% Text title            : Dandapani Ashtakam
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\engtitle{.. Shri Dandapani or Yaksharaja Ashtakam ..}##
\itxtitle{.. shrIdaNDapANyaShTakam athavA shrIyakSharAjAShTakam ..}##\endtitles ##
ratnagarbhA~NgajodbhUta pUrNabhadrasushottama |
nirvighnaM kuru me yakSha kAshIvAsaM shivAptaye || 1||
dhanyo yakShaH pUrNabhadro dhanyA kA~nchanakuNDalA |
yayorjaTharapIThe.abhUrdaNDapANe mahAmate || 2||
jaya yakShapate dhIra! jaya pi~Ngalalochana |
jaya pi~NgajaTAbhAra jaya daNDamahAyudha || 3||
avimuktamahAkShetrasUtradhArogratApasa |
daNDanAyaka bhImAsya jaya vishveshvarapriya || 4||
saumyAnAM saumyavadana bhIShaNAnAM bhayAnaka |
kShetrapApadhiyAM kAla mahAkAla mahApriya || 5||
jaya prANada yakShendra kAshIvAsAnna mokShada |
mahAratnasphuradrashmichayacharchitavigraha || 6||
mahAsambhrAntijanaka mahodbhAntipradAyaka |
abhaktAnAM cha bhaktAnAM sambhrAntyudbhrAntinAshaka || 7||
prAntanepathyachatura jayaj~nAnanidhiprada |
jayagaurIpadAbjAle mokShekShaNavichakShaNa || 8||
yakSharAjAShTakaM puNyamidaM nityaM trikAlataH |
japAmi maitrAvaruNe vArANasyAptikAraNam || 9||
daNDapANyaShTakaM dhImAn japanvighnairnajAtuchit |
shraddhayA paribhUyeta kAshIvAsaphalaM labhet || 10||
prAdurbhAvaM daNDapANeH shR^iNvan stotramidaM gR^iNan |
vipattimanyataH prApya kAshIM janmAntare labhet || 11||

iti shrIskandapraNItam shrIdaNDapANyaShTakaM athavA
 shrIyakSharAjAShTakaM sampUrNam |
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