Dhanyashtakam

dhanyāṣṭakam

Śloka 1

(praharṣaṇīvṛttam -)

tajjñānaṃ praśamakaraṃ yadindriyāṇāṃ

tajjñeyaṃ yadupaniṣatsu niścitārtham |

te dhanyā bhuvi paramārthaniścitehāḥ

śeṣāstu bhramanilaye paribhramantaḥ || 1||

(vasantatilakāvṛttam -)

ādau vijitya viṣayānmadamoharāga-

dveṣādiśatrugaṇamāhṛtayogarājyāḥ |

jñātvā mataṃ samanubhūyaparātmavidyā-

kāntāsukhaṃ vanagṛhe vicaranti dhanyāḥ || 2||

tyaktvā gṛhe ratimadhogatihetubhūtām

ātmecchayopaniṣadartharasaṃ pibantaḥ |

vītaspṛhā viṣayabhogapade viraktā

dhanyāścaranti vijaneṣu viraktasaṅgāḥ || 3||

tyaktvā mamāhamiti bandhakare pade dve

mānāvamānasadṛśāḥ samadarśinaśca |

kartāramanyamavagamya tadarpitāni

kurvanti karmaparipākaphalāni dhanyāḥ || 4||

tyaktvīṣaṇātrayamavekṣitamokṣamargā

bhaikṣāmṛtena parikalpitadehayātrāḥ |

jyotiḥ parātparataraṃ paramātmasañjñaṃ

dhanyā dvijārahasi hṛdyavalokayanti || 5||

nāsanna sanna sadasanna mahasannacāṇu

na strī pumānna ca napuṃsakamekabījam |

yairbrahma tatsamamupāsitamekacittaiḥ

dhanyā virejurittarebhavapāśabaddhāḥ || 6||

ajñānapaṅkaparimagnamapetasāraṃ

duḥkhālayaṃ maraṇajanmajarāvasaktam |

saṃsārabandhanamanityamavekṣya dhanyā

jñānāsinā tadavaśīrya viniścayanti || 7||

śāntairananyamatibhirmadhurasvabhāvaiḥ

ekatvaniścitamanobhirapetamohaiḥ |

sākaṃ vaneṣu vijitātmapadasvarupaṃ

tadvastu samyaganiśaṃ vimṛśanti dhanyāḥ || 8||

(mālinīvṛttam -)

ahimiva janayogaṃ sarvadā varjayedyaḥ

kuṇapamiva sunārīṃ tyaktukāmo virāgī |

viṣamiva viṣayānyo manyamāno durantān

jayati paramahaṃso muktibhāvaṃ sameti || 9||

(śārdūlavikrīḍitavṛttam -)

sampūrṇaṃ jagadeva nandanavanaṃ sarve'pi kalpadrumā

gāṅgaṃ vari samastavārinivahaḥ puṇyāḥ samastāḥ kriyāḥ |

vācaḥ prākṛtasaṃskṛtāḥ śrutiśirovārāṇasī medinī

sarvāvasthitirasya vastuviṣayā dṛṣṭe parabrahmaṇi || 10||

|| iti śrīmad śaṅkarācāryaviracitaṃ dhanyāṣṭakaṃ samāptam ||