Lord Ayyappa

bhūtādhipastotram

(Bhutadhipa Stotram in English (IAST))

Also known as Bhootadhipa Stotram · bhutadhipa stotra · ayyappa bhutadhipa stotram

Eighteen verses to Ayyappa as Bhutadhipa, lord of the hosts of beings, built on a single repeating line — I worship Bhutadhipa, I worship the divine Bhutadhipa — so that the name itself becomes the rhythm of the recitation. Each verse turns the epithet a little: crusher of the enemies of the gods; well praised by the hosts of spirits; bowed to by Indra; extolled in many ways by the throngs of the devout. The last verse names him sole lord of all the worlds and giver of peace from the three afflictions. Recited for protection, for the quieting of Saturn's period, and against affliction of mind.

|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
bhūtādhipaṃ bhaje bhūtādhipaṃ
divyabhūtādhipaṃ bhaje bhūtādhipam || 1 ||
devārimardanaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
bhūtagaṇasuvanditaṃ bhūtādhipam || 2 ||
devendravanditaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
bhaktavṛndabahustutaṃ bhūtādhipam || 3 ||
kāruṇyavīkṣaṇaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
śrīgajamukhasodaraṃ bhūtādhipam || 4 ||
śrīkuṇḍalāñcitaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
śrīmaṇikaṇṭhabhāsuraṃ bhūtādhipam || 5 ||
nāl̤īkalocanaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
śrīkālāmbudaśyālaṃ bhūtādhipam || 6 ||
nānārthadāyakaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
kalidoṣadāvānalaṃ bhūtādhipam || 7 ||
dīnārtibhañjanaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
subhaktajanatārakaṃ bhūtādhipam || 8 ||
pāṇḍyeśasevakaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
pāṇḍyavaṃśasurakṣitaṃ bhūtādhipam || 9 ||
kleśapāśakṣatiṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
kliṣṭajanarakṣakaṃ bhūtādhipam || 10 ||
saṃsāratārakaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
śatrukuladhvaṃsakaṃ bhūtādhipam || 11 ||
puṇyalokāśrayaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
puṇyajanapūjitaṃ bhūtādhipam || 12 ||
āśritavatsalaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
viśvaviśṛtavigrahaṃ bhūtādhipam || 13 ||
kalyāṇadāyakaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
sukīrtanasaktacittaṃ bhūtādhipam || 14 ||
kirātavapuṣaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
mṛgayāvanasthitaṃ bhūtādhipam || 15 ||
ajñānanāśanaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
suvijñānadāyakaṃ bhūtādhipam || 16 ||
adbhutavigrahaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
aṇimādisiddhidaṃ bhūtādhipam || 17 ||
samastaikanāthaṃ bhūtādhipaṃ
tāpatrayaśāntidaṃ bhūtādhipam || 18 ||
|| iti bhūtādhipastotraṃ sampūrṇam ||

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