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Toṭakāṣṭakam

Shiva
| Ashtakam
| by Totakacharya
toṭakāṣṭakam śaṅkaraṃ śaṅkarācāryaṃ keśavaṃ bādarāyaṇam sūtrabhāṣyakṛtau vande bhagavantau punaḥ punaḥ nārāyaṇaṃ padmabhuvaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ śaktiṃ ca tatputraparāśaraṃ ca vyāsaṃ śukaṃ gauḍapadaṃ mahāntaṃ govindayogīndramathāsya śiṣyam śrī-śaṅkarācāryamathāsya padmapādaṃ ca hastāmalakaṃ ca śiṣyaṃ taṃ toṭakaṃ vārtikakāramanyānasmadgurūn santatamānato'smi viditākhila-śāstra-sudhā-jaladhe mahitopaniṣat-kathitārtha-nidhe hṛdaye kalaye vimalaṃ caraṇaṃ bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam karuṇā-varuṇālaya pālaya māṃ bhava-sāgara-duḥkha-vidūna-hṛdam racayākhila-darśana-tattva-vidaṃ bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam bhavatā janatā suhitā bhavitā nija-bodha-vicāraṇa-cāru-mate kalayeśvara-jīva-viveka-vidaṃ bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam bhava eva bhavāniti me nitarāṃ samajāyata cetasi kautukitā mama vāraya moha-mahā-jaladhiṃ bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam sukṛte'dhikṛte bahudhā bhavato bhavitā sama-darśana-lālasatā atidīnamimaṃ paripālaya māṃ bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam jagatīmavituṃ kalitākṛtayo vicaranti mahā-mahasaśchalataḥ ahimāṃśurivātra vibhāsi puro bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam guru-puṅgava puṅgava-ketana te samatāmayatāṃ na hi ko'pi sudhīḥ śaraṇāgata-vatsala tattva-nidhe bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam viditā na mayā viśadaika-kalā na ca kiñcana kāñcanamasti guro drutameva vidhehi kṛpāṃ sahajāṃ bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam ||iti śrī-toṭakācāryaviracitaṃ śrī-toṭakāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam||
Source: Traditional

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