Lord Vishnu

śrī madhvācārya kṛta dvādaśa stotra - navamastotram

(Dvadasha Stotra - Ninth Stotra in English (IAST))

Madhvacharya

This hymn is the ninth segment of the Dvadasha Stotra, a magnificent collection of twelve poems composed by the Dvaita philosopher Sri Madhvacharya. In this moving prayer, he praises Lord Vishnu as Rama, the eternal consort of Lakshmi and the singular cause of the universe. The composition serves as a profound meditation on the divine qualities and the supreme status of the Lord. Chanting this stotra is believed to bestow spiritual wisdom, liberation from the cycle of rebirth, and the grace of Lord Vishnu, leading the devotee toward ultimate beatitude and inner peace.

atha navamastotram

atimatatamogirisamitivibhedana pitāmahabhūtida guṇagaṇanilaya |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 1||
vidhibhavamukhasurasatatasuvanditaramāmanovallabha bhava mama śaraṇam |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 2||
agaṇitaguṇagaṇamayaśarīra he vigataguṇetara bhava mama śaraṇam |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 3||
aparimitasukhanidhivimalasudeha he vigata sukhetara bhava mama śaraṇam |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 4||
pracalitalayajalaviharaṇa śāśvatasukhamayamīna he bhava mama śaraṇam |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 5||
suraditijasubalavilulitamandaradhara para kūrma he bhava mama śaraṇam |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 6||
sagirivaradharātalavaha susūkaraparamavibodha he bhava mama śaraṇam |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 7||
atibaladitisuta hṛdaya vibhedana jayanṛhare'mala bhava mama śaraṇam |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 8||
balimukhaditisutavijayavināśana jagadavanājita bhava mama śaraṇam |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 9||
avijitakunṛpatisamitivikhaṇḍana ramāvara vīrapa bhava mama śaraṇam |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 10||
kharataraniśicaradahana parāmṛta raghuvara mānada bhava mama śaraṇam |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 11||
sulalitatanuvara varada mahābala yaduvara pārthapa bhava mama śaraṇam |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 12||
ditisutavimohana vimalavibodhana paraguṇabuddha he bhava mama śaraṇam |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 13||
kalimalahutavaha subhaga mahotsava śaraṇada kalkīśa bhava mama śaraṇam |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 14||
akhilajanivilaya parasukhakāraṇa parapuruṣottama bhava mama śaraṇam |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 15||
iti tava nutivarasatataraterbhava suśaraṇamurusukhatīrthamuneḥ bhagavan |
śubhatama kathāśaya paramasadodita jagadekakāraṇa rāmaramāramaṇa || 16||
iti śrīmadānandatīrthabhagavatpādācārya viracitaṃ dvādaśastotreṣu navamastotraṃ sampūrṇam

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