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𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌕𑌮𑍍
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Vishnu Ashtakam Adi Shankaracharya Grantha
𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌮𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌨𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌗𑍋𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌣𑌰𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌖𑌣𑌲𑍋𑌲𑌮𑌨𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌸𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌸𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌮𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌕𑌲𑍍𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌮𑌨𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌨𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌥𑌮𑌨𑌾𑌥𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌮𑌤 𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍍 ॥ 1 ॥
𑌮𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍀𑌹𑍇𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑌶𑍋𑌦𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌡𑌨𑌶𑍈𑌶𑌵 𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌸𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌿𑌤𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌿𑌤𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌾𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌚𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌶𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌮𑍂𑌲𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌂 𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌾𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌮𑌨𑌾𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌲𑍋𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑍇𑌶𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌮𑌤 𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2 ॥
𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍈𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌪𑍁𑌵𑍀𑌰𑌘𑍍𑌨𑌂 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌤𑌿𑌭𑌾𑌰𑌘𑍍𑌨𑌂 𑌭𑌵𑌰𑍋𑌗𑌘𑍍𑌨𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌕𑍈𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌨𑌵𑌨𑍀𑌤𑌾𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌮𑌨𑌾𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌨𑌾𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌵𑍈𑌮𑌲𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌫𑍁𑌟𑌚𑍇𑌤𑍋𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌭𑌾𑌸𑌮𑌨𑌾𑌭𑌾𑌸𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌶𑍈𑌵𑌂 𑌕𑍇𑌵𑌲𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌮𑌤 𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍍 ॥ 3 ॥
𑌗𑍋𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍁𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹𑌗𑍋𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌗𑍋𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌗𑍋𑌪𑍀𑌖𑍇𑌲𑌨𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌨𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌿𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌤𑌗𑍋𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌗𑍋𑌭𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌗𑌦𑌿𑌤 𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌸𑍍𑌫𑍁𑌟𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌬𑌹𑍁𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌗𑍋𑌪𑍀𑌗𑍋𑌚𑌰𑌦𑍂𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌮𑌤 𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍍 ॥ 4 ॥
𑌗𑍋𑌪𑍀𑌮𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌲𑌗𑍋𑌷𑍍𑌠𑍀𑌭𑍇𑌦𑌂 𑌭𑍇𑌦𑌾𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌮𑌭𑍇𑌦𑌾𑌭𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌶𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌦𑍍𑌗𑍋𑌖𑍁𑌰𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌧𑍂𑌤𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌗𑌤 𑌧𑍂𑌲𑍀𑌧𑍂𑌸𑌰𑌸𑍗𑌭𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌾𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌗𑍃𑌹𑍀𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑌚𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌤𑌸𑌦𑍍𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌚𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌮𑌣𑌿𑌮𑌹𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌮𑌤 𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍍 ॥ 5 ॥
𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌯𑍋𑌷𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌗𑌮𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌰𑍂𑌢𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀𑌰𑌥 𑌦𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾 𑌦𑌾𑌤𑍁𑌮𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌷𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌤𑌾𑌃
𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌧𑍂𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌶𑍋𑌕𑌵𑌿𑌮𑍋𑌹𑌂 𑌬𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌂 𑌬𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑍇𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌮𑌤 𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍍 ॥ 6 ॥
𑌕𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌣𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌣𑌮𑌾𑌦𑌿𑌮𑌨𑌾𑌦𑌿𑌂 𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌧𑌨𑌾𑌭𑌾𑌸𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍀𑌗𑌤𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌯𑌶𑌿𑌰𑌸𑌿 𑌸𑍁𑌨𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌮𑍁𑌹𑍁𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌂 𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌕𑌲𑌾𑌤𑍀𑌤𑌂 𑌕𑌲𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌂 𑌕𑌲𑌿𑌦𑍋𑌷𑌘𑍍𑌨𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌗𑌤𑌿𑌹𑍇𑌤𑍁𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌮𑌤 𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍍 ॥ 7 ॥
𑌬𑍃𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌾𑌵𑌨𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌿 𑌬𑍃𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌕𑌗𑌣𑌬𑍃𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌧𑌿𑌤𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌕𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌾𑌭𑌾𑌮𑌲𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌸𑍍𑌮𑍇𑌰𑌸𑍁𑌧𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌸𑍁𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌶𑍇𑌷 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌮𑍁𑌨𑌿 𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌸 𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌪𑌦𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌗𑍁𑌣𑌾𑌬𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌮𑌤 𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍍 ॥ 8 ॥
𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌕𑌮𑍇𑌤𑌦𑌧𑍀𑌤𑍇 𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌾 𑌯𑌃 ।
𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌾𑌚𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤 𑌮𑌾𑌧𑌵 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍋 𑌗𑍋𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌨𑌾𑌯𑌕 𑌕𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍇𑌤𑌿 ।
𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌿 𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌸𑍁𑌧𑌾𑌜𑌲𑌧𑍗𑌤𑌸𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌘𑌃 ।
𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌾𑌮𑍃𑌤𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌂 𑌸 𑌤𑌮𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌤𑌿 ॥
𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌾𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌚𑌿𑌤 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌕𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌂
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satyaṃ jñānamanantaṃ nityamanākāśaṃ paramākāśam |
goṣṭhaprāṅgaṇariṅkhaṇalolamanāyāsaṃ paramāyāsam |
māyākalpitanānākāramanākāraṃ bhuvanākāram |
kṣmāmānāthamanāthaṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 1 ||
mṛtsnāmatsīheti yaśodātāḍanaśaiśava santrāsam |
vyāditavaktrālokitalokālokacaturdaśalokālim |
lokatrayapuramūlastambhaṃ lokālokamanālokam |
lokeśaṃ parameśaṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 2 ||
traiviṣṭaparipuvīraghnaṃ kṣitibhāraghnaṃ bhavarogaghnam |
kaivalyaṃ navanītāhāramanāhāraṃ bhuvanāhāram |
vaimalyasphuṭacetovṛttiviśeṣābhāsamanābhāsam |
śaivaṃ kevalaśāntaṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 3 ||
gopālaṃ prabhulīlāvigrahagopālaṃ kulagopālam |
gopīkhelanagovardhanadhṛtilīlālālitagopālam |
gobhirnigadita govindasphuṭanāmānaṃ bahunāmānam |
gopīgocaradūraṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 4 ||
gopīmaṇḍalagoṣṭhībhedaṃ bhedāvasthamabhedābham |
śaśvadgokhuranirdhūtodgata dhūlīdhūsarasaubhāgyam |
śraddhābhaktigṛhītānandamacintyaṃ cintitasadbhāvam |
cintāmaṇimahimānaṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 5 ||
snānavyākulayoṣidvastramupādāyāgamupārūḍham |
vyāditsantīratha digvastrā dātumupākarṣantaṃ tāḥ
nirdhūtadvayaśokavimohaṃ buddhaṃ buddherantastham |
sattāmātraśarīraṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 6 ||
kāntaṃ kāraṇakāraṇamādimanādiṃ kāladhanābhāsam |
kālindīgatakāliyaśirasi sunṛtyantaṃ muhuratyantam |
kālaṃ kālakalātītaṃ kalitāśeṣaṃ kalidoṣaghnam |
kālatrayagatihetuṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 7 ||
bṛndāvanabhuvi bṛndārakagaṇabṛndārādhitavandeham |
kundābhāmalamandasmerasudhānandaṃ suhṛdānandam |
vandyāśeṣa mahāmuni mānasa vandyānandapadadvandvam |
vandyāśeṣaguṇābdhiṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 8 ||
govindāṣṭakametadadhīte govindārpitacetā yaḥ |
govindācyuta mādhava viṣṇo gokulanāyaka kṛṣṇeti |
govindāṅghri sarojadhyānasudhājaladhautasamastāghaḥ |
govindaṃ paramānandāmṛtamantasthaṃ sa tamabhyeti ||
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