Shanmukhastotram

by Narayana Guru

Summary

Believed to be written around 1885 at Arivuppuram. This invocation to Sanmukha in 19 stanzas set in Mallika metre has at the beginning of every stanza, Malayalam vowels in ascending order, i.e. 'a', ‘ā’, etc.

Publisher

Nataraja Gurukula

No. of Pages

20

Language

Malayalam

Verse 1
അര്‍ക്കബിംബമൊരാറുദിച്ചുയരുന്നപോലെ വിളങ്ങിടും
തൃക്കിരീട ജടയ്ക്കിടയ്ക്കരവങ്ങളമ്പിളി തുമ്പയും
ദുഷ്കൃതങ്ങളകറ്റുവാനൊഴുകീടുമംബരഗംഗയും
ഹൃത്കുരുന്നിലെനിക്കു കാണണമെപ്പോഴും ഗുഹ, പാഹി മാം!

Transliteration
Ar‍kkabiṃbamorāṟudiccuyarunnapōle viḷaṅṅiṭuṃ
Tr̥kkirīṭajaṭaykkiṭaykkaravaṅṅaḷampiḷi tumpayuṃ
Duṣkr̥taṅṅaḷakaṟṟuvānoḻukīṭumaṃbaragaṃgayuṃ
Hr̥tkurunnilenikku kāṇaṇameppōḻuṃ, guha pāhi māṃ!

Meaning
The six sacred matted-hair-crowns
Shining like six suns
Rising all at once,
And amidst them
The snakes, the crescent
And tumba flower,
Along with the
Ganga of heaven
That washes off
All evil deeds as it flows-
These I yearn to see always
In my tender heart.
O Guha protect me!

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