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                .. bhavaanyashhTakam.h ..

   ## Eight stanzas to Goddess Bhavani ##

na taato na maataa na bandhurna daataa na putro na putrii na bhR^ityo na bhartaa .
na jaayaa na vidyaa na vR^ittirmamaiva gatistvaM gatistvaM tvamekaa bhavaani .. 1..

bhavaabdhaavapaare mahaaduHkhabhiiru papaata prakaamii pralobhii pramattaH .
kusa.nsaarapaashaprabaddhaH sadaahaM  gatistvaM gatistvaM tvamekaa bhavaani .. 2..

na jaanaami daanaM na cha dhyaanayogaM na jaanaami tantraM na cha stotramantram.h .
na jaanaami puujaaM na cha nyaasayogaM gatistvaM gatistvaM tvamekaa bhavaani .. 3..

na jaanaami puNyaM na jaanaami tiirthaM na jaanaami muktiM layaM vaa kadaachit.h .
na jaanaami bhaktiM vrataM vaapi maatargatistvaM gatistvaM tvamekaa bhavaani .. 4..

kukarmii kusaN^gii kubuddhiH kudaasaH kulaachaarahiinaH kadaachaaraliinaH .
kudR^ishhTiH kuvaakyaprabandhaH sadaahaM gatistvaM gatistvaM tvamekaa bhavaani .. 5..

prajeshaM rameshaM maheshaM sureshaM dineshaM nishiitheshvaraM vaa kadaachit.h .
na jaanaami chaanyat.h sadaahaM sharaNye gatistvaM gatistvaM tvamekaa bhavaani .. 6..

vivaade vishhaade pramaade pravaase jale chaanale parvate shatrumadhye .
araNye sharaNye sadaa maaM prapaahi gatistvaM gatistvaM tvamekaa bhavaani .. 7..

anaatho daridro jaraarogayukto mahaakshiiNadiinaH sadaa jaaDyavaktraH .
vipattau pravishhTaH pranashhTaH sadaahaM gatistvaM gatistvaM tvamekaa bhavaani .. 8..

.. iti shriimadaadisha.nkaraachaarya virachitaa bhavaanyashhTakaM samaaptaa ..

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