Kaal Bhairav Ashtakam
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verse 1
देवराजसेव्यमानपावनाङ्घ्रिपङ्कजं व्यालयज्ञसूत्रमिन्दुशेखरं कृपाकरम्।
Deva-rāja-sevyamāna-pāvanāṅghri-paṅkajaṃ vyāla-yajña-sūtram-indu-śekharaṃ kṛpākaram
नारदादियोगिवृन्दवन्दितं दिगम्बरं काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे॥1॥
Nāradādi-yogi-vṛnda-vanditaṃ digambaraṃ kāśikā-purādhinātha-kāla-bhairavaṃ bhaje
verse 2
भुक्तिमुक्तिदायकं प्रशस्तचारुविग्रहं नितान्तभक्तवत्सलं समस्तलोकपालकम्।
Bhukti-mukti-dāyakaṃ praśasta-cāru-vigrahaṃ nitānta-bhakta-vatsalaṃ samasta-loka-pālakam
निक्वणन्मनोज्ञहेमकिङ्किणीलसत्कटिं काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे॥2॥
Nikvanan-manojña-hema-kiṅkiṇī-lasat-kaṭiṃ kāśikā-purādhinātha-kāla-bhairavaṃ bhaje
verse 3
भानुकोटिभास्वरं भवाब्धितारकं परं नीलकण्ठनीप्सितार्थदायकं त्रिलोचनम्।
Bhānu-koṭi-bhāsvaraṃ bhavābdhi-tārakaṃ paraṃ nīla-kaṇṭha-nīpsitārtha-dāyakaṃ trilocanam
कालकालमम्बुजाक्षकन्धराहरं शिवं काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे॥3॥
Kāla-kālam-ambujākṣa-kandharā-haraṃ śivaṃ kāśikā-purādhinātha-kāla-bhairavaṃ bhaje
verse 4
शूलटङ्कपाशदण्डपाणिमादिकारणं श्यामकायमादिदेवमक्षरं निरामयम्।
Śūla-ṭaṅka-pāśa-daṇḍa-pāṇim-ādi-kāraṇaṃ śyāma-kāyam-ādi-devam-akṣaraṃ nirāmayam
भीमवक्रिमभ्रुवं विचित्रताण्डवप्रियं काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे॥4॥
Bhīma-vakrimabhruvaṃ vicitra-tāṇḍava-priyaṃ kāśikā-purādhinātha-kāla-bhairavaṃ bhaje
verse 5
रत्नपादुकाप्रभाविरामपादयुग्मकं नित्यमद्वितीयमिष्टदैवतं निरञ्जनम्।
Ratna-pādukā-prabhā-virāma-pāda-yugmakaṃ nityam-advitīyam-iṣṭa-daivatam nirañjanam
मृत्युदर्पनाशनं करालं दंष्ट्रभीषणं काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे॥5॥
Mṛtyu-darpa-nāśanaṃ karālaṃ daṃṣṭra-bhīṣaṇaṃ kāśikā-purādhinātha-kāla-bhairavaṃ bhaje
verse 6
धर्मसेतुपालनमधर्ममार्गनाशनं कर्मपाशमोचनं सुकर्मदायकं प्रभुम्।
Dharma-setu-pālanaṃ adharma-mārga-nāśanaṃ karma-pāśa-mocanaṃ su-karma-dāyakaṃ prabhum
सुवर्णवर्णकेशपाशशोभिताङ्गनिर्मलं काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे॥6॥
Suvarṇa-varṇa-keśa-pāśa-śobhitāṅga-nirmalaṃ kāśikā-purādhinātha-kāla-bhairavaṃ bhaje
verse 7
अट्टहासभिन्नपद्मजाण्डकोटिसन्ततिं दृष्टिपातनष्टपापजालमुग्रशासनम्।
Aṭṭa-hāsa-bhinna-padmajāṇḍa-koṭi-santatim dṛṣṭi-pāta-naṣṭa-pāpa-jālam-ugra-śāsanam
अष्टसिद्धिदायकं कपालमालिकाधरं काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे॥7॥
Aṣṭa-siddhi-dāyakaṃ kapāla-mālikā-dharaṃ kāśikā-purādhinātha-kāla-bhairavaṃ bhaje
verse 8
भूतसङ्घनायकं विशालकीर्तिदायकं काशिवासलोकपुण्यपापशोधनप्रभुम्।
Bhūta-saṅgha-nāyakaṃ viśāla-kīrti-dāyakaṃ kāśi-vāsa-loka-puṇya-pāpa-śodhana-prabhum
नीतिमार्गकोविदं पुरातनं जगत्प्रभुं काशिकापुराधिनाथकालभैरवं भजे॥8॥
Nīti-mārga-kovidaṃ purātanaṃ jagat-prabhuṃ kāśikā-purādhinātha-kāla-bhairavaṃ bhaje
phalashruti
कालभैरवाष्टकं पठन्ति ये मनोहरं ज्ञानमुक्तिसाधनं पवित्रपुण्यवर्धनम्।
Kāla-bhairavāṣṭakaṃ paṭhanti ye manoharaṃ jñāna-mukti-sādhanaṃ pavitra-puṇya-vardhanam
शोकमोहदैन्यलोभकोपतापनाशनं ते प्रयान्ति कालभैरवादि सेवितं प्रभुं हरम्॥9॥
Śoka-moha-dainya-lobha-kopa-tāpa-nāśanaṃ te prayānti kāla-bhairavādi-sevitaṃ prabhuṃ haram
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