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% Author                : Swami Vasudevananda Saraswati
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\engtitle{.. ghora kaShToddhAraNa stotram ..}##
\itxtitle{.. ghora kaShToddhAraNastotram ..}##\endtitles ##

shrIpAda shrIvallabha tvaM sadaiva | shrIdattAsmAnpAhi devAdhideva ||
bhAvagrAhya kleshahArinsukIrte | ghorAtkaShTAduddharAsmAnnamaste || 1||
##Lord of Lords, Shri Datta ! Shripada Shrivallabha !  One who
only likes Bhakti, and who has good fame - you always protect
us.  Save us (deliver us, rescue us, extricate us) from awful,
(hurtful, painful) difficulties.  We bow down unto you. ##

tvaM no mAtA tvaM pitApto.adhipastvam | trAtA yogaxemakR^itsadgurustvam ||
tvaM sarvasvaM no.aprabho vishvamUrte | ghorAtkaShTAduddharAsmAnnamaste || 2||
##Prabho ! (one who has no God above, one who is God himself,
highest authority).  One who is Vishvamurti (entire universe is
whose form), you are our mother, father, owner, relatives and
Sadguru. You only sustain us and look after our daily activities
and well being (YogakShema).  You are everything for us, hence
save us (deliver us, rescue us, extricate us) from awful,
(hurtful, painful) difficulties.  We bow down unto you. ##

pApaM tApaM vyAdhimAdhiM cha dainyam | bhItiM kleshaM tvaM harAshu tvadanyam ||
trAtAraM no vIxya IshAstajUrte | ghorAtkaShTAduddharAsmAnnamaste || 3||
##Hey Ishwara , you immediately deliver us from Papa (sin),
Tapa (misery/ agony/ torment) bodily illnesses, mental agonies,
poverty, fears and sufferings.  Hey Lord , who saves us from
difficulties, we cannot see, locate any other saviour other
than you hence ..Save us (deliver us, rescue us, extricate us)
from awful, (hurtful, painful) difficulties.  We bow down unto you. ##

nAnyastrAtA nApi dAtA na bhartA | tvatto deva tvaM sharaNyo.akahartA ||
kurvAtreyAnugrahaM pUrNarAte | ghorAtkaShTAduddharAsmAnnamaste || 4||
##Hey God, we have no other Trata (protector) other than you,
no other Data (giver) nor Bharta (Lord / Chief/ husband /
master).  You protect the ones, who surrender unto you and
you get rid of their sorrows.  Hey Atreya (son of Atri Rishi -
Dattatreya) oblige us (Do Krupa on us) Oh Purnarate (One who
has no desires / desireless) and Save us (deliver us, rescue
us, extricate us) from awful, (hurtful, painful) difficulties.
We bow down unto you. ##

dharme prItiM sanmatiM devabhaktim | satsaMgAptiM dehi bhuktiM cha muktim |
bhAvAsaktiM chAkhilAnaMdamUrte | ghorAtkaShTAduddharAsmAnnamaste || 5||
##Hey Akhilanandmurte Deva, (one whose very nature is of
complete joy) grant us , love towards Dharma, Bhakti, and
good Buddhi (good thought process / power of descrimination).
Grant us Satsang (company of good people)  , Bhukti  ( Fulfill
our material needs  ) and also grant us Mukti (liberation)
and give us deep attachment towards Pure Bhakti.  Fulfill all
our desires.  Save us (deliver us, rescue us, extricate us)
from awful, (hurtful, painful) difficulties.  We bow down unto
you. ##

shlokapaMchakametatadyo lokama~Ngalavardhanam |
prapaThenniyato bhaktyA sa shrIdattapriyo bhavet ||
##All these five shlokas (couplets) one who recites or chants
regularly with devotion, it will bring about (increase) Mangalam
(auspiciousness and good fortune) among people in the world and
he / she who chants it will be very dear to the Lord Datta. ##

iti shrImat paramaha.nsa parivrAjakAchArya
shrImad vAsudevAnandasarasvatIsvAmIvirachitaM
ghorakaShToddhAraNastotraM sampUrNam ..
##Thus the "ghorakaShTa uddhAraNa stotram" written by Shrimat,
Paramhansa, Parivrajakacharya, Shrimad VAsudevananda Saraswati
Swami is complete.


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