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Kartha Dmodarastotram

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Devotional text

kārtika
dāmodarastotramm
kārtika
dāmodarastotramm
|matsyāvatārāvatāra, kūrmāvatāravatāra, varāhāvatāra|
matsyākṛtidharajayadharajayadeveśa
vedavibodhakakūrmasvarūpa|
mandaragiridharasūkararūpa
bhūmividhārakadhārakajayadeveśa||1||
|nṛsiṃhāvatāra
ṃhāvatāra, vāmanāvatāra, paraśurāmāvatāra|
kāñcanalocananaraharirūpa
duṣṭahiraṇyakabhañjana
jayabhoḥ|
jayajayavāmanabalividhvaṃsinn
duṣṭakulāntakabhārgavarūpa||2||
|rāmāvatāra, kṛṣṇāvatārāvatāra|
jayaviśravasaḥvasaḥsutavidhvaṃsinn
jayakaṃsāreyadukulatilakalaka|
jayavṛndāvanacara
āvanacaradeveśa
devakīnandana
nanandakumārakumāra||3||
|kṛṣṇāvatārāvatāra|
jayagovardhanadharanadharavatsāreāre
dhenukabhañjananajayakaṃsāre|
rukmiṇināyakanāyakajayagovinda
satyāvallabha
pāṇḍavabandho||4||
khagavaravāhanajayapīṭhāre
jayamurabhañjananapārthasakhesakhetvamm|
bhaumavināśakanāśakadurjanahārinn
sajjanapālakanapālakajayadeveśa||5||
kārtika
dāmodarastotramm
śubhaguṇapūritatajayaviśveśeśa
jayapuruṣottama
nityavibodhabodha|
bhūmibharāntakakāraṇarūpa
jayakharabhañjananadevavareṇyaya||6||
vidhibhavamukhasurasatatasuvandita
saccaraṇāmbhujujakañjasunetra|
sakalasurāsuranigrahakārin
n
pūtanimāraṇamāraṇajayadeveśa||7||
yadbhrūvibhramamātrāttadidaṃdaṃ
ākamalāsanaśambhuvipādyam
m|
sṛṣṭisthitilayamṛccatisarvaṃ
sthiracaravallabha
satvaṃjayabho||8||
jayayamalārjunabhañjanamūrte
gopīkucakuṅkumāṅkitāṅga
|
pāñcālīparipālanapālanajayabho
jayagopījanarañjananajayabho||9||
jayarāsotsavarata
varatalakṣmīśīśa
satatasukhārṇavavajayakañjākṣa|
jayajananīkarapāśasubaddha
haraṇānnavanītasyasureśa||10||
bālakrīḍānaparīḍānaparajayabhotvaṃ
munivaravanditapadapadmeśeśa||
kāliyaphaṇiphaṇamardana
jayabho
dvijapatyarpitamatsivibhonnamm||11||
|buddhāvatārāvatāra, kalkyāvatārāvatāra|
kṣīrāmbujikṛtanilayanalayanadeva
varadamahābalajayajayakānta|
durjanamohakanamohakabuddhasvarūpa
sajjanabodhakanabodhakakalkisvarūpa||12||
kārtika
dāmodarastotramm
jayayugakṛtdurjananavidhvaṃsinn|
jayajayajayabhoḥjayaviśvātmann||13||
iti
mantraṃpaṭhannevevakuryānnīrājanaṃīrājanaṃbudhaḥ|
ghaṭikādvayaśiṣṭāyāṃāyāṃsnānaṃānaṃkuryādyathāvidhi||14||
anyathāthānarakaṃyāti
yāvadindrāścaturdaśa
|
iti
śrīpañcarātragamegamehaṃsabrahmasaṃvādeśrīkārtikadāmodarastotramm||

About this stotram — Rama

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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