Rudrashtakam - POWERFUL SONG OF SHIVA

Studio Sangeeta Presents - RUDRASHTAKAM - POWERFUL SONG OF SHIVA Track Name - Shri Rudrashtakam Singer - Varsha Shrivastava Album - Shiv Bhajan Lyricist - Tulsidas Music - Vijay Nanda Music Label - Studio Sangeeta #Rudrashtakam #Mahadev #Shiv #Shankar #MahaShivRatri #Song #OmNamahShivay The Rudrashtakam narrates the qualities and deeds of Shiva. The body of the Rudrashtakam includes many qualities, attributes and motifs associated with Shiva, including the destruction of Tripura, the annihilation of Kamadeva etc. These symbols and motifs related to the life and deeds of Rudra or Shiva. Shri Rudrashtakam (श्री रुद्राष्टकम्) is a Sanskrit composition in devotion of Rudra, composed by the Hindu Bhakti poet Tulsidas. Tulsidas composed this prayer in the late fifteenth century in Uttar Pradesh in India and created many other literary pieces including the magnum opus Ram Charit Manas. The devotional hymn “Rudrashtakam“ appears in the Uttara Kand of the celebrated Ram Charit Manas, where Lomash Rishi composed the hymn to propitiate Lord Shiva. His main purpose was to set his pupil free from the curse of Shiva. He succeeded and asked also a second boon (devotion for himself). His pupil would be the bird ' Kaga-Bhusundi' in a next life, a devotee of Shri Rama and an excellent teller of the life story of Shri Rama. The Ashtakam is in reverence to Rudra, though the context pertains to the Shiva, the post-Vedic transformation of Rudra. It is arguable that the distinction between Rudra and Shiva was already lost by the time of Tulsidas. The Rudrashtakam is lucid and simple in style and plays an instrumental role in the Shaiva traditions. LYRICS - नमामीशमीशान निर्वाण रूपं, विभुं व्यापकं ब्रह्म वेदः स्वरूपम्‌ । निजं निर्गुणं निर्विकल्पं निरीहं, चिदाकाश माकाशवासं भजेऽहम्‌ ॥ निराकार मोंकार मूलं तुरीयं, गिराज्ञान गोतीतमीशं गिरीशम्‌ । करालं महाकाल कालं कृपालुं, गुणागार संसार पारं नतोऽहम्‌ ॥ तुषाराद्रि संकाश गौरं गभीरं, मनोभूत कोटि प्रभा श्री शरीरम्‌ । स्फुरन्मौलि कल्लोलिनी चारू गंगा, लसद्भाल बालेन्दु कण्ठे भुजंगा॥ चलत्कुण्डलं शुभ्र नेत्रं विशालं, प्रसन्नाननं नीलकण्ठं दयालम्‌ । मृगाधीश चर्माम्बरं मुण्डमालं, प्रिय शंकरं सर्वनाथं भजामि ॥ प्रचण्डं प्रकष्टं प्रगल्भं परेशं, अखण्डं अजं भानु कोटि प्रकाशम्‌ । त्रयशूल निर्मूलनं शूल पाणिं, भजेऽहं भवानीपतिं भाव गम्यम्‌ ॥ कलातीत कल्याण कल्पान्तकारी, सदा सच्चिनान्द दाता पुरारी। चिदानन्द सन्दोह मोहापहारी, प्रसीद प्रसीद प्रभो मन्मथारी ॥ न यावद् उमानाथ पादारविन्दं, भजन्तीह लोके परे वा नराणाम्‌ । न तावद् सुखं शांति सन्ताप नाशं, प्रसीद प्रभो सर्वं भूताधि वासं ॥ न जानामि योगं जपं नैव पूजा, न तोऽहम्‌ सदा सर्वदा शम्भू तुभ्यम्‌ । जरा जन्म दुःखौघ तातप्यमानं, प्रभोपाहि आपन्नामामीश शम्भो ॥ रूद्राष्टकं इदं प्रोक्तं विप्रेण हर्षोतये ये पठन्ति न