॥ Kasi Vishwanathashtakam Kannada Lyrics ॥
ಗಂಗಾ ತರಂಗ ರಮಣೀಯ ಜಟಾ ಕಲಾಪಂ
ಗೌರೀ ನಿರಂತರ ವಿಭೂಷಿತ ವಾಮ ಭಾಗಂ
ನಾರಾಯಣ ಪ್ರಿಯಮನಂಗ ಮದಾಪಹಾರಂ
ವಾರಾಣಸೀ ಪುರಪತಿಂ ಭಜ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಧಮ್ ॥ 1 ॥
ವಾಚಾಮಗೋಚರಮನೇಕ ಗುಣ ಸ್ವರೂಪಂ
ವಾಗೀಶ ವಿಷ್ಣು ಸುರ ಸೇವಿತ ಪಾದ ಪದ್ಮಂ
ವಾಮೇಣ ವಿಗ್ರಹ ವರೇನ ಕಲತ್ರವಂತಂ
ವಾರಾಣಸೀ ಪುರಪತಿಂ ಭಜ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಧಮ್ ॥ 2 ॥
ಭೂತಾದಿಪಂ ಭುಜಗ ಭೂಷಣ ಭೂಷಿತಾಂಗಂ
ವ್ಯಾಘ್ರಾಂಜಿನಾಂ ಬರಧರಂ, ಜಟಿಲಂ, ತ್ರಿನೇತ್ರಂ
ಪಾಶಾಂಕುಶಾಭಯ ವರಪ್ರದ ಶೂಲಪಾಣಿಂ
ವಾರಾಣಸೀ ಪುರಪತಿಂ ಭಜ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಧಮ್ ॥ 3 ॥
ಸೀತಾಂಶು ಶೋಭಿತ ಕಿರೀಟ ವಿರಾಜಮಾನಂ
ಬಾಲೇಕ್ಷಣಾತಲ ವಿಶೋಷಿತ ಪಂಚಬಾಣಂ
ನಾಗಾಧಿಪಾ ರಚಿತ ಬಾಸುರ ಕರ್ಣ ಪೂರಂ
ವಾರಾಣಸೀ ಪುರಪತಿಂ ಭಜ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಧಮ್ ॥ 4 ॥
ಪಂಚಾನನಂ ದುರಿತ ಮತ್ತ ಮತಂಗಜಾನಾಂ
ನಾಗಾಂತಕಂ ಧನುಜ ಪುಂಗವ ಪನ್ನಾಗಾನಾಂ
ದಾವಾನಲಂ ಮರಣ ಶೋಕ ಜರಾಟವೀನಾಂ
ವಾರಾಣಸೀ ಪುರಪತಿಂ ಭಜ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಧಮ್ ॥ 5 ॥
ತೇಜೋಮಯಂ ಸಗುಣ ನಿರ್ಗುಣಮದ್ವಿತೀಯಂ
ಆನಂದ ಕಂದಮಪರಾಜಿತ ಮಪ್ರಮೇಯಂ
ನಾಗಾತ್ಮಕಂ ಸಕಲ ನಿಷ್ಕಳಮಾತ್ಮ ರೂಪಂ
ವಾರಾಣಸೀ ಪುರಪತಿಂ ಭಜ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಧಮ್ ॥ 6 ॥
ಆಶಾಂ ವಿಹಾಯ ಪರಿಹೃತ್ಯ ಪರಶ್ಯ ನಿಂದಾಂ
ಪಾಪೇ ರಥಿಂ ಚ ಸುನಿವಾರ್ಯ ಮನಸ್ಸಮಾಧೌ
ಆಧಾಯ ಹೃತ್-ಕಮಲ ಮಧ್ಯ ಗತಂ ಪರೇಶಂ
ವಾರಾಣಸೀ ಪುರಪತಿಂ ಭಜ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಧಮ್ ॥ 7 ॥
ರಾಗಾಧಿ ದೋಷ ರಹಿತಂ ಸ್ವಜನಾನುರಾಗಂ
ವೈರಾಗ್ಯ ಶಾಂತಿ ನಿಲಯಂ ಗಿರಿಜಾ ಸಹಾಯಂ
ಮಾಧುರ್ಯ ಧೈರ್ಯ ಸುಭಗಂ ಗರಳಾಭಿರಾಮಂ
ವಾರಾಣಸೀ ಪುರಪತಿಂ ಭಜ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಧಮ್ ॥ 8 ॥
ವಾರಾಣಸೀ ಪುರ ಪತೇ ಸ್ಥವನಂ ಶಿವಸ್ಯ
ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾತಮ್ ಅಷ್ಟಕಮಿದಂ ಪಠತೇ ಮನುಷ್ಯ
ವಿದ್ಯಾಂ ಶ್ರಿಯಂ ವಿಪುಲ ಸೌಖ್ಯಮನಂತ ಕೀರ್ತಿಂ
ಸಂಪ್ರಾಪ್ಯ ದೇವ ನಿಲಯೇ ಲಭತೇ ಚ ಮೋಕ್ಷಮ್ ॥
ವಿಶ್ವನಾಧಾಷ್ಟಕಮಿದಂ ಪುಣ್ಯಂ ಯಃ ಪಠೇಃ ಶಿವ ಸನ್ನಿಧೌ
ಶಿವಲೋಕಮವಾಪ್ನೋತಿ ಶಿವೇನಸಹ ಮೋದತೇ ॥
॥ Kasi Vishwanathashtakam Meaning ॥
Sing and praise that lord of the Universe,
Who is the Lord of the town of Benares,
Who has the tufted hair made by waves of river Ganga,
Who forever has Gowri as an ornament on his left side,
Who is the friend of Lord Narayana,
And who destroyed the pride of the god of love.
Sing and praise that lord of the Universe,
Who is the Lord of the town of Benares,
Who is beyond the meaning of words,
Who is the storehouse of several good qualities,
Who has the lotus feet,
Which is worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu and other Devas,
And who keeps his better half on his left side.
Sing and praise that lord of the Universe,
Who is the Lord of the town of Benares,
Who is the lord of all beings,
Who is having a body decorated by snakes,
Who clothes himself with the skin of a tiger,
Who is having matted hair,
Who is having three eyes,
And who holds trident, rope and goad,
And is the giver of boons.
Sing and praise that lord of the Universe,
Who is the Lord of the town of Benares,
Who shines with the crown decorated by moon,
Who burnt the god of love by the fire of his eyes,
And who wears king of snakes as an earring.
Sing and praise that lord of the Universe,
Who is the Lord of the town of Benares,
Who is like a lion to the pride called elephant,
Who is like Garuda the king of birds to the snake like asuras,
And who is like the forest fire that swallows sorrow, death and old age.
Sing and praise that lord of the Universe,
Who is the Lord of the town of Benares,
Who has a glittering mien,
Who is the first among those with and without shape,
Who is the reason for happiness in this world,
Who is never defeated,
Who is beyond the subject of reasoning,
Who is the soul of all serpents,
And who has a soul which is both pure and mixed.
Sing and praise that lord of the Universe,
Who is the Lord of the town of Benares,
And Sing of him who is in the middle of your lotus like heart,
When it is bereft of all desires and nature of finding fault,
When it is not attached to the sinful acts,
And when it is parked in the deep meditation of Samadhi.
Sing and praise that lord of the Universe,
Who is the Lord of the town of Benares,
Who does not have faults like passion,
Who loves good people,
Who is the home of detachment and peace,
Who is helped by the daughter of the mountain,
Who has a pleasing form, full of sweetness and courage,
And wears the strongest poison.
That man who reads this octet with its meaning,
Which sings the praise of Siva who is the lord of Varanasi,
Would get knowledge, wealth, great pleasure and great fame,
And in the end, also attain salvation
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