Lord Garuda (Vishnu)

śrī garuḍāṣṭottaraśatanāma stotram

(Sri Garuda Ashtottara Shatanama Stotram in English (IAST))

Also known as shri garuda ashtottara shatanama stotram · shree garuda ashtottara shatanama stotram · garuda ashtottara shatanama stotram

A hundred and eight names of Garuda from the Brahmanda Purana, spoken by Ishvara when the Goddess asks for them, and what lifts the list above the usual is a run of names in its later half that makes him out of the Veda rather than out of feathers. He is called made of metre, and made of the seven metres; born of the anushtubh that bears the name of the Yajus; his very self the stoma; the threefold chant for a head; and the Gayatri for eyes; and delighting in the singing of the Saman. Around that sit the expected ones — Vinata's son, Kashyapa's, enemy of snakes and wearer of snakes for ornaments, eater of serpents, the one who carried off the nectar. Its meditation puts the pot of nectar in his hand and has the shell of the cosmic egg shaken by his golden wings.

|| śrī garuḍāṣṭottaraśatanāma stotram ||
śrīdevyuvāca|
devadeva mahādeva sarvajña karuṇānidhe |
śrotumicchāmi tārkṣyasya nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam |
īśvara uvāca|
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi garuḍasya mahātmanaḥ |
nāmnāmaṣṭottaraśataṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam ||
|| viniyogaḥ ||
asya śrīgaruḍanāmāṣṭottaraśatamahāmantrasya brahmā ṛṣiḥ anuṣṭupchandaḥ garuḍo devatā praṇavo bījaṃ vidyā śaktiḥ vedādiḥ kīlakaṃ pakṣirājaprītyarthe jape viniyogaḥ |
|| dhyānam ||
amṛtakalaśahastaṃ kāntisampūrṇadehaṃ
sakalavibudhavandyaṃ vedaśāstrairacintyam |
kanakarucirapakṣoddhūyamānāṇḍagolaṃ
sakalaviṣavināśaṃ cintayetpakṣirājam ||
|| stotram ||
vainateyaḥ khagapatiḥ kāśyapeyo mahābalaḥ |
taptakāñcanavarṇābhaḥ suparṇo harivāhanaḥ || 1 ||
chandomayo mahātejāḥ mahotsāho mahābalaḥ |
brahmaṇyo viṣṇubhaktaśca kundendudhavalānanaḥ || 2 ||
cakrapāṇidharaḥ śrīmān nāgārirnāgabhūṣaṇaḥ |
vidvanmayo viśeṣajñaḥ vidyānidhiranāmayaḥ || 3 ||
bhūtido bhuvanatrātā bhayahā bhaktavatsalaḥ |
saptachandomayaḥ pakṣiḥ surāsurasupūjitaḥ || 4 ||
bhujaṅgabhuk kacchapāśī daityahantā'ruṇānujaḥ |
nigamātmā nirādhāro nistraiguṇyo nirañjanaḥ || 5 ||
nirvikalpaḥ parañjyotiḥ parātparataraḥ paraḥ |
śubhāṅgaḥ śubhadaḥ śūraḥ sūkṣmarūpī bṛhattanuḥ || 6 ||
viṣāśī vijitātmā ca vijayo jayavardhanaḥ |
ajāsyo jagadīśaśca janārdanamahādhvajaḥ || 7 ||
ghanasantāpavicchettā jarāmaraṇavarjitaḥ |
kalyāṇadaḥ kalātītaḥ kalādharasamaprabhaḥ || 8 ||
somapaḥ surasaṅgheśaḥ yajñāṅgo yajñabhūṣaṇaḥ |
vajrāṅgo varado vandyo vāyuvego varapradaḥ || 9 ||
mahājavo vidārī ca manmathapriyabāndhavaḥ |
yajurnāmānuṣṭabhajaḥ mārako'surabhañjanaḥ || 10 ||
kālajñaḥ kamaleṣṭaśca kalidoṣanivāraṇaḥ |
stomātmā ca trivṛnmūrdhā bhūmā gāyatrilocanaḥ || 11 ||
sāmagānarataḥ sragvī svacchandagatiragraṇīḥ |
vinatānandanaḥ śrīmān vijitārātisaṅkulaḥ || 12 ||
patadvariṣṭhaḥ sarveśaḥ pāpahā pāpamocakaḥ |
amṛtāṃśo'mṛtavapuḥ ānandagatiragraṇīḥ || 13 ||
sudhākumbhadharaḥ śrīmān durdharo'surabhañjanaḥ |
agrijijjayagopaśca jagadāhlādakārakaḥ || 14 ||
garuḍo bhagavān stotraḥ stobhassvarṇavapu svarāṭ |
vidyunnibho viśālāṅgo vinatādāsyamocakaḥ || 15 ||
|| phalaśruti ||
itīdaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ garuḍasya mahātmanaḥ |
nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam || 16 ||
gīyamānaṃ mayā gītaṃ viṣṇunā samudīritam |
sarvajñatvaṃ manojñatvaṃ kāmarūpatvameva vā || 17 ||
amaratvaṃ ṛṣitvaṃ vā gandharvatvamathāpi vā |
aṇimādiguṇaṃ caiva aṣṭabhogaṃ tathā bhavet || 18 ||
idaṃ tu divyaṃ paramaṃ rahasyaṃ
sadā sujapyaṃ paramatmayogibhiḥ |
manoharaṃ harṣakaraṃ sukhapradaṃ
phalapradaṃ mokṣaphalapradaṃ ca || 19 ||
|| iti brahmāṇḍapurāṇāntargataṃ garuḍāṣṭottaraśatanāmastotram sampūrṇam ||

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