Rudrashtakam

rudrāṣṭakam

Śloka 1

namāmīśamīśāna nirvāṇarūpaṃ

vibhuṃ vyāpakaṃ brahmaveda-svarūpam |

nijaṃ nirguṇaṃ nirvikalpaṃ nirīhaṃ

cidākāśa-mākāśavāsaṃ bhaje'ham || 1 ||

nirākāramoṅkāramūlaṃ turīyaṃ

girājñānagotītamīśaṃ girīśam |

karālaṃ mahākālakālaṃ kṛpāluṃ

guṇāgāra-saṃsārapāraṃ nato'ham || 2 ||

tuṣārādri-saṅkāśagauraṃ gabhīraṃ

manobhūtakoṭi-prabhāsī śarīram |

sphuranmaulikallolinī cārugaṅgā

lasadbhāla-bālendu kaṇṭhe bhujaṅgam || 3 ||

calatkuṇḍalaṃ śubhranetraṃ viśālaṃ [bhṝsunetraṃ viśālaṃ]

prasannānanaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaṃ dayālum |

mṛgādhīśa-carmāmbaraṃ muṇḍamālaṃ

priyaṃ śaṅkaraṃ sarvanāthaṃ bhajāmi || 4 ||

pracaṇḍaṃ prakṛṣṭaṃ pragalbhaṃ pareśaṃ

akhaṇḍaṃ bhaje bhānukoṭiprakāśam |

trayī-śūla-nirmūlanaṃ śūlapāṇiṃ

bhaje'haṃ bhavānīpatiṃ bhāvagamyam || 5 ||

kalātīta-kalyāṇa-kalpāntakārī

sadā sajjanānanda-dātā purārī |

cidānanda sandohamohāpahārī

prasīda prasīda prabho manmathārī || 6 ||

na yāvadumānātha-pādāravindaṃ

bhajantīha loke pare vā narāṇām |

na tāvatsukhaṃ śānti santāpanāśaṃ

prasīda prabho sarvabhūtādhivāsam || 7 ||

na jānāmi yogaṃ japaṃ naiva pūjāṃ

nato'haṃ sadā sarvadā deva tubhyam |

jarā-janma-duḥkhaughatātapyamānaṃ

prabho pāhi śāpānnamāmīśa śambho || 8 ||

rudrāṣṭakamidaṃ proktaṃ vipreṇa haratuṣṭaye |

ye paṭhanti narā bhaktyā teṣāṃ śambhuḥ prasīdati || 9 ||

|| iti śrīrāmacaritamānase uttarakāṇḍe śrīgosvāmi tulasīdāsakṛtaṃ

śrīrudrāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||