Guru Raghavendra Swami

śrī rāghavendra stotram

(Sri Raghavendra Stotram in English (IAST))

Appanacharya

Language:Sanskrit
Translation:English

Sri Raghavendra Stotram is a sacred eulogy composed by Appanacharya, the most devoted disciple of the 17th-century saint Sri Raghavendra Swami. The stotra highlights the saint as an incarnation of Prahlada and a beacon of Madhva philosophy. It is revered for its profound poetic structure and spiritual potency. Devotees believe that chanting this stotra with sincerity dispels ignorance, overcomes life's obstacles, and invites the saint's blessings for wisdom, health, and prosperity. It serves as an essential daily prayer for followers seeking divine guidance and ultimate liberation through the grace of the Guru.

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śrīpūrṇabodhagurutīrthapayobdhipārā
kāmārimākṣaviṣamākṣaśiraḥ spṛśantī |
pūrvottarāmitataraṅgacaratsuhaṃsā
devālisevitaparāṅghripayojalagnā || 1 ||
jīveśabhedaguṇapūrtijagatsusattva-
-nīcoccabhāvamukhanakragaṇaiḥ sametā |
durvādyajāpatigilairgururāghavendra-
-vāgdevatāsaridamuṃ vimalī karotu || 2 ||
śrīrāghavendraḥ sakalapradātā
svapādakañjadvayabhaktimadbhyaḥ |
aghādrisambhedanadṛṣṭivajraḥ
kṣamāsurendro'vatu māṃ sadā'yam || 3 ||
śrīrāghavendro haripādakañja-
-niṣevaṇāllabdhasamastasampat |
devasvabhāvo divijadrumo'ya-
-miṣṭaprado me satataṃ sa bhūyāt || 4 ||
bhavyasvarūpo bhavaduḥkhatūla-
-saṅghāgnicaryaḥ sukhadhairyaśālī |
samastaduṣṭagrahanigraheśo
duratyayopaplavasindhusetuḥ || 5 ||
nirastadoṣo niravadyaveṣaḥ
pratyarthimūkattvanidānabhāṣaḥ |
vidvatparijñeyamahāviśeṣo
vāgvaikharīnirjitabhavyaśeṣaḥ || 6 ||
santānasampatpariśuddhabhakti-
-vijñānavāgdehasupāṭavādīn |
datvā śarīrotthasamastadoṣān
hattvā sa no'vyādgururāghavendraḥ || 7 ||
yatpādodakasañcayaḥ suranadīmukhyāpagāsāditā-
-saṅkhyānuttamapuṇyasaṅghavilasatprakhyātapuṇyāvahaḥ |
dustāpatrayanāśano bhuvi mahāvandhyāsuputraprado
vyaṅgasvaṅgasamṛddhido grahamahāpāpāpahastaṃ śraye || 8 ||
yatpādakañjarajasā paribhūṣitāṅgā
yatpādapadmamadhupāyitamānasā ye |
yatpādapadmaparikīrtanajīrṇavāca
-staddarśanaṃ duritakānanadāvabhūtam || 9 ||
sarvatantrasvatantro'sau śrīmadhvamatavardhanaḥ
vijayīndrakarābjotthasudhīndravaraputrakaḥ || 10 ||
śrīrāghavendro yatirāṭ gururme syādbhayāpahaḥ
jñānabhaktisuputrāyuryaśaḥ śrīpuṇyavardhanaḥ || 11 ||
prativādijayasvāntabhedacihnādaro guruḥ |
sarvavidyāpravīṇo'nyo rāghavendrānna vidyate || 12 ||
aparokṣīkṛtaśrīśaḥ samupekṣitabhāvajaḥ |
apekṣitapradātā'nyo rāghavendrānna vidyate || 13 ||
dayādākṣiṇyavairāgyavākpāṭavamukhāṅkitaḥ |
śāpānugrahaśakto'nyo rāghavendrānna vidyate || 14 ||
ajñānavismṛtibhrāntisaṃśayā'pasmṛtikṣayāḥ |
tandrākampavacaḥkauṇṭhyamukhā ye cendriyodbhavāḥ |
doṣāste nāśamāyānti rāghavendraprasādataḥ || 15 ||
oṃ śrīrāghavendrāya namaḥ itya'ṣṭākṣaramantrataḥ |
japitādbhāvitānnityaṃ iṣṭārthāḥ syurna saṃśayaḥ || 16 ||
hantu naḥ kāyajān doṣān ātmātmīyasamudbhavān |
sarvānapi pumarthāṃśca dadātu gururātmavit || 17 ||
iti kālatraye nityaṃ prārthanāṃ yaḥ karoti saḥ |
ihāmutrāptasarveṣṭo modate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 18 ||
agamyamahimā loke rāghavendro mahāyaśāḥ |
śrīmadhvamatadugdhābdhicandro'vatu sadā'naghaḥ || 19 ||
sarvayātrāphalāvāptyai yathāśaktipradakṣiṇam |
karomi tava siddhasya bṛndāvanagataṃ jalam || 20 ||
śirasā dhārayāmyadya sarvatīrthaphalāptaye |
sarvābhīṣṭārthasiddhyarthaṃ namaskāraṃ karomyaham |
tava saṅkīrtanaṃ vedaśāstrārthajñānasiddhaye || 21 ||
saṃsāre'kṣayasāgare prakṛtito'gādhe sadā dustare
sarvāvadyajalagrahairanupamaiḥ kāmādibhaṅgākule |
nānāvibhramadurbhrame'mitabhayastomādiphenotkaṭe
duḥkhotkṛṣṭaviṣe samuddhara guro mā magnarūpaṃ sadā || 22 ||
rāghavendragurustotraṃ yaḥ paṭhedbhaktipūrvakam |
tasya kuṣṭhādirogāṇāṃ nivṛttistvarayā bhavet || 23 ||
andho'pi divyadṛṣṭiḥ syādeḍamūko'pi vākpatiḥ |
pūrṇāyuḥ pūrṇasampattiḥ stotrasyā'sya japādbhavet || 24 ||
yaḥ pibejjalametena stotreṇaivābhimantritam |
tasya kukṣigatā doṣāḥ sarve naśyanti tat kṣaṇāt || 25 ||
yadvṛndāvanamāsādya paṅguḥ khañjo'pi vā janaḥ |
stotreṇānena yaḥ kuryāt pradakṣiṇanamaskṛtī || 26 ||
sa jaṅghālo bhavedeva gururājaprasādataḥ |
somasūryoparāge ca puṣyārkādisamāgame || 27 ||
yo'nuttamamidaṃ stotramaṣṭottaraśataṃ japet |
bhūtapretapiśācādi pīḍā tasya na jāyate || 28 ||
etat stotraṃ samuccārya gurorvṛndāvanāntike |
dīpasaṃyojanājjñānaṃ putralābho bhaveddhruvam || 29 ||
paravādijayo divyajñānabhaktyādivardhanam |
sarvābhīṣṭapravṛddhiḥ syānnātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 30 ||
rājacoramahāvyāghrasarpanakrādipīḍanam |
na jāyate'sya stotrasya prabhāvānnātra saṃśayaḥ || 31 ||
yo bhaktyā gururāghavendracaraṇadvandvaṃ smaran yaḥ paṭhet
stotraṃ divyamidaṃ sadā na hi bhavettasyāsukhaṃ kiñcana |
kiṃ tviṣṭārthasamṛddhireva kamalānāthaprasādodayāt
kīrtirdigviditā vibhūtiratulā sākṣī hayāsyo'tra hi || 32 ||
phalaśṛtiḥ
iti śrī rāghavendrārya gururājaprasādataḥ | kṛtaṃ stotramidaṃ puṇyaṃ śrīmadbhirhyappaṇābhidaiḥ || pūjyāya rāghavendrāya satyadharmaratāya ca | bhajatāṃ kalpavṛkṣāya namatāṃ kāmadhenave || āpādamauliparyantaṃ gurūṇāmākṛtiṃ smaret | tena vighnaḥ praṇaśyanti siddhyanti ca manorathāḥ || durvādidhvāntaravaye vaiṣṇavendīvarendave | śrīrāghavendra gurave namo'tyantadayālave || mūko'pi yatprasādena mukundaśayanāya te | rājarājāyate rikto rāghavendraṃ tamāśraye | iti śrī appaṇṇācāryaviracitaṃ śrīrāghavendra stotraṃ sampūrṇam ||

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