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Ekadanta Stuti (Mahavishnu)

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Devotional text

mahāviṣṇukṛtā
ukṛtāekadantastutiḥ
mahāviṣṇukṛtā
ukṛtāekadantastutiḥ
||śrīgaṇeśāyīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ||
śrīmahāviṣṇuruvācavāca|
namogaṇapatetubhyaṃvighnarājāyarājāyatenamaḥ|
namaḥkṛpānidhedheḍhuṇḍheḍhebhaktasaṃrakṣakāyakāyate||37||
siddhibuddhipatepatetubhyaṃnamastevighnahāriṇeṇe|
abhaktebhyaḥsadāvighnadātreherambarūpiṇeṇe||38||
nirguṇāyaṇāyaguṇānāṃvaicālakāyanamonamaḥ|
namaḥprapañcarūpāyapāyaprapañcarahitāyatāyate||39||
brahmabhyobrahmadātrecabrahmaṇeṇebrahmarūpiṇeṇe|
narakuñjararūpāyapāyanānāmāyāmayāyate||40||
kāraṇānāṃcadeveśakāraṇāyanamonamaḥ|
jyeṣṭharājāyarājāyavaitubhyaṃkāraṇairahitāyatāyaca||41||
yogināṃ
nāṃhṛdisaṃsthāyāyayogibhyoyogadāyine
ne|
yogarūpadharāyaivapadharāyaivagaṇeśāyanamonamaḥ||42||
māyāśrayāyayāyamāyāyāādhārāyanamonamaḥ|
māyibhyomāyayātvaṃvaimohadātānamonamaḥ||43||
tvāṃāṃstotuṃotuṃkaḥsamarthaḥsyādyogākāreṇogākāreṇavartasese|
yatravedāvikuṇṭhāścaśāstraiḥaiḥsarvaiḥsahāṅgakaiḥkaiḥ||44||
manovāṇīvihīnastvaṃ
ṃnahidevakṛpākara|
manovāṇīmayonaivakathaṃtvāṃāṃstaumivighnapampam||45||
tathāpi
buddhidātādātātvaṃtvatprasādenasādenasaṃstutaḥutaḥ|
dhanyo'haṃo'haṃdevadeveśatavadarśanato'dhunānato'dhunā||46||
sākṣādāddṛṣṭvāgaṇeśaṃtvāṃāṃtenāhaṃbrahmarūpakaḥpakaḥ|
jātonāstyatrasandehoehoyogīndroyogadāyakaḥ||47||
ityuktvātaṃpraṇamyā'sauā'sautvanṛtyaddbhaktibhāvitaḥtaḥ|
mahāviṣṇukṛtā
ukṛtāekadantastutiḥ
romāñcitaśarīraścaharṣāśrubhirapiplutaḥutaḥ||48||
(phalaśrutiḥ)
ekadanta
uvāca|
tamuvācagaṇādhīśovaraṃvṛṇujanārdanana|
tapasābhaktibhāvenabhāvenatuṣṭodāsyāmivāñchitamtam||49||
tvayāyākṛtamidaṃ
daṃstotraṃsarvasiddhipradāyakamdāyakam|
bhaviṣyatinṛṇāṃviṣṇopaṭhatāṃśa‍ṛṇvatāṃvatāṃsadā||50||
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃāṇāṃsādhakaṃprabhaviṣyati|
īpsitārthapradaṃdaṃsadyaḥprasādānmecakeśava||51||
mudgala
uvāca|
gaṇeśavacanaṃśrutvāviṣṇurharṣasamanvitaḥtaḥ|
jagādataṃpraṇamyādauādauvāñchitaṃtaṃsaṃvṛṇetviti||52||
viṣṇuruvācavāca|
yadiprasannatāṃtāṃyātastadā
dābhaktiṃṃsudurlabhāmbhām|
tavapādayugedehi
dṛḍhāmavyabhicāriṇīmṇīm||53||
anyaddehigaṇādhīśajñānaṃānaṃmehyatulaṃtulaṃtathā|
kīrtiṃsarvatramedehi
sāmarthyaṃvividhaṃdhaṃtathā||54||
madhukaiṭabhanāśārthamupāyaṃmupāyaṃvadasāmpratamtam|
anyadaityābhihananehananesāmarthyaṃdehi
vighnapa||55||
tasyatadvacanaṃcanaṃśrutvātatheti
gaṇapo'bravītvīt|
yuddhāyāyagacchadeveśadaityaujeṣyasitaubalāt||56||
tayormaraṇamatyantasuguptaṃṃbrahmaṇāṇākṛtam|
samayevaradānasya
tapasātoṣitenatenaca||57||
iti
mahāviṣṇukṛtā
ukṛtāekadantastutiḥsampūrṇā||
- ||mudgalapurāṇaṃlapurāṇaṃdvitīyaḥtīyaḥkhaṇḍaḥḍaḥ|adhyāyaḥāyaḥ4|2.437-57||
mahāviṣṇukṛtā
ukṛtāekadantastutiḥ

About this stotram — Vishnu

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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