Totakashtakam

toṭakāṣṭakam

Śloka 1

viditākhila śāstra sudhā jaladhe

mahitopaniṣat-kathitārtha nidhe |

hṛdaye kalaye vimalaṃ caraṇaṃ

bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 1 ||

karuṇā varuṇālaya pālaya māṃ

bhavasāgara duḥkha vidūna hṛdam |

racayākhila darśana tattvavidaṃ

bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 2 ||

bhavatā janatā suhitā bhavitā

nijabodha vicāraṇa cārumate |

kalayeśvara jīva viveka vidaṃ

bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 3 ||

bhava èva bhavāniti mè nitarāṃ

samajāyata cetasi kautukitā |

mama vāraya moha mahājaladhiṃ

bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 4 ||

sukṛte'dhikṛte bahudhā bhavato

bhavitā samadarśana lālasatā |

ati dīnamimaṃ paripālaya māṃ

bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 5 ||

jagatīmavituṃ kalitākṛtayo

vicaranti mahāmāha sacchalataḥ |

ahimāṃśurivātra vibhāsi guro

bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 6 ||

gurupuṅgava puṅgavaketana te

samatāmayatāṃ na hi ko'pi sudhīḥ |

śaraṇāgata vatsala tattvanidhe

bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 7 ||

viditā na mayā viśadaika kalā

na ca kiñcana kāñcanamasti guro |

dṛtameva vidhehi kṛpāṃ sahajāṃ

bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam || 8 ||