kāmāsikāṣṭakam Lyrics in English:
srivedantadesikrtam ।
(kancyam)
srutinamuttaram bhagam vegavatyasca daksinam ।
kamadadhivasan jiyatkascidadbhutakesari ॥ 1॥
tapanendvagninayanah tapanapacinotu nah ।
tapaniyarahasyanam sarah kamasikaharih ॥ 2॥
akanthamadipurusam kanthiravamupari kunthitaratim ।
vegopakanthasangadvimuktavaikunthabahumatimupase ॥ 3॥
bandhumakhilasya jantorbandhuraparyankabandharamaniyam ।
visamavilocanamide vegavatipulinakelinarasimham ॥ 4॥
svasthanesu marudganan niyamayan svadhinasarvendriyah
paryankasthiradharanaprakatitapratyanmukhavasthitih ।
prayena pranipedusah prabhurasau yogam nijam siksayan
kamanatanutadasesa jagatam kamasika kesari ॥ 5॥
vikasvaranakhasvaruksatahiranyavaksahsthali
nirargalavinirgaladrudhirasindhusandhyayitah ।
avantu madanasika manujapancavaktrasya mam
ahamprathamika mithah prakatitahava bahavah ॥ 6॥
satapatalabhisane sarabhasattahasodbhate
sphuratkrudhiparisphutabhrukutike’pi vaktre krte ।
krpakapatakesarin danujadimbhadattastana
sarojasadrsa drsa vyativisajya te vyajyate ॥ 7॥
tvayi raksati raksakaih kimanyaistvayi caraksati raksakaih kimanyaih ।
iti niscitadhih srayami nityam nrhare vegavatitatasrayam tvam ॥ 8॥
ittham stutah sakrdihastabhiresa padyaih
srivenkatesaracitaistridasendravandyah ।
durdantaghoraduritadviradendrabhedi
kamasikanaraharirvitanotu kaman ॥ 9॥
iti srivedantadesikrtam kamasikastakam sampūrnam ।
