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toṭakāṣṭakam
Totakashtakam
Ashtakam Adi Shankaracharya Latin
viditākhila śāstra sudhā jaladhe
mahitopaniṣat-kathitārtha nidhe |
hṛdaye kalaye vimalaṃ caraṇaṃ
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bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 1 ||
karuṇā varuṇālaya pālaya māṃ
bhavasāgara duḥkha vidūna hṛdam |
racayākhila darśana tattvavidaṃ
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bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 2 ||
bhavatā janatā suhitā bhavitā
nijabodha vicāraṇa cārumate |
kalayeśvara jīva viveka vidaṃ
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bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 3 ||
bhava èva bhavāniti mè nitarāṃ
samajāyata cetasi kautukitā |
mama vāraya moha mahājaladhiṃ
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bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 4 ||
sukṛte'dhikṛte bahudhā bhavato
bhavitā samadarśana lālasatā |
ati dīnamimaṃ paripālaya māṃ
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bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 5 ||
jagatīmavituṃ kalitākṛtayo
vicaranti mahāmāha sacchalataḥ |
ahimāṃśurivātra vibhāsi guro
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bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 6 ||
gurupuṅgava puṅgavaketana te
samatāmayatāṃ na hi ko'pi sudhīḥ |
śaraṇāgata vatsala tattvanidhe
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bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 7 ||
viditā na mayā viśadaika kalā
na ca kiñcana kāñcanamasti guro |
dṛtameva vidhehi kṛpāṃ sahajāṃ
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bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 8 ||