% Text title            : vAnarAShTakam
% File name             : vAnarAShTakam.itx
% Category              : misc, sahitya, advice, aShTaka
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% Transliterated by     : Aaditya Kalyanaraman
% Proofread by          : Aaditya Kalyanaraman
% Description/comments  : From Kavya Sangraha, A Sanskrit Anthology, Dr. John Haeberlin, 1847
% Latest update         : April 29, 2021
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\engtitle{.. Vanara Ashtakam ..}##
\itxtitle{.. vAnarAShTakam ..}##\endtitles ##
IrShI dakShaH kratau rUpaM stabdhaHshuShkendhanaM javaH |
      durmantriNamiti shlokAH kathitA vAnarAShTake |
IrShI ghR^iNItvasantuShTaH krodhano nityasha~NkitaH |
      parabhAgyopajIvI cha ShaDete duHkhabhAginaH || 1||
dakShaH shriyamadhigachChati pathyAshI kalyatAM sukhamarogI |
udyakto vidyAM tathA dharmArthayashAMsi vinItaH || 2||
kratau vivAhe vyasane ripukShaye
      yashaskare karmaNi mitrasa~Ngrahe |
priyAsu nArIShu tathaiva bAndhave
      pyativyayo nAsti narAdhipAShTasu || 3||
rUpaM jarA sarvasukhAni tR^iShNA
      khaleShu sevA puruShAbhimAnam |
yA~nchA gurutvaM guNamAtmapUjA
      chintA balaM hantyadayA cha lakShmIm || 4||
stabdhasya nashyati yasho viShamasya maichI
      naShTakriyasya kulamarthaparasya dharmaH |
vidyAphala vyasaninaH kR^ipayasya pustaM
      rAjyaM pramattasachivasya narAdhipasya || 5||
shuShkendhane vahnirupaiti vR^iddhiM
      vAleShu shoka shchapaleShu kopaH |
kAntAsu kAmo nipuNeShu chittaM
      dharmo dayAvatsu mahatssu dhairyam || 6||
javohi sapteH paramaM vibhUShaNaM
      chapA~NganAyAH kR^ishatA tapasvinaH |
dvijasya vidyaiva munerapikShamA
      parAkramaH shastrabalopajIvinAm || 7||
durmastriNaM kamupayAti na nItidoShAH
      santApayanti kamapathyabhujaM na rogAH |
kaM strI na mohayati kaM na nihanti mR^ityuH
      kaM svIkR^itA na viShayAH paritApayanti || 8||

iti vAnarAShTakaM samAptam |
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