% Text title            : Sankata Ashtakam
% File name             : sankaTAShTakam.itx
% Category              : devii, aShTaka, otherforms, devI, pancharatna
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% Author                : Shiva Datta Mishra
% Proofread by          : Rajesh Thyagarajan
% Description/comments  : This is pancharatnam.  Verses 6-7 are in Hindi.
% Latest update         : December 4, 2022
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\engtitle{.. shrI Sankata Ashtakam ..}##
\itxtitle{.. shrIsa~NkaTAShTakam  ..}##\endtitles ##
namo kAsinI vAsinI ga~NgatIre
      sadA architaM chandanaM raktapuShpam |
sadA vanditaM pUjitaM sarvadevaM
      namo sa~NkaTA kaShTaharaNI bhavAnI || 1||
namo mohinI mohitaM bhUtasainyaM
      sadA chandrabadanI haMsairvihAram |
sadA mR^iganayanI triguNarUpavarNI
      namo sa~NkaTA kaShTaharaNI bhavAnI || 2||
namo khaDgahaste gale ruNDamAlA
      namo garjitaM bhUmikampAyamAnA |
sadA mardito bhUtamahiShAsurashcha
      namo sa~NkaTA kaShTaharaNI bhavAnI || 3||
namo muktidevI namo vedamAtA
      sadA yoginI yoginI yogagamyA |
sadA kAminI mohitaM kAmarAjyaM
      namo sa~NkaTA kaShTaharaNI bhavAnI || 4||
namo puShpashayyA gale ruNDamAlA
      sadA kokilA kA~nchanaM rUpavarNI |
sadA raNaviShe shatrusaMhArakaraNI
      namo sa~NkaTA kaShTaharaNI bhavAnI || 5||

idaM pa~ncharatnaM paThet prAtakAle
      haret pApa tana ke ba.Dhe dharmaj~nAnam |
sadA duHkha meM kaShTa meM rakSha pAlaM
      namo sa~NkaTA kaShTaharaNI bhavAnI || 6||
tuhI sa~NkaTe yoginI yogadhAraM
      tuhI kAminI mohitaM kAmarAjyam |
tuhI vishvamAtA kare khaDgadhAraM
      namo sa~NkaTA kaShTaharaNI bhavAnI || 7||
sa~NkaTAShTakamidaM puNyaM prAtaHkAle paThennaraH
tasya pIDA viniryAti sarvakAmaphalaM labhet || 8||

iti sa~NkaTAShTakaM sampUrNam |

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