ಶರಣ್ಯಾಯ ವರೇಣ್ಯಾಯ ಸರ್ವೇಶಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ॥ 1 ॥
- ಶನೈಶ್ಚರಾಯ (śanaiścarāya)to the slow-mover, Saturn
- ಶಾನ್ತಾಯ (śāntāya)to the peaceful
- ಸರ್ವ-ಅಭೀಷ್ಟ-ಪ್ರದಾಯಿನೇ (sarva-abhīṣṭa-pradāyine)to the granter of every desire
- ಶರಣ್ಯಾಯ (śaraṇyāya)to him worth taking refuge in
- ವರೇಣ್ಯಾಯ (vareṇyāya)to the most choice-worthy
- ಸರ್ವ-ಈಶಾಯ (sarva-īśāya)to the lord of all
- ನಮಃ ನಮಃ (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
ಸುಖಾಸನೋಪವಿಷ್ಟಾಯ ಸುನ್ದರಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ॥ 2 ॥
- ಸೌಮ್ಯಾಯ (saumyāya)to the gentle
- ಸುರ-ವನ್ದ್ಯಾಯ (sura-vandyāya)to him whom the gods revere
- ಸುರ-ಲೋಕ-ವಿಹಾರಿಣೇ (sura-loka-vihāriṇe)to him who ranges the world of the gods
- ಸುಖ-ಆಸನ-ಉಪವಿಷ್ಟಾಯ (sukha-āsana-upaviṣṭāya)to him seated at ease upon his throne
- ಸುನ್ದರಾಯ (sundarāya)to the beautiful
- ನಮಃ ನಮಃ (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
ಘನಸಾರವಿಲೇಪಾಯ ಖದ್ಯೋತಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ॥ 3 ॥
- ಘನಾಯ (ghanāya)to the dense, the cloud
- ಘನ-ರೂಪಾಯ (ghana-rūpāya)to him of cloud-like form
- ಘನ-ಆಭರಣ-ಧಾರಿಣೇ (ghana-ābharaṇa-dhāriṇe)to him who wears cloud-dark ornaments
- ಘನ-ಸಾರ-ವಿಲೇಪಾಯ (ghana-sāra-vilepāya)to him anointed with camphor
- ಖದ್ಯೋತಾಯ (khadyotāya)to the light of the sky
- ನಮಃ ನಮಃ (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
ಮರ್ತ್ಯಪಾವನಪಾದಾಯ ಮಹೇಶಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ॥ 4 ॥
- ಮನ್ದಾಯ (mandāya)to the slow one
- ಮನ್ದ-ಚೇಷ್ಟಾಯ (manda-ceṣṭāya)to him of unhurried movement
- ಮಹನೀಯ-ಗುಣ-ಆತ್ಮನೇ (mahanīya-guṇa-ātmane)to him whose nature is of praiseworthy virtues
- ಮರ್ತ್ಯ-ಪಾವನ-ಪಾದಾಯ (martya-pāvana-pādāya)to him whose feet make mortals clean
- ಮಹಾ-ಈಶಾಯ (mahā-īśāya)to the great Lord
- ನಮಃ ನಮಃ (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
ಚರಸ್ಥಿರಸ್ವಭಾವಾಯ ಚಞ್ಚಲಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ॥ 5 ॥
- ಛಾಯಾ-ಪುತ್ರಾಯ (chāyā-putrāya)to the son of Chāyā, the Shadow
- ಶರ್ವಾಯ (śarvāya)to Śarva, the archer
- ಶರ-ತೂಣೀರ-ಧಾರಿಣೇ (śara-tūṇīra-dhāriṇe)to him who bears arrows and quiver
- ಚರ-ಸ್ಥಿರ-ಸ್ವಭಾವಾಯ (cara-sthira-svabhāvāya)to him whose nature is both moving and still
- ಚಞ್ಚಲಾಯ (cañcalāya)to the restless
- ನಮಃ ನಮಃ (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
ನೀಲಾಮ್ಬರವಿಭೂಷಾಯ ನಿಶ್ಚಲಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ॥ 6 ॥
- ನೀಲ-ವರ್ಣಾಯ (nīla-varṇāya)to the dark-hued
- ನಿತ್ಯಾಯ (nityāya)to the eternal
- ನೀಲ-ಅಞ್ಜನ-ನಿಭಾಯ (nīla-añjana-nibhāya)to him like dark collyrium
- ಚ (ca)and
- ನೀಲ-ಅಮ್ಬರ-ವಿಭೂಷಾಯ (nīla-ambara-vibhūṣāya)to him adorned in dark-blue raiment
- ನಿಶ್ಚಲಾಯ (niścalāya)to the unmoving
- ನಮಃ ನಮಃ (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
ಭೇದಾಸ್ಪದಸ್ವಭಾವಾಯ ವಜ್ರದೇಹಾಯ ತೇ ನಮಃ ॥ 7 ॥
- ವೇದ್ಯಾಯ (vedyāya)to him who is to be known
- ವಿಧಿ-ರೂಪಾಯ (vidhi-rūpāya)to him whose form is ordinance itself
- ವಿರೋಧ-ಆಧಾರ-ಭೂಮಯೇ (virodha-ādhāra-bhūmaye)to the ground upon which all opposition rests
- ಭೇದ-ಆಸ್ಪದ-ಸ್ವಭಾವಾಯ (bheda-āspada-svabhāvāya)to him whose nature is the seat of all distinction
- ವಜ್ರ-ದೇಹಾಯ (vajra-dehāya)to him of adamantine body
- ತೇ ನಮಃ (te namaḥ)salutation to you
ವಿಪತ್ಪರಮ್ಪರೇಶಾಯ ವಿಶ್ವವನ್ದ್ಯಾಯ ತೇ ನಮಃ ॥ 8 ॥
- ವೈರಾಗ್ಯ-ದಾಯ (vairāgya-dāya)to the giver of dispassion
- ವೀರಾಯ (vīrāya)to the hero
- ವೀತ-ರೋಗ-ಭಯಾಯ (vīta-roga-bhayāya)to him free of disease and of fear
- ಚ (ca)and
- ವಿಪತ್-ಪರಮ್ಪರಾ-ಈಶಾಯ (vipat-paramparā-īśāya)to the lord of the long succession of calamities
- ವಿಶ್ವ-ವನ್ದ್ಯಾಯ (viśva-vandyāya)to him whom the whole world reveres
- ತೇ ನಮಃ (te namaḥ)salutation to you
ಕುತ್ಸಿತಾಯ ಗುಣಾಢ್ಯಾಯ ಗೋಚರಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ॥ 9 ॥
- ಗೃಧ್ರ-ವಾಹಾಯ (gṛdhra-vāhāya)to him whose mount is the vulture
- ಗೂಢಾಯ (gūḍhāya)to the hidden
- ಕೂರ್ಮ-ಅಙ್ಗಾಯ (kūrma-aṅgāya)to him whose limbs are like the tortoise’s
- ಕುರೂಪಿಣೇ (kurūpiṇe)to him of ill-favoured form
- ಕುತ್ಸಿತಾಯ (kutsitāya)to the despised
- ಗುಣ-ಆಢ್ಯಾಯ (guṇa-āḍhyāya)yet rich in virtues
- ಗೋಚರಾಯ (gocarāya)within the reach of all
- ನಮಃ ನಮಃ (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
ಆಯುಷ್ಯಕಾರಣಾಯಾಽಽಪದುದ್ಧರ್ತ್ರೇ ಚ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ॥ 10 ॥
- ಅವಿದ್ಯಾ-ಮೂಲ-ನಾಶಾಯ (avidyā-mūla-nāśāya)to the destroyer of ignorance at its root
- ವಿದ್ಯಾ-ಅವಿದ್ಯಾ-ಸ್ವರೂಪಿಣೇ (vidyā-avidyā-svarūpiṇe)to him whose form is both knowledge and ignorance
- ಆಯುಷ್ಯ-ಕಾರಣಾಯ (āyuṣya-kāraṇāya)to the cause of long life
- ಆಪದ್-ಉದ್ಧರ್ತ್ರೇ (āpad-uddhartre)to the lifter-out of calamity
- ಚ (ca)and
- ನಮಃ ನಮಃ (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
ವಿಧಿಸ್ತುತ್ಯಾಯ ವನ್ದ್ಯಾಯ ವಿರೂಪಾಕ್ಷಾಯ ತೇ ನಮಃ ॥ 11 ॥
- ವಿಷ್ಣು-ಭಕ್ತಾಯ (viṣṇu-bhaktāya)to the devotee of Viṣṇu
- ವಶಿನೇ (vaśine)to the self-mastered
- ವಿವಿಧ-ಆಗಮ-ವೇದಿನೇ (vividha-āgama-vedine)to the knower of scriptures of many kinds
- ವಿಧಿ-ಸ್ತುತ್ಯಾಯ (vidhi-stutyāya)to him praised by Brahmā
- ವನ್ದ್ಯಾಯ (vandyāya)to him worth revering
- ವಿರೂಪ-ಅಕ್ಷಾಯ (virūpa-akṣāya)to him of uncommon eye
- ತೇ ನಮಃ (te namaḥ)salutation to you
ವರದಾಽಭಯಹಸ್ತಾಯ ವಾಮನಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ॥ 12 ॥
- ವರಿಷ್ಠಾಯ (variṣṭhāya)to the most excellent
- ಗರಿಷ್ಠಾಯ (gariṣṭhāya)to the weightiest
- ವಜ್ರ-ಅಙ್ಕುಶ-ಧರಾಯ (vajra-aṅkuśa-dharāya)to him who bears the adamantine goad
- ಚ (ca)and
- ವರದ-ಅಭಯ-ಹಸ್ತಾಯ (varada-abhaya-hastāya)to him whose hands give boons and fearlessness
- ವಾಮನಾಯ (vāmanāya)to the short of stature
- ನಮಃ ನಮಃ (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
ಕಷ್ಟೌಘನಾಶಕರ್ಯಾಯ ಪುಷ್ಟಿದಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ॥ 13 ॥
- ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠಾ-ಪತ್ನೀ-ಸಮೇತಾಯ (jyeṣṭhā-patnī-sametāya)to him accompanied by his wife Jyeṣṭhā
- ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠಾಯ (śreṣṭhāya)to the best
- ಮಿತ-ಭಾಷಿಣೇ (mita-bhāṣiṇe)to him of measured speech
- ಕಷ್ಟ-ಓಘ-ನಾಶ-ಕರ್ಯಾಯ (kaṣṭa-ogha-nāśa-karyāya)to him who undoes the flood of hardship
- ಪುಷ್ಟಿ-ದಾಯ (puṣṭi-dāya)to the giver of nourishment
- ನಮಃ ನಮಃ (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
ಭಾನುಪುತ್ರಾಯ ಭವ್ಯಾಯ ಪಾವನಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ॥ 14 ॥
- ಸ್ತುತ್ಯಾಯ (stutyāya)to the praiseworthy
- ಸ್ತೋತ್ರ-ಗಮ್ಯಾಯ (stotra-gamyāya)to him reached through hymns
- ಭಕ್ತಿ-ವಶ್ಯಾಯ (bhakti-vaśyāya)to him won over by devotion
- ಭಾನವೇ (bhānave)to the shining
- ಭಾನು-ಪುತ್ರಾಯ (bhānu-putrāya)to the son of Bhānu
- ಭವ್ಯಾಯ (bhavyāya)to the auspicious
- ಪಾವನಾಯ (pāvanāya)to the purifier
- ನಮಃ ನಮಃ (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
ತನುಪ್ರಕಾಶದೇಹಾಯ ತಾಮಸಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ॥ 15 ॥
- ಧನುರ್-ಮಣ್ಡಲ-ಸಂಸ್ಥಾಯ (dhanur-maṇḍala-saṃsthāya)to him established in the arc of Dhanus, the Bow
- ಧನದಾಯ (dhanadāya)to the giver of wealth
- ಧನುಷ್ಮತೇ (dhanuṣmate)to the bearer of the bow
- ತನು-ಪ್ರಕಾಶ-ದೇಹಾಯ (tanu-prakāśa-dehāya)to him whose body glows with a thin light
- ತಾಮಸಾಯ (tāmasāya)to the dark one
- ನಮಃ ನಮಃ (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
ವಶೀಕೃತಜನೇಶಾಯ ಪಶೂನಾಂ ಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ ॥ 16 ॥
- ಅಶೇಷ-ಜನ-ವನ್ದ್ಯಾಯ (aśeṣa-jana-vandyāya)to him revered by all people without exception
- ವಿಶೇಷ-ಫಲ-ದಾಯಿನೇ (viśeṣa-phala-dāyine)to the giver of particular fruits
- ವಶೀಕೃತ-ಜನ-ಈಶಾಯ (vaśīkṛta-jana-īśāya)to the lord who holds all people under his sway
- ಪಶೂನಾಮ್ ಪತಯೇ (paśūnām pataye)to the lord of all creatures
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
ಕಾಠಿನ್ಯಮಾನಸಾಯಾಽಽರ್ಯಗಣಸ್ತುತ್ಯಾಯ ತೇ ನಮಃ ॥ 17 ॥
- ಖೇ-ಚರಾಯ (khe-carāya)to him who moves in the sky
- ಖಗ-ಈಶಾಯ (khaga-īśāya)to the lord of the sky-goers
- ಘನ-ನೀಲ-ಅಮ್ಬರಾಯ (ghana-nīla-ambarāya)to him robed in cloud-dark blue
- ಚ (ca)and
- ಕಾಠಿನ್ಯ-ಮಾನಸಾಯ (kāṭhinya-mānasāya)to him of unyielding mind
- ಆರ್ಯ-ಗಣ-ಸ್ತುತ್ಯಾಯ (ārya-gaṇa-stutyāya)to him praised by the company of the noble
- ತೇ ನಮಃ (te namaḥ)salutation to you
ನಿರಾಮಯಾಯ ನಿನ್ದ್ಯಾಯ ವನ್ದನೀಯಾಯ ತೇ ನಮಃ ॥ 18 ॥
- ನೀಲ-ಛತ್ರಾಯ (nīla-chatrāya)to him of the dark-blue parasol
- ನಿತ್ಯಾಯ (nityāya)to the eternal
- ನಿರ್-ಗುಣಾಯ (nir-guṇāya)to him beyond the qualities
- ಗುಣ-ಆತ್ಮನೇ (guṇa-ātmane)yet the soul of every quality
- ನಿರಾಮಯಾಯ (nirāmayāya)to him free of all ill
- ನಿನ್ದ್ಯಾಯ (nindyāya)to him whom men blame
- ವನ್ದನೀಯಾಯ (vandanīyāya)yet who is truly to be revered
- ತೇ ನಮಃ (te namaḥ)salutation to you
ದೈನ್ಯನಾಶಕರಾಯಾಽಽರ್ಯಜನಗಣ್ಯಾಯ ತೇ ನಮಃ ॥ 19 ॥
- ಧೀರಾಯ (dhīrāya)to the steadfast
- ದಿವ್ಯ-ದೇಹಾಯ (divya-dehāya)to him of divine body
- ದೀನ-ಆರ್ತಿ-ಹರಣಾಯ (dīna-ārti-haraṇāya)to the taker-away of the poor man’s distress
- ಚ (ca)and
- ದೈನ್ಯ-ನಾಶ-ಕರಾಯ (dainya-nāśa-karāya)to the undoer of wretchedness
- ಆರ್ಯ-ಜನ-ಗಣ್ಯಾಯ (ārya-jana-gaṇyāya)to him counted among the noble
- ತೇ ನಮಃ (te namaḥ)salutation to you
ಕಲತ್ರಪುತ್ರಶತ್ರುತ್ವಕಾರಣಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ॥ 20 ॥
- ಕ್ರೂರಾಯ (krūrāya)to the fierce
- ಕ್ರೂರ-ಚೇಷ್ಟಾಯ (krūra-ceṣṭāya)to him of fierce doings
- ಕಾಮ-ಕ್ರೋಧ-ಕರಾಯ (kāma-krodha-karāya)to him who stirs desire and anger
- ಚ (ca)and
- ಕಲತ್ರ-ಪುತ್ರ-ಶತ್ರುತ್ವ-ಕಾರಣಾಯ (kalatra-putra-śatrutva-kāraṇāya)to him who is the cause of enmity between spouse and child
- ನಮಃ ನಮಃ (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
ಭಕ್ತಸಙ್ಘಮನೋಽಭೀಷ್ಟಫಲದಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ॥ 21 ॥
- ಪರಿಪೋಷಿತ-ಭಕ್ತಾಯ (paripoṣita-bhaktāya)to him who nourishes his devotees fully
- ಪರ-ಭೀತಿ-ಹರಾಯ (para-bhīti-harāya)to the taker-away of the greatest fear
- ಚ (ca)and
- ಭಕ್ತ-ಸಙ್ಘ-ಮನಃ-ಅಭೀಷ್ಟ-ಫಲ-ದಾಯ (bhakta-saṅgha-manaḥ-abhīṣṭa-phala-dāya)to him who gives his gathered devotees the fruit their hearts desire
- ನಮಃ ನಮಃ (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
ಪ್ರತ್ಯಹಂ ಪ್ರಜಪನ್ಮರ್ತ್ಯೋ ದೀರ್ಘಮಾಯುರವಾಪ್ನುಯಾತ್ ॥ 22 ॥
- ಇತ್ಥಮ್ (ittham)thus
- ಶನೈಶ್ಚರಾಯ (śanaiścarāya)to Śanaiścara
- ಇದಮ್ (idam)this
- ನಾಮ್ನಾಮ್ ಅಷ್ಟ-ಉತ್ತರಮ್ ಶತಮ್ (nāmnām aṣṭa-uttaram śatam)hundred and eight of names
- ಪ್ರತ್ಯಹಮ್ (pratyaham)every day
- ಪ್ರಜಪನ್ (prajapan)repeating
- ಮರ್ತ್ಯಃ (martyaḥ)a mortal
- ದೀರ್ಘಮ್ ಆಯುಃ (dīrgham āyuḥ)long life
- ಅವಾಪ್ನುಯಾತ್ (avāpnuyāt)shall attain
