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Ketu Stotram

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Devotional text

ketustotramm
ketustotramm
athaketustotraprārambhaḥ|
oṃasyaśrīketustotramahāmantrasyavāmadevaṝṣiḥḥ|
anuṣṭupchandaḥ|keturdevatāvatā|
ketuprasādasiddhyarthejapeviniyogaḥyogaḥ|
gautamauvāca|
munīndrasūtatattvajñasarvaśāstraviśāradaśārada|
sarvarogaharaṃrogaharaṃbrūhiketoḥstotramanuttamammam||1||
sūtauvāca|
śa‍ṛṇuṛṇugautamavakṣyāmistotrametadanuttamammam|
guhyādguhyatamaṃtamaṃketoḥbrahmaṇāṇākīrtitaṃtaṃpurā||2||
ādyaḥkarālavadanodvitīyotīyoraktalocanaḥlocanaḥ|
tṛtīyaḥpiṅgalākṣaścacaturthojñānadāyakaḥānadāyakaḥ||3||
pañcamaḥmaḥkapilākṣaścaṣaṣṭhaḥkālāgnisannibhaḥbhaḥ|
saptamomohimagarbhaścadhūmravarṇoṣṭamastathāthā||4||
navamaḥkṛttakaṇṭhaścadaśamaḥnarapīṭhagaḥ|
ekādaśastu
uśrīkaṇṭhaḥṭhaḥdvādaśastuugadāyudhaḥ||5||
dvādaśaiteādaśaitemahākrūrāḥūrāḥsarvopadravakārakāḥvakārakāḥ|
parvakālekālepīḍayanti
divākaraniśākarauśākarau||6||
nāmadvādaśakaṃādaśakaṃstotraṃketoretanmahātmanaḥ
naḥ|
paṭhantiye'nvahaṃ
haṃbhaktyātebhyaḥketuḥprasīdati||7||
kulukthadhānyevilikhetkhetṣaṭkoṇaṃoṇaṃmaṇḍalaṃḍalaṃśubham|
padmamaṣṭadalaṃdalaṃtatravilikheccavidhānataḥdhānataḥ||8||
nīlaṃghaṭaṃcasaṃsthāpyadivākaraniśākarauśākarau|
ketustotramm
ketuṃcatatranikṣipyapūjayitvā
āvidhānataḥdhānataḥ||9||
stotrametatpaṭhitvācadhyāyanāyanketuṃvarapradamdam|
brāhmaṇaṃṇaṃśrotriyaṃyaṃśāntaṃpūjayitvā
ākuṭumbinam
nam||10||
ketoḥkarālavaktrasyapratimāṃmāṃvastrasaṃyutāmsaṃyutām|
kumbhādibhiścasaṃyuktāṃāṃcitrātāreātārepradāpayetdāpayet||11||
dānenānenasuprītaḥītaḥketuḥsyāttasyasaukhyadaḥdaḥ|
vatsaraṃraṃprayatāyatābhūtvāpūjayitvā
āvidhānataḥdhānataḥ||12||
mūlamaṣṭottaraśataṃraśataṃyejapantinarottamāḥmāḥ|
teṣāṃketuprasādenasādenanakadācidbhayaṃyaṃbhavet||13||
iti
ketustotraṃsampūrṇamm|

About this stotram — Navagraha

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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