Lord Ayyappa

bhūtanātha aṣṭakam

(Bhoothnath Ashtakam in English (IAST))

Also known as sri visnuputram sivadivyabalam moksa pradam divyajanabhivandyam

The Bhutanatha Ashtakam to Lord Ayyappa as Hariharaputra — son of Vishnu in his Mohini form and of Shiva, the divine child, giver of liberation, worshipped as lord of the bhutas and honoured by the gods.

śrī viṣṇuputraṃ śivadivyabālaṃ mokṣa pradaṃ divyajanābhivandyam |
kailāsanātha praṇavasvarūpaṃ śrībhūtanāthaṃ manasā smarāmi || 1||
ajñānaghorāndha dharma pradīpaṃ prajñānadāna praṇavaṃ kumāram |
lakṣmīvilāsaikanivāsaraṅgaṃ śrībhūtanāthaṃ manasā smarāmi || 2||
lokaikavīraṃ karuṇātaraṅgaṃ sadbhaktadṛśyaṃ smaravismayāṅgam |
bhaktaikalakṣyaṃ smarasaṅgabhaṅgaṃ śrībhūtanāthaṃ manasā smarāmi || 3||
lakṣmī tava prauḍhamanohara śrī saundarya sarvasva vilāsaraṅgam |
ānanda sampūrṇa kaṭākṣalolaṃ śrībhūtanāthaṃ manasā smarāmi || 4||
pūrṇakaṭākṣa prabhayāvimiśraṃ sampūrṇa susmera vicitravaktram |
māyāvimoha prakarapraṇāśaṃ śrībhūtanāthaṃ manasā smarāmi || 5||
viśvābhirāmaṃ guṇapūrṇavarṇaṃ dehaprabhānirjita kāmadevam |
kupeṭya duḥkharva viṣādanāśaṃ śrībhūtanāthaṃ manasā smarāmi || 6||
mālābhirāmaṃ paripūrṇarūpaṃ kālānurūpa prakāṭāvatāram |
kālāntakānandakaraṃ maheśaṃ śrībhūtanāthaṃ manasā smarāmi || 7||
pāpāpahaṃ tāpavināśamīśaṃ sarvādhipatya paramātmanātham |
śrīsūryacandrāgnivicitranetraṃ śrībhūtanāthaṃ manasā smarāmi || 8||
iti śrībhūtanāthamānasāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

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