchuraṇaśabalaṃ candraśakalaṃ
dhanuḥ śaunāsīraṃ kimiti na nibadhnāti dhiṣaṇām .. 42..

धुनोतु ध्वान्तं नस्तुलितदलितेन्दीवरवनं
घनस्निग्धश्लक्ष्णं चिकुरनिकुरुम्बं तव शिवे ।
यदीयं सौरभ्यं सहजमुपलब्धुं सुमनसो
वसन्त्यस्मिन् मन्ये वलमथनवाटीविटपिनाम् ॥ ४३॥
dhunotu dhvāntaṃ nastulitadalitendīvaravanaṃ
ghanasnigdhaślakṣṇaṃ cikuranikurumbaṃ tava śive .
yadīyaṃ saurabhyaṃ sahajamupalabdhuṃ sumanaso
vasantyasmin manye valamathanavāṭīviṭapinām .. 43..

तनोतु क्षेमं नस्तव वदनसौन्दर्यलहरी-
परीवाहस्रोतःसरणिरिव सीमन्तसरणिः ।
वहन्ती सिन्दूरं प्रबलकबरीभारतिमिर-
द्विषां बृन्दैर्बन्दीकृतमिव नवीनार्ककिरणम् ॥ ४४॥
tanotu kṣemaṃ nastava vadanasaundaryalaharī-
parīvāhasrotaḥsaraṇiriva sīmantasaraṇiḥ .
vahantī sindūraṃ prabalakabarībhāratimira-
dviṣāṃ bṛndairbandīkṛtamiva navīnārkakiraṇam .. 44..

अरालैः स्वाभाव्यादलिकलभसश्रीभिरलकैः
परीतं ते वक्त्रं परिहसति पङ्केरुहरुचिम् ।
दरस्मेरे यस्मिन् दशनरुचिकिञ्जल्करुचिरे
सुगन्धौ माद्यन्ति स्मरदहनचक्षुर्मधुलिहः ॥ ४५॥
arālaiḥ svābhāvyādalikalabhasaśrībhiralakaiḥ
parītaṃ te vaktraṃ parihasati paṅkeruharucim .
darasmere yasmin daśanarucikiñjalkarucire
sugandhau mādyanti smaradahanacakṣurmadhulihaḥ .. 45..

ललाटं लावण्यद्युतिविमलमाभाति तव य-
द्द्वितीयं तन्मन्ये मकुटघटितं चन्द्रशकलम् ।
विपर्यासन्यासादुभयमपि संभूय च मिथः
सुधालेपस्यूतिः परिणमति राकाहिमकरः ॥ ४६॥
lalāṭaṃ lāvaṇyadyutivimalamābhāti tava ya-
ddvitīyaṃ tanmanye makuṭaghaṭitaṃ candraśakalam .
viparyāsanyāsādubhayamapi saṃbhūya ca mithaḥ
sudhālepasyūtiḥ pariṇamati rākāhimakaraḥ .. 46..

भ्रुवौ भुग्ने किंचिद्भुवनभयभङ्गव्यसनिनि
त्वदीये नेत्राभ्यां मधुकररुचिभ्यां धृतगुणम् ।
धनुर्मन्ये सव्येतरकरगृहीतं रतिपतेः
प्रकोष्ठे मुष्टौ च स्थगयति निगूढान्तरमुमे ॥ ४७॥
bhruvau bhugne kiṃcidbhuvanabhayabhaṅgavyasanini
tvadīye netrābhyāṃ madhukararucibhyāṃ dhṛtaguṇam .
dhanurmanye savyetarakaragṛhītaṃ ratipateḥ
prakoṣṭhe muṣṭau ca sthagayati nigūḍhāntaramume .. 47..

अहः सूते सव्यं तव नयनमर्कात्मकतया
त्रियामां वामं ते सृजति रजनीनायकतया ।
तृतीया ते दृष्टिर्दरदलितहेमाम्बुजरुचिः
समाधत्ते संध्यां दिवसनिशयोरन्तरचरीम् ॥ ४८॥
ahaḥ sūte savyaṃ tava nayanamarkātmakatayā
triyāmāṃ vāmaṃ te sṛjati rajanīnāyakatayā .
tṛtīyā te dṛṣṭirdaradalitahemāmbujaruciḥ
samādhatte saṃdhyāṃ divasaniśayorantaracarīm .. 48..

विशाला कल्याणी स्फुटरुचिरयोध्या कुवलयैः
कृपाधाराधारा किमपि मधुराभोगवतिका ।
अवन्ती दृष्टिस्ते बहुनगरविस्तारविजया
ध्रुवं तत्तन्नामव्यवहरणयोग्या विजयते ॥ ४९॥
viśālā kalyāṇī sphuṭarucirayodhyā kuvalayaiḥ
kṛpādhārādhārā kimapi madhurābhogavatikā .
avantī dṛṣṭiste bahunagaravistāravijayā
dhruvaṃ tattannāmavyavaharaṇayogyā vijayate .. 49..

कवीनां संदर्भस्तबकमकरन्दैकरसिकं
कटाक्षव्याक्षेपभ्रमरकलभौ कर्णयुगलम् ।
अमुञ्चन्तौ दृष्ट्वा तव नवरसास्वादतरला-
वसूयासंसर्गादलिकनयनं किंचिदरुणम् ॥ ५०॥
kavīnāṃ saṃdarbhastabakamakarandaikarasikaṃ
kaṭākṣavyākṣepabhramarakalabhau karṇayugalam .
amuñcantau dṛṣṭvā tava navarasāsvādataralā-
vasūyāsaṃsargādalikanayanaṃ kiṃcidaruṇam .. 50..

शिवे श‍ृङ्गारार्द्रा तदितरजने कुत्सनपरा
सरोषा गङ्गायां गिरिशचरिते विस्मयवती ।
हराहिभ्यो भीता सरसिरुहसौभाग्यजयिनी
सखीषु स्मेरा ते मयि जननी दृष्टिः सकरुणा ॥ ५१॥
śive śṛṅgārārdrā taditarajane kutsanaparā
saroṣā gaṅgāyāṃ giriśacarite vismayavatī .
harāhibhyo bhītā sarasiruhasaubhāgyajayinī
sakhīṣu smerā te mayi jananī dṛṣṭiḥ sakaruṇā .. 51..

गते कर्णाभ्यर्णं गरुत इव पक्ष्माणि दधती
पुरां भेत्तुश्चित्तप्रशमरसविद्रावणफले ।
इमे नेत्रे गोत्राधरपतिकुलोत्तंसकलिके
तवाकर्णाकृष्टस्मरशरविलासं कलयतः ॥ ५२॥
gate karṇābhyarṇaṃ garuta iva pakṣmāṇi dadhatī
purāṃ bhettuścittapraśamarasavidrāvaṇaphale .
ime netre gotrādharapatikulottaṃsakalike
tavākarṇākṛṣṭasmaraśaravilāsaṃ kalayataḥ .. 52..

विभक्तत्रैवर्ण्यं व्यतिकरितलीलाञ्जनतया
विभाति त्वन्नेत्रत्रितयमिदमीशानदयिते ।
पुनः स्रष्टुं देवान् द्रुहिणहरिरुद्रानुपरतान्
रजः सत्त्वं बिभ्रत्तम इति गुणानां त्रयमिव ॥ ५३॥
vibhaktatraivarṇyaṃ vyatikaritalīlāñjanatayā
vibhāti tvannetratritayamidamīśānadayite .
punaḥ sraṣṭuṃ devān druhiṇaharirudrānuparatān
rajaḥ sattvaṃ bibhrattama iti guṇānāṃ trayamiva .. 53..

पवित्रीकर्तुं नः पशुपतिपराधीनहृदये
दयामित्रैर्नेत्रैररुणधवलश्यामरुचिभिः ।
नदः शोणो गङ्गा तपनतनयेति ध्रुवममुं
त्रयाणां तीर्थानामुपनयसि संभेदमनघम् ॥ ५४॥
pavitrīkartuṃ naḥ paśupatiparādhīnahṛdaye
dayāmitrairnetrairaruṇadhavalaśyāmarucibhiḥ .
nadaḥ śoṇo gaṅgā tapanatanayeti dhruvamamuṃ
trayāṇāṃ tīrthānāmupanayasi saṃbhedamanagham .. 54..

निमेषोन्मेषाभ्यां प्रलयमुदयं याति जगती
तवेत्याहुः सन्तो धरणिधरराजन्यतनये ।
त्वदुन्मेषाज्जातं जगदिदमशेषं प्रलयतः
परित्रातुं शङ्के परिहृतनिमेषास्तव दृशः ॥ ५५॥
nimeṣonmeṣābhyāṃ pralayamudayaṃ yāti jagatī
tavetyāhuḥ santo dharaṇidhararājanyatanaye .
tvadunmeṣājjātaṃ jagadidamaśeṣaṃ pralayataḥ
paritrātuṃ śaṅke parihṛtanimeṣāstava dṛśaḥ .. 55..

तवापर्णे कर्णेजपनयनपैशुन्यचकिता
निलीयन्ते तोये नियतमनिमेषाः शफरिकाः ।
इयं च श्रीर्बद्धच्छदपुटकवाटं कुवलयम्
जहाति प्रत्यूषे निशि च विघटय्य प्रविशति ॥ ५६॥
tavāparṇe karṇejapanayanapaiśunyacakitā
nilīyante toye niyatamanimeṣāḥ śapharikāḥ .
iyaṃ ca śrīrbaddhacchadapuṭakavāṭaṃ kuvalayam
jahāti pratyūṣe niśi ca vighaṭayya praviśati .. 56..

दृशा द्राघीयस्या दरदलितनीलोत्पलरुचा
दवीयांसं दीनं स्नपय कृपया मामपि शिवे ।
अनेनायं धन्यो भवति न च ते हानिरियता
वने वा हर्म्ये वा समकरनिपातो हिमकरः ॥ ५७॥
dṛśā drāghīyasyā daradalitanīlotpalarucā
davīyāṃsaṃ dīnaṃ snapaya kṛpayā māmapi śive .
anenāyaṃ dhanyo bhavati na ca te hāniriyatā
vane vā harmye vā samakaranipāto himakaraḥ .. 57..

अरालं ते पालीयुगलमगराजन्यतनये
न केषामाधत्ते कुसुमशरकोदण्डकुतुकम् ।
तिरश्चीनो यत्र श्रवणपथमुल्लङ्घ्य विलस-
न्नपाङ्गव्यासङ्गो दिशति शरसंधानधिषणाम् ॥ ५८॥
arālaṃ te pālīyugalamagarājanyatanaye
na keṣāmādhatte kusumaśarakodaṇḍakutukam .
tiraścīno yatra śravaṇapathamullaṅghya vilasa-
nnapāṅgavyāsaṅgo diśati śarasaṃdhānadhiṣaṇām .. 58..

स्फुरद्गण्डाभोगप्रतिफलितताटङ्कयुगलं
चतुश्चक्रं मन्ये तव मुखमिदं मन्मथरथम् ।
यमारुह्य द्रुह्यत्यवनिरथमर्केन्दुचरणं
महावीरो मारः प्रमथपतये सज्जितवते ॥ ५९॥
sphuradgaṇḍābhogapratiphalitatāṭaṅkayugalaṃ
catuścakraṃ manye tava mukhamidaṃ manmatharatham .
yamāruhya druhyatyavanirathamarkenducaraṇaṃ
mahāvīro māraḥ pramathapataye sajjitavate .. 59..

सरस्वत्याः सूक्तीरमृतलहरीकौशलहरीः
पिबन्त्याः शर्वाणि श्रवणचुलुकाभ्यामविरलम् ।
चमत्कारश्लाघाचलितशिरसः कुण्डलगणो
झणत्कारैस्तारैः प्रतिवचनमाचष्ट इव ते ॥ ६०॥
sarasvatyāḥ sūktīramṛtalaharīkauśalaharīḥ
pibantyāḥ śarvāṇi śravaṇaculukābhyāmaviralam .
camatkāraślāghācalitaśirasaḥ kuṇḍalagaṇo
jhaṇatkāraistāraiḥ prativacanamācaṣṭa iva te .. 60..

असौ नासावंशस्तुहिनगिरिवंशध्वजपटि
त्वदीयो नेदीयः फलतु फलमस्माकमुचितम् ।
वहन्नन्तर्मुक्ताः शिशिरतरनिश्वासगलितं
समृद्ध्या यत्तासां बहिरपि च मुक्तामणिधरः ॥ ६१॥
asau nāsāvaṃśastuhinagirivaṃśadhvajapaṭi
tvadīyo nedīyaḥ phalatu phalamasmākamucitam .
vahannantarmuktāḥ śiśirataraniśvāsagalitaṃ
samṛddhyā yattāsāṃ bahirapi ca muktāmaṇidharaḥ .. 61..

प्रकृत्या रक्तायास्तव सुदति दन्तच्छदरुचेः
प्रवक्ष्ये सादृश्यं जनयतु फलं विद्रुमलता ।
न बिम्बं तद्बिम्बप्रतिफलनरागादरुणितं
तुलामध्यारोढुं कथमिव विलज्जेत कलया ॥ ६२॥
prakṛtyā raktāyāstava sudati dantacchadaruceḥ
pravakṣye sādṛśyaṃ janayatu phalaṃ vidrumalatā .
na bimbaṃ tadbimbapratiphalanarāgādaruṇitaṃ
tulāmadhyāroḍhuṃ kathamiva vilajjeta kalayā .. 62..

स्मितज्योत्स्नाजालं तव वदनचन्द्रस्य पिबतां
चकोराणामासीदतिरसतया चञ्चुजडिमा ।
अतस्ते शीतांशोरमृतलहरीमम्लरुचयः
पिबन्ति स्वच्छन्दं निशि निशि भृशं काञ्जिकधिया ॥ ६३॥
smitajyotsnājālaṃ tava vadanacandrasya pibatāṃ
cakorāṇāmāsīdatirasatayā cañcujaḍimā .
ataste śītāṃśoramṛtalaharīmamlarucayaḥ
pibanti svacchandaṃ niśi niśi bhṛśaṃ kāñjikadhiyā .. 63..

अविश्रान्तं पत्युर्गुणगणकथाम्रेडनजपा
जपापुष्पच्छाया तव जननि जिह्वा जयति सा ।
यदग्रासीनायाः स्फटिकदृषदच्छच्छविमयी
सरस्वत्या मूर्तिः परिणमति माणिक्यवपुषा ॥ ६४॥
aviśrāntaṃ patyurguṇagaṇakathāmreḍanajapā
japāpuṣpacchāyā tava janani jihvā jayati sā .
yadagrāsīnāyāḥ sphaṭikadṛṣadacchacchavimayī
sarasvatyā mūrtiḥ pariṇamati māṇikyavapuṣā .. 64..

रणे जित्वा दैत्यानपहृतशिरस्त्रैः कवचिभिर्-
निवृत्तैश्चण्डांशत्रिपुरहरनिर्माल्यविमुखैः ।
विशाखेन्द्रोपेन्द्रैः शशिविशदकर्पूरशकला
विलीयन्ते मातस्तव वदनताम्बूलकबलाः ॥ ६५॥
raṇe jitvā daityānapahṛtaśirastraiḥ kavacibhir-
nivṛttaiścaṇḍāṃśatripuraharanirmālyavimukhaiḥ .
viśākhendropendraiḥ śaśiviśadakarpūraśakalā
vilīyante mātastava vadanatāmbūlakabalāḥ .. 65..

विपञ्च्या गायन्ती विविधमपदानं पशुपतेः
त्वयारब्धे वक्तुं चलितशिरसा साधुवचने ।
तदीयैर्माधुर्यैरपलपिततन्त्रीकलरवां
निजां वीणां वाणी निचुलयति चोलेन निभृतम् ॥ ६६॥
vipañcyā gāyantī vividhamapadānaṃ paśupateḥ
tvayārabdhe vaktuṃ calitaśirasā sādhuvacane .
tadīyairmādhuryairapalapitatantrīkalaravāṃ
nijāṃ vīṇāṃ vāṇī niculayati colena nibhṛtam .. 66..

कराग्रेण स्पृष्टं तुहिनगिरिणा वत्सलतया
गिरीशेनोदस्तं मुहुरधरपानाकुलतया ।
करग्राह्यं शम्भोर्मुखमुकुरवृन्तं गिरिसुते
कथङ्कारं ब्रूमस्तव चिबुकमौपम्यरहितम् ॥ ६७॥
karāgreṇa spṛṣṭaṃ tuhinagiriṇā vatsalatayā
girīśenodastaṃ muhuradharapānākulatayā .
karagrāhyaṃ śambhormukhamukuravṛntaṃ girisute
kathaṅkāraṃ brūmastava cibukamaupamyarahitam .. 67..

भुजाश्लेषान् नित्यं पुरदमयितुः कण्टकवती
तव ग्रीवा धत्ते मुखकमलनालश्रियमियम् ।
स्वतः श्वेता कालागुरुबहुलजम्बालमलिना
मृणालीलालित्यम् वहति यदधो हारलतिका ॥ ६८॥
bhujāśleṣān nityaṃ puradamayituḥ kaṇṭakavatī
tava grīvā dhatte mukhakamalanālaśriyamiyam .
svataḥ śvetā kālāgurubahulajambālamalinā
mṛṇālīlālityam vahati yadadho hāralatikā .. 68..

गले रेखास्तिस्रो गतिगमकगीतैकनिपुणे
विवाहव्यानद्धप्रगुणगुणसंख्याप्रतिभुवः ।
विराजन्ते नानाविधमधुररागाकरभुवां
त्रयाणां ग्रामाणां स्थितिनियमसीमान इव ते ॥ ६९॥
gale rekhāstisro gatigamakagītaikanipuṇe
vivāhavyānaddhapraguṇaguṇasaṃkhyāpratibhuvaḥ .
virājante nānāvidhamadhurarāgākarabhuvāṃ
trayāṇāṃ grāmāṇāṃ sthitiniyamasīmāna iva te .. 69..

मृणालीमृद्वीनां तव भुजलतानां चतसृणां
चतुर्भिः सौन्दर्यं सरसिजभवः स्तौति वदनैः ।
नखेभ्यः सन्त्रस्यन् प्रथममथनादन्धकरिपो-
श्चतुर्णां शीर्षाणां सममभयहस्तार्पणधिया ॥ ७०॥
mṛṇālīmṛdvīnāṃ tava bhujalatānāṃ catasṛṇāṃ
caturbhiḥ saundaryaṃ sarasijabhavaḥ stauti vadanaiḥ .
nakhebhyaḥ santrasyan prathamamathanādandhakaripo-
ścaturṇāṃ śīrṣāṇāṃ samamabhayahastārpaṇadhiyā .. 70..

नखानामुद्द्योतैर्नवनलिनरागं विहसतां
कराणां ते कान्तिं कथय कथयामः कथमुमे ।
कयाचिद्वा साम्यं भजतु कलया हन्त कमलं
यदि क्रीडल्लक्ष्मीचरणतललाक्षारसछणम् ॥ ७१॥
nakhānāmuddyotairnavanalinarāgaṃ vihasatāṃ
karāṇāṃ te kāntiṃ kathaya kathayāmaḥ kathamume .
kayācidvā sāmyaṃ bhajatu kalayā hanta kamalaṃ
yadi krīḍallakṣmīcaraṇatalalākṣārasachaṇam .. 71..

समं देवि स्कन्दद्विपवदनपीतं स्तनयुगं
तवेदं नः खेदं हरतु सततं प्रस्नुतमुखम् ।
यदालोक्याशङ्काकुलितहृदयो हासजनकः
स्वकुम्भौ हेरम्बः परिमृशति हस्तेन झडिति ॥ ७२॥
samaṃ devi skandadvipavadanapītaṃ stanayugaṃ
tavedaṃ naḥ khedaṃ haratu satataṃ prasnutamukham .
yadālokyāśaṅkākulitahṛdayo hāsajanakaḥ
svakumbhau herambaḥ parimṛśati hastena jhaḍiti .. 72..

अमू ते वक्षोजावमृतरसमाणिक्यकुतुपौ
न संदेहस्पन्दो नगपतिपताके मनसि नः ।
पिबन्तौ तौ यस्मादविदितवधूसङ्गरसिकौ
कुमारावद्यापि द्विरदवदनक्रौञ्चदलनौ ॥ ७३॥
amū te vakṣojāvamṛtarasamāṇikyakutupau
na saṃdehaspando nagapatipatāke manasi naḥ .
pibantau tau yasmādaviditavadhūsaṅgarasikau
kumārāvadyāpi dviradavadanakrauñcadalanau .. 73..

वहत्यम्ब स्तम्बेरमदनुजकुम्भप्रकृतिभिः
समारब्धां मुक्तामणिभिरमलां हारलतिकाम् ।
कुचाभोगो बिम्बाधररुचिभिरन्तः शबलितां
प्रतापव्यामिश्रां पुरदमयितुः कीर्तिमिव ते ॥ ७४॥
vahatyamba stamberamadanujakumbhaprakṛtibhiḥ
samārabdhāṃ muktāmaṇibhiramalāṃ hāralatikām .
kucābhogo bimbādhararucibhirantaḥ śabalitāṃ
pratāpavyāmiśrāṃ puradamayituḥ kīrtimiva te .. 74..

तव स्तन्यं मन्ये धरणिधरकन्ये हृदयतः
पयःपारावारः परिवहति सारस्वतमिव ।
दयावत्या दत्तं द्रविडशिशुरास्वाद्य तव यत्
कवीनां प्रौढानामजनि कमनीयः कवयिता ॥ ७५॥
tava stanyaṃ manye dharaṇidharakanye hṛdayataḥ
payaḥpārāvāraḥ parivahati sārasvatamiva .
dayāvatyā dattaṃ draviḍaśiśurāsvādya tava yat
kavīnāṃ prauḍhānāmajani kamanīyaḥ kavayitā .. 75..

हरक्रोधज्वालावलिभिरवलीढेन वपुषा
गभीरे ते नाभीसरसि कृतसङ्गो मनसिजः ।
समुत्तस्थौ तस्मादचलतनये धूमलतिका
जनस्तां जानीते तव जननि रोमावलिरिति ॥ ७६॥
harakrodhajvālāvalibhiravalīḍhena vapuṣā
gabhīre te nābhīsarasi kṛtasaṅgo manasijaḥ .
samuttasthau tasmādacalatanaye dhūmalatikā
janastāṃ jānīte tava janani romāvaliriti .. 76..

यदेतत् कालिन्दीतनुतरतरङ्गाकृति शिवे
कृशे मध्ये किंचिज्जननि तव यद्भाति सुधियाम् ।
विमर्दादन्योऽन्यं कुचकलशयोरन्तरगतं
तनूभूतं व्योम प्रविशदिव नाभिं कुहरिणीम् ॥ ७७॥
yadetat kālindītanutarataraṅgākṛti śive
kṛśe madhye kiṃcijjanani tava yadbhāti sudhiyām .
vimardādanyo’nyaṃ kucakalaśayorantaragataṃ
tanūbhūtaṃ vyoma praviśadiva nābhiṃ kuhariṇīm .. 77..

स्थिरो गङ्गावर्तः स्तनमुकुलरोमावलिलता-
कलावालं कुण्डं कुसुमशरतेजोहुतभुजः ।
रतेर्लीलागारं किमपि तव नाभिर्गिरिसुते
बिलद्वारं सिद्धेर्गिरिशनयनानां विजयते ॥ ७८॥
sthiro gaṅgāvartaḥ stanamukularomāvalilatā-
kalāvālaṃ kuṇḍaṃ kusumaśaratejohutabhujaḥ .
raterlīlāgāraṃ kimapi tava nābhirgirisute
biladvāraṃ siddhergiriśanayanānāṃ vijayate .. 78..

निसर्गक्षीणस्य स्तनतटभरेण क्लमजुषो
नमन्मूर्तेर्नारीतिलक शनकैस्त्रुट्यत इव ।
चिरं ते मध्यस्य त्रुटिततटिनीतीरतरुणा
समावस्थास्थेम्नो भवतु कुशलं शैलतनये ॥ ७९॥
nisargakṣīṇasya stanataṭabhareṇa klamajuṣo
namanmūrternārītilaka śanakaistruṭyata iva .
ciraṃ te madhyasya truṭitataṭinītīrataruṇā
samāvasthāsthemno bhavatu kuśalaṃ śailatanaye .. 79..

कुचौ सद्यःस्विद्यत्तटघटितकूर्पासभिदुरौ
कषन्तौ दोर्मूले कनककलशाभौ कलयता ।
तव त्रातुं भङ्गादलमिति वलग्नं तनुभुवा
त्रिधा नद्धं देवि त्रिवलि लवलीवल्लिभिरिव ॥ ८०॥
kucau sadyaḥsvidyattaṭaghaṭitakūrpāsabhidurau
kaṣantau dormūle kanakakalaśābhau kalayatā .
tava trātuṃ bhaṅgādalamiti valagnaṃ tanubhuvā
tridhā naddhaṃ devi trivali lavalīvallibhiriva .. 80..

गुरुत्वं विस्तारं क्षितिधरपतिः पार्वति निजा-
न्नितम्बादाच्छिद्य त्वयि हरणरूपेण निदधे ।
अतस्ते विस्तीर्णो गुरुरयमशेषां वसुमतीं
नितम्बप्राग्भारः स्थगयति लघुत्वं नयति च ॥ ८१॥
gurutvaṃ vistāraṃ kṣitidharapatiḥ pārvati nijā-
nnitambādācchidya tvayi haraṇarūpeṇa nidadhe .
ataste vistīrṇo gururayamaśeṣāṃ vasumatīṃ
nitambaprāgbhāraḥ sthagayati laghutvaṃ nayati ca .. 81..

करीन्द्राणां शुण्डान् कनककदलीकाण्डपटली-
मुभाभ्यामूरुभ्यामुभयमपि निर्जित्य भवती ।
सुवृत्ताभ्यां पत्युः प्रणतिकठिनाभ्यां गिरिसुते
विधिज्ञ्ये जानुभ्यां विबुधकरिकुम्भद्वयमसि ॥ ८२॥
karīndrāṇāṃ śuṇḍān kanakakadalīkāṇḍapaṭalī-
mubhābhyāmūrubhyāmubhayamapi nirjitya bhavatī .
suvṛttābhyāṃ patyuḥ praṇatikaṭhinābhyāṃ girisute
vidhijñye jānubhyāṃ vibudhakarikumbhadvayamasi .. 82..

पराजेतुं रुद्रं द्विगुणशरगर्भौ गिरिसुते
निषङ्गौ जङ्घे ते विषमविशिखो बाढमकृत ।
यदग्रे दृश्यन्ते दशशरफलाः पादयुगली-
नखाग्रच्छद्मानः सुरमकुटशाणैकनिशिताः ॥ ८३॥
parājetuṃ rudraṃ dviguṇaśaragarbhau girisute
niṣaṅgau jaṅghe te viṣamaviśikho bāḍhamakṛta .
yadagre dṛśyante daśaśaraphalāḥ pādayugalī-
nakhāgracchadmānaḥ suramakuṭaśāṇaikaniśitāḥ .. 83..

श्रुतीनां मूर्धानो दधति तव यौ शेखरतया
ममाप्येतौ मातः शिरसि दयया धेहि चरणौ ।
ययोः पाद्यं पाथः पशुपतिजटाजूटतटिनी
ययोर्लाक्षालक्ष्मीररुणहरिचूडामणिरुचिः ॥ ८४॥
śrutīnāṃ mūrdhāno dadhati tava yau śekharatayā
mamāpyetau mātaḥ śirasi dayayā dhehi caraṇau .
yayoḥ pādyaṃ pāthaḥ paśupatijaṭājūṭataṭinī
yayorlākṣālakṣmīraruṇaharicūḍāmaṇiruciḥ .. 84..

नमोवाकं ब्रूमो नयनरमणीयाय पदयो-
स्तवास्मै द्वन्द्वाय स्फुटरुचिरसालक्तकवते ।
असूयत्यत्यन्तं यदभिहननाय स्पृहयते
पशूनामीशानः प्रमदवनकङ्केलितरवे ॥ ८५॥
namovākaṃ brūmo nayanaramaṇīyāya padayo-
stavāsmai dvandvāya sphuṭarucirasālaktakavate .
asūyatyatyantaṃ yadabhihananāya spṛhayate
paśūnāmīśānaḥ pramadavanakaṅkelitarave .. 85..

मृषा कृत्वा गोत्रस्खलनमथ वैलक्ष्यनमितं
ललाटे भर्तारं चरणकमले ताडयति ते ।
चिरादन्तःशल्यं दहनकृतमुन्मूलितवता
तुलाकोटिक्वाणैः किलिकिलितमीशानरिपुणा ॥ ८६॥
mṛṣā kṛtvā gotraskhalanamatha vailakṣyanamitaṃ
lalāṭe bhartāraṃ caraṇakamale tāḍayati te .
cirādantaḥśalyaṃ dahanakṛtamunmūlitavatā
tulākoṭikvāṇaiḥ kilikilitamīśānaripuṇā .. 86..

हिमानीहन्तव्यं हिमगिरिनिवासैकचतुरौ
निशायां निद्राणं निशि चरमभागे च विशदौ ।
वरं लक्ष्मीपात्रं श्रियमतिसृजन्तौ समयिनां
सरोजं त्वत्पादौ जननि जयतश्चित्रमिह किम् ॥ ८७॥
himānīhantavyaṃ himagirinivāsaikacaturau
niśāyāṃ nidrāṇaṃ niśi caramabhāge ca viśadau .
varaṃ lakṣmīpātraṃ śriyamatisṛjantau samayināṃ
sarojaṃ tvatpādau janani jayataścitramiha kim .. 87..

पदं ते कीर्तीनां प्रपदमपदं देवि विपदां
कथं नीतं सद्भिः कठिनकमठीकर्परतुलाम् ।
कथं वा बाहुभ्यामुपयमनकाले पुरभिदा
यदादाय न्यस्तं दृषदि दयमानेन मनसा ॥ ८८॥
padaṃ te kīrtīnāṃ prapadamapadaṃ devi vipadāṃ
kathaṃ nītaṃ sadbhiḥ kaṭhinakamaṭhīkarparatulām .
kathaṃ vā bāhubhyāmupayamanakāle purabhidā
yadādāya nyastaṃ dṛṣadi dayamānena manasā .. 88..

नखैर्नाकस्त्रीणां करकमलसंकोचशशिभि-
स्तरूणां दिव्यानां हसत इव ते चण्डि चरणौ ।
फलानि स्वःस्थेभ्यः किसलयकराग्रेण ददतां
दरिद्रेभ्यो भद्रां श्रियमनिशमह्नाय ददतौ ॥ ८९॥
nakhairnākastrīṇāṃ karakamalasaṃkocaśaśibhi-
starūṇāṃ divyānāṃ hasata iva te caṇḍi caraṇau .
phalāni svaḥsthebhyaḥ kisalayakarāgreṇa dadatāṃ
daridrebhyo bhadrāṃ śriyamaniśamahnāya dadatau .. 89..

ददाने दीनेभ्यः श्रियमनिशमाशानुसदृशी-
ममन्दं सौन्दर्यप्रकरमकरन्दम् विकिरति ।
तवास्मिन् मन्दारस्तबकसुभगे यातु चरणे
निमज्जन्मज्जीवः करणचरणः षट्चरणताम् ॥ ९०॥
dadāne dīnebhyaḥ śriyamaniśamāśānusadṛśī-
mamandaṃ saundaryaprakaramakarandam vikirati .
tavāsmin mandārastabakasubhage yātu caraṇe
nimajjanmajjīvaḥ karaṇacaraṇaḥ ṣaṭcaraṇatām .. 90..

पदन्यासक्रीडापरिचयमिवारब्धुमनसः
स्खलन्तस्ते खेलं भवनकलहंसा न जहति ।
अतस्तेषां शिक्षां सुभगमणिमञ्जीररणित-
च्छलादाचक्षाणं चरणकमलं चारुचरिते ॥ ९१॥
padanyāsakrīḍāparicayamivārabdhumanasaḥ
skhalantaste khelaṃ bhavanakalahaṃsā na jahati .
atasteṣāṃ śikṣāṃ subhagamaṇimañjīraraṇita-
cchalādācakṣāṇaṃ caraṇakamalaṃ cārucarite .. 91..

गतास्ते मञ्चत्वं द्रुहिणहरिरुद्रेश्वरभृतः
शिवः स्वच्छच्छायाघटितकपटप्रच्छदपटः ।
त्वदीयानां भासां प्रतिफलनरागारुणतया
शरीरी श‍ृङ्गारो रस इव दृशां दोग्धि कुतुकम् ॥ ९२॥
gatāste mañcatvaṃ druhiṇaharirudreśvarabhṛtaḥ
śivaḥ svacchacchāyāghaṭitakapaṭapracchadapaṭaḥ .
tvadīyānāṃ bhāsāṃ pratiphalanarāgāruṇatayā
śarīrī śṛṅgāro rasa iva dṛśāṃ dogdhi kutukam .. 92..

अराला केशेषु प्रकृतिसरला मन्दहसिते
शिरीषाभा चित्ते दृषदुपलशोभा कुचतटे ।
भृशं तन्वी मध्ये पृथुरुरसिजारोहविषये
जगत्त्रातुं शम्भोर्जयति करुणा काचिदरुणा ॥ ९३॥
arālā keśeṣu prakṛtisaralā mandahasite
śirīṣābhā citte dṛṣadupalaśobhā kucataṭe .
bhṛśaṃ tanvī madhye pṛthururasijārohaviṣaye
jagattrātuṃ śambhorjayati karuṇā kācidaruṇā .. 93..

कलङ्कः कस्तूरी रजनिकरबिम्बं जलमयं
कलाभिः कर्पूरैर्मरकतकरण्डं निबिडितम् ।
अतस्त्वद्भोगेन प्रतिदिनमिदं रिक्तकुहरं
विधिर्भूयो भूयो निबिडयति नूनं तव कृते ॥ ९४॥
kalaṅkaḥ kastūrī rajanikarabimbaṃ jalamayaṃ
kalābhiḥ karpūrairmarakatakaraṇḍaṃ nibiḍitam .
atastvadbhogena pratidinamidaṃ riktakuharaṃ
vidhirbhūyo bhūyo nibiḍayati nūnaṃ tava kṛte .. 94..

पुरारातेरन्तःपुरमसि ततस्त्वच्चरणयोः
सपर्यामर्यादा तरलकरणानामसुलभा ।
तथा ह्येते नीताः शतमखमुखाः सिद्धिमतुलां
तव द्वारोपान्तस्थितिभिरणिमाद्याभिरमराः ॥ ९५॥
purārāterantaḥpuramasi tatastvaccaraṇayoḥ
saparyāmaryādā taralakaraṇānāmasulabhā .
tathā hyete nītāḥ śatamakhamukhāḥ siddhimatulāṃ
tava dvāropāntasthitibhiraṇimādyābhiramarāḥ .. 95..

कलत्रं वैधात्रं कतिकति भजन्ते न कवयः
श्रियो देव्याः को वा न भवति पतिः कैरपि धनैः ।
महादेवं हित्वा तव सति सतीनामचरमे
कुचाभ्यामासङ्गः कुरवकतरोरप्यसुलभः ॥ ९६॥
kalatraṃ vaidhātraṃ katikati bhajante na kavayaḥ
śriyo devyāḥ ko vā na bhavati patiḥ kairapi dhanaiḥ .
mahādevaṃ hitvā tava sati satīnāmacarame
kucābhyāmāsaṅgaḥ kuravakatarorapyasulabhaḥ .. 96..

गिरामाहुर्देवीं द्रुहिणगृहिणीमागमविदो
हरेः पत्नीं पद्मां हरसहचरीमद्रितनयाम् ।
तुरीया कापि त्वं दुरधिगमनिःसीममहिमा
महामाया विश्वं भ्रमयसि परब्रह्ममहिषि ॥ ९७॥
girāmāhurdevīṃ druhiṇagṛhiṇīmāgamavido
hareḥ patnīṃ padmāṃ harasahacarīmadritanayām .
turīyā kāpi tvaṃ duradhigamaniḥsīmamahimā
mahāmāyā viśvaṃ bhramayasi parabrahmamahiṣi .. 97..

कदा काले मातः कथय कलितालक्तकरसं
पिबेयं विद्यार्थी तव चरणनिर्णेजनजलम् ।
प्रकृत्या मूकानामपि च कविताकारणतया
कदा धत्ते वाणीमुखकमलताम्बूलरसताम् ॥ ९८॥
kadā kāle mātaḥ kathaya kalitālaktakarasaṃ
pibeyaṃ vidyārthī tava caraṇanirṇejanajalam .
prakṛtyā mūkānāmapi ca kavitākāraṇatayā
kadā dhatte vāṇīmukhakamalatāmbūlarasatām .. 98..

सरस्वत्या लक्ष्म्या विधिहरिसपत्नो विहरते
रतेः पातिव्रत्यं शिथिलयति रम्येण वपुषा ।
चिरं जीवन्नेव क्षपितपशुपाशव्यतिकरः
परानन्दाभिख्यम् रसयति रसं त्वद्भजनवान् ॥ ९९॥
sarasvatyā lakṣmyā vidhiharisapatno viharate
rateḥ pātivratyaṃ śithilayati ramyeṇa vapuṣā .
ciraṃ jīvanneva kṣapitapaśupāśavyatikaraḥ
parānandābhikhyam rasayati rasaṃ tvadbhajanavān .. 99..

प्रदीपज्वालाभिर्दिवसकरनीराजनविधिः
सुधासूतेश्चन्द्रोपलजललवैरर्घ्यरचना ।
स्वकीयैरम्भोभिः सलिलनिधिसौहित्यकरणं
त्वदीयाभिर्वाग्भिस्तव जननि वाचां स्तुतिरियम् ॥ १००॥
pradīpajvālābhirdivasakaranīrājanavidhiḥ
sudhāsūteścandropalajalalavairarghyaracanā .
svakīyairambhobhiḥ salilanidhisauhityakaraṇaṃ
tvadīyābhirvāgbhistava janani vācāṃ stutiriyam .. 100..

॥ इति श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्यस्य
श्रीगोविन्दभगवत्पूज्यपादशिष्यस्य
श्रीमच्छङ्करभगवतः कृतौ सौन्दर्यलहरी सम्पूर्णा ॥
॥ ॐ तत्सत् ॥
.. iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya
śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya
śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau saundaryalaharī sampūrṇā ..
.. oṃ tatsat ..

अनुबन्धः anubandhaḥ – Addendum
समानीतः पद्भ्यां मणिमुकुरतामम्बरमणि-
र्भयादास्यादन्तःस्तिमितकिरणश्रेणिमसृणः ।
दधाति त्वद्वक्त्रंप्रतिफलनमश्रान्तविकचं
निरातङ्कं चन्द्रान्निजहृदयपङ्केरुहमिव ॥ १०१॥
samānītaḥ padbhyāṃ maṇimukuratāmambaramaṇi-
rbhayādāsyādantaḥstimitakiraṇaśreṇimasṛṇaḥ .
dadhāti tvadvaktraṃpratiphalanamaśrāntavikacaṃ
nirātaṅkaṃ candrānnijahṛdayapaṅkeruhamiva .. 101..

समुद्भूतस्थूलस्तनभरमुरश्चारु हसितं
कटाक्षे कन्दर्पः कतिचन कदम्बद्युति वपुः ।
हरस्य त्वद्भ्रान्तिं मनसि जनयन्ति स्म विमलाः
variations जनयामास मदनो, जनयन्तः समतुलां, जनयन्ता सुवदने
भवत्या ये भक्ताः परिणतिरमीषामियमुमे ॥ १०२॥
samudbhūtasthūlastanabharamuraścāru hasitaṃ
kaṭākṣe kandarpaḥ katicana kadambadyuti vapuḥ .
harasya tvadbhrāntiṃ manasi janayanti sma vimalāḥ
variations janayāmāsa madano, janayantaḥ samatulāṃ, janayantā suvadane
bhavatyā ye bhaktāḥ pariṇatiramīṣāmiyamume .. 102..

निधे नित्यस्मेरे निरवधिगुणे नीतिनिपुणे
निराघातज्ञाने नियमपरचित्तैकनिलये ।
नियत्या निर्मुक्ते निखिलनिगमान्तस्तुतिपदे
निरातङ्के नित्ये निगमय ममापि स्तुतिमिमाम् ॥ १०३॥
nidhe nityasmere niravadhiguṇe nītinipuṇe
nirāghātajñāne niyamaparacittaikanilaye .
niyatyā nirmukte nikhilanigamāntastutipade
nirātaṅke nitye nigamaya mamāpi stutimimām .. 103..
Sri Adi Sankaracharya

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Saundarya Lahari – All Verses

Soundarya Lahari, meaning “Waves of Beauty,” is a revered Sanskrit literary work attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, the great philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta in the 8th century. This composition is not just a poetic description of the physical beauty of the Goddess Shakti, but also a profound work of tantric philosophy and spiritual insight.

The text is divided into two parts:

Ananda Lahari (Waves of Bliss) – Verses 1 to 41
Soundarya Lahari (Waves of Beauty) – Verses 42 to 100

Structure and Purpose:

The Soundarya Lahari is a hymn in praise of Goddess Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva, who is worshipped as the ultimate feminine principle of the universe, Shakti. Through the composition, Shakti is honored as both the creative force behind the universe and the embodiment of supreme beauty. The text masterfully weaves together descriptions of her divine form with complex spiritual principles, outlining the connection between the microcosm (human experience) and the macrocosm (universal forces).

Ananda Lahari, the first portion, primarily explores the tantric aspects of Shakti worship, including the intricate practices of Kundalini yoga, meditative rituals, and the esoteric science of mantras and yantras. It is said to contain mystical and magical formulas that bestow both spiritual and material benefits on devotees who recite the verses with devotion.

Soundarya Lahari, the second portion, focuses on describing the sublime beauty of the Goddess from head to toe. Each verse praises a particular aspect of her physical form, symbolizing divine concepts and cosmic forces.

Philosophical and Spiritual Significance:

The Soundarya Lahari is rich in symbolism and serves multiple purposes:

Devotional Hymn: It is a devotional hymn for those seeking to worship Goddess Parvati as the universal mother and source of all energy.
Tantric Scripture: For practitioners of tantra, the Soundarya Lahari holds deep esoteric meaning. It outlines the concepts of Kundalini, the subtle body, chakras, and various rituals to invoke divine energy.
Path to Liberation: While it exalts the external beauty of the Goddess, its real purpose is to guide the devotee toward spiritual liberation by realizing the divine energy that resides within themselves.

Mystical and Magical Powers:

The verses of the Soundarya Lahari are believed to possess mantra shakti (the power of sound) and yantra shakti (the power of geometrical diagrams). Each verse, when chanted with devotion, is believed to bestow specific benefits such as health, wealth, success, and spiritual awakening. Devotees often meditate upon yantras (mystical diagrams) associated with particular verses to harness their spiritual and material benefits.

Literary Beauty:

Apart from its spiritual depth, the Soundarya Lahari is considered a masterpiece of Sanskrit poetry. Its literary elegance lies in its use of meter, its masterful wordplay, and its use of alankaras (poetic devices). Adi Shankaracharya’s skill in blending devotion, philosophy, and poetry in one seamless flow makes the Soundarya Lahari an unparalleled work in Indian spiritual literature.


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Ayigiri Nandini

The Mahishasura Mardini Stotram also known popularly as Aigiri Nandini, holds immense significance during Navratri. The word Mahisha means buffalo and Asura means Rakshasa or Demon. Composed by the great sage Adi Shankaracharya around 810 AD, this…

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Bhaja Govindam

Bhaja Govindam is one of the most popular hymns penned by Adi Shankaracharya. He has packed into the Bhaja Govindam song the substance of all Vedanta, and set the oneness of Jnana and Bhakti to melodious music.

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Bhaja Govindam All Verses

Bhaja Govindam (Praise Govinda/Repeat the name of Govinda), is one of the most popular hymns penned by Shankara, that is still sung and recited by millions of Hindus every day.

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Bhaja Govindam Popular

Note: This is the popular version sung by Smt. M.S. Subbalakshmi. It does not include all the 31 verses. Bhaja Govindam MS Subbalakshmi version with meaning, lyrics, audio, sanskrit, multiple languages and significance.

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Bhavani Ashtakam

Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. Bhavani Ashtakam is a popular hymn on Goddess Bhavani, who is known for her protection and merciful nature. The Lyrics of this hymn have an in-depth meaning that wh

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Bilvashtakam

Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya, the famous Bilvashtakam extols the virtues of the Bilva leaf (also spelt Vilva, Bilwa) and Lord Shiva’s love for it. The following com

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Bilvashtakam 14 Verses

Note: For the original version of Bilvashtakam please click here. Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya,

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Brahmajnānavali Māla

In this Prakarana Grantha (topical text or treatise) attributed to Sri Sankara the characteristics of the person who has realized that he is Brahman are described. The aspirant for liberation is advised to meditate on these in order to attain that…

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Dakshinamurthy Stotram

The Dakshinamurti Stotra is a Sanskrit religious hymn to Shiva by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. It explains the metaphysics of the universe in the frame of the tradition of Advaita V

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Dasa Shloki

This composition in ten verses - dasha shloka - is similar to the Nirvana Shatakam, and like it, a summation, in typically Shankara's way, of the unyielding non-dual vision of Advaita. Here too, Shankara's attempt is to deny everything else only to…

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Devi Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram

Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. Aparadha Kshamapana stotram is usually recited after a recital or after the completion of Puja. Its like asking for forgiveness from Goddess for various mistakes th

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Ekashloki

Guru: How do you see (What is that light/power which helps you see?) Sishya: I see with the help of sunlight Guru: How do you see in the night? Sishya: I see with the help of a lamp Guru: Let that be

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Ganesha Pancharathnam

The composer, Guru Sri Adi Shankaracharya had praised the God Ganesha by presenting these five stanzas as five jewels, hence the name Maha Ganesha Pancharatnam.

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Ganesha Stavah

Ganesha Stavah or Ganapati Stavah is a set of 13 verses that describe the glory of Lord Ganesha. Gaṇapati stavaḥ is said to be from Ganesh Purana - upāsanā khaṇḍa adhyāya 13.

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Ganga Ashtakam

Gangashtakam is an octet on river Ganga composed by Shri Adi Shankaracharya.

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Gangā stotram

Sri Adi Shankaracharya has written a song ”Devi Suresvari Bhagavati Gange” and the Official Name for this song is ”Sri Sri Ganga Stotram”. In this song Sree Shankaracharya describes the glories of Sri

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Guru Ashtakam

Guru Ashtakam beautifully exemplifies the necessity of a Guru, beseeching the spiritual seeker to bow down to the Lotus Feet of the Guru. Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya.

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Guru Paduka Stotram

Guru Paduka Stotram is a very powerful chant that glorifies the "Padukas (Sandals) of the Guru," which are symbolically represented as "the boat to help cross the endless ocean

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Hanuman Pancharatnam

Garland of five gems on Shri Hanuman composed by Shri Adi Shankaracarya.

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Hastāmalakiyam

Composed by Hastāmalaka Ācārya, a direct disciple of Adi Sankaracharya, the Hastāmalaka Stotraṁ or Hastāmalakiyam is a short Vedāntic text about the higher nature of the Self.

Ishavasya Upanishad

Ishavasya All Verses

Introduction to Isavasya Upanishad The Īśāvāsyopaniṣad—so called from its initial words—forms the concluding chapter of the Saṃhitā of the Suklayajurveda The name of

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Ishavasya Upanishad

The Isha Upanishad is embedded as the final chapter of the Shukla Yajurveda and is one of the shortest Upanishads, with 18 verses. It is the very first Upanishad in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads.

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Ishvaro Guru Atmeti

Salutations to Lord Dakshinamurti, who is all-pervasive like space but who appears (as though) divided as Lord, Guru, and the Self.

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Jagannath Ashtakam

Shri Jagannath Ashtakam was composed by Adi Sankracharya in praise of Lord Jagannath on his visit to Puri. The merit of reciting the sacred Jagannath ashtakam carefully is such that, one becomes sinle

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Kalabhairava Ashtakam

Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. The hymn illustrates the personality of Kala Bhairava of Kashi, the God of Death(kala). Those who study these 8 verses on Kala Bhairava, which are enticing and whic

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Kalika Ashtakam

Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya on devi Kalika. The Goddess Kali is the guardian, also known as Kalika. The protectors, the Mother, Kali is Dharma and eternal time. Kali shines with the brilliance

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Kamakshi Stotram

Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. Goddess Kamakshi is a form of Tripura Sundari or Parvati or the universal mother goddess. The word is derived from the heritage “Ka” meaning Goddess Saraswati (Godd

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Kanakadhara Stotram

Kanakadhara Stotram is a hymn (Stotra) composed in Sanskrit by Sri Adi Sankaracharya. Kanakadhara means “stream” (dhara) of “gold” (kanaka). The 21 stanzas of kanakadhārā stotram then became famous and are read by all devout Hindus for……

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Kasi Viswanathashtakam

Composed by Sri Adi Sankaracharya in praise of Lord Shiva. That man who reads this octet with its meaning, which sings the praise of Shiva who is the lord of Varanasi, would get knowledge, wealth, gre

Katha Upanishad

Katha Upanishad

The Katha Upanishad is embedded in the last 8 sections of the Krishna Yajurveda. It has two chapters divided into three Vallis each. It is a Mukhya upanishad and listed as #3 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads.

Katha Upanishad

Kathopanishad All Verses

The Katha Upanishad is a collection of philosophical poems representing a conversation between the sage Naciketas and Yama (god of death). They discuss the nature of Atman, Brahman and Moksha (liberation). The book is made up of six sections…

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Kaupina Panchakam

Kaupina Panchakam - This is a very short poem composed by Sri Adi Sankaracharya, with five stanzas that glorify the life of a Sannyasi. The Kaupina is made up of a rectangular strip of cotton cloth used to cover the genitals with the help of the…

Kena Upanishad

Kena Upanishad

The Kena Upanishad is embedded inside the last section of the Talavakara Brahmanam of the Samaveda. It is a Mukhya upanishad and listed as #2 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads.

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The Kena Upanishad or Kenopanishad (Kenopaniṣat) (also known as the Talavakara Upanishad) elucidates the concept of nirguna (qualityless) Brah

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Lakshmi Narasimha Karavalambam

Narasimha is a fierce avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, one who incarnates in the form of part lion and part man to destroy evil and end religious persecution and calamity on Earth, thereby restoring Dh

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Lalitha Panchakam

Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya in praise of mother Lalitha. The phalastuti of the stotram says the divine mother will give good knowledge, wealth, fame, happiness, fortune, and prosperity.

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Lalitha Sahasranamam

Lalitha Sahasranamam is a sacred Hindu text from the Brahmanda Purana which lists the thousand names of the Hindu mother goddess Lalita Devi, a manifestation of the Divine Mother (Shakti), and is therefore used in the worship of Durga, Parvati,…

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Mahishasura Mardini Storam

Mahishasura Mardini Stotram - This is a prayer to the Goddess who killed Mahishasura. “The place where Sri Mahishasura Mardini Stotram is sung every day, I will always be present and never leave.” - The Devi’s proclamation in the 12th chapter of the…

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Manishā Panchakam

Adi Sankara’s ‘Manisha Panchakam’ refers to the conclusive wisdom or determinate knowledge asserted in five verses. Manisha means conclusive wisdom or determinate knowledge and Panchakam refers to the five verses.

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Mauna Vyakhya

I salute Sri Dakshinamurti, who is not subject to time, who makes known the truth of Brahman through the implied meaning of words, who is surrounded by disciples who are themselves Rishis and committe

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Meenakshi Pancharatnam

Meenakshi Pancharatnam (The five jewels of Meenakshi) is a popular stotram composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya as a ritual incantation on goddess Meenakshi. This stotram explains the divine qualities,

Mundaka Upanishad

Mundaka Upanishad

The Mundaka Upanishad is embedded is embedded in the Atharva Veda. It is a Mukhya upanishad and listed as #5 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads.

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Narmada Ashtakam

Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya in praise of river Narmada.

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Nidhaye Sarvavidyanam

Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurti, the reservoir of knowledge (the abode of all learning), the healer of all those who suffer from the disease of samsāra, and the teacher of the whole world.

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Nirvana Shatakam

Nirvana Shatkam (Atma Shatakam) of Adi Sankara Commentary and Notes Translated by S. N. Sastri Introduction: Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada has blessed poster

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Om Namah Pranavarthaya

Om. Salutation to the one who is the meaning of praņava, who is in the form of pure knowledge, who is taintless and who is free from any change. To that Sri Dakshinamurti, (my) salutations.

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Om Namo Bhagavate Dakshinamurthaye

Om. Salutations to Bhagavan Dakshinamurti. (Oh Lord) Bless me with memory, the capacity to think properly, and clarity, wisdom.

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Pandurang Ashtakam

Shri Pandurang ashtakam (Pandurangashtakam) Stotra is a very beautiful creation of Shri Adi Shankaracharya. Lord Vithal, or Panduranga Vittala, is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and is worshipped in t

Prashna Upanishad

Prashna Upanishad

The Prashna Upanishad is embedded is embedded in the Atharva Veda. It is a Mukhya upanishad and listed as #5 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads.

Prashna Upanishad

Prashnopanishad-All-Verses

The Prashnopanishad (Prashna Upanishad) is a key philosophical text within the Indian spiritual tradition, part of the larger body of literature known as the Upanishads.

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Prātah Smaranam

This is a prayer composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya consisting of three stanzas in which the mind (manas) speech (vak), and body (kaya) of the individual are sought to be dedicated to the supreme Spir

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Ranganatha Ashtakam

Ranganatha Ashtakam was written by Adi Sankara Bhagavatpada when he stood before Sri Ranganatha swamy in Srirangam, during his travels. This Ashtakam reveals that Adi Sankara was overwhelmed by Lord R

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Sādhana Panchakam

Sadhana Panchakam - Adi Sankara in these five simple looking verses lovingly lists the ways and means which can readily be followed by all students of Vedanta, seeking direct experience of the divine state beyond the mind, the spring of…

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Sankaram Sankaracharyam

Salutations again and again to Lord Shiva in the form of Sri Sankaracharya and Lord Vishnu in the form of Veda Vyasa, who were the authors of sutra and bhasya.

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Saundarya Lahari

The Saundarya Lahari, a devotional poem of one hundred hymns, is ascribed to the great teacher Shankaracharya. The poem is divided into two parts; the first part, comprised of verses 1 through 41, is called the Anandalahari, or Wave of Bliss, and…

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Sharada Bhujangam

Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya on devi Sharada. Sringeri is the first math (monastery) built by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. It has the famous temple of Devi Sharada inside it. The math is situated on

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Shiva Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram

Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. The theme of this storam is of total surrender to Lord Shiva and asking for His forgiveness.

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Shiva Ashtakam

Composed by Adi Shankaracharya. This ashtakam is a descriptive salutation of the different attributes of Shiva. The great yogi who is referred to as Ardhanarishwara (the one who has included the femin

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Shiva Manasa Puja

Sri Adi Shankaracharya composed this mantra for lord Shiva. Using this stotra, we can perform mental worship of Lord Shiva.

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Shiva Pratah Smaranam

This is a short and beautiful 'Three Shloka Prayer' that makes the start of the day full of energy and happiness. Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya.

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Sruti Smrti

I bow at the feet of the Lord in the form Sri Sankaracharya, who is the blessing for the humanity, who is the shrine for the sruti, the smrti and the purana, and, who is the abode of compassion.

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Subramanya Bhujangam

Sri Subramanya bhujangam is a stotra sung under inspiration by Sri Adi Shankaracharya at Thiruchendur ( presently located in Tamil Nadu, India). When he meditated upon SrI Subrahmanya, he became aware

Taittiriya Upanishad

The Taittiriya Upanishad is one of the primary Upanishads, as part of the Yajur Veda. It says that the highest goal is to know the Brahman, for that is Truth. It is divided into three sections, 1) the Siksha Valli, 2) the Brahmananda Valli and 3)…

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Tattvabodha

For anyone wishing to understand the essential tenets of Shankaracharya's philosophy and the Advaita vision, the Tattvabodha, which broadly translates to the 'knowledge of truth', is mandatory reading. In it, Shankara, as the teacher, puts down the…

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Totakashtakam

The Toṭakāṣṭakam was composed by Giri (an enlightened disciple) in praise of his Guru Adi Sankara. Literally, it means a rhyme of eight (Sanskrit: aṣṭa) verses (ślokas) in the meter called Totaka.

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Vākya Vritti

Of the four Mahāvākyas, the statement containing the entire instruction of the teacher is 'Tat Tvam Asi' or 'That Thou Art'. Exposition of this pithy but pregnant sentence (vākya), is accomplished by Adi Sankara in a collection of 53 verses called…

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Vedasara Shiva Stava

Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya in praise of Lord Shiva - the essence of vedas.

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Vivekachudamani

The Vivekachudamani is the crown jewel of the Prarkarana texts (philosophical treatises) authored by Sri Adi Sankaracharya. The title translates to ‘Crest Jewel of Discrimination’, referring to the discrimination between the real and unreal.

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Yamuna Ashtakam

Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. In Yamunastakam’s first eight shlokas, Sri Adi Shankaracharya describes Shri Yamunaji’s eight fold powers, its divine & wonderful idol and her divine qualities. Shr


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