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Vatapuranatha Ashtakam (Guruvayurappan) in Telugu · తెలుగు

🕉️ hindu·📿 8× జపం·🕐 Morning after bath, or during darshan; especially Ekadashi, Ashtami Rohini (Krishna Janmashtami) and Guruvayur festival days·📜 Sri Vatapuranatha Ashtakam (hymn to Guruvayurappan)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरीతెలుగుதமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ English සිංහල 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

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Sri Vatapuranatha Ashtakam (hymn to Guruvayurappan) · Mahamahopadhyaya Brahmasri Ganapati Sastri · Modern (composed at Guruvayur)

This ashtakam was composed by the great Sanskrit savant Mahamahopadhyaya Ganapati Sastri during his stay at the Guruvayur temple in Kerala, overwhelmed by the beauty of Lord Guruvayurappan. Set in an intricate, musical metre, its eight verses describe the Lord's jasmine-soft smile, His cloud-dark form, His childhood sports, and His grace as protector and healer of His devotees, each verse ending with the loving instruction to enshrine Him in the heart-lotus.

✦ శాస్త్రాలలో చెప్పినట్లు

Guruvayur is renowned for miraculous cures: the saint-poet Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri is said to have been freed of crippling paralysis by composing the Narayaniyam before Guruvayurappan, and countless devotees through the centuries have reported the Lord of Vatapura healing their ailments when they took refuge in Him.

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ఏ పంక్తిపైన అయినా లేదా ▶ బటన్‌పై తాకి వినండి

శ్లోకం 1

కున్దసుమవృన్దసమమన్దహసితాస్యం నన్దకులనన్దభరతున్దలనకన్దమ్ । పూతనిజగీతలవధూతదురితం తం వాతపురనాథమిమమాతను హృదబ్జే ॥ ౧ ॥

kundasumavṛndasamamandahasitāsyaṃ nandakulanandabharatundalanakandam | pūtanijagītalavadhūtaduritaṃ taṃ vātapuranāthamimamātanu hṛdabje || 1 ||

అర్థం:Establish in the lotus of your heart that Lord of Vatapura (Guruvayur), whose face wears a gentle smile soft as a cluster of jasmine blossoms, who is the abundant delight of Nanda's clan, and who washes away sin from those who sing His glory in purity. (1)

శ్లోకం 2

నీలతరజాలధరభాలహరిరమ్యం లోలతరశీలయుతబాలజనలీలమ్ । జాలనతిశీలమపి పాలయితుకామం వాతపురనాథమిమమాతను హృదబ్జే ॥ ౨ ॥

nīlatarajāladharabhālahariramyaṃ lolataraśīlayutabālajanalīlam | jālanatiśīlamapi pālayitukāmaṃ vātapuranāthamimamātanu hṛdabje || 2 ||

అర్థం:Establish in your heart's lotus that Lord of Guruvayur, lovely and dark as a deep rain-bearing cloud, given to the sweet sports of childhood, who longs to protect even those who but slightly bow to Him. (2)

శ్లోకం 3

కంసరణహింసమిహ సంసరణజాత- క్లాన్తిభరశాన్తికరకాన్తిఝరవీతమ్ । వాతముఖధాతుజనిపాతభయఘాతం వాతపురనాథమిమమాతను హృదబ్జే ॥ ౩ ॥

kaṃsaraṇahiṃsamiha saṃsaraṇajāta- klāntibharaśāntikarakāntijharavītam | vātamukhadhātujanipātabhayaghātaṃ vātapuranāthamimamātanu hṛdabje || 3 ||

అర్థం:Establish in your heart that Lord of Guruvayur, the slayer of Kamsa, who is bathed in a peace-giving cascade of radiance that stills the weariness of the round of births, and who destroys the fear of afflictions arising from the (three) humours such as wind. (3)

శ్లోకం 4

జాతుధురిపాతుకమిహాతురజనం ద్రాక్ శోకభరమూకమపి తోకమివ పాన్తమ్ । భృఙ్గరుచిసఙ్గరకృదఙ్గలతికం తం వాతపురనాథమిమమాతను హృదబ్జే ॥ ౪ ॥

jātudhuripātukamihāturajanaṃ drāk śokabharamūkamapi tokamiva pāntam | bhṛṅgarucisaṅgarakṛdaṅgalatikaṃ taṃ vātapuranāthamimamātanu hṛdabje || 4 ||

అర్థం:Establish in your heart that Lord of Guruvayur, ever ready to protect the suffering, swiftly guarding even the soul rendered mute by the weight of grief as a parent guards a child — He whose body is graceful as a creeper with the dark lustre of a bee. (4)

శ్లోకం 5

పాపభవతాపభరకోపశమనార్థా- శ్వాసకరభాసమృదుహాసరుచిరాస్యమ్ । రోగచయభోగభయవేగహరమేకం వాతపురనాథమిమమాతను హృదబ్జే ॥ ౫ ॥

pāpabhavatāpabharakopaśamanārthā- śvāsakarabhāsamṛduhāsarucirāsyam | rogacayabhogabhayavegaharamekaṃ vātapuranāthamimamātanu hṛdabje || 5 ||

అర్థం:Establish in your heart that one Lord of Guruvayur, whose radiant face, lovely with a soft, reassuring smile, is bent on quelling the heat and anger born of sin and worldly life, and who removes the onrush of disease, fear and harmful pleasures. (5)

శ్లోకం 6

ఘోషకులదోషహరవేషముపయాన్తం పూషశతదూషకవిభూషణగణాఢ్యమ్ । భుక్తిమపి ముక్తిమతిభక్తిషు దదానం వాతపురనాథమిమమాతను హృదబ్జే ॥ ౬ ॥

ghoṣakuladoṣaharaveṣamupayāntaṃ pūṣaśatadūṣakavibhūṣaṇagaṇāḍhyam | bhuktimapi muktimatibhaktiṣu dadānaṃ vātapuranāthamimamātanu hṛdabje || 6 ||

అర్థం:Establish in your heart that Lord of Guruvayur, who appears in a guise that removes the troubles of the cowherd folk, rich with ornaments that outshine a hundred suns, and who bestows upon the deeply devoted both worldly enjoyment and liberation. (6)

శ్లోకం 7

పాపకదురాపమతితాపహరశోభ- స్వాపఘనమామతదుమాపతిసమేతమ్ । దూనతరదీనసుఖదానకృతదీక్షం వాతపురనాథమిమమాతను హృదబ్జే ॥ ౭ ॥

pāpakadurāpamatitāpaharaśobha- svāpaghanamāmatadumāpatisametam | dūnataradīnasukhadānakṛtadīkṣaṃ vātapuranāthamimamātanu hṛdabje || 7 ||

అర్థం:Establish in your heart that Lord of Guruvayur, whose beauty is hard for the wicked to attain and dispels great anguish — a very rain-cloud of repose — present here with the Lord of Uma (Shiva), and consecrated to granting happiness to the deeply afflicted and the destitute. (7)

శ్లోకం 8

పాదపతదాదరణమోదపరిపూర్ణం జీవముఖదేవజనసేవనఫలాఙ్ఘ్రిమ్ । రూక్షభవమోక్షకృతదీక్షనిజవీక్షం వాతపురనాథమిమమాతను హృదబ్జే ॥ ౮ ॥

pādapatadādaraṇamodaparipūrṇaṃ jīvamukhadevajanasevanaphalāṅghrim | rūkṣabhavamokṣakṛtadīkṣanijavīkṣaṃ vātapuranāthamimamātanu hṛdabje || 8 ||

అర్థం:Establish in your heart that Lord of Guruvayur, brimming with delight at the reverence of those who fall at His feet — whose feet are the fruit of all service offered by living beings and the gods — and whose very glance is vowed to liberating souls from harsh worldly existence. (8)

శ్లోకం 9

॥ ఇతి మహామహోపాధ్యాయ బ్రహ్మశ్రీ గణపతిశాస్త్రివిరచితం శ్రీవాతపురనాథాష్టకమ్ సమ్పూర్ణమ్ ॥

|| iti mahāmahopādhyāya brahmaśrī gaṇapatiśāstriviracitaṃ śrīvātapuranāthāṣṭakam sampūrṇam ||

అర్థం:Thus is completed the Sri Vatapuranatha Ashtakam composed by Mahamahopadhyaya Brahmasri Ganapati Sastri.

పదం-పదం అర్థం

ఉచ్చారణ వినడానికి ఏ పదంపైన అయినా క్లిక్ చేయండి

కున్దసుమవృన్దసమ🔊kundasumavṛndasamaLike a cluster of jasmine flowers

మన్దహసితాస్యం🔊mandahasitāsyaṃWhose face wears a gentle smile

నన్దకులనన్ద🔊nandakulanandaThe joy/delight of the clan of Nanda (the cowherds)

వాతపురనాథమ్🔊vātapuranāthamThe Lord of Vatapura (Guruvayur) — i.e. Guruvayurappan

ఇమమ్ ఆతను హృదబ్జే🔊imam ātanu hṛdabjePlace (establish) Him in the lotus of (your) heart — the refrain of every verse

నీలతరజాలధర🔊nīlatarajāladharaDark like a deep-blue rain cloud

బాలజనలీలమ్🔊bālajanalīlamWho sports with childlike beings / engaged in childhood play

పాలయితుకామం🔊pālayitukāmaṃDesirous of protecting (those who bow to Him)

కంసరణహింసమ్🔊kaṃsaraṇahiṃsamThe slayer of Kamsa in battle

సంసరణజాతక్లాన్తి🔊saṃsaraṇajātaklāntiThe weariness born of the cycle of worldly existence (samsara)

శాన్తికరకాన్తిఝరవీతమ్🔊śāntikarakāntijharavītamPervaded by a peace-bestowing cascade of radiance

ఆతురజనం ద్రాక్ ... పాన్తమ్🔊āturajanaṃ drāk ... pāntamWho at once protects the afflicted, as a parent protects a child

తోకమివ పాన్తమ్🔊tokamiva pāntamProtecting (the devotee) as one would protect one's own child

పాపభవతాపభర🔊pāpabhavatāpabharaThe burning weight of sin and worldly existence

మృదుహాసరుచిరాస్యమ్🔊mṛduhāsarucirāsyamWhose face is lovely with a soft, gentle smile

రోగచయభోగభయవేగహరమ్🔊rogacayabhogabhayavegaharamWho removes the onrush of disease, fear and (harmful) indulgence

ఘోషకులదోషహరవేషమ్🔊ghoṣakuladoṣaharaveṣamWhose very appearance removes the troubles of the cowherd folk

భుక్తిమపి ముక్తిమ్ ... దదానం🔊bhuktimapi muktim ... dadānaṃWho grants both worldly enjoyment and liberation to His devotees

అతిభక్తిషు దదానం🔊atibhaktiṣu dadānaṃBestowing (these gifts) upon those of deep devotion

ఉమాపతిసమేతమ్🔊umāpatisametamAccompanied by the Lord of Uma (Shiva) — alluding to the Lord's grace upon Shiva at Guruvayur

మోక్షకృతదీక్ష🔊mokṣakṛtadīkṣaVowed/consecrated to granting liberation

జీవముఖదేవజనసేవనఫలాఙ్ఘ్రిమ్🔊jīvamukhadevajanasevanaphalāṅghrimWhose feet are the very fruit of service rendered by living beings and the gods

Vatapuranatha Ashtakam (Guruvayurappan) పారాయణ ప్రయోజనాలు

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Invokes the grace of Guruvayurappan, the beloved Lord of Guruvayur (Kerala)

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Each verse anchors the Lord's beautiful form firmly in the devotee's heart through meditation

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Traditionally cherished for invoking the Lord's healing power over disease and affliction

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Cultivates deep, childlike devotion (bhakti) to Krishna-Vishnu

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Brings peace by stilling the weariness and fear born of worldly existence (samsara)

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Believed to grant both worldly well-being (bhukti) and liberation (mukti) to the devout

Vatapuranatha Ashtakam (Guruvayurappan) పారాయణ విధి

జప సంఖ్య8సార్లు

ఉత్తమ సమయంMorning after bath, or during darshan; especially Ekadashi, Ashtami Rohini (Krishna Janmashtami) and Guruvayur festival days

Bathe and sit calmly facing an image of Guruvayurappan or Krishna. Recite the eight verses slowly and melodiously, and at each refrain 'vātapuranāthamimamātanu hṛdabje' visualise the dark-hued, smiling Lord and lovingly install Him in the lotus of your heart. It is especially dear to those who pray at Guruvayur for health and protection. Reciting all eight verses daily with devotion is the traditional practice.

తరచూ అడిగే ప్రశ్నలు

ఈ పేజీలో పూర్తి Vatapuranatha Ashtakam (Guruvayurappan) తెలుగు లిపిలో ఇవ్వబడింది — అవే మూల శ్లోకాలు, అక్షరం-అక్షరం లిప్యంతరించి, మీరు సౌకర్యంగా చదివి పఠించగలిగేలా. ఏ పంక్తిపైన అయినా (లేదా ▶ బటన్) తాకి దాని పఠనం వినండి.

అవును — లిపి మాత్రమే మారుతుంది; పదాలు, వాటి అర్థం మూలమే. ఈ పేజీలోని శ్లోకం-శ్లోకం అర్థం, ప్రయోజనాలు, పారాయణ విధి యథాతథంగా వర్తిస్తాయి.

Vatapuranatha means 'the Lord of Vatapura'. Vatapura (the town of the wind-god Vayu) is Guruvayur, so Vatapuranatha is Guruvayurappan — the enchanting form of Krishna-Vishnu (holding conch, discus, mace and lotus) enshrined at the famous Guruvayur temple in Kerala, often called the 'Bhuloka Vaikuntha' (Vaikuntha on earth).

It was composed by Mahamahopadhyaya Brahmasri Ganapati Sastri, a celebrated Sanskrit scholar, who wrote this melodious eight-verse hymn while staying at Guruvayur, a disciple of Mannargudi Raja Sastrigal.

Every verse ends with 'vātapuranāthamimamātanu hṛdabje' — 'establish this Lord of Guruvayur in the lotus of your heart'. The whole ashtakam is thus a guided meditation that paints the Lord's beauty and gently installs Him within the devotee's heart.

Guruvayurappan is traditionally revered as a healer (the temple is linked with Dhanvantari and Ayurveda). The third and fifth verses specifically praise the Lord as one who removes the fear of diseases arising from the bodily humours and who quells the onrush of illness, so devotees seeking health hold this hymn especially dear.

ఇవి కూడా చదవండి

Shantakaram Bhujagashayanam (Vishnu Dhyana)शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं Vishnu Sahasranamamविष्णु सहस्रनाम Krishnaya Vasudevayaकृष्णाय वासुदेवाय Govinda Damodara Stotramगोविन्द दामोदर स्तोत्रम्Achyutam Keshavamअच्युतम् केशवम्Mukunda Mala Stotramमुकुन्दमाला स्तोत्रम्Damodarashtakamदामोदराष्टकम्

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