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Ashtaprasa Ashtakam

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śrīaṣṭaprāsāṣṭakamkam
śrīaṣṭaprāsāṣṭakamkam
śakrādyāmarasannutāṅghriyugalaṃyugalaṃcakrāyudhādyarcitaṃtaṃ
nakragrastaśiśupradānacaturaṃdānacaturaṃśukrāvisomākṣikamkam|
vikrāntaṃśrutimastakeṣukeṣucaraṇābjākrāntayamyāśayaṃāśayaṃ
cakrāriṣṭarasāśatāṅgasumahaccakraṃṃ? maheśaṃbhaje||1||
aṣṭātmānamapārasaṃsṛtidavapluṣṭātmanāṃnāṃśāntidaṃdaṃ
śiṣṭānviṣṭapadāravindamumayāmumayāśliṣṭāṅgamatyāśayāśayā|
diṣṭāntānabhiyuktamaunitanayaṃtanayaṃkaṣṭāpahaṃāpahaṃsevatā-
miṣṭaṃsajjanasaṃhatervidhisamādiṣṭātmakāṅghriṃbhaje||2||
śa‍ṛṅgārāmitalolamadrisutayāisutayāsaṅgaṃvṛṣegāminaṃ
naṃ
gaṅgācandrajaṭāvirājimakuṭaṃmakuṭaṃpiṅgānanātipriyamyam|
aṅgāsaṅgitamanmathāthābahukṛpāpāṅgaṃtriśūlāyudhaṃśūlāyudhaṃ
liṅgārcāparadattasarvapuruṣārthaṃgeyavīryaṃ
bhaje||3||
kuṇṭhaṃṭhaṃbhaktajanāhitasyaparamotkaṇṭhāspadaṃdaṃsvastriyaḥyaḥ
kaṇṭhālaṅkṛtanāgamāśugi(ji)tavaikuṇṭhādhipaṃ
paṃśaṅkaramram|
kaṇṭhasthāpitakālakūṭaviṣamutkaṇṭhādiṣaṭkāpahaṃāpahaṃ
kuṇṭhātmānabhigamyamānacaritaṃtaṃkaṇṭhātinīlaṃnīlaṃbhaje||4||
aṇḍānāmakhilasyanāthamuḍurāṭkuṇḍaṃ
ḍaṃkṛpāsāgaraṃ
śuṇḍāvaktramukhograpāṇḍyajanakaṃjanakaṃdaṇḍāyudhāriṃśivamvam|
kāṇḍākāritavedapheru(rūpa)mamaroddaṇḍaṃḍaṃpuradveṣiṇaṃṇaṃ
caṇḍīprāṇapatiṃsudhāśanapateḥśuṇḍāvadarcyaṃbhaje||5||
hikkāmukhyagadādhitāpapaṭalīdhikkāridivyāhvayaṃyaṃ
ḍhakkādundubhikāhalādyaviramasṛkkābṛhatkukṣikhaṃkhaṃ(?) |
ḍhakkāmadruhamīśitāramatasītāramatasīsṛkkālimagrīvamuṃīvamuṃ
tvakkāyacchadamīdṛśaṃśaṃkhanijabhānyakkāridehaṃdehaṃbhaje(?) ||6||
śrīaṣṭaprāsāṣṭakamkam
bhargākhyaṃparameśvaraṃraṃtrijagatāṃjagatāṃsargādihetuṃhetuṃmṛḍaṃ
durgādhīśamanantamekamajaraṃmekamajaraṃdurgāpahaṃpahaṃdhyāyatāmāyatām|
gargāgastyavasiṣṭhamukhyasutapadvargāntaraṅgālayaṃālayaṃ
svargānokahamarthināṃnāṃpaśupatiṃ
ṃsvargāmivandyaṃbhaje||7||
vittādhīśasakhaṃādhīśasakhaṃviśālaniṭilaṃlaṃsattāmayaṃāmayaṃśāśvataṃtaṃ
cittādatmyadadivyanāmavibhavaṃbhavaṃcittādhijātāhitamtam|
mattānekapagāminaṃnaṃpraṇavasaṃvittāsvarūpaṃpaṃbhavaṃ
mattāhīnasubodhagocaramalaṃāhīnasubodhagocaramalaṃmattāpahāṅghriṃbhaje||8||
aṣṭaprāsāṣṭakaṃkaṃśambhoriṣṭaṃbhaktyāpaṭhantiye|
iṣṭābhavantiśrīgandhapuṣṭikānanavāsinaḥnaḥ||9||
||iti
śrīaṣṭaprāsāṣṭakaṃkaṃsampūrṇamm||

About this ashtakam

Devotional recitation is one of the simplest and most powerful practices in the Hindu tradition. Regular chanting calms the mind, purifies the atmosphere of the home, and deepens one’s connection with the deity. These sacred compositions have been sung by devotees for generations and are suitable for daily practice, during morning or evening puja, or on special festival days.

How to chant

Sit comfortably facing your home altar or a clean, quiet space. Light a lamp or incense if you wish. Begin with a short prayer to Ganesha, then recite the text slowly and clearly, focusing on the meaning rather than speed. Consistency matters more than duration — even five minutes of daily chanting brings visible peace of mind.

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