Lord Venkateswara

śrī veṅkaṭeśvara dvādaśamañjarikā stotram

(Sri Venkateshwara Dwadasa Manjarika Stotram in English (IAST))

Also known as shri venkateshwara dwadasa manjarika stotram · shree venkateshwara dwadasa manjarika stotram · venkateshwara dwadasa manjarika stotram

Twelve verses, each ending in the same verb — bhajāmahe, we worship — and each attaching it to a different name of the same hill, so the text is a tour of the god's titles rather than of his deeds. He is Śrīnivāsa dwelling on the crown of Śeṣādri, then Veṅkaṭeśa who took the boar's form for the earth's sake and is known only at the end of the Vedas, then Vṛṣādrīśa with a serene lotus face, then Śeṣādrīśa the ocean of compassion, then Siṃhādrīśa who is the raincloud on the peak and the guardian of the cātaka bird that waits for it, then Tīrthādrīśa bright with the musk mark and worshipped in the mind with tulasī. Naming one deity by six hills in six verses is the local form of the devotion, since the shrine is understood to sit on a range that carries many names.

|| śrī veṅkaṭeśvara dvādaśamañjarikā stotram ||
śrīkalyāṇaguṇollāsaṃ cidvilāsaṃ mahaujasam |
śeṣādrimastakāvāsaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ bhajāmahe || 1 ||
vārāhaveṣabhūlokaṃ lakṣmīmohanavigraham |
vedāntagocaraṃ devaṃ veṅkaṭeśaṃ bhajāmahe || 2 ||
sāṅgānāmarcitākāraṃ prasannamukhapaṅkajam |
viśvaviśvambharādhīśaṃ vṛṣādrīśaṃ bhajāmahe || 3 ||
kanatkanakavelāḍhyaṃ karuṇāvaruṇālayam |
śrīvāsudeva cinmūrtiṃ śeṣādrīśaṃ bhajāmahe || 4 ||
ghanāghanaṃ śeṣādriśikharānandamandiram |
śritacātaka saṃrakṣaṃ siṃhādrīśaṃ bhajāmahe || 5 ||
maṅgalapradaṃ padmākṣaṃ kastūrītilakojjvalam |
tulasyādi manaḥpūjyaṃ tīrthādrīśaṃ bhajāmahe || 6 ||
svāmipuṣkariṇītīrthavāsaṃ vyāsādivarṇitam |
svāṅghrīsūcitahastābjaṃ satyarūpaṃ bhajāmahe || 7 ||
śrīmannārāyaṇaṃ śrīśaṃ brahmāṇḍāsanatatparam |
brahmaṇyaṃ saccidānandaṃ mohātītaṃ bhajāmahe || 8 ||
añjanādrīśvaraṃ lokarañjanaṃ munirañjanam |
bhaktārtibhañjanaṃ bhaktapārijātaṃ tamāśraye || 9 ||
bhillī manoharyaṃ satyamanantaṃ jagatāṃ vibhum |
nārāyaṇācalapatiṃ satyānandaṃ tamāśraye || 10 ||
caturmukhatryambakāḍhyaṃ sannutārya kadambakam |
brahmapramukhanitrānaṃ pradhānapuruṣāśraye || 11 ||
śrīmatpadmāsanāgrastha cintitārthapradāyakam |
lokaikanāyakaṃ śrīmadveṅkaṭādrīśamāśraye || 12 ||
|| phalaśruti ||
veṅkaṭādrihareḥ stotraṃ dvādaśaślokasamyutam |
yaḥ paṭhet satataṃ bhaktyā tasya muktiḥ karesthitā || 13 ||
sarvapāpaharaṃ prāhuḥ veṅkaṭeśastadocyate |
tvannāmako veṅkaṭādriḥ smarato veṅkaṭeśvaraḥ |
sadyaḥ saṃsmaraṇādeva mokṣasāmrājyamāpnuyāt || 14 ||
veṅkaṭeśapadadvandyaṃ smarāmi vrajāmi sadā |
bhūyāḥ śaraṇyo me sākṣāddeveśo bhaktavatsalaḥ || 15 ||
|| iti śrī veṅkaṭeśvara dvādaśamañjarikā stotram sampūrṇam ||

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