Lord Vishnu

śrī nārāyaṇa aṣṭakama

(Narayan Ashtakam (Kuresha Swami) in English (IAST))

Also known as Narayan Ashtakam · vatsalyadabhayapradanasamayadarttartinirvapanad

An ashtakam to Narayana praising his vatsalya — the moment he grants fearlessness, the moment he quenches the pain of the afflicted, his generosity, his burning away of sin.

vātsalyādabhayapradānasamayādārttārtinirvāpaṇād
audāryyādaghaśoṣaṇādagaṇitaśreyaḥ padaprāpaṇāt |
sevyaḥ śrīpatireka eva jagatāmete'bhavansākṣiṇaḥ
prahlādaśca vibhīṣaṇaśca karirāṭ pāñcālyahalyādhruvaḥ || 1||
prahlādāsti yadīśvaro vada hariḥ sarvatra me darśaya
staṃbhe caivamiti bruvantamasuraṃ tatrāvirāsīddhariḥ |
vakṣastasya vidārayannijanakhairvātsalyamāpādayan
nārttatrāṇaparāyaṇaḥ sa bhagavānnārāyaṇo me gatiḥ || 2||
śrīrāmo'tra vibhīṣaṇo'yamanagho rakṣobhayādāgataḥ
sugrīvānaya pālayainamadhunā paulastyamevāgatam |
ityuktvā'bhayamasya sarvaviditaṃ yo rāghavo dattavān
ārttatrāṇaparāyaṇaḥ sa bhagavānnārāyaṇo me gatiḥ || 3||
nakragrastapadaṃ samuddhṛtakaraṃ brahmādayo bhoḥ surā
rakṣantāmiti dīnavākyakariṇaṃ deveṣvaśakteṣu yaḥ |
mā bhaiṣīriti tasya nakrahanane cakrāyudhaḥ śrīdharo
hyārttatrāṇaparāyaṇaḥ sa bhagavānnārāyaṇo me gatiḥ || 4||
bhoḥ kṛṣṇācyutaḥ bhoḥ kṛpālaya hare bhoḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ sakhe
kvāsi kvāsi suyodhanādhyapahṛtāṃ bho rakṣa māmāturām |
ityuktto'kṣayavastrasaṃbhṛtatanuryo'pālayaddraupadīm
ārttatrāṇaparāyaṇaḥ sa bhagavānnārāyaṇo me gatiḥ || 5||
yatpādābjanakhodakaṃ trijagatāṃ pāpaughavidhvaṃsanaṃ
yannāmāmṛtapūrakaṃ ca pibatāṃ saṃsārasantārakam |
pāṣāṇo'pi yadaṅighrapaṅkarajasā śāpānmunermocito
hyārttatrāṇaparāyaṇaḥ sa bhagavānnārāyaṇo me gatiḥ || 6||
pitrā bhrātaramuttamāsanagataṃ hyauttānapādirdhruvo
dṛṣṭvā tatsamamārurukṣuradhikaṃ mātrā'vamānaṃ gataḥ |
yaṃ gatvā śaraṇaṃ yadāpa tapasā hemādrisiṃhāsanaṃ
hyārttatrāṇaparāyaṇaḥ sa bhagavānnārāyaṇo me gatiḥ || 7||
ārttā viṣaṇṇāḥ śithilāśca bhītā ghoreśu ca vyādhiśu vartamānāḥ |
saṃkīrtya nārāyaṇaśabdamātraṃ vimuktaduḥkhāḥ sukhino bhavanti || 8||
iti śrīkūreśasvāmiviracitaṃ nārāyaṇāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

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