Lord Venkateswara

śrī veṃkaṭeśa aṣṭakama

(Venkatesa Ashtakam in English (IAST))

Also known as omtatsaditi nirdesyam jagajjanmadikaranam

The Venkatesha Ashtakam to the Lord of the seven hills, named by Om Tat Sat, the cause of the world's birth and its end, of endless auspicious qualities.

oṃtatsaditi nirdeśyaṃ jagajjanmādikāraṇam |
anantakalyāṇaguṇaṃ vande śrīveṅkaṭeśvaram || 1||
natāmaraśiroratna śrīyutam śrīpadāmbujam |
prāvṛṣeṇyaghanaśyāmaṃ vande śrīveṅkaṭeśvaram || 2||
mohādiṣaḍarivyūhagrahākulamahārṇave |
majjatāṃ taraṇīṃ nṝṇāṃ vande śrīveṅkaṭeśvaram || 3||
nāthaṃ trijagatāṃ ekaṃ sādhurakṣaṇadīkṣitam |
śrīśeṣaśailamadhyasthaṃ vande śrīveṅkaṭeśvaram || 4||
rājadrājīvapatraśrīmadamocanalocanam |
mandahāsalasad vaktraṃ vande śrīveṅkaṭeśvaram || 5||
yanmukhendusmitajyotsnā bhūyasīṃ tamasāṃ tatim |
vidhunoti prapannānāṃ vande śrīveṅkaṭeśvaram|| 6||
nāntasya kasyacid vākyaṃ śabdasyānanya vācinaḥ |
brahmārudrendrajanakaṃ vande śrīveṅkaṭeśvaram || 7||
yadvakṣaḥsthalamadhyāsya bhāti śrīranapāyinī |
taḍillekhevābhramadhye vande śrīveṅkaṭeśvaram || 8||
veṅkaṭeśāṣṭakamidaṃ narakaṇṭhīravoditam |
yaḥ paṭhet satataṃ bhaktyā tasmai viṣṇuḥ prasīdati ||

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