nigrahāṣṭakam Lyrics in English:
srimadappayyadiksitaviracitam ।
marge sahayam bhagavantameva
visvasya visvadhika nirgato’smi ।
sastram pramanam yadi sa vipatsya-
ttasyaiva mando mayi yam cikirset ॥ 1॥
kantare prantare va madakusalakrtau santaram santarangam
mahyam druhyantamantam gamayatu bhagavanantakasyantakari ।
ksipram vipradhamasya ksipatu tadudarasyeva mayavivarta
nartanbandhunabandhuniva mama sisirabhyantaransantanotu ॥ 2॥
sahasram vartantam pathipathi pare sahasakrtam
pravartantam badham mayi vividhamapyaracayitum ।
na laksikurve’ham nalinajalipi praptamapi tana-
mama svami camikarasikharacapo’sti puratah ॥ 3॥
sankalpya sthanusastrapracaranavihatih svena karya bhuviti
smasruni svairamasrunyapi khalu mahatam spardhaya vardhayantam ।
ksudram vidravayeyurjhatiti vrsapatikrodhanihsvasalesah
sastram sailadibhrtyastanuyurakhilabhumandalavyaptametat ॥ 4॥
kvacidavayave dagdhum kascidbaladanucintayan
nirasanamito desatkartum mahesvaramasritan ।
pramathaparisadrosairdagdha’khilavayavah svayam
nirasanamito lokadeva ksanena samasnutam ॥ 5॥
kalapratiksa nahi tasya karya
pulastyaputra”divadantakare ।
tvadasritadrohakrtodyamanam
sadyah patedeva hi murdhni dandah ॥ 6॥
kanthe rudraksamalam bhasitamatisitam phaladese ca pasyan
nasyanneva krudham yastadapahrtamatih satsu kurvita gurvim ।
tatphalatturnamayurlikhitamasuganam capi tatkanthadesat
kruddhaste hyuddhareyurnijapadakamalangusthalilavilasat ॥ 7॥
sakalabhuvanakarta sambamurtih sivascet
sakalamapi puranam sagamam cetpramanam ।
yadi bhavati mahatvam bhasmarudraksabhajam
kimiti na mrtirasmadrohinah syadakande ॥ 8॥
iti sribharadvajakulajaladhikaustubhasrimadadvaitavidyacarya
srimadappayyadiksitakrtam cakrankitanigrahastakam sampurnam ॥
srirastu । subhamastu ।
