Sri PanduraNgAstakam

By prof. Smt. Prema P

Prof of English (retd)
Presidency College, Madras, 600 005

1. mahAyogapIthe taTe bhImarathyAH

varaM pundarIkaya dAtuM munIndraiH
samAgatya tiSThantam Anandakandam
parabrahmamUrtim bhaje PAndurangaM

I bow down to you Panduranga who is parabrahman, who having come down to the river BhImarathi
stations Himself on its bank to grant boons to PundarIka through the eminent sages and who is bliss
incarnate

2. taTidvAsasam nIla meghavabhAsaM

ramAmandiram sundaraM citprakAsam
varaM tvistikAyaM samanyastapAdaM
parabrahmamUrtiM bhaje PAndurangaM

I bow down to Panduranga who is parabrahman, the abode of Rama, the beautiful, whose form is pure
consciousness, knowledge, the supreme, who stands with composed feet resting on bricks

3. pramAnaM bhavAbdheH idaM mAmakAnAM

nitambaH karAbhyAM dhRto yena tasmAt
vidhAturvasatyai dhRto nAbhikosaH
parabrahmamUrtim bhaje PAndurangaM

I bow down to Panduranga who is parabrahman, who holds his hips with His hands to signify that samsAra
is only knee deep to His devotees and who has a navel-lotus to provide a home for caturmukha BrahmA

4. sphuratkaustubhAlaNkRtam kanThadese
sriyAjuStakeyUrakam srInivAsam
HariM sAntamIDyam paraM lokapAlaM
parabrahmamUrtim bhaje PAndurangaM

I bow down to Panduranga who is parabrahman, who is adorned y the resplendent gems Kaustubha on His
chest, who is united to Lakshmi wearing the armlet (keyUra), the abode of Lakshmi, the praiseworthy
governor of the universe, the peaceful Hari

5. saraccandrabimbAnanaM cAruhAsaM
lasat kuNDalAkrAnta gaNDasthalAtam
japArAgabimbAdharaM kanjanetraM
parabrahmamUrtim bhaje PAndurangam

I bow down to Panduranga who is parabrahman, whose face is like autumnal moon who has a charming
smile, whose neck ends are illumined by the luminous pendant kuNDala; whose lips are red like the japA
flower and the bimba fruit and the lotus eyed

6. kirITojjvalat saRvadik prAntabhAgaM

surairarcitam divyaratnairanarhgaih
tribhaNgAkRtiM barhamAlyAvataMsaM
parabrahmamUrtim bhaje PAndurangam

I bow down to Panduranga who is parabrahman, by the luster of whose kirIta the entire surrounding is
effulgent with illumination; adored by the devas, with the invaluable precious stones; who stands with
three-fold bends; who has for His head ornament the plumes of the peacock and the flower garlands
7. vibhuM venunAdaM carantaM durantaM
svayaM lIlayA gopavesaM dadhAnaM
gavAM bRndakAnandadam cAruhAaM
parabrahmamUrtim bhaje PAndurangam

I bow down to Panduranga who is parabrahman, the omnipresent, who plays on the flute, the infinite, who
takes sportively the attire of the cowherd out of His sweet will, the giver of delight to the herd of cows and
who has a charming smile

8. aJaM rukmiNiprANa sanjIvanam taM

paraM dhAma kaivalyamekaM turIyam
prasannaM prapanArtihaM devadevaM
parabrahmamUrtim bhaje PAndurangam

I bow down to pAnduranga, who is parabrahman, the beginningless, the life giver of Rukmini Devi, whose
abode is the paramount world, who is unique and the final state, the benefactor, the destroyer of grief of the
prapannas and the Supreme Deva

9. stavaM pAnduraNgasya vai puNyadaM ye

paThantyekacittena bhaktyA ca nityam
bhavAmbhonidhim tepi tIrtvAntakAle
harerAlayaM sAsvataM prApnuvanti

Those who read the Panduranga stotra, which bestows punyA with single-minded devotion, always, fording
across the ocean of samsAra, at the end of their life reach the permanent abode of Sri Hari

Sri puNDarIkavaradAya namaH