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සුදර්ශනාෂ්ටකම්

सुदर्शनाष्टकम् in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 8× repetitions·🕐 Early morning after bath; especially Saturdays and during Sudarshana Homa·📜 Composed by Sri Vedanta Desika (Stotra literature, Kanchipuram)
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Origin & Story

Composed by Sri Vedanta Desika (Stotra literature, Kanchipuram) · Sri Vedanta Desika (Venkatanatha) · c. 13th–14th century CE

Sudarshana is the personified discus weapon of Lord Vishnu, held in his right hand and worshipped in the Sri Vaishnava tradition as a fierce deity who destroys evil and protects devotees. Sri Vedanta Desika, the towering acharya of Sri Vaishnavism, composed the Sudarshana Ashtakam at Kanchipuram. Tradition holds that he wrote it to counter a powerful affliction or to invoke Sudarshana's protective grace, pouring into eight verses a torrent of names and qualities of the divine discus, each closing with the victory-cry 'jaya jaya śrī sudarśana'.

As told in scripture

Tradition relates that Sri Vedanta Desika invoked Sudarshana through this hymn to repel a deadly epidemic (or a hostile sorcery) afflicting the people; the blazing discus is said to have driven away the calamity, and to this day devotees chant the Sudarshana Ashtakam during the Sudarshana Homam, holding that no curse, disease or evil force can withstand the whirling fire of the Lord's discus.

Complete Text with Meaning

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Verse 1

ප්රතිභටශ්රේණි භීෂණ වරගුණස්තෝම භූෂණ ජනිභයස්ථාන තාරණ ජගදවස්ථාන කාරණ . නිඛිලදුෂ්කර්ම කර්ශන නිගමසද්ධර්ම දර්ශන ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන .. 1 ..

pratibhaṭaśreṇi bhīṣaṇa varaguṇastoma bhūṣaṇa janibhayasthāna tāraṇa jagadavasthāna kāraṇa | nikhiladuṣkarma karśana nigamasaddharma darśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana || 1 ||

Meaning:जय हो, जय हो श्री सुदर्शन की! हे शत्रु-सेनाओं के लिए भीषण, उत्तम गुणों के समूह से विभूषित; जन्म के भय से तारने वाले और जगत् की स्थिति के कारण; समस्त दुष्कर्मों के नाशक और वेदों के सद्धर्म के दर्शक — जय हो, जय हो श्री सुदर्शन!

Verse 2

ශුභජගද්රූප මණ්ඩන සුරගණත්රාස ඛණ්ඩන ශතමඛබ්රහ්ම වන්දිත ශතපථබ්රහ්ම නන්දිත . ප්රථිතවිද්වත් සපක්ෂිත භජදහිර්බුධ්න්ය ලක්ෂිත ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන .. 2 ..

śubhajagadrūpa maṇḍana suragaṇatrāsa khaṇḍana śatamakhabrahma vandita śatapathabrahma nandita | prathitavidvat sapakṣita bhajadahirbudhnya lakṣita jaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana || 2 ||

Meaning:हे शुभ जगत्-रूप के आभूषण, देवगणों के त्रास को मिटाने वाले; इन्द्र और ब्रह्मा से वन्दित, शतपथ ब्राह्मण से नन्दित; प्रसिद्ध विद्वानों से सपक्ष किए गए तथा भक्त अहिर्बुध्न्य से ध्यात — जय हो, जय हो श्री सुदर्शन!

Verse 3

ස්ඵුටතටිජ්ජාල පිඤ්ජර පෘථුතරජ්වාල පඤ්ජර පරිගත ප්රත්නවිග්රහ පටුතරප්රජ්ඤ දුර්ග්රහ . ප්රහරණ ග්රාම මණ්ඩිත පරිජන ත්රාණ පණ්ඩිත ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන .. 3 ..

sphuṭataṭijjāla piñjara pṛthutarajvāla pañjara parigata pratnavigraha paṭutaraprajña durgraha | praharaṇa grāma maṇḍita parijana trāṇa paṇḍita jaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana || 3 ||

Meaning:बिजली की जालिका में देदीप्यमान, विशाल ज्वालाओं के पञ्जर से घिरे, प्रभु के प्राचीन विग्रह को आवृत किए, प्रखर बुद्धि से भी दुर्ग्राह्य; समस्त आयुधों से मण्डित और परिजनों की रक्षा में निपुण — जय हो, जय हो श्री सुदर्शन!

Verse 4

නිජපදප්රීත සද්ගණ නිරුපධිස්ඵීත ෂඩ්ගුණ නිගම නිර්ව්යූඪ වෛභව නිජපර ව්යූහ වෛභව . හරි හය ද්වේෂි දාරණ හර පුර ප්ලෝෂ කාරණ ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන .. 4 ..

nijapadaprīta sadgaṇa nirupadhisphīta ṣaḍguṇa nigama nirvyūḍha vaibhava nijapara vyūha vaibhava | hari haya dveṣi dāraṇa hara pura ploṣa kāraṇa jaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana || 4 ||

Meaning:अपने चरणों में प्रीतियुक्त गणों से युक्त, छह दिव्य गुणों से निरुपाधि रूप से पूर्ण; वेदों से प्रतिपादित वैभव वाले, अपने एवं प्रभु के व्यूह-वैभव में दीप्त; इन्द्र-द्वेषी असुरों के विदारक और शिव हेतु त्रिपुर-दहन के कारण — जय हो, जय हो श्री सुदर्शन!

Verse 5

දනුජ විස්තාර කර්තන ජනි තමිස්රා විකර්තන දනුජවිද්යා නිකර්තන භජදවිද්යා නිවර්තන . අමර දෘෂ්ට ස්ව වික්රම සමර ජුෂ්ට භ්රමික්රම ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන .. 5 ..

danuja vistāra kartana jani tamisrā vikartana danujavidyā nikartana bhajadavidyā nivartana | amara dṛṣṭa sva vikrama samara juṣṭa bhramikrama jaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana || 5 ||

Meaning:दैत्यों के विस्तार को काटने वाले, जन्म रूपी अन्धकार को छिन्न करने वाले; असुरों की माया को नष्ट करने वाले और भक्तों की अविद्या को निवृत्त करने वाले; देवों द्वारा देखे गए पराक्रम वाले, समर में चक्राकार घूमते हुए — जय हो, जय हो श्री सुदर्शन!

Verse 6

ප්රථිමුඛාලීඪ බන්ධුර පෘථුමහාහේති දන්තුර විකටමාය බහිෂ්කෘත විවිධමාලා පරිෂ්කෘත . ස්ථිරමහායන්ත්ර තන්ත්රිත දෘඪ දයා තන්ත්ර යන්ත්රිත ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන .. 6 ..

prathimukhālīḍha bandhura pṛthumahāheti dantura vikaṭamāya bahiṣkṛta vividhamālā pariṣkṛta | sthiramahāyantra tantrita dṛḍha dayā tantra yantrita jaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana || 6 ||

Meaning:शत्रु की ओर मुख किए सुन्दर, विशाल महान् धारों से दन्तुर; भयंकर माया को बाहर करने वाले, अनेक मालाओं से अलंकृत; स्थिर महायन्त्र में स्थित और दृढ़ करुणा के तन्त्र से नियन्त्रित — जय हो, जय हो श्री सुदर्शन!

Verse 7

මහිත සම්පත් සදක්ෂර විහිතසම්පත් ෂඩක්ෂර ෂඩරචක්ර ප්රතිෂ්ඨිත සකල තත්ත්ව ප්රතිෂ්ඨිත . විවිධ සඞ්කල්ප කල්පක විබුධසඞ්කල්ප කල්පක ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන .. 7 ..

mahita sampat sadakṣara vihitasampat ṣaḍakṣara ṣaḍarachakra pratiṣṭhita sakala tattva pratiṣṭhita | vividha saṅkalpa kalpaka vibudhasaṅkalpa kalpaka jaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana || 7 ||

Meaning:पूज्य अक्षर (प्रणव) से महिमामण्डित, षडक्षर मन्त्र की सम्पत्ति से युक्त; षट्कोण-चक्र में प्रतिष्ठित और समस्त तत्त्वों में प्रतिष्ठित; नाना संकल्पों के कल्पक और देवों के संकल्पों को पूर्ण करने वाले — जय हो, जय हो श्री सुदर्शन!

Verse 8

භුවන නේත්ර ත්රයීමය සවන තේජස්ත්රයීමය නිරවධි ස්වාදු චින්මය නිඛිල ශක්තේ ජගන්මය . අමිත විශ්වක්රියාමය ශමිත විශ්වග්භයාමය ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන .. 8 ..

bhuvana netra trayīmaya savana tejastrayīmaya niravadhi svādu chinmaya nikhila śakte jaganmaya | amita viśvakriyāmaya śamita viśvagbhayāmaya jaya jaya śrī sudarśana jaya jaya śrī sudarśana || 8 ||

Meaning:हे लोकों के नेत्र, त्रयी-वेदमय; तीनों यज्ञ-अग्नियों के तेजोमय; अनन्त, मधुर एवं चिन्मय; सर्वशक्तिमान् एवं जगन्मय; विश्व की अनन्त क्रियाओं के स्वरूप और चारों ओर के समस्त भय-रोग के शामक — जय हो, जय हो श्री सुदर्शन!

Verse 9

ද්විචතුෂ්කමිදං ප්රභූතසාරං පඨතාං වේඞ්කටනායක ප්රණීතම් . විෂමේ(අ)පි මනෝරථඃ ප්රධාවන් විහන්යේත රථාඞ්ග ධුර්ය ගුප්තඃ ..

dvichatuṣkamidaṃ prabhūtasāraṃ paṭhatāṃ veṅkaṭanāyaka praṇītam | viṣame'pi manorathaḥ pradhāvan na vihanyeta rathāṅga dhurya guptaḥ ||

Meaning:वेङ्कटनाथ (वेदान्त देशिक) रचित इस सारगर्भित अष्टक का जो पाठ करते हैं, उनके सब मनोरथ — चक्रराज सुदर्शन से रक्षित होकर — विषम परिस्थितियों में भी अबाध रूप से सिद्ध होते हैं।

Word-by-Word Meaning

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ප්රතිභටශ්රේණි භීෂණ🔊pratibhaṭa-śreṇi bhīṣaṇaO terror to the ranks of opposing enemies / fearsome to hostile foes
වරගුණස්තෝම භූෂණ🔊varaguṇa-stoma bhūṣaṇaO one adorned with a host of excellent qualities
ජනිභයස්ථාන තාරණ🔊janibhaya-sthāna tāraṇaO deliverer from the fear of (repeated) birth
ජගදවස්ථාන කාරණ🔊jagadavasthāna kāraṇaO cause of the sustenance and stability of the world
නිඛිලදුෂ්කර්ම කර්ශන🔊nikhila-duṣkarma karśanaO destroyer of all evil deeds / sins
නිගමසද්ධර්ම දර්ශන🔊nigama-saddharma darśanaO revealer of the true dharma of the Vedas
ජය ජය ශ්රී සුදර්ශන🔊jaya jaya śrī sudarśanaVictory, victory to the auspicious Sudarshana (the discus of Vishnu)!
සුරගණත්රාස ඛණ්ඩන🔊suragaṇa-trāsa khaṇḍanaO remover of the terror of the hosts of gods
ශතමඛබ්රහ්ම වන්දිත🔊śatamakha-brahma vanditaWorshipped by Indra (of a hundred sacrifices) and Brahma
අහිර්බුධ්න්ය ලක්ෂිත🔊ahirbudhnya lakṣitaBeheld / contemplated by Ahirbudhnya (the form of Shiva who meditates on Sudarshana)
පෘථුතරජ්වාල පඤ්ජර🔊pṛthutara-jvāla pañjaraEncased in a cage of vast, far-spreading flames
පරිජන ත්රාණ පණ්ඩිත🔊parijana trāṇa paṇḍitaExpert / skilled in protecting one's devotees and dependents
හරි හය ද්වේෂි දාරණ🔊hari haya dveṣi dāraṇaO render of the enemies of Indra (whose horses are tawny) — the asuras
හර පුර ප්ලෝෂ කාරණ🔊hara pura ploṣa kāraṇaThe cause of the burning of the (three) cities for Hara (Shiva — i.e. Tripura)
භජදවිද්යා නිවර්තන🔊bhajad-avidyā nivartanaO remover of the ignorance of those who worship you
ෂඩර චක්ර ප්රතිෂ්ඨිත🔊ṣaḍara-chakra pratiṣṭhitaEstablished in the six-spoked mystic wheel (yantra)
සකල තත්ත්ව ප්රතිෂ්ඨිත🔊sakala tattva pratiṣṭhitaIn whom all the principles of reality (tattvas) are established
භුවන නේත්ර ත්රයීමය🔊bhuvana netra trayīmayaO eye of the worlds, embodiment of the three Vedas
නිඛිල ශක්තේ ජගන්මය🔊nikhila śakte jaganmayaO all-powerful one, who pervades and is the whole universe
ශමිත විශ්වග්භයාමය🔊śamita viśvag-bhayāmayaO pacifier of every fear and disease from all directions
වේඞ්කටනායක ප්රණීතම්🔊veṅkaṭanāyaka praṇītamComposed by Venkatanatha (Vedanta Desika)
රථාඞ්ග ධුර්ය ගුප්තඃ🔊rathāṅga dhurya guptaḥProtected by the foremost of discs (Sudarshana), one's desires run unobstructed even in difficulty

Benefits of Chanting सुदर्शनाष्टकम्

Invokes the fierce protective power of Sudarshana, Vishnu's discus, against all enemies and dangers

Traditionally chanted to ward off black magic, evil eye, curses and negative energies

Believed to remove obstacles and ensure success in difficult undertakings (as promised in the phalashruti)

Protects against diseases, fevers and unseen afflictions from every direction

Carries the blessing of Sri Vedanta Desika, the great Sri Vaishnava acharya

Its powerful rhythmic chanting steadies and energises the mind

Recited during Sudarshana Homam and for the well-being and protection of home and family

How to Chant सुदर्शनाष्टकम्

Repetitions8times
Best TimeEarly morning after bath; especially Saturdays and during Sudarshana Homa

Bathe and sit facing east before an image of Lord Vishnu or Sudarshana. Light a lamp and recite the eight verses rhythmically, letting the refrain 'jaya jaya śrī sudarśana' resound with devotion and energy. It is recited daily for protection, and especially during Sudarshana Homam performed for warding off evil, illness and obstacles. Conclude with the phalashruti verse.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete सुदर्शनाष्टकम् written in the Sinhala script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.
Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.
It is an eight-verse Sanskrit hymn (ashtakam) composed by Sri Vedanta Desika in praise of Sudarshana, the radiant discus (chakra) of Lord Vishnu worshipped as a powerful protective deity. Each verse ends with the refrain 'jaya jaya śrī sudarśana' — 'victory, victory to Sri Sudarshana'.
It was composed by Sri Vedanta Desika (Venkatanatha / Venkatanayaka, 1268–1369 CE), the great Sri Vaishnava philosopher-poet, at Kanchipuram. He signs it in the final verse as 'Venkatanayaka praṇītam'.
It is chanted for protection from enemies, black magic, evil eye, diseases and obstacles. The phalashruti promises that those who recite it, guarded by Sudarshana, will see their cherished aims succeed even amid the greatest difficulties.
It is recited daily in the morning after bathing, especially on Saturdays, and is central to the Sudarshana Homam performed for warding off negativity, illness and obstacles and for the protection of the family.

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