Lord Shiva

naṭarāja aṣṭakama

(Nataraja Ashtakam in English (IAST))

Also known as kuncaracarmakrtambaramamburuhasanamadhavageyagunam

The Nataraja Ashtakam to Shiva as lord of the dance at Chidambaram — Shankara, ender of Antaka, whose eye burnt Kama, praised by Patanjali with folded hands.

kuñcaracarmakṛtāmbaramamburuhāsanamādhavageyaguṇaṃ
śaṅkaramantakamānaharaṃ smaradāhakalocanameṇadharam |
sāñjaliyogipatañjalisannutamindukalādharamabjamukhaṃ
mañjulaśiñjitarañjitakuñcitavāmapadaṃ bhaja nṛtyapatim || 1||
piṅgalatuṅgajaṭāvalibhāsuragaṅgamamaṅgalanāśakaraṃ
puṅgavavāhamumāṅgadharaṃ ripubhaṅgakaraṃ suralokanatam |
bhṛṅgavinīlagalaṃ gaṇanāthasutaṃ bhaja mānasa pāpaharaṃ
maṅgaladaṃ vararaṅgapatiṃ bhavasaṅgaharaṃ dhanarājasakham || 2||
pāṇinisūtravinirmitikāraṇapāṇilasaḍḍamarūttharavaṃ
mādhavanāditamardalanirgatanādalayoddhṛtavāmapadam |
sarvajagatpralayaprabhuvahnivirājitapāṇimumālasitaṃ
pannagabhūṣaṇamunnatasannutamānama mānasa sāmbaśivam || 3||
caṇḍaguṇānvitamaṇḍalakhaṇḍanapaṇḍitamindukalākalitaṃ
daṇḍadharāntakadaṇḍakaraṃ varatāṇḍavamaṇḍitahemasabham |
aṇḍakarāṇḍajavāhasakhaṃ nama pāṇḍavamadhyamamodakaraṃ
kuṇḍalaśobhitagaṇḍatalaṃ munivṛndanutaṃ sakalāṇḍadharam || 4||
vyāghrapadānatamugratarāsuravigrahamardipadāmburuhaṃ
śakramukhāmaravargamanoharanṛtyakaraṃ śrutinutyaguṇam |
vyagrataraṅgitadevadhunīdhṛtagarvaharāyatakeśacayaṃ
bhārgavarāvaṇapūjitamīśamumāramaṇaṃ bhaja śūladharam || 5||
āsuraśaktivināśakaraṃ bahubhāsurakāyamanaṅgaripuṃ
bhūsurasevitapādasaroruhamīśvamakṣaramukṣadhṛtam |
bhāskaraśītakarākṣamanāturamāśvaravindapadaṃ bhaja taṃ
naśvarasaṃsṛtimohavināśamahaskaradantanipātakaram || 6||
bhūtikaraṃ sitabhūtidharaṃ gatanītiharaṃ varagītinutaṃ
bhaktiyutottamamuktikaraṃ samaśaktiyutaṃ śubhabhuktikaram |
bhadrakarottamanāmayutaṃ śrutisāmanutaṃ nama somadharaṃ
stutyaguṇaṃ bhaja nityamagādhabhavāmbudhitārakanṛtyapatim || 7||
śūladharaṃ bhavajālaharaṃ niṭilāgnidharaṃ jaṭilaṃ dhavalaṃ
nīlagalojvalamaṅgalasadgirirājasutāmṛdupāṇitalam |
śailakulādhipamaulinataṃ chalahīnamupaimi kapāladharaṃ
kālaviṣāśamanantamilānutamadbhutalāsyakaraṃ giriśam || 8||
cittaharātulanṛttapatipriyavṛttakṛtottamagītimimāṃ
prātarumāpatisannidhigo yadi gāyati bhaktiyuto manasi |
sarvasukhaṃ bhuvi tasya bhavatyamarādhipadurlabhamatyadhikaṃ
nāsti punarjanireti ca dhāma sa śāmbhavamuttamamodakaram || 9||
iti naṭarājāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

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