gāyatryaṣṭakam Lyrics in English:
॥ samkaracaryaviracitam ॥
visvamitrapahphalam priyataram vipralisamsevitam
nityanityavivekadam smitamukhim khandendubhusojjvalam ।
tambularunabhasamanavadanam martandamadhyasthitam
gayatrim harivallabham trinayanam dhyayami pancananam ॥ 1 ॥
jatipaṅkajaketakikuvalayaih sampujitaṅghridvayam
tattvarthatmikavarnapaṅktisahitam tattvarthabuddhipradam ।
pranayamaparayanairbudhajanaih samsevyamanam sivam
gayatrim harivallabham trinayanam dhyayami pancananam ॥ 2 ॥
manjiradhvanibhih samastajagatam manjutvasamvardhanim
viprapreṅkhitavarivaritamaharaksoganam mrnmayim ।
japtuh papaharam japasumanibham hamsena samsobhitam
gayatrim harivallabham trinayanam dhyayami pancananam ॥ 3 ॥
kancicelavibhusitam sivamayim malardhamaladikan
bibhranam paramesvarim saranadam mohandhabuddhicchidam ।
bhuraditripuram trilokajananimadhyatmasakhanutam
gayatrim harivallabham trinayanam dhyayami pancananam ॥ 4 ॥
dhyaturgarbhakrsanutapaharanam samatmikam samagam
sayamkalasusevitam svaramayim durvadalasyamalam ।
maturdasyavilocanaikamatimatkhetindrasamrajitam
gayatrim harivallabham trinayanam dhyayami pancananam ॥ 5 ॥
samdhyaragavicitravastravilasadviprottamaih sevitam
tarahirasumalikam suvilasadratnendukumbhantaram ।
rakacandramukhim ramapatinutam saṅkhadibhasvatkaram
gayatrim harivallabham trinayanam dhyayami pancananam ॥ 6 ॥
venibhusitamalakadhvanikarairbhrṅgaih sada sobhitam
tattvajnanarasayanajnarasanasaudhabhramadbhramarim ।
nasalamkrtamauktikendukiranaih sayamtamaschedinim
gayatrim harivallabham trinayanam dhyayami pancananam ॥ 7 ॥
padabjantararenukuṅkumalasatphaladyuramavrtam
rambhanatyavilokanaikarasikam vedantabuddhipradam ।
vinavenumrdaṅgakahalaravan devaih krtanchrnvatim
gayatrim harivallabham trinayanam dhyayami pancananam ॥ 8 ॥
hatyapanasuvarnataskaramahagurvaṅganasamgaman
dosanchailasaman puramdarasamah samcchidya suryopamah ।
gayatrim srutimaturekamanasa samdhyasu ye bhusura
japtva yanti param gatim manumimam devyah param vaidikah ॥ 9 ॥
iti srimatparamahamsaparivrajakacarya
srimacchamkaracaryaviracitam gayatryastakam sampurnam