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Dashavatara Stuti

Dashavatara Stuti

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daśāvatāratutī
{|| daśāvatāratutī ||}
oṭhīśivaha suinaṭhīvanota iviśaṭābucāirajaladhe |
koṭhātarāihativaceṭāgamaugha parameṭhīiḍata vamavamā |
eṭhākasūnumanuceṭhāthamāmivadatīṭo yugātasamaye |
theṭhāmagadhṛtakāṭhābuvāhana varāṭāpadabhatano || 1||
khaḍībhavahuḻiḍaḍīrajṛbhaṇa sucaḍī kṛto didha mahā |
kāḍāita ica gita śauḍā haimarada bhāḍā meya cirata |
caḍāvakaṭhamada śuḍāla dudaya gaḍā ibhakhaḍākara do-
caḍā mareśahaya tuḍākṛte śamakhaḍāmalaṃ idaśa me || 2||
kūmakṛte vavatu namama pṛṭhadhṛta bhamama madara igare |
dhamavalabana sudhamasadākilataśama sudhāivataraṇā |
dumana rāhumukha dumaiya dānavasumamaibhabhedana paṭo |
dhamaka kāita vara vama bhavā bhuvana inamaṇa dhūta ivakṛitaḥ || 3||
dhavatare'gaica dhavatare'irata dhavatarībhavasudhā-
bhāvatarāvasatha mavatarāidhakṛta tavatarauṣadhinadhe |
davataragaśugudavatamāijaṣu ivatavamamādha tanayā |
sūvatakāmadatavarāvayava tavatarātajaladhau || 4||
yā īravādhamathanāīṇadapaiditajāoibhatāmaragaṇā-
peātaye'jina valaāṃṣuibabijadatīṇālakāvṛtamukhī |
sūmāvalanavasanāepakṛkuca kaṭāāmīkṛtamano-
dīāsurātasudhāāiṇano'vatusu eṇāiratanuḥ || 5||
iśaāidayuinagama dīāsulaṇa piraāmāividhasatī |
dāāyaṇī mita sāāmāipanaya dāepavīṇivadhau |
eāilobhakaralāāra soita padāepalitadharā |
sā'āiratāmatanu bhūārakāiriniṭalāāmānavatu naḥ || 6||
nīlābudābhaśubha śīlāidehadhara khelāghṛtodhidhadhunī-
śailāidayuta inikhalelā kaṭāsura tūlāṭavīdahana te |
kolākṛte jalidha kālācalāvayava nīlājadaṃ dharaṇī-
līlāpadotara mūlāiśayoigavara jālāibhavidata namaḥ || 7||
dabhoilatīṇanakha sabheidateirapu kubhī pāiha kṛpayā |
tabhābha kāsahaniḍabhāya davara gabhīranāda nṛhare |
aṃbhoidhajānusaraṇāṃbhojabhūpavanakubhīnaseśakhagarā |
kubhīkṛidhara jabhāiraṣamukhamukhāṃbhohāibhanuta mā || 8||
ipagā ivama turagāida saiya caturagā vilata danujā-
sāgāvaratha bila sāgāvapāta iṣatāgā marāilanuta te |
gārapādanakha tugāibhana kana kāgāḍapitiṭanī-
tugāita magala taragāibhabhūta bhaja kāgāgha vāmana namaḥ || 9||
yānāha vāmanatanonātha pāiha yajamānā sureśavasudhā-
dānāya yācinaka līnāthavāviśatanānāsadayadanuja |
mīnākinamalinaśānāthakoiṭalasamānāma mauijaguṇa kau-
pīnāchasūpadayānātapakarakānayadaḍavarabhṛ || 10||
dhaiyabudhe paraśucayaidhakṛkhalavayavanīvara mahā-
śauyaibhabhūta kṛtavīyamajātabhujavīyavalepinakara |
bhāyaparādhakuipatāyayāgilatanāyamasūgalataro |
kāyaparādhamivacāyayamaughajiyavīyaimatā miya dayā || 11||
īrāmalamaṇaśukārāma bhūravatugaurāmalāimatamaho-
hārāmaratuta yaśorāmakāitasuta norāmanorathahara |
vārāmavayairapu vīrāmayādhakara cīrāmalāvṛtakaṭe |
vārāma daśanajamārāmayāgatasughorāmanoramaladhakalaha || 12||
īkeśavaidaśanākeśa jātakipalokeśa bhanarivabhū-
toketarātaharaṇākevalātasukhadhīkeikakālajalada |
sāketanāthavarapākeramuyasuta kokena bhatamatulā |
rākedu ibabamukha kākeṇāpaha śīkeśa te'ikamale || 13||
rāme nṛṇāṃ dibharāmenarāiśakulabhīme mano'ramatā |
gomeidanījiyatapo'meyagāidhasutakāmeinivaṭa manisa |
yāme sadā viya ijatāmeyatāpasajarāme gatāidhakasame |
bhīmeśacāpadalanāmeyaśauyaijatavāmeṇe ivajiyina || 14||
kātāragehakhalakātāraṭadana kātālakātakaśara |
kātārayābujinakātāvavāyivadhukātāmabhāidapahare |
kātāilaloladalakātāibhaśoibhitalakātābhavatamanusā |
kātānuyānijata kātāradugakaṭakātā ramāvavatu mā || 15||
dātaṃ daśānanasutātaṃ dharāmidhavasataṃ caḍatapasā |
lātaṃ sameya ivipanātaṃ vavāpa yamanataṃ tapavapaṭala |
yātaṃ bhavāritabhayātaṃ mamāśu bhagavataṃ bhareṇa bhajatā |
vātaṃ savāiradanujātaṃ dharādharinaśātaṃ sa tāpasavara || 16||
śapābhacāpalavakaṃpātaśaubalasapāidatāimatayaśāḥ |
śaṃ pādatāmarasasapāitano'lamanukapārasena idaśa me |
sapāitapisahajaṃ pāiparāvaṇahataṃ pāvanaṃ yadakṛthāḥ |
vaṃ pāpakūpapitataṃ pāiha māṃ tadipa papāsarataṭacara || 17||
lolāyapeitasulīlākuragavadhakhelākutūhalagate |
vālāpabhūimajinabālāpahāyanujapālā bho jayajaya |
bālānadadhapuraśālāinalāmajinaphālāpalarajo |
nīlāgadāidakipamālākṛtāilapathamūlāyatītajaladhe || 18||
tūṇīrakāmuka kṛpāṇīikaṇākabhujapāṇīrivaitamabhāḥ |
oiṇadharāilinabhaghoṇīmukhāidaghanaveṇīsuraṇakaraḥ |
śoiṇabhavanayana koṇīijatābuinidhapāṇīiratāhaṇamiṇa-
eṇīvṛtāiiraha vāṇīśasūnuvaravāṇītuto ivajayate || 19||
hukārapūvamatha ṭakāranādamitapakāvadhāyacilatā |
lakāiśalocayivaśakāpatidura śakā''sa yaya dhanuṣaḥ |
lakāidhapo'manuta yaṃ kālarāiimava śakāśatākulidhayā |
taṃ kāladaḍaśatasakāśakāmukaśarākāivataṃ bhaja hira || 20||
dhīmānameyatanudhāmātamagaḻadanāmā ramākamalabhū-
kāmāirapanagapakāmāihavaiiragusomāidavamihamā |
themāidanāpagatasīmāvatāsakhalasāmājarāvaṇirapū |
rāmāibhado hirarabhaumākṛitaḥ tanasāmāidavedivaṣayaḥ || 21||
doṣāmabhūvaśaturāṣāḍitamajadoṣāmabhatṛvacasā |
pāṣāṇabhūtamuinayoṣāvarāmatanuveṣāidadāiyacaraṇaḥ |
naiṣādayoiṣadaśubheṣākṛdaḍajinadoṣācarāidaśubhado |
doṣājamamṛitaśoṣāpaho'vatu sudoṣāijātahananā || 22||
vṛdāvanathapaśuvṛdāvanaṃ ivanutavṛdārakaikaśaraṇa |
nadāmajaṃ inahatinadākṛdāsurajanaṃ dāmabajaṭhara |
vadāmahe vayamamadāvadātaicamādākāiravadana |
kudāiladatamuta kadāisatabhatanuṃ dāvarāsahara || 23||
gopālakosavakṛtāpārabhayarasasūpānalopakuipatā |
śāpālayāipatalayāpābudāilasilalāpāyadhāiratigare |
vāpāgadaśanaja tāpāgarāgayutagopāganāṃśukaita-
yāpāraśauḍa ivivadhāpāyatavamava gopāirajātaharaṇa || 24||
kaṃsāidakāsadavataṃsāvanīpitivahasākṛtāmajanuṣa |
saṃsārabhūtimaha saṃsārabamanasaṃ sāricasukhatanu |
saṃsādhayataminaśaṃ sāvakajamahaṃ sādaraṃ bata bhaje |
haṃsāidatāpasiraraṃsāpadaṃ paramahaṃsāidavacaraṇa || 25||
rājīvane ivadurājīva māmavatu rājīvaketanavaśa |
vājībhapinṛparājīrathāivatajarājīvagavaśamana |
vājīśavāha isatavājīśa daiyatanuvājīśabhedakaradoḥ |
jājīkadabanavarājīvamuyasumarājīsuvāisatiśaraḥ || 26||
kālīdāvasathakālīyakuḍilapakālīthapādanakharā |
yālīnavāṃśukaravālīgaṇāiṇatakālīce jaya jaya |
kelīlavāpatakālīśadavaranālīkatiditabhū-
cūlīkagopamihalālītanūghusṛṇadhūlīkaṇākadaya || 27||
kṛṇāidapāḍusutakṛṇāmanaḥcuratṛṇāsutṛtaka ravā |
kṛṇākapāilarata kṛṇāibhadhāghahara kṛṇāidaṣamihaḻa bhoḥ |
puṇātu māmijata inaṇātavādhamudanuṇāṃśumaḍala hare |
ijaṇo igarīdhara ivaṇo vṛṣāvaraja dhṛṇo bhavākaṇayā || 28||
rāmāiśaromiṇadharāmāsameta balarāmānujāibhadha rita |
yomāsurātakara te māratāta idaśa me mādhavāikamale |
kāmātabhaumapurarāmāvalīṇayavāmāipītatanubhā |
bhīmāihanāthamukhavaimāinakāibhanuta bhīmāibhavacaraṇa || 29||
saveḻabhayabhayadāivogaṇajalāepapāśayamana |
lāāgṛhavalanaraoihiḍababakabhaiānapūvaivapadaḥ |
aānubadhabhavaāravaṇasāāmihayavamatī |
kaānuyānamadhamamāpasevanamabhīṇāpahāsamasatā || 30||
caāṇa eva inajapaābhūdaśaśatāāmajāidasudā-
māepakāirakunṛpāauihaṇīśatabalāobhadīitamanāḥ |
tāyaisacāpaśaratīṇāirapūvainajalamāiṇa cāyagaṇaya |
vṛālayavajiraraākaro jayita lamīpitayadupitaḥ || 31||
buāvatāra kivabaānukapa ku baājalau miya dayā |
śauodinamukhasaiāitakāsugamabauāgamaṇayana |
uāihatāsuitisaāisakheṭadhara śuāvayāna kamalā |
śuāta māṃ icipanaāikhalāga inajamaāva kayibhadha bhoḥ || 32||
sāragakṛidharasāragavāiradhara sāragarājavaradā-
sāraṃ gadāiratarasāraṃ gatāmamadasāraṃ gatauṣadhabala |
sāragavakusumasāraṃ gataṃ ca tava sāragamāiyugala |
sāragavaṇamapasāraṃ gatājamadasāraṃ gadavamava mā || 33||
īvāyavāhatanudevāḍajāidadaśabhāvāibharāmacirata |
bhāvāitabhayaśubhadhīvāidarājayitabhūvāvalāsinalaya |
īvāgadhīśamukhadevāibhanayahirasevācaneṣu paṭhatā-
māvāsa eva bhivatāvābhavetarasurāvāsalokinakare || 34||
{iita īmaāidarājapūyacaraṇa ivaricataṃ}
{īdaśāvatāratuitaḥ sapūṇa}
{LāġE bhāratīramaṇamuyaāṇātagata īkṛṇāpaṇamatu}

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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