śrī kamalāpatyaṣṭakam

(Shri Kamalapati Ashtakam in English (IAST))

Also known as bhujagatalpagatam ghanasundaram garudavahanamambujalocanam

Language:Sanskrit

An ashtakam to Vishnu as Kamalapati, the lord of Lakshmi — reclining on the serpent couch, dark and beautiful, borne by Garuda, lotus-eyed. Worship him, O men.

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bhujagatalpagataṃ ghanasundaraṃ garuḍavāhanamambujalocanam |
nalinacakragadākaramavyayaṃ bhajata re manujāḥ kamalāpatim || 1||

alikulāsitakomalakuntalaṃ vimalapītadukūlamanoharam |
jaladhijāśritavāmakalevaraṃ bhajata re manujāḥ kamalāpatim || 2||

kimu japaiśca tapobhirutādhvarairapi kimuttamatīrthaniṣevaṇaiḥ |
kimuta śāstrakadambavilokanaiḥ bhajata re manujāḥ kamalāpatim || 3||

manujadehamimaṃ bhuvi durlabhaṃ samadhigamya surairapi vāñchitam |
viṣayalampaṭatāmapahāya vai bhajata re manujāḥ kamalāpatim || 4||

na vanitā na suto na sahodaro na hi pitā jananī na ca bāndhavāḥ |
vrajati sākamanena janena vai bhajata re manujāḥ kamalāpatim || 5||

sakalameva calaṃ sacarācaraṃ jagadidaṃ sutarāṃ dhanayauvanam |
samavalokya vivekadṛśā drutaṃ bhajata re manujāḥ kamalāpatim || 6||

vividharogayutaṃ kṣaṇabhaṅguraṃ paravaśaṃ navamārgamalākulam |
parinirīkṣya śarīramidaṃ svakaṃ bhajata re manujāḥ kamalāpatim || 7||

munivarairaniśaṃ hṛdi bhāvitaṃ śivaviriñcimahendranutaṃ sadā |
maraṇajanmajarābhayamocanaṃ bhajata re manujāḥ kamalāpatim || 8||

haripadāṣṭakametadanuttamaṃ paramahaṃsajanena samīritam |
paṭhati yastu samāhitacetasā vrajati viṣṇupadaṃ sa naro dhruvaṃ || 9||

iti śrīmatparamahaṃsasvāmibrahmānandaviracitaṃ kamalāpatyaṣṭakaṃ samāptaṃ ||

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