॥ Sri Adi Shankaracharya Stuti Ashtakam English Lyrics ॥
॥ śrīmacchaṅkaracarya stutyastakam ॥
(śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavaccarana stutyastakam)
śrutīnama krīdaḥ prathitaparahaṁsō citagati-
rnijē satyē dhamni trijagadati vartinyabhirataḥ ।
asau brahmēvasminna khalu viśayē kiṁ tu kalayē [**visayē**]
br̥hērarthaṁ saksadanupacaritaṁ kēvalataya ॥ 1 ॥
mitaṁ padēnaiva tribhuvanamihaikēna mahasa
viśuddhaṁ tatsatvaṁ sthitijanilayēsvapyanugatam ।
daśakaratītaṁsvamahimaninirvēdaramanaṁ
tatastaṁ tadvisnōḥ paramapadamakhyatinigamaḥ ॥ 2 ॥
na bhūtēsvasaṅgaḥ kvacana nagavacaviharanaṁ
na bhūtya saṁsargō na paricitata bhōgibhirapi ।
tadapyamnayanta-stripuradahanatkēvaladaśa
turīyaṁ nirdvandvaṁ śivamatitaraṁ varnayati tam ॥ 3 ॥
na dharmassauvarnō na purusaphalēsu pravanata
na caivahōratra sphuradariyutaḥ parthivarathaḥ ।
asahayē naivaṁ satī vitatapuryastakajayē
kathaṁ tannabrūyannigama nikurambaḥ paraśivam ॥ 4 ॥
duḥkhasara duranta duskr̥taghanaṁ dussaṁsr̥ti pravr̥saṁ
durvaramiha darunaṁ pariharandūra dudaraśayaḥ ।
uccandapratipaksapanditayaśō nalīkanalaṅkura-
grasō haṁsakulavataṁsapadabhaksanmanasē krīdati ॥ 5 ॥
ksīraṁ brahma jagacca nīramubhayaṁ tadyōgamabhyagataṁ
durbhēdaṁ tvitarētaraṁ cirataraṁ samyagvibhaktīkr̥tam ।
yēnaśēsaviśēsadōhalaharī masēdusīṁ śēmusīṁ
sōyaṁ śīlavataṁ punati paramō haṁsōdvijatyagranīḥ ॥ 6 ॥
nīraksīranayēna tathyavitathē sampinditē panditai-
rdurbōdhē sakalairvivēcayati yaḥ śrīśaṅkarakhyōmuniḥ ।
haṁsōyaṁ paramōstu yē punariha śaktassamastassthita
jr̥ṁbhannimbaphalaśanaikarasikan kakanamūnmanmahē ॥ 7 ॥
dr̥stiṁ yaṁ pragunīkarōti tamasa bahyēna mandīkr̥taṁ
nalikapriyataṁ prayati bhajatē mitratvamavyahatam ।
viśvasyōpakr̥tē vilumpati suhr̥ccakrasya cartiṁ ghanaṁ
haṁsassōyamabhivyanakti mahataṁ jijñasyamarthaṁmuhuḥ ॥ 8 ॥
iti śrīvidyaranyamuniracitaṁ śrīmacchaṅkaracaryastutyastakam ।
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Sri Adi Shankaracharya Stuti Ashtakam in English – Sanskrit – Kannada – Telugu – Tamil