Sri Saradha Astakam
(The octet on Saradha)
By
Sengalipuram Anatha Rama Deekshithar
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(This prayer is addressed to Saradha, the presiding deity
of the Sringeri temple in Karnataka.
Anantha Rama Deekshithar was a great
religious scholar Of Tamil Nadu. )
Sri Saradhe charu roope
-Rishya,
Srungachalasthe , Bhaje Mataram thwaam ,
Sri Sarade Charu rope
Oh Saradha of pretty form ,
Who lives on the
Rishya Sringa mountain,
I sing about you mother,
Oh Saradha of pretty form .
1.Thunga nadhi punya there -thapa
Sanandha pure
thapo aaradhi chare ,
Nithyam vasanthim Jwalanthim-sarva,
Vidhyadhi dathrim
Virinchasya pathnim. (Sri
Saradhe..)
In the banks of
blessed river Thunga ,
In the town where sages live with joy ,
Worshipped by
their penance,
You who grant all type of knowledge,
And are the wife of Brahma live and shine daily .
2.Sri Sankara sthapithaam thaam –Santhi,
Danthyaadhi
sampoorna sanyasi vandhyaam,
Sarvartha dathrim
savithrim-desi,
Kendra swaroopena
sarvathra yaanthim (Sri
Saradhe..)
In that place established by Adhi Sankara ,
Granting peace and worshipped by all Sanyasis,
Oh Goddess who gives everything , Oh mother,
You are
everywhere in the form of the queen of teachers.
3. Karunya
sampoorna nethraam , shubra-
Vasthraam
pavithram sarad Chandra
vakthram,
Sad rathna pooja
vichithram -Yogi,
Brundarpithaa aanandha
bilvathi pathram. (Sri Saradhe..)
Your eyes are full of mercy , you wear clean cloths,
You are holy and have the face of the autumn moon,
You are wonderfully worshipped by pure gems which are,
The leaves of
Bilwa offered with joy by hoards of Yogis.
4.Sri Kunkuma liptha gathrim –bhaktha,
Brundarpitha sweeyakalyana nethraam,
Aavishkruthaneka sathram –abja,
Sambhootha sampatha mangalya suthraam. (Sri Saradhe..)
Your body is smeared
with Kunkum (saffron)
Your auspicious eyes
are properly placed on the crowd of devotees,
You are made
visible through many Sasthras
You are born in a lotus flower and you
are appearing in the auspicious
thread.
5.Srungadhri vaasam pranamyaam –nadha,
Roopaam namad Raja
rajadhi devaam,
Rajyadhi dhanaika
deekshaam –Veda,
Vedantha santhayi karunya veekshaam,(Sri Saradhe..)
I salute you who lives on the Srunga mountain ,
You have the form of music and saluted by devas and king of kings,
You have taken the penance of giving charity to the kingdom,
And you have the vision of mercy given by Veda and
Vedanthas.
6.Anthar mukharadhya devim –Bhaktha ,
Sambodhi dhamnaaya
gambheera bhavaam,
Nithyam kruthanaika sevaam –thyaji-,
Thajnn sambhootha jeevathma bhedhaam.(
Sri Saradhe..)
Oh Goddess who is worshipped inwardly ,
Who has the deep look and is called by the devotees,
Who daily do her service
and who makes one sacrifice,
The ignorance which creates the difference between beings.
7.Shuddha swaroopa bhavair upasyaam –Rishya,
Srungadhri
peedastha sanyasi vasyaam,
Vidharthi lokena vandhyaam –Vishnu,
Rudraadhi maanyaam
, supunyai Kalabhyaam,. (Sri
Saradhe..)
She who is meditated
in the form of absoulute purity ,
Who is attracted by the Sanyasi who lives on Rishya
Srunga mountains,
Who is saluted by
the student community, who is repected by,
Lord Vishnu and Lord Rudra and who has the skill of pure sacredness.
8.Lokou rakshaika deekshaam –aksha,
Maaladhi hastham ,
yatheendradhi pakshaam,
Akshayya Lakshmi Kadakshaam –Drushta,
Mathrena thappadhi
samhara dakshaam (Sri Saradhe..)
She who has taken the penance of protection of the world,
Who has a rosary
in her hand , Who is partial to the king
of sages,
Who has the never
exhaustible sight of Lakshmi ,
And who destroys
all sufferings just by her sight .
9.BHakthyaa krutham stotra rathnam Deekshitha ,
Anantharamena vidhyadhi
sidhyai,
Sri Saradha thosha moolam –Bhakthi,
Yuktha
padedhyo labhedaiva sarvam. (Sri
Saradhe..)
This prayer
gem been composed by Anantha Rama
Deekshitha for getting the power of knowledge ,
By the joy of Saradha
, if one reads ,
It with devotion , he would get everything.
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