Varaha Stotram — Complete Lyrics
वराह स्तोत्रम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
चिदानन्दघनं शुद्धं विश्वमङ्गलकारकम् ।
मोक्षहेतुं हि तं विष्णुं वन्दे वाराहरूपिणम् ॥ १ ॥
chidānandaghanaṃ śuddhaṃ viśvamaṅgalakārakam |
mokṣahetuṃ hi taṃ viṣṇuṃ vande vārāharūpiṇam || 1 ||
I bow to that Vishnu in the form of the boar (Varaha) — the dense mass of consciousness and bliss, the pure one, who brings auspiciousness to the whole world and is the cause of liberation.
Verse 2
नेति नेति श्रुतिर्ब्रूते यस्य रूपं विनिर्णयन् ।
परब्रह्महितं विष्णुं वन्दे वाराहरूपिणम् ॥ २ ॥
neti neti śrutirbrūte yasya rūpaṃ vinirṇayan |
parabrahmahitaṃ viṣṇuṃ vande vārāharūpiṇam || 2 ||
I bow to that Vishnu in the boar form — whose nature the Vedas, seeking to define, can only call 'not this, not this' (neti neti), the very good that is the Supreme Brahman.
Verse 3
तत्त्वमसीति वक्तारमाविर्भूतं जगत्पतिम् ।
श्रीसद्गुरुं हितं विष्णुं वन्दे वाराहरूपिणम् ॥ ३ ॥
tattvamasīti vaktāramāvirbhūtaṃ jagatpatim |
śrīsadguruṃ hitaṃ viṣṇuṃ vande vārāharūpiṇam || 3 ||
I bow to that Vishnu in the boar form — the Lord of the universe who has manifested, the true preceptor (sadguru) who is the speaker of the great teaching 'That thou art' (Tat Tvam Asi).
Verse 4
रसातलगतां भूमिं गजः कमलिनीमिव ।
उद्दधार हि तं विष्णुं वन्दे वाराहरूपिणम् ॥ ४ ॥
rasātalagatāṃ bhūmiṃ gajaḥ kamalinīmiva |
uddadhāra hi taṃ viṣṇuṃ vande vārāharūpiṇam || 4 ||
I bow to that Vishnu in the boar form — who lifted up the earth sunk into the nether regions as effortlessly as an elephant lifts a lotus-stalk.
Verse 5
अवधीद्यो हिरण्याक्षं विश्वकण्टकराक्षसम् ।
विश्वपालहितं विष्णुं वन्दे वाराहरूपिणम् ॥ ५ ॥
avadhīdyo hiraṇyākṣaṃ viśvakaṇṭakarākṣasam |
viśvapālahitaṃ viṣṇuṃ vande vārāharūpiṇam || 5 ||
I bow to that Vishnu in the boar form — who slew Hiranyaksha, the demon who was a thorn tormenting the whole world, for the welfare and protection of all.
Verse 6
धर्मोद्धारावतारोऽयं सज्जनावनहेतुकम् ।
जगत्पतिं हितं विष्णुं वन्दे वाराहरूपिणम् ॥ ६ ॥
dharmoddhārāvatāro'yaṃ sajjanāvanahetukam |
jagatpatiṃ hitaṃ viṣṇuṃ vande vārāharūpiṇam || 6 ||
I bow to that Vishnu in the boar form — this incarnation for the upliftment of dharma, the Lord of the universe who descended for the protection of the virtuous.
Verse 7
अत्यन्तकरुणासान्द्रं जगदुद्धारकं परम् ।
भवतारं हि तं विष्णुं वन्दे वाराहरूपिणम् ॥ ७ ॥
atyantakaruṇāsāndraṃ jagaduddhārakaṃ param |
bhavatāraṃ hi taṃ viṣṇuṃ vande vārāharūpiṇam || 7 ||
I bow to that Vishnu in the boar form — supremely saturated with boundless compassion, the great rescuer of the world, who carries beings across the ocean of worldly existence.
Verse 8
सदैवाक्लिष्टकर्माणं जगतःस्थितिहेतवे ।
भवनौकां हि तं विष्णुं वन्दे वाराहरूपिणम् ॥ ८ ॥
sadaivākliṣṭakarmāṇaṃ jagataḥsthitihetave |
bhavanaukāṃ hi taṃ viṣṇuṃ vande vārāharūpiṇam || 8 ||
I bow to that Vishnu in the boar form — ever effortless in his deeds, who for the maintenance of the universe is himself the very boat that ferries us across the sea of samsara.
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