𑌦𑌶𑌾𑌵𑌤𑌾𑌰 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍 — 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌲𑌯𑌪𑌯𑍋𑌧𑌿𑌜𑌲𑍇 (𑌜𑌯𑌦𑍇𑌵)
Dashavatara Stotram — Pralaya Payodhi Jale (Jayadeva) in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥
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Origin & Story
Gita Govinda by Jayadeva · Jayadeva · 12th century
Jayadeva, the court poet of King Lakshmana Sena and a native of Kenduli (Kendubilwa) in Odisha, composed the Gita Govinda — one of the supreme works of Sanskrit devotional poetry. Its opening Dashavatara Stotra, 'Pralaya payodhi jale', praises the ten incarnations of Vishnu and has been sung for centuries in the seva of Lord Jagannatha at Puri, making it one of the most beloved hymns of Odisha and of all Vaishnavas.
✦ As told in scripture
It is said that to sing the deeds of all ten avatars in this one hymn is to take shelter of the Lord in every form He assumes for the protection of dharma — age after age, 'jaya jagadisha hare'.
The Mantra
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𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌲𑌯𑌪𑌯𑍋𑌧𑌿𑌜𑌲𑍇 𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌵𑌾𑌨𑌸𑌿 𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌵𑌹𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌚𑌰𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌖𑍇𑌦𑌮𑍍 । 𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌵 𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌮𑍀𑌨𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰 𑌜𑌯 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍀𑌶 𑌹𑌰𑍇 ॥ ௧॥ 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌤𑌿𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌵𑌿𑌪𑍁𑌲𑌤𑌰𑍇 𑌤𑌵 𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌠𑍇 𑌧𑌰𑌣𑌿𑌧𑌰𑌣𑌕𑌿𑌣𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌗𑌰𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑍇 । 𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌵 𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌕𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌪𑌰𑍂𑌪 𑌜𑌯 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍀𑌶 𑌹𑌰𑍇 ॥ ௨॥ 𑌵𑌸𑌤𑌿 𑌦𑌶𑌨𑌶𑌿𑌖𑌰𑍇 𑌧𑌰𑌣𑍀 𑌤𑌵 𑌲𑌗𑍍𑌨𑌾 𑌶𑌶𑌿𑌨𑌿 𑌕𑌲𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌕𑌲𑍇𑌵 𑌨𑌿𑌮𑌗𑍍𑌨𑌾 । 𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌵 𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌸𑍂𑌕𑌰𑌰𑍂𑌪 𑌜𑌯 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍀𑌶 𑌹𑌰𑍇 ॥ ௩॥ 𑌤𑌵 𑌕𑌰𑌕𑌮𑌲𑌵𑌰𑍇 𑌨𑌖𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌭𑍁𑌤𑌶𑍃𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌂 𑌦𑌲𑌿𑌤𑌹𑌿𑌰𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌕𑌶𑌿𑌪𑍁𑌤𑌨𑍁𑌭𑍃𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑍍 । 𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌵 𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌨𑌰𑌹𑌰𑌿𑌰𑍂𑌪 𑌜𑌯 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍀𑌶 𑌹𑌰𑍇 ॥ ௪॥ 𑌛𑌲𑌯𑌸𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌣𑍇 𑌬𑌲𑌿𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌭𑍁𑌤𑌵𑌾𑌮𑌨 𑌪𑌦𑌨𑌖𑌨𑍀𑌰𑌜𑌨𑌿𑌤𑌜𑌨𑌪𑌾𑌵𑌨 । 𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌵 𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌵𑌾𑌮𑌨𑌰𑍂𑌪 𑌜𑌯 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍀𑌶 𑌹𑌰𑍇 ॥ ௫॥ 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌰𑍁𑌧𑌿𑌰𑌮𑌯𑍇 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑌪𑌗𑌤𑌪𑌾𑌪𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌪𑌯𑌸𑌿 𑌪𑌯𑌸𑌿 𑌶𑌮𑌿𑌤𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌾𑌪𑌮𑍍 । 𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌵 𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌭𑍃𑌗𑍁𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌰𑍂𑌪 𑌜𑌯 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍀𑌶 𑌹𑌰𑍇 ॥ ௬॥ 𑌵𑌿𑌤𑌰𑌸𑌿 𑌦𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁 𑌰𑌣𑍇 𑌦𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌮𑌨𑍀𑌯𑌂 𑌦𑌶𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌮𑍗𑌲𑌿𑌬𑌲𑌿𑌂 𑌰𑌮𑌣𑍀𑌯𑌮𑍍 । 𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌵 𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰 𑌜𑌯 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍀𑌶 𑌹𑌰𑍇 ॥ ௭॥ 𑌵𑌹𑌸𑌿 𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌷𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑌦𑍇 𑌵𑌸𑌨𑌂 𑌜𑌲𑌦𑌾𑌭𑌂 𑌹𑌲𑌹𑌤𑌿𑌭𑍀𑌤𑌿𑌮𑌿𑌲𑌿𑌤𑌯𑌮𑍁𑌨𑌾𑌭𑌮𑍍 । 𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌵 𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌹𑌲𑌧𑌰𑌰𑍂𑌪 𑌜𑌯 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍀𑌶 𑌹𑌰𑍇 ॥ ௮॥ 𑌨𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌸𑌿 𑌯𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌵𑌿𑌧𑍇𑌰𑌹𑌹 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌿𑌜𑌾𑌤𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌯𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌯𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌶𑌿𑌤𑌪𑌶𑍁𑌘𑌾𑌤𑌮𑍍 । 𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌵 𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌬𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰 𑌜𑌯 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍀𑌶 𑌹𑌰𑍇 ॥ ௯॥ 𑌮𑍍𑌲𑍇𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌨𑌿𑌵𑌹𑌨𑌿𑌧𑌨𑍇 𑌕𑌲𑌯𑌸𑌿 𑌕𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌲𑌂 𑌧𑍂𑌮𑌕𑍇𑌤𑍁𑌮𑌿𑌵 𑌕𑌿𑌮𑌪𑌿 𑌕𑌰𑌾𑌲𑌮𑍍 । 𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌵 𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌕𑌲𑍍𑌕𑌿𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰 𑌜𑌯 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍀𑌶 𑌹𑌰𑍇 ॥ ௧௦॥ 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌜𑌯𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌕𑌵𑍇𑌰𑌿𑌦𑌮𑍁𑌦𑌿𑌤𑌮𑍁𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌶𑍃𑌣𑍁 𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌦𑌂 𑌶𑍁𑌭𑌦𑌂 𑌭𑌵𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌮𑍍 । 𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌵 𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌦𑌶𑌵𑌿𑌧𑌰𑍂𑌪 𑌜𑌯 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍀𑌶 𑌹𑌰𑍇 ॥ ௧௧॥
pralayapayodhijale dhṛtavānasi vedaṃ vihitavahitracaritramakhedam | keśava dhṛtamīnaśarīra jaya jagadīśa hare || 1|| kṣitirativipulatare tava tiṣṭhati pṛṣṭhe dharaṇidharaṇakiṇacakragariṣṭhe | keśava dhṛtakacchaparūpa jaya jagadīśa hare || 2|| vasati daśanaśikhare dharaṇī tava lagnā śaśini kalaṅkakaleva nimagnā | keśava dhṛtasūkararūpa jaya jagadīśa hare || 3|| tava karakamalavare nakhamadbhutaśṛṅgaṃ dalitahiraṇyakaśiputanubhṛṅgam | keśava dhṛtanaraharirūpa jaya jagadīśa hare || 4|| chalayasi vikramaṇe balimadbhutavāmana padanakhanīrajanitajanapāvana | keśava dhṛtavāmanarūpa jaya jagadīśa hare || 5|| kṣatriyarudhiramaye jagadapagatapāpaṃ snapayasi payasi śamitabhavatāpam | keśava dhṛtabhṛgupatirūpa jaya jagadīśa hare || 6|| vitarasi dikṣu raṇe dikpatikamanīyaṃ daśamukhamaulibaliṃ ramaṇīyam | keśava dhṛtarāmaśarīra jaya jagadīśa hare || 7|| vahasi vapuṣi viśade vasanaṃ jaladābhaṃ halahatibhītimilitayamunābham | keśava dhṛtahaladhararūpa jaya jagadīśa hare || 8|| nindasi yajñavidherahaha śrutijātaṃ sadayahṛdayadarśitapaśughātam | keśava dhṛtabuddhaśarīra jaya jagadīśa hare || 9|| mlecchanivahanidhane kalayasi karavālaṃ dhūmaketumiva kimapi karālam | keśava dhṛtakalkiśarīra jaya jagadīśa hare || 10|| śrījayadevakaveridamuditamudāraṃ śṛṇu sukhadaṃ śubhadaṃ bhavasāram | keśava dhṛtadaśavidharūpa jaya jagadīśa hare || 11||
Meaning:Jayadeva's celebrated hymn to the ten incarnations (Dashavatara) of Lord Vishnu, from the Gita Govinda — saluting Him as Matsya (fish), Kurma (tortoise), Varaha (boar), Narasimha (man-lion), Vamana (dwarf), Parashurama, Rama, Balarama, Buddha and Kalki, each verse ending 'Jaya Jagadisha Hare' — Glory to You, Lord of the Universe, O Hari!
Benefits of Chanting Dashavatara Stotram — Pralaya Payodhi Jale (Jayadeva)
Glorifies all ten avatars of Vishnu in a single hymn — recited for the Lord's protection and grace through every age and circumstance.
A masterpiece of Jayadeva's Gita Govinda, sung daily at the Jagannatha temple in Puri and cherished across Odisha and India.
Cultivates deep devotion (bhakti) and remembrance of the Lord's deeds; melodious and beloved in kirtan.
Especially auspicious on Ekadashi, Janmashtami, Rama Navami and during Vishnu festivals.
How to Chant Dashavatara Stotram — Pralaya Payodhi Jale (Jayadeva)
Bathe and sit facing east or north before an image of Lord Vishnu or Jagannatha. Light a lamp and sing or recite the ten verses melodiously, dwelling on each avatar, ending each with 'Jaya Jagadisha Hare'. It is often sung as kirtan and is especially loved on Ekadashi.
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