% Text title            : goShTheshvaraaShtakam
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% Description-comments  : Hymn on goShteshvara, kOTTai Ishvara
% Latest update         : February 13, 2002
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\engtitle{.. Hymn to kOTTai Ishvara ..}##
\itxtitle{.. goShTheshvarAShTakam ..}##\endtitles ##
satyaj~nAnamanantamadvayasukhAkAraM guhAntaHsthita\-
     shrIchidvyomni chidarkarUpamamalaM yad brahma tattvaM param |
nirbIjasthalamadhyabhAgavilasadgoShThotthavalmIka\-
     sambhUtaM sat purato vibhAtyahaha tadgoShTheshali~NgAtmanA || 1||
sarvaj~natvanidAnabhUtakaruNAmUrtisvarUpAmalA
     chichChaktirjaDashaktikaitavavashAt kA~nchInadItvaM gatA |
valmIkAshrayagoShThanAyakaparabrahmaikyakartrI muhuH
     nR^iNAM snAnakR^itAM vibhAti satataM shrIpippilAraNyagA || 2||
shrImadrAjatashailashR^i~NgavilasachChrImadguhAyAM mahI\-
     vArvahnyAshugakhAtmikI vijayate yA pa~nchali~NgAkR^itiH |
saivAshaktajaneShu bhUrikR^ipayA shrIpippilAraNyage
     valmIke kila goShThanAyakamahAli~NgAtmanA bhAsate || 3||
yatrAdyApyaNimAdisiddhinipuNAH siddheshvarANAM gaNAH
     tattaddivyaguhAsu santi yamidR^igdR^ishyA mahAvaibhavAH |
yatraiva dhvanirardharAtrasamaye puNyAtmabhiH shrUyate
     pUjAvAdyasamutthitaH sumanasAM taM rAjatAdriM bhaje || 4||
shrImadrAjataparvatAkR^itidharasyArdhenduchUDAmaNe\-
     rlomaikaM kila vAmakarNajanitaM kA~nchItarutvaM gatam |
tasmAduttaravAhinI bhuvi bhavAnyAkhyA tataH pUrvagA
     kA~nchInadyabhidhA cha pashchimagatA nilAnadI pAvanI || 5||
shrImadbhArgavahastalagnaparashuvyAghaTTanAd dArite
     kShoNIdhre sati vAmadakShiNagiridvandvAtmanA bhedite |
tanmadhyaprathite vidAradharaNIbhAgetinadyAshraye
     sA nIlAtaTinI punAti hi sadA kalpAdigAn prANinaH || 6||
kalpAdisthalamadhyabhAganilaye shrIvishvanAthAbhidhe
     li~Nge pippilakAnanAntaragatashrIgoShThanAthAbhidhaH |
shrIshambhuH karuNAnidhiH prakurute sA.nnidhyamanyAdR^ishaM
     tatpatnI cha virAjate.atra tu vishAlAkShIti nAmA~NkitA || 7||
shrIkA~nchItarumUlapAvanatalaM bhrAjattriveNyudbhavaM
     tyaktvAnyatra vidhAtumichChati muhuryastIrthayAtrAdikam |
so.ayaM hastagataM vihAya kudhiyA shAkhAgralInaM vR^ithA
     yaShTyA tADitumIhate jaDamatirniHsAratuchChaM phalam || 8||
shrImadrAjatashailotthatriveNImahimA~Nkitam |
goShTheshvarAShTakamidaM sAraj~nairavalokyatAm || 9||

iti goShTheshvarAShTakaM sampUrNam |
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Encoded by Sridhar - Seshagiri seshagir at engineering.sdsu.edu

goShTheshvarAShTakaM is from a group of short poems of modern
times from Coimbatore. goShTheshvara figuring in this hymn is
kOTTai Ishvara, in the temple behind the municipal office in the
town of Coimbatore. The rAjatashaila in verse 3 (and the last
verse) is Valliangiri near Erode; guhA in verse 3 refers to a
neighbouring place near BhavAni; triveNI in verse 8 is the sangam
at BhavAni, of the KAveri, BhavAni and Noyyal; pippilAraNya
in verse 3 is the old name of the place where the shrine of
Perur, on the outskirts of Coimbatore, stands. kA~nchItaru in
verse 5 is the kShetravRikSha at the Perur shrine and kA~nchInadI
is the river Noyyal running nearby. nilAnadI is the river starting
near Valliangiri. vishvanAtha and vishAlAkShI (verse 7) are the
deities in the AvanAshi temple, 20 miles from Coimbatore.
vidAradharaNI (in verse 6) is the landmark forming the TamilNadu
Kerala border in this area.

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