% Text title            : Vishvanatha Nagari Stotram or Kashi Ashtakam 1
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% Description-comments  : Brihatstotraratnakara 1 newer, Narayana Ram Acharya, Nirnayasagar, stotrasankhyA 225. Expanded as Kashyashtakam
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\engtitle{.. Vishvanatha Nagari Stotram or Kashi Ashtakam ..}##
\itxtitle{.. vishvanAthanagarIstotram athavA kAshyaShTakam ..}##\endtitles ##
shrIgaNeshAya namaH ||
svargataH sukhakarI divaukasAM shailarAjatanayA.ativallabhA |
DhuNDhibhairavavidAritavighnA vishvanAthanagarI garIyasI || 1||
yatra dehapatanena dehinAM muktireva bhavatIti nishchitam |
pUrvapuNyanichayena labhyate vishvanAthanagarI garIyasI || 2||
sarvadA.amaragaNaishcha vanditA yA gajendramukhavAritavighnA | (sarvadA hyamaravR^indavanditA)
kAlabhairavakR^itaikashAsanA vishvanAthanagarI garIyasI || 3||
yatra tIrthamamalAM maNikarNikA sA sadAshivasukhapradAyinI |
yA shivena rachitA nijAyudhairvishvanAthanagarI garIyasI || 4||
(yatra muktirakhilaistu jantubhirlabhyate smaraNamAtrataH shubhA |
sAkhilAmaragaNaspR^ihaNIyA vishvanAthanagarI garIyasI || 5||)
sarvatIrthakR^itamajjanapuNyairjanma janmasukR^itaiH khalu labhyA |
prApyate bhavabhavArtinAshinI vishvanAthanagarI garIyasI|| 5||
yatra shakranagarI tanIyasI yatra dhAtRRinagarI kanIyasI|
yatra keshavapurI laghIyasI vishvanAthanagarI garIyasI|| 6||
yatra devataTinI prathIyasI yatra vishvajananI paTIyasI|
yatra bhairavakRRitirbalIyasI vishvanAthanagarI garIyasI || 7||
vishvanAthanagarIstavaM shubhaM yaH paThet prayatamAnasassadA |
putradAragRRihalAbhamavyayaM muktimArgamanaghaM labhetsadA || 8||
uragaM turagaM khagaM mR^igaM vA kariNaM kesariNaM kharaM naraM vA |
sakR^idApluta eva devanadyAM laharI kiM na haraM charIkaroti || 9||

iti shrImachCha~NkarAchAryavirachitaM vishvanAthanagarIstotraM sampUrNam ||
shrIvedavyAsavirachitakAshyaShTakam (?)

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The original verses as given in Reference 1
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shrIgaNeshAya namaH ||
yatra devapatinApi dehinAM muktireva bhavatIti nishchitam |
pUrvapuNyanichayena labhyate vishvanAthanagarI garIyasI || 1||
svargataH sukhakarI divaukasAM shailarAjatanayA.ativallabhA |
DhuNDhibhairavavidAritavighnA vishvanAthanagarI garIyasI || 2||
yatra tIrthamamalaM maNikarNikA sA sadAshivasukhapradAyinI |
yA shivena rachitA nijAyudhairvishvanAthanagarI garIyasI || 3||
sarvadA hyamaravR^indavanditA yA gajendramukhavAritavighnA |
kAlabhairavakR^itaikashAsanA vishvanAthanagarI garIyasI || 4||
yatra muktirakhilaistu jantubhirlabhyate smaraNamAtrataH shubhA |
sAkhilAmaragaNaspR^ihaNIyA vishvanAthanagarI garIyasI || 5||
uragaM turagaM khagaM mR^igaM vA kariNaM kesariNaM kharaM naraM vA |
sakR^idApluta eva devanadyAM laharI kiM na haraM charIkaroti || 6||

iti shrImachCha~NkarAchAryavirachitaM vishvanAthanagarIstotraM sampUrNam ||

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The original VishvanAthanagarI stotram was
expanded as kAshyaShTakam for similarity
of verses and second reference.
Proofread by PSA Easwaran

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