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The Venkatesha Ashtakam is a cherished traditional hymn. Eight verses to Lord Venkatesha (Balaji) of Tirumala — adoring the dust of His lotus feet and His boundless grace, the refuge of all who take shelter at the Lord of the seven hills.

✦ As told in scripture

It is said that to recite the Venkatesha Ashtakam with a sincere and devoted heart is to draw near to the grace of the divine, which never forsakes those who lovingly call upon it.

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The Mantra

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𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌵𑍇𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌟𑍇𑌶𑌪𑌦𑌪𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌜 𑌧𑍂𑌲𑌿𑌪𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌸𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌧𑍁𑌤𑌰𑌣𑍇 𑌤𑌰𑌣𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌨𑌵𑍀𑌨𑌾 । 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌘𑌪𑍁𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌹𑌰𑌣𑌾𑌯𑌚 𑌧𑍂𑌮𑌕𑍇𑌤𑍁𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌶𑌰𑌣𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌮𑍇𑌵 𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௧॥ 𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌗𑍇𑌹𑌤𑌵 𑌕𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌤𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌪𑍁𑌞𑍍𑌜 𑌆𑌭𑍂𑌮𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌕𑌮𑌭𑌿𑌤𑌃𑌸𑌕𑌲𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌃 । 𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌯𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌮𑌵𑌿𑌵𑌰𑍇𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌗𑌮𑍍𑌯 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌕𑍍 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌮𑌨𑌿𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌖𑌲𑍁 𑌤𑌾𑌪𑌭𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௨॥ 𑌵𑍈𑌕𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌠𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌸𑌕𑌲𑍋𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌧𑌨𑍇𑌶𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌗𑍋 𑌨𑍀𑌤𑍋𑌽𑌪𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌸𑌰𑌣𑌿𑌂𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌸𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾 । 𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌦𑌯𑌂𑌨 𑌸𑌮𑌯𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌸𑌵𑌾𑌚𑌾𑌮𑍍 𑌇𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌂𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌯 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁 𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌙𑍍𑌘𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௩॥ 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌕𑌤𑌿𑌚𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌨𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌕𑍇𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍋𑌣𑍀𑌪𑌤𑍀𑌨𑍍𑌕𑌤𑌿𑌚𑌿𑌦𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌚 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌾𑌨𑍍 । 𑌆𑌰𑌾𑌧𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌮𑌲𑌶𑍂𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌹𑌂 𑌭𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌕𑌲𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌣𑌲𑌾𑌭𑌜𑌨𑌨𑌾𑌯𑌸𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌮𑍇𑌕𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௪॥ 𑌲𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌮𑍀𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌖𑌿𑌲𑍇𑌶𑌤𑌵 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌮𑌵𑌨𑍗𑌮𑌦𑌕𑌿𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌨𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍍 । 𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌪𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌕𑌰𑌣𑌾𑌯𑌮𑌯𑌾 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌾 𑌚 𑌕𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌃 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌗𑌮𑍈𑌦𑌂 𑌮𑌨𑌸𑌿 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌮𑍇 ॥ ௫॥ 𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌥𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌾𑌽𑌯𑌮𑌹𑌂 𑌸𑌨𑌾𑌥𑌃 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌵𑌦𑌾𑌮𑌿 𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌂𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌨𑌾𑌥 𑌏𑌵 । 𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌦𑌭𑍀𑌪𑍍𑌸𑌿𑌤 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌜𑌾𑌲𑌮𑍍- 𑌏𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌦𑍀𑌪𑍍𑌸𑌿𑌤 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍗 𑌤𑍁 𑌭𑌵𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌸𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌃 ॥ ௬॥ 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑍋𑌯𑌦𑌾 𑌭𑌵𑌸𑌿 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌮𑍇𑌵 𑌭𑍂𑌪𑍋 𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌸𑌿 𑌚𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌖𑌲𑍁 𑌤𑍋𑌷𑌯𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌃 । 𑌭𑍂𑌪𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍇𑌽𑌥𑌨𑌿𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌿𑌵𑍇𑌦𑍍𑌯 𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌕 𑌇𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌵𑌦𑌯𑌾𑌜𑌲𑌵𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿𑌪𑌾𑌤𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௭॥ 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍀𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌂𑌸𑍁𑌵𑌿𑌰𑍁𑌦𑌂 𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌂𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑍇𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌪𑍋𑌷𑌣𑌮𑌹𑌂𑌸𑌤𑌤𑌂 𑌕𑌰𑍋𑌮𑌿 । 𑌆𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌯𑌿 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌤𑌤𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍀𑌨𑍇 𑌚𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌮𑌯𑌮𑍇𑌵𑌹𑌿𑌯𑍋𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌃 ॥ ௮॥ 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌸𑍁𑌜𑌾𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍁 𑌮𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌸𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍇𑌵 𑌨𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌚𑍀𑌯𑌤𑍇𑌤𑌵 𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍋 𑌕𑌰𑍁𑌣𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌹𑌾𑌤𑍍 । 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌦𑌪𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍁𑌸𑍁𑌤𑌬𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌵 𑌗𑍃𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌾𑌦𑍗 𑌨𑍀𑌚𑍋𑌨 𑌭𑌾𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑌮 𑌕𑍋𑌽𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌤 𑌏𑌵 𑌹𑍇𑌤𑍋𑌃 ॥ ௯॥ 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌿𑌮𑌥 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌧𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌜𑌪𑌂 𑌹𑌿 𑌕𑌪𑌟𑍈𑌕𑌪𑌰𑌾 𑌜𑌗𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌮𑍍 । 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑍇𑌤𑍁 𑌵𑍇𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌟𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍋 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌣𑌾𑌮𑌕𑌾𑌲𑍇 𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍈𑌪𑌰𑍀𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌿𑌵𑌕𑍗𑌰𑌵𑌪𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌵𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௧௦॥ 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌵𑍇𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌟𑍇𑌶𑌤𑌵 𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑌯𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌮𑍇 𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌦𑍁𑌃𑌖𑌶𑌮𑌨𑌾𑌯 𑌸𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌿 । 𑌭𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌦𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌕𑌮𑌿𑌦𑌂 𑌰𑌚𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑌾𑌕𑌰𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌮𑌨𑌿𑌶𑌂𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌯𑍇𑌨 𑌯𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌃 ॥ ௧௧॥ 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌶𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌹𑌨𑌶𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌰𑌕𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌭𑍂𑌮𑌿 (௧௮௧௫) 𑌸𑌙𑍍𑌖𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌤𑍇𑌽𑌥𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌯𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌧𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍇𑌽𑌯𑌮𑍍 । 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌵𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌜𑍈𑌦𑌂 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌨𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌮𑌲𑍍𑌪𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑌾𑌕𑌰 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌥𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌧𑌾𑌨𑌾 ॥ ௧௨॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿𑌗𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌕𑍁𑌲𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌨𑍍𑌨 𑌯𑌶𑍋𑌦𑌾𑌗𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌜-𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌵𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌜-𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑌾𑌕𑌰-𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍁 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌵𑍇𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌟𑍇𑌶𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌕𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍍 ॥

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Meaning:Eight verses to Lord Venkatesha (Balaji) of Tirumala — adoring the dust of His lotus feet and His boundless grace, the refuge of all who take shelter at the Lord of the seven hills.

Benefits of Chanting Venkatesha Ashtakam

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Recitation of the Venkatesha Ashtakam is held to bring the grace, blessings and protection of the deity.

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Cultivates devotion, calms the mind and steadies the heart in the Lord’s remembrance.

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Most auspicious on Thursdays and Ekadashi, and during Ekadashi and Vishnu festivals.

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A treasured Sanskrit hymn, suitable for daily recitation with faith.

How to Chant Venkatesha Ashtakam

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Best TimeMorning or evening; especially Thursdays and Ekadashi

FaceEast or North

Bathe and sit facing east or north before an image of the deity. Light a lamp and recite the Venkatesha Ashtakam slowly and with devotion. It may be chanted daily, or especially on Thursdays and Ekadashi and during Ekadashi and Vishnu festivals.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Venkatesha Ashtakam written in the Grantha 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.

Eight verses to Lord Venkatesha (Balaji) of Tirumala — adoring the dust of His lotus feet and His boundless grace, the refuge of all who take shelter at the Lord of the seven hills.

It is a traditional hymn (Traditional (Brahmanda Purana)). It is recited in the morning or evening with devotion, especially on Thursdays and Ekadashi and during Ekadashi and Vishnu festivals.

Origin & Story

The Mantra

Benefits of Chanting Venkatesha Ashtakam

How to Chant Venkatesha Ashtakam

Frequently Asked Questions

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