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% Author                : Shankaracharya
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aMbAShTakam
          || atha shrIrAjarAjeshvaryaShTakam ||
ambA shAmbhavi chandramaulirabalA.aparNA umA pArvatI
        kAlI haimavatI shivA trinayanI kAtyAyanI bhairavI |
sAvitrI navayauvanA shubhakarI sAmrAjyalaxmIpradA
        chidrUpI paradevatA bhagavatI shrIrAjarAjeshvarI || 1||
ambA mohinI devatA tribhuvanI Anandasa.ndAyinI
        vANI pallavapANiveNumuralIgAnapriyA lolinI |
kalyANI uDurAjabimba vadanA dhUmrAxasa.nhAriNI
        chidrUpI paradevatA bhagavatI shrIrAjarAjeshvarI || 2||
ambA nUpuraratnaka~NkaNadharI keyUrahArAvalI
        jAtIchampakavaijaya.ntilaharI graiveyakairAjitA |
vINAveNuvinodamaNDitakarA vIrAsane sa.nsthitA
        chidrUpI paradevatA bhagavatI shrIrAjarAjeshvarI || 3||
ambA raudriNi bhadrakAli bagalA jvAlAmukhI vaiShNavI
        brahmANI tripurAntakI suranutA dedIpyamAnojvalA |
chAmuNDA shritaraxapoShajananI dAxAyaNI vallavI
        chidrUpI paradevatA bhagavatI shrIrAjarAjeshvarI || 4||
ambA shUladhanuH kushA~NkushadharI ardhendubimbAdharI
        vArAhImadhukaiTabhaprashamanI vANI ramAsevitA |
mallAdyAsuramUkadaityamathanI mAheshvarI chAmbikA
        chidrUpI paradevatA bhagavatI shrIrAjarAjeshvarI || 5||
ambA sR^iShTivinAshapAlanakarI AryA visa.nshobhitA
        gAyatrI praNavAxarAmR^itarasaH pUrNAnusa.ndhI kR^itA |
o~NkArI vinatAsutArchitapadA uddaNDa daityApahA
        chidrUpI paradevatA bhagavatI shrIrAjarAjeshvarI || 6||
ambA shAshvata AgamAdivinutA AryA mahAdevatA
        yA brahmAdipipIlikAntajananI yA vai jaganmohinI |
yA pa~nchapraNavAdirephajananI yA chitkalA mAlinI
        chidrUpI paradevatA bhagavatI shrIrAjarAjeshvarI || 7||
ambApAlitabhaktarAjadanishaM ambAShTakaM yaH paThet.h
        ambAlolakaTAxavIxa lalitaM chaishvaryamavyAhatam |
ambA pAvanamantrarAjapaThanAdante cha moxapradA
        chidrUpI paradevatA bhagavatI shrIrAjarAjeshvarI || 8||


ChandaHpAdayugA nirUktAsunakhA shikShAsuja~NghAyugA
        R^igvedorUyugA yajura sujadhanAM yA sAmavedodarA |
tarkAvittikuchA shruti smR^itikarA kAvyaravindAnanA
        vedAntAmR^ita lochanA bhagavatI shrIrAjarAjeshvarI || 9||
ambA shA~NkarI bhAradvAjagamanI AryA bhavAnIshvarI
        yA ambA mahiShAsurapramathinI vAkchAturI sundarI |
durgAkhyA kamalA nishumbha damanI durbhAgya vichChedinI
        chidrupA paradevatA bhagavatI shrIrAjarAjeshvarI || 10||
ambA shyAmala ekadantajananI atyunnatikAriNI
        kalyANI vrajarAjaputrajananI kAmapradA chandrikA |
padmAkShI tridasheshvarI suranatA dedipyamAnojvalA
        chidrupA paradevatA bhagavatI shrIrAjarAjeshvarI || 11||
yA devI shivakeshavAdi jananI yA vai jagadrupiNI
        yA brahmAdipi pIlIkAnta jagatA mAnandasandAyinI |
yA vai cha praNavad virephajananI yA chitkalAmAlinI
        sA mAyA paradevatA bhagavatI shrIrAjarAjeshvarI || 12||

||  iti bhaktarAjavirachitaM shrIrAjarAjeshvaryaShTakaM sampUrNam ||
##
Verses 1-8 are attributed to Shankaracharya.
Verses 9-12 are found in different versions some giving
authorship to bhaktarAja.  The sequence of
verse numbers is likely to be different.
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Encoded and proofread by Kapila Shankaran
October 20 1998

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