Sri Hari Stotram (Jagajjalapalam): The Eight-Verse Path That Leads the Mind Beyond Sorrow

This hymn is in praise of Lord Vishnu.

The final part called the “phalaśruti” translates to this: Whoever reads this eight-versed necklace-like hymn (Stotram) of Murari (Vishnu) daily with a concentrated and peaceful mind, certainly reaches the eternal, sorrowless abode of Vishnu (Vaikuntha) and is never again subjected to the sorrows of birth, old age, and death.

Thank you for listening.

LYRICS of Sri Hari Stotram (Jagajjalapalam): 

jagajjālapālaṃ kanatkaṇṭhamālaṃ
śarachchandraphālaṃ mahādaityakālam ।
nabhōnīlakāyaṃ durāvāramāyaṃ
supadmāsahāyaṃ bhajē’haṃ bhajē’ham ॥ 1 ॥

sadāmbhōdhivāsaṃ galatpuṣpahāsaṃ
jagatsannivāsaṃ śatādityabhāsam ।
gadāchakraśastraṃ lasatpītavastraṃ
hasachchāruvaktraṃ bhajē’haṃ bhajē’ham ॥ 2 ॥

ramākaṇṭhahāraṃ śrutivrātasāraṃ
jalāntarvihāraṃ dharābhārahāram ।
chidānandarūpaṃ manōjñasvarūpaṃ
dhṛtānēkarūpaṃ bhajē’haṃ bhajē’ham ॥ 3 ॥

jarājanmahīnaṃ parānandapīnaṃ
samādhānalīnaṃ sadaivānavīnam ।
jagajjanmahētuṃ surānīkakētuṃ
trilōkaikasētuṃ bhajē’haṃ bhajē’ham ॥ 4 ॥

kṛtāmnāyagānaṃ khagādhīśayānaṃ
vimuktērnidānaṃ harārātimānam ।
svabhaktānukūlaṃ jagadvṛkṣamūlaṃ
nirastārtaśūlaṃ bhajē’haṃ bhajē’ham ॥ 5 ॥

samastāmarēśaṃ dvirēphābhakēśaṃ
jagadbimbalēśaṃ hṛdākāśavēśam ।
sadā divyadēhaṃ vimuktākhilēhaṃ
suvaikuṇṭhagēhaṃ bhajē’haṃ bhajē’ham ॥ 6 ॥

surālībaliṣṭhaṃ trilōkīvariṣṭhaṃ
gurūṇāṃ gariṣṭhaṃ svarūpaikaniṣṭham ।
sadā yuddhadhīraṃ mahāvīravīraṃ
bhavāmbhōdhitīraṃ bhajē’haṃ bhajē’ham ॥ 7 ॥

ramāvāmabhāgaṃ talālagnanāgaṃ
kṛtādhīnayāgaṃ gatārāgarāgam ।
munīndraissugītaṃ suraissamparītaṃ
guṇaughairatītaṃ bhajē’haṃ bhajē’ham ॥ 8 ॥

phalaśruti ।
idaṃ yastu nityaṃ samādhāya chittaṃ
paṭhēdaṣṭakaṃ kaṇṭhahāraṃ murārēḥ ।
sa viṣṇōrviśōkaṃ dhruvaṃ yāti lōkaṃ
jarājanmaśōkaṃ punarvindatē nō ॥ 9 ॥

I hope you will chant with me. Thank you.

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My Humble Tribute To The Carnatic Music Trio

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