ਕਾਮਾਸਿਕਾਸ਼੍ਟਕਮ੍
Kamasika Ashtakam in Punjabi (Gurmukhi) · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ/ਲਿਪੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੜ੍ਹੋ
ਉਤਪਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਕਥਾ
Composed by Sri Vedanta Desika (Stotra literature, Kanchipuram) · Sri Vedanta Desika (Venkatanatha) · c. 13th–14th century CE
At Kanchipuram, near the Ashtabhuja temple on the bank of the river Vegavati, Lord Narasimha is enshrined in the serene Yoga-Narasimha form known as Kamasika. Sri Vedanta Desika, who spent much of his life at Kanchi, composed this eight-verse hymn in praise of this very deity. Rather than dwelling only on the terrifying man-lion who tore apart Hiranyakashipu, Desika reveals the Lord's inner calm and boundless compassion — a yogi seated in meditation, fierce only as a 'disguise' for his grace toward devotees.
✦ ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੱਸੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ
Devotees of Kamasika Narasimha hold that the Lord, though fierce enough to rend a demon with his bare claws, is in truth as tender as a mother nursing her child; it is said that sincere recitation of this hymn, especially its closing verse of surrender, draws the Lord's protective grace so completely that no fear or affliction can touch one who has taken refuge in him.
ਅਰਥ ਸਹਿਤ ਪੂਰਾ ਪਾਠ
ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਪੰਗਤੀ ਜਾਂ ▶ ਬਟਨ ਨੂੰ ਛੂਹ ਕੇ ਸੁਣੋ
ਸ਼੍ਰੁਤੀਨਾਮੁਤ੍ਤਰਂ ਭਾਗਂ ਵੇਗਵਤ੍ਯਾਸ਼੍ਚ ਦਕ੍ਸ਼ਿਣਮ੍ । ਕਾਮਾਦਧਿਵਸਨ੍ ਜੀਯਾਤ੍ਕਸ਼੍ਚਿਦਦ੍ਭੁਤਕੇਸਰੀ ॥ ੧ ॥
śrutīnāmuttaraṃ bhāgaṃ vegavatyāścha dakṣiṇam | kāmādadhivasan jīyātkaśchidadbhutakesarī || 1 ||
ਅਰਥ:May that wondrous Lion-Lord (Narasimha) be ever glorious, who out of loving desire dwells to the north of the Vedas' crown (the Upanishads) and to the south of the river Vegavati (at Kanchipuram).
ਤਪਨੇਨ੍ਦ੍ਵਗ੍ਨਿਨਯਨਃ ਤਾਪਾਨਪਚਿਨੋਤੁ ਨਃ । ਤਾਪਨੀਯਰਹਸ੍ਯਾਨਾਂ ਸਾਰਃ ਕਾਮਾਸਿਕਾਹਰਿਃ ॥ ੨ ॥
tapanendvagninayanaḥ tāpānapachinotu naḥ | tāpanīyarahasyānāṃ sāraḥ kāmāsikāhariḥ || 2 ||
ਅਰਥ:May Kamasika Hari — whose three eyes are the sun, moon and fire, and who is the very essence of the secrets of the Nrisimha-tapaniya Upanishad — take away all our afflictions.
ਆਕਣ੍ਠਮਾਦਿਪੁਰੁਸ਼ਂ ਕਣ੍ਠੀਰਵਮੁਪਰਿ ਕੁਣ੍ਠਿਤਾਰਾਤਿਮ੍ । ਵੇਗੋਪਕਣ੍ਠਸਙ੍ਗਾਦ੍ਵਿਮੁਕ੍ਤਵੈਕੁਣ੍ਠਬਹੁਮਤਿਮੁਪਾਸੇ ॥ ੩ ॥
ākaṇṭhamādipuruṣaṃ kaṇṭhīravamupari kuṇṭhitārātim | vegopakaṇṭhasaṅgādvimuktavaikuṇṭhabahumatimupāse || 3 ||
ਅਰਥ:I worship that Primal Person who is man up to the neck and a lion above, who blunts the power of his foes, and who, drawn to the bank of the Vegavati, has set aside even his fondness for Vaikuntha to abide here.
ਬਨ੍ਧੁਮਖਿਲਸ੍ਯ ਜਨ੍ਤੋਰ੍ਬਨ੍ਧੁਰਪਰ੍ਯਙ੍ਕਬਨ੍ਧਰਮਣੀਯਮ੍ । ਵਿਸ਼ਮਵਿਲੋਚਨਮੀਡੇ ਵੇਗਵਤੀਪੁਲਿਨਕੇਲਿਨਰਸਿਂਹਮ੍ ॥ ੪ ॥
bandhumakhilasya jantorbandhuraparyaṅkabandharamaṇīyam | viṣamavilochanamīḍe vegavatīpulinakelinarasiṃham || 4 ||
ਅਰਥ:I extol that fierce-eyed Narasimha who sports on the sandy shore of the Vegavati — the true kinsman of every creature, beautiful as he sits bound in the graceful yogic posture upon his couch.
ਸ੍ਵਸ੍ਥਾਨੇਸ਼ੁ ਮਰੁਦ੍ਗਣਾਨ੍ ਨਿਯਮਯਨ੍ ਸ੍ਵਾਧੀਨਸਰ੍ਵੇਨ੍ਦ੍ਰਿਯਃ ਪਰ੍ਯਙ੍ਕਸ੍ਥਿਰਧਾਰਣਾਪ੍ਰਕਟਿਤਪ੍ਰਤ੍ਯਙ੍ਮੁਖਾਵਸ੍ਥਿਤਿਃ । ਪ੍ਰਾਯੇਣ ਪ੍ਰਣਿਪੇਦੁਸ਼ਃ ਪ੍ਰਭੁਰਸੌ ਯੋਗਂ ਨਿਜਂ ਸ਼ਿਕ੍ਸ਼ਯਨ੍ ਕਾਮਾਨਾਤਨੁਤਾਦਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਜਗਤਾਂ ਕਾਮਾਸਿਕਾ ਕੇਸਰੀ ॥ ੫ ॥
svasthāneṣu marudgaṇān niyamayan svādhīnasarvendriyaḥ paryaṅkasthiradhāraṇāprakaṭitapratyaṅmukhāvasthitiḥ | prāyeṇa praṇipeduṣaḥ prabhurasau yogaṃ nijaṃ śikṣayan kāmānātanutādaśeṣa jagatāṃ kāmāsikā kesarī || 5 ||
ਅਰਥ:Controlling the vital airs in their seats, master of all his senses, fixed in steady meditation upon his couch and turned inward — this Lord, as though teaching his own yoga to those who bow before him, the Lion of Kamasika, fulfils the desires of all the worlds.
ਵਿਕਸ੍ਵਰਨਖਸ੍ਵਰੁਕ੍ਸ਼ਤਹਿਰਣ੍ਯਵਕ੍ਸ਼ਃਸ੍ਥਲੀ ਨਿਰਰ੍ਗਲਵਿਨਿਰ੍ਗਲਦ੍ਰੁਧਿਰਸਿਨ੍ਧੁਸਨ੍ਧ੍ਯਾਯਿਤਾਃ । ਅਵਨ੍ਤੁ ਮਦਨਾਸਿਕਾ ਮਨੁਜਪਞ੍ਚਵਕ੍ਤ੍ਰਸ੍ਯ ਮਾਂ ਅਹਮ੍ਪ੍ਰਥਮਿਕਾ ਮਿਥਃ ਪ੍ਰਕਟਿਤਾਹਵਾ ਬਾਹਵਃ ॥ ੬ ॥
vikasvaranakhasvarukṣatahiraṇyavakṣaḥsthalī nirargalavinirgaladrudhirasindhusandhyāyitāḥ | avantu madanāsikā manujapañchavaktrasya māṃ ahamprathamikā mithaḥ prakaṭitāhavā bāhavaḥ || 6 ||
ਅਰਥ:May the arms of the Man-Lion protect me — those arms that, rivalling one another as if each cried 'I first!', revealed open battle, while his blossoming claws tore open Hiranyakashipu's golden chest so that the unchecked torrent of gushing blood glowed red like the twilight sky.
ਸਟਾਪਟਲਭੀਸ਼ਣੇ ਸਰਭਸਾਟ੍ਟਹਾਸੋਦ੍ਭਟੇ ਸ੍ਫੁਰਤ੍ਕ੍ਰੁਧਿਪਰਿਸ੍ਫੁਟਭ੍ਰੁਕੁਟਿਕੇऽਪਿ ਵਕ੍ਤ੍ਰੇ ਕ੍ਰਿਤੇ । ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਕਪਟਕੇਸਰਿਨ੍ ਦਨੁਜਡਿਮ੍ਭਦਤ੍ਤਸ੍ਤਨਾ ਸਰੋਜਸਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਾ ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਾ ਵ੍ਯਤਿਵਿਸ਼ਜ੍ਯ ਤੇ ਵ੍ਯਜ੍ਯਤੇ ॥ ੭ ॥
saṭāpaṭalabhīṣaṇe sarabhasāṭṭahāsodbhaṭe sphuratkrudhiparisphuṭabhrukuṭike'pi vaktre kṛte | kṛpākapaṭakesarin danujaḍimbhadattastanā sarojasadṛśā dṛśā vyativiṣajya te vyajyate || 7 ||
ਅਰਥ:O Lion whose fierceness is but a mask of grace! Even when your face is made terrible with its mane-like bristling, your roaring laughter and the quivering knit of your wrathful brows, your love shines through — tender as a mother offering her breast to the demon's child, beheld in your lotus-soft eyes.
ਤ੍ਵਯਿ ਰਕ੍ਸ਼ਤਿ ਰਕ੍ਸ਼ਕੈਃ ਕਿਮਨ੍ਯੈਸ੍ਤ੍ਵਯਿ ਚਾਰਕ੍ਸ਼ਤਿ ਰਕ੍ਸ਼ਕੈਃ ਕਿਮਨ੍ਯੈਃ । ਇਤਿ ਨਿਸ਼੍ਚਿਤਧੀਃ ਸ਼੍ਰਯਾਮਿ ਨਿਤ੍ਯਂ ਨ੍ਰਿਹਰੇ ਵੇਗਵਤੀਤਟਾਸ਼੍ਰਯਂ ਤ੍ਵਾਮ੍ ॥ ੮ ॥
tvayi rakṣati rakṣakaiḥ kimanyaistvayi chārakṣati rakṣakaiḥ kimanyaiḥ | iti niśchitadhīḥ śrayāmi nityaṃ nṛhare vegavatītaṭāśrayaṃ tvām || 8 ||
ਅਰਥ:When you protect, what need of any other guardian? And when you do not protect, what use is any other guardian? Resolved in this conviction, O Narahari, I take eternal refuge in you who abide on the bank of the Vegavati.
ਸ਼ਬਦ-ਸ਼ਬਦ ਅਰਥ
ਉਚਾਰਨ ਸੁਣਨ ਲਈ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਉੱਤੇ ਕਲਿੱਕ ਕਰੋ
Kamasika Ashtakam ਪਾਠ ਦੇ ਲਾਭ
Invokes the protective grace of Yoga-Narasimha, who calms and shields his devotees
A model hymn of prapatti (total surrender) — its final verse expresses complete refuge in the Lord
Believed to remove the three afflictions (tapatraya) — bodily, mental and external sufferings
Distils the secret teaching of the Nrisimha-tapaniya Upanishad into devotional verse
Carries the blessing of Sri Vedanta Desika, the great Sri Vaishnava acharya-poet
Balances the fierce and gracious aspects of Narasimha, inspiring both awe and love
Traditionally recited for protection, fearlessness and steadiness of mind
Kamasika Ashtakam ਪਾਠ ਵਿਧੀ
Sit calmly facing east before an image of Lord Narasimha, light a lamp and recite the eight verses slowly, picturing the serene Yoga-Narasimha of Kanchi seated in meditation on the bank of the Vegavati. Dwell on the final verse of surrender, offering yourself wholly to the Lord's protection. It is especially recited on Narasimha Jayanti and as a daily prayer for fearlessness.
ਅਕਸਰ ਪੁੱਛੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਸਵਾਲ
ਇਹ ਵੀ ਪੜ੍ਹੋ
ॐ
ਪੂਰਾ Kamasika Ashtakam ਸ਼ਲੋਕ-ਦਰ-ਸ਼ਲੋਕ ਅਰਥ ਸਹਿਤ ਪੜ੍ਹੋ, ਜਾਂ ਹੋਰ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਪਾਠ ਵੇਖੋ