Kalabhairava Ashtakam

kālabhairavāṣṭakam

Śloka 1

devarāja-sevyamāna-pāvanāṅghri-paṅkajaṃ

vyālayajña-sūtramindu-śekharaṃ kṛpākaram |

nāradādi-yogibṛnda-vanditaṃ digambaraṃ

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 1 ||

bhānukoṭi-bhāsvaraṃ bhavabdhitārakaṃ paraṃ

nīlakaṇṭha-mīpsitārtha-dāyakaṃ trilocanam |

kālakāla-mambujākṣa-makṣaśūla-makṣaraṃ

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 2 ||

śūlaṭaṅka-pāśadaṇḍa-pāṇimādi-kāraṇaṃ

śyāmakāya-mādideva-makṣaraṃ nirāmayam |

bhīmavikramaṃ prabhuṃ vicitra tāṇḍava priyaṃ

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 3 ||

bhukti-mukti-dāyakaṃ praśastacāru-vigrahaṃ

bhaktavatsalaṃ sthiraṃ samastaloka-vigraham | [sthitaṃ]

nikvaṇan-manojña-hema-kiṅkiṇī-lasatkaṭiṃ [vinikvaṇan]

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 4 ||

dharmasetu-pālakaṃ tvadharmamārga nāśakaṃ [nāśanaṃ]

karmapāśa-mocakaṃ suśarma-dāyakaṃ vibhum |

svarṇavarṇa-keśapāśa-śobhitāṅga-maṇḍalaṃ [śèṣapāśa, nirmalaṃ]

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 5 ||

ratna-pādukā-prabhābhirāma-pādayugmakaṃ

nitya-madvitīya-miṣṭa-daivataṃ nirañjanam |

mṛtyudarpa-nāśanaṃ karāladaṃṣṭra-mokṣadaṃ [bhūṣaṇaṃ]

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 6 ||

aṭṭahāsa-bhinna-padmajāṇḍakośa-santatiṃ

dṛṣṭipāta-naṣṭapāpa-jālamugra-śāsanam |

aṣṭasiddhi-dāyakaṃ kapālamālikā-dharaṃ

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 7 ||

bhūtasaṅgha-nāyakaṃ viśālakīrti-dāyakaṃ

kāśivāsi-loka-puṇyapāpa-śodhakaṃ vibhum | [kaśivāsa]

nītimārga-kovidaṃ purātanaṃ jagatpatiṃ

kāśikāpurādhinātha kālabhairavaṃ bhaje || 8 ||

kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ paṭhanti ye manoharaṃ

jñānamukti-sādhakaṃ vicitra-puṇya-vardhanam |

śokamoha-lobhadainya-kopatāpa-nāśanaṃ [dainyalobha]

te prayānti kālabhairavāṅghri-sannidhiṃ dhruvam ||

iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācaryasya

śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya

śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau

śrī kālabhairavāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |