रुद्राष्टकम्
Rudrashtakam
Tulsidas's eight-verse Sanskrit hymn to Rudra-Shiva.
समर्पितभगवान शिवnamaameeshameeshaana nirvaanaroopn vibhun vyaapakn brahmavedasvaroopam.nijn nirgunn nirvikalpn nireehn chidaakaashamaakaashavaasn bhaje'ham (1)
niraakaaramongkaaramooln tureeyn giraa jnyaana goteetameeshn gireesham.karaaln mahaakaalakaaln kripaaln gunaagaarasnsaarapaarn nato'ham (2)
tushaaraadrisnkaashagaurn gabheern manobhootakotiprabhaashreeshareeram.sphuranmaulikallolineechaaruganggaa lasadbhaalabaalendu kanthe bhujanggaa (3)
chalatkundaln bhroosunetrn vishaaln prasannaanann neelakanthn dayaalam.mrigaadheeshacharmaambarn mundamaaln priyn shangkarn sarvanaathn bhajaami (4)
prachandn prakrishtn pragalbhn pareshamakhandamajn bhaanukotiprakaasham.trayhshoolanirmoolann shoolapaanin bhaje'hn bhavaaneepatin bhaavagamyam (5)
kalaateetakalyaanakalpaantakaaree sadaa sajjanaanandadaataa puraaree.chidaanandasandohamohaapahaaree praseeda praseeda prabho manmathaaree (6)
na yaavadumaanaathapaadaaravindn bhajanteeha loke pare vaa naraanaam.na taavatsukhn shaantisantaapanaashn praseeda prabho sarvabhootaadhivaasam (7)
na jaanaami yogn japn naiva poojaan nato'hn sadaa sarvadaa shambhu tubhyam.jaraajanmaduhkhaughataatapyamaann prabho paahyaapannamaameesha shambho (8)
rudraashtakamidn proktn viprena haratoshaye.ye pathanti naraa bhaktyaa teshaan shambhuh praseedati.
रुद्राष्टकम् का अर्थ
The hymn praises Shiva as formless, timeless, compassionate and beyond ordinary conceptual knowledge.