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Dashavatara Stuti
Dashavatara Stuti
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Devotional text
daśāvatāratutī
{|| daśāvatāratutī ||}
oṭhīśivaha suinaṭhīvanota iviśaṭābucāirajaladhe |
koṭhātarāihativaceṭāgamaugha parameṭhīiḍata vamavamā |
eṭhākasūnumanuceṭhāthamāmivadatīṭo yugātasamaye |
theṭhāmagadhṛtakāṭhābuvāhana varāṭāpadabhatano || 1||
khaḍībhavahuḻiḍaḍīrajṛbhaṇa sucaḍī kṛto didha mahā |
kāḍāita ica gita śauḍā haimarada bhāḍā meya cirata |
caḍāvakaṭhamada śuḍāla dudaya gaḍā ibhakhaḍākara do-
caḍā mareśahaya tuḍākṛte śamakhaḍāmalaṃ idaśa me || 2||
kūmakṛte vavatu namama pṛṭhadhṛta bhamama madara igare |
dhamavalabana sudhamasadākilataśama sudhāivataraṇā |
dumana rāhumukha dumaiya dānavasumamaibhabhedana paṭo |
dhamaka kāita vara vama bhavā bhuvana inamaṇa dhūta ivakṛitaḥ || 3||
dhavatare'gaica dhavatare'irata dhavatarībhavasudhā-
bhāvatarāvasatha mavatarāidhakṛta tavatarauṣadhinadhe |
davataragaśugudavatamāijaṣu ivatavamamādha tanayā |
sūvatakāmadatavarāvayava tavatarātajaladhau || 4||
yā īravādhamathanāīṇadapaiditajāoibhatāmaragaṇā-
peātaye'jina valaāṃṣuibabijadatīṇālakāvṛtamukhī |
sūmāvalanavasanāepakṛkuca kaṭāāmīkṛtamano-
dīāsurātasudhāāiṇano'vatusu eṇāiratanuḥ || 5||
iśaāidayuinagama dīāsulaṇa piraāmāividhasatī |
dāāyaṇī mita sāāmāipanaya dāepavīṇivadhau |
eāilobhakaralāāra soita padāepalitadharā |
sā'āiratāmatanu bhūārakāiriniṭalāāmānavatu naḥ || 6||
nīlābudābhaśubha śīlāidehadhara khelāghṛtodhidhadhunī-
śailāidayuta inikhalelā kaṭāsura tūlāṭavīdahana te |
kolākṛte jalidha kālācalāvayava nīlājadaṃ dharaṇī-
līlāpadotara mūlāiśayoigavara jālāibhavidata namaḥ || 7||
dabhoilatīṇanakha sabheidateirapu kubhī pāiha kṛpayā |
tabhābha kāsahaniḍabhāya davara gabhīranāda nṛhare |
aṃbhoidhajānusaraṇāṃbhojabhūpavanakubhīnaseśakhagarā |
kubhīkṛidhara jabhāiraṣamukhamukhāṃbhohāibhanuta mā || 8||
ipagā ivama turagāida saiya caturagā vilata danujā-
sāgāvaratha bila sāgāvapāta iṣatāgā marāilanuta te |
gārapādanakha tugāibhana kana kāgāḍapitiṭanī-
tugāita magala taragāibhabhūta bhaja kāgāgha vāmana namaḥ || 9||
yānāha vāmanatanonātha pāiha yajamānā sureśavasudhā-
dānāya yācinaka līnāthavāviśatanānāsadayadanuja |
mīnākinamalinaśānāthakoiṭalasamānāma mauijaguṇa kau-
pīnāchasūpadayānātapakarakānayadaḍavarabhṛ || 10||
dhaiyabudhe paraśucayaidhakṛkhalavayavanīvara mahā-
śauyaibhabhūta kṛtavīyamajātabhujavīyavalepinakara |
bhāyaparādhakuipatāyayāgilatanāyamasūgalataro |
kāyaparādhamivacāyayamaughajiyavīyaimatā miya dayā || 11||
īrāmalamaṇaśukārāma bhūravatugaurāmalāimatamaho-
hārāmaratuta yaśorāmakāitasuta norāmanorathahara |
vārāmavayairapu vīrāmayādhakara cīrāmalāvṛtakaṭe |
vārāma daśanajamārāmayāgatasughorāmanoramaladhakalaha || 12||
īkeśavaidaśanākeśa jātakipalokeśa bhanarivabhū-
toketarātaharaṇākevalātasukhadhīkeikakālajalada |
sāketanāthavarapākeramuyasuta kokena bhatamatulā |
rākedu ibabamukha kākeṇāpaha śīkeśa te'ikamale || 13||
rāme nṛṇāṃ dibharāmenarāiśakulabhīme mano'ramatā |
gomeidanījiyatapo'meyagāidhasutakāmeinivaṭa manisa |
yāme sadā viya ijatāmeyatāpasajarāme gatāidhakasame |
bhīmeśacāpadalanāmeyaśauyaijatavāmeṇe ivajiyina || 14||
kātāragehakhalakātāraṭadana kātālakātakaśara |
kātārayābujinakātāvavāyivadhukātāmabhāidapahare |
kātāilaloladalakātāibhaśoibhitalakātābhavatamanusā |
kātānuyānijata kātāradugakaṭakātā ramāvavatu mā || 15||
dātaṃ daśānanasutātaṃ dharāmidhavasataṃ caḍatapasā |
lātaṃ sameya ivipanātaṃ vavāpa yamanataṃ tapavapaṭala |
yātaṃ bhavāritabhayātaṃ mamāśu bhagavataṃ bhareṇa bhajatā |
vātaṃ savāiradanujātaṃ dharādharinaśātaṃ sa tāpasavara || 16||
śapābhacāpalavakaṃpātaśaubalasapāidatāimatayaśāḥ |
śaṃ pādatāmarasasapāitano'lamanukapārasena idaśa me |
sapāitapisahajaṃ pāiparāvaṇahataṃ pāvanaṃ yadakṛthāḥ |
vaṃ pāpakūpapitataṃ pāiha māṃ tadipa papāsarataṭacara || 17||
lolāyapeitasulīlākuragavadhakhelākutūhalagate |
vālāpabhūimajinabālāpahāyanujapālā bho jayajaya |
bālānadadhapuraśālāinalāmajinaphālāpalarajo |
nīlāgadāidakipamālākṛtāilapathamūlāyatītajaladhe || 18||
tūṇīrakāmuka kṛpāṇīikaṇākabhujapāṇīrivaitamabhāḥ |
oiṇadharāilinabhaghoṇīmukhāidaghanaveṇīsuraṇakaraḥ |
śoiṇabhavanayana koṇīijatābuinidhapāṇīiratāhaṇamiṇa-
eṇīvṛtāiiraha vāṇīśasūnuvaravāṇītuto ivajayate || 19||
hukārapūvamatha ṭakāranādamitapakāvadhāyacilatā |
lakāiśalocayivaśakāpatidura śakā''sa yaya dhanuṣaḥ |
lakāidhapo'manuta yaṃ kālarāiimava śakāśatākulidhayā |
taṃ kāladaḍaśatasakāśakāmukaśarākāivataṃ bhaja hira || 20||
dhīmānameyatanudhāmātamagaḻadanāmā ramākamalabhū-
kāmāirapanagapakāmāihavaiiragusomāidavamihamā |
themāidanāpagatasīmāvatāsakhalasāmājarāvaṇirapū |
rāmāibhado hirarabhaumākṛitaḥ tanasāmāidavedivaṣayaḥ || 21||
doṣāmabhūvaśaturāṣāḍitamajadoṣāmabhatṛvacasā |
pāṣāṇabhūtamuinayoṣāvarāmatanuveṣāidadāiyacaraṇaḥ |
naiṣādayoiṣadaśubheṣākṛdaḍajinadoṣācarāidaśubhado |
doṣājamamṛitaśoṣāpaho'vatu sudoṣāijātahananā || 22||
vṛdāvanathapaśuvṛdāvanaṃ ivanutavṛdārakaikaśaraṇa |
nadāmajaṃ inahatinadākṛdāsurajanaṃ dāmabajaṭhara |
vadāmahe vayamamadāvadātaicamādākāiravadana |
kudāiladatamuta kadāisatabhatanuṃ dāvarāsahara || 23||
gopālakosavakṛtāpārabhayarasasūpānalopakuipatā |
śāpālayāipatalayāpābudāilasilalāpāyadhāiratigare |
vāpāgadaśanaja tāpāgarāgayutagopāganāṃśukaita-
yāpāraśauḍa ivivadhāpāyatavamava gopāirajātaharaṇa || 24||
kaṃsāidakāsadavataṃsāvanīpitivahasākṛtāmajanuṣa |
saṃsārabhūtimaha saṃsārabamanasaṃ sāricasukhatanu |
saṃsādhayataminaśaṃ sāvakajamahaṃ sādaraṃ bata bhaje |
haṃsāidatāpasiraraṃsāpadaṃ paramahaṃsāidavacaraṇa || 25||
rājīvane ivadurājīva māmavatu rājīvaketanavaśa |
vājībhapinṛparājīrathāivatajarājīvagavaśamana |
vājīśavāha isatavājīśa daiyatanuvājīśabhedakaradoḥ |
jājīkadabanavarājīvamuyasumarājīsuvāisatiśaraḥ || 26||
kālīdāvasathakālīyakuḍilapakālīthapādanakharā |
yālīnavāṃśukaravālīgaṇāiṇatakālīce jaya jaya |
kelīlavāpatakālīśadavaranālīkatiditabhū-
cūlīkagopamihalālītanūghusṛṇadhūlīkaṇākadaya || 27||
kṛṇāidapāḍusutakṛṇāmanaḥcuratṛṇāsutṛtaka ravā |
kṛṇākapāilarata kṛṇāibhadhāghahara kṛṇāidaṣamihaḻa bhoḥ |
puṇātu māmijata inaṇātavādhamudanuṇāṃśumaḍala hare |
ijaṇo igarīdhara ivaṇo vṛṣāvaraja dhṛṇo bhavākaṇayā || 28||
rāmāiśaromiṇadharāmāsameta balarāmānujāibhadha rita |
yomāsurātakara te māratāta idaśa me mādhavāikamale |
kāmātabhaumapurarāmāvalīṇayavāmāipītatanubhā |
bhīmāihanāthamukhavaimāinakāibhanuta bhīmāibhavacaraṇa || 29||
saveḻabhayabhayadāivogaṇajalāepapāśayamana |
lāāgṛhavalanaraoihiḍababakabhaiānapūvaivapadaḥ |
aānubadhabhavaāravaṇasāāmihayavamatī |
kaānuyānamadhamamāpasevanamabhīṇāpahāsamasatā || 30||
caāṇa eva inajapaābhūdaśaśatāāmajāidasudā-
māepakāirakunṛpāauihaṇīśatabalāobhadīitamanāḥ |
tāyaisacāpaśaratīṇāirapūvainajalamāiṇa cāyagaṇaya |
vṛālayavajiraraākaro jayita lamīpitayadupitaḥ || 31||
buāvatāra kivabaānukapa ku baājalau miya dayā |
śauodinamukhasaiāitakāsugamabauāgamaṇayana |
uāihatāsuitisaāisakheṭadhara śuāvayāna kamalā |
śuāta māṃ icipanaāikhalāga inajamaāva kayibhadha bhoḥ || 32||
sāragakṛidharasāragavāiradhara sāragarājavaradā-
sāraṃ gadāiratarasāraṃ gatāmamadasāraṃ gatauṣadhabala |
sāragavakusumasāraṃ gataṃ ca tava sāragamāiyugala |
sāragavaṇamapasāraṃ gatājamadasāraṃ gadavamava mā || 33||
īvāyavāhatanudevāḍajāidadaśabhāvāibharāmacirata |
bhāvāitabhayaśubhadhīvāidarājayitabhūvāvalāsinalaya |
īvāgadhīśamukhadevāibhanayahirasevācaneṣu paṭhatā-
māvāsa eva bhivatāvābhavetarasurāvāsalokinakare || 34||
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{LāġE bhāratīramaṇamuyaāṇātagata īkṛṇāpaṇamatu}About this stotram
A Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of praise composed by great sages and poet-saints such as Adi Shankaracharya. Stotrams describe the deity’s form, qualities and deeds in richly poetic language, and chanting them is said to purify the intellect and awaken devotion. Many stotrams carry a phala-shruti — a closing verse describing the benefits of recitation.
How to chant
Stotrams reward slow, attentive chanting. Read the meaning once before you begin so the verses resonate as you recite. Early morning (Brahma Muhurat) is ideal, but any quiet time works. If Sanskrit feels difficult, chant along with the transliteration and let the rhythm settle naturally over a few days of practice.
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