Adi Shankaracharya, the famous saint-philosopher, has composed many hymns and stotras on Advaita Vedanta themes. But he has also composed several devotional hymns on various Gods and Goddesses. The Stotras are now available in 9 Indian Scripts including Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Gujarati, Assamese, Bengali, Kannada and Malayalam.
॥ Sri Shankaracharyashtakam English Lyrics ॥
sri ganesaya namah ।
atha sri sankaracaryastakam ।
dharmo brahmetyubhayavisayam jnapayatyeva vedo
nayam loke purusamatijah kavyakalpanukalpah ।
pramanyam ca svayamiha bhavedityanuddistavantam
bhasyacaryam pranamata sada sankaram nyasivaryam ॥ 1 ॥
dharmo nityam vidhivisayato jnapayatyesa veda-
stasminnistha dvividhamudita kamajakamajabhyam ।
kamyam karma tridivabhuvanayetyanuddistavantam
bhasyacaryam pranamata sada sankaram nyasivaryam ॥ 2 ॥
kamapetam bhavati manasah sodhanayatra loke
tasmannunam vividisati na sadhanaih samyutah san ।
tasmaddharmam carata manuja ityanuddistavanatam
bhasyacaryam pranamata sada sankaram nyasivaryam ॥ 3 ॥
vedo yasmin vidhimukhabhida sadvidhah sastrasiddho
vaidho bhedo dasahatasatam purvatantre prasiddhah ।
dharmadyarthah pramitipuratascetyanuddistavantam
bhasyacaryam pranamata sada sankaram nyasivaryam ॥ 4 ॥
advaitarthagrahanapatutam purvatantranukulam
sastrajjnatva kuruta sudhiyo dharmacaryam yathartham ।
nocetkastam narakagamanam cetyanuddistavantam
bhasyacaryam pranamata sada sankaram nyasivaryam ॥ 5 ॥
dvaitam mithya yadi bhavati cetprapyate’dvaitasiddhi-
stasyah praptyai prathamamadhuna sadhyate dvaitanistham ।
mithyatvam yacchrutisatagatam cetyanuddistavantam
bhasyacaryam pranamata sada sankaram nyasivaryam ॥ 6 ॥
nana nehetyupadisati vagdvaitamithyatvasiddhyai
dvaitam mithya parimitigaterdrsyatah svapnavatsyat ।
evamrupa hyanumitimitisetyanuddistavantam
bhasyacaryam pranamata sada sankaram nyasivaryam ॥ 7 ॥
evam mithya jagadidamiti jnayatam niscayena
brahmaham cetyalamanubhavah prapyatam vedavakyat ।
santo bhuyat tadanu ca sukham cetyanuddistavantam
santyanandah pranamati yatih sankaracaryamurtim ॥ 8 ॥
santyanandasarasvatya krtam sankaramastakam ।
yah pathedbhaktisamyuktah sa sarvam siddhimapnuyat ॥ 9 ॥
iti sri paramahamsaparivrajakacaryasrisantyanandasarasvativiracitam
srisankaracaryastakam samaptam ॥
