Ayyappa Stotram

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• verse 1

  अरुणोदयसङ्काशं नीलकुण्डलधारणम् ।नीलाम्बरधरं देवं वन्देऽहं ब्रह्मनन्दनम् ॥ 1 ॥

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  aruṇōdayasaṅkāśaṃ nīlakuṇḍaladhāraṇam ।nīlāmbaradharaṃ dēvaṃ vandē'haṃ brahmanandanam ॥ 1 ॥

  meaning

  Resembling the red dawn sky, wearing dark blue earrings, dressed in blue garments — I worship that god, the son of Brahmananda (Shiva).

• verse 2

  चापबाणं वामहस्ते रौप्यवीत्रं च दक्षिणे । [चिन्मुद्रां दक्षिणकरे]विलसत्कुण्डलधरं वन्देऽहं विष्णुनन्दनम् ॥ 2 ॥

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  chāpabāṇaṃ vāmahastē raupyavītraṃ cha dakṣiṇē । [chinmudrāṃ dakṣiṇakarē]vilasatkuṇḍaladharaṃ vandē'haṃ viṣṇunandanam ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  Bearing a bow and arrow in the left hand and a silver vessel in the right [or the gesture of wisdom in the right hand], wearing gleaming earrings — I worship that god, the son of Vishnu.

• verse 3

  व्याघ्रारूढं रक्तनेत्रं स्वर्णमालाविभूषणम् ।वीरापट्टधरं देवं वन्देऽहं शम्भुनन्दनम् ॥ 3 ॥

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  vyāghrārūḍhaṃ raktanētraṃ svarṇamālāvibhūṣaṇam ।vīrāpaṭṭadharaṃ dēvaṃ vandē'haṃ śambhunandanam ॥ 3 ॥

  meaning

  Riding on a tiger, red-eyed, adorned with a golden garland, wearing the vira-patta headband — I worship that god, the son of Shambhu.

• verse 4

  किङ्किण्योड्यान भूतेशं पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननम् ।किरातरूप शास्तारं वन्देऽहं पाण्ड्यनन्दनम् ॥ 4 ॥

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  kiṅkiṇyōḍyāna bhūtēśaṃ pūrṇachandranibhānanam ।kirātarūpa śāstāraṃ vandē'haṃ pāṇḍyanandanam ॥ 4 ॥

  meaning

  Lord of the waist-bells, of the Oddiyana seat, master of beings, with a face bright as the full moon, the teacher in the hunter's form — I worship that god, the son of the Pandyan king.

• verse 5

  भूतभेतालसंसेव्यं काञ्चनाद्रिनिवासितम् ।मणिकण्ठमिति ख्यातं वन्देऽहं शक्तिनन्दनम् ॥ 5 ॥

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  bhūtabhētāḻasaṃsēvyaṃ kāñchanādrinivāsitam ।maṇikaṇṭhamiti khyātaṃ vandē'haṃ śaktinandanam ॥ 5 ॥

  meaning

  Served by spirits and spirits of the dead, dwelling on the golden mountain (Shabarimala), known by the name Manikantha — I worship that god, the son of Shakti.

• verse 6

  इति श्री अय्यप्प स्तोत्रम् ।

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  iti śrī ayyappa stōtram ।

  meaning

  Colophon: thus is the Sri Ayyappa Stotram complete.