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Gayatri Ashtakam

గాయత్ర్యష్టకమ్

Gayatri Ashtakam is a traditional Gayatri devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.

తెలుగు देवनागरी English (IAST)

<poem> viśvāmitrapaḥphalāṃ priyatarāṃ viprālisaṃsevitāṃ nityānityavivekadāṃ smitamukhīṃ khaṇḍendubhūṣojjvalām . tāmbūlāruṇabhāsamānavadanāṃ mārtāṇḍamadhyasthitāṃ gāyatrīṃ harivallabhāṃ triṇayanāṃ dhyāyāmi pañcānanām .. 1 .. jātīpaṅkajaketakīkuvalayaiḥ saṃpūjitāṅghridvayāṃ tattvārthātmikavarṇapaṅktisahitāṃ tattvārthabuddhipradām . prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇairbudhajanaiḥ saṃsevyamānāṃ śivāṃ gāyatrīṃ harivallabhāṃ triṇayanāṃ dhyāyāmi pañcānanām .. 2 .. mañjīradhvanibhiḥ samastajagatāṃ mañjutvasaṃvardhanīṃ viprapreṅkhitavārivāritamahārakṣogaṇāṃ mṛṇmayīm . japtuḥ pāpaharāṃ japāsumanibhāṃ haṃsena saṃśobhitāṃ gāyatrīṃ harivallabhāṃ triṇayanāṃ dhyāyāmi pañcānanām .. 3 .. kāñcīcelavibhūṣitāṃ śivamayīṃ mālārdhamālādikān bibhrāṇāṃ parameśvarīṃ śaraṇadāṃ mohāndhabuddhicchidām . bhūrāditripurāṃ trilokajananīmadhyātmaśākhānutāṃ gāyatrīṃ harivallabhāṃ triṇayanāṃ dhyāyāmi pañcānanām .. 4 .. dhyāturgarbhakṛśānutāpaharaṇāṃ sāmātmikāṃ sāmagāṃ sāyaṃkālasusevitāṃ svaramayīṃ dūrvādalaśyāmalām . māturdāsyavilocanaikamatimatkheṭīndrasaṃrājitāṃ gāyatrīṃ harivallabhāṃ triṇayanāṃ dhyāyāmi pañcānanām .. 5 .. saṃdhyārāgavicitravastravilasadviprottamaiḥ sevitāṃ tārāhīrasumālikāṃ suvilasadratnendukumbhāntarām . rākācandramukhīṃ ramāpatinutāṃ śaṅkhādibhāsvatkarāṃ gāyatrīṃ harivallabhāṃ triṇayanāṃ dhyāyāmi pañcānanām .. 6 .. veṇībhūśitamālakadhvanikarairbhṛṅgaiḥ sadā śobhitāṃ tattvajñānarasāyanajñarasanāsaudhabhramadbhrāmarīm . nāsālaṃkṛtamauktikendukiraṇaiḥ sāyaṃtamaśchedinīṃ gāyatrīṃ harivallabhāṃ triṇayanāṃ dhyāyāmi pañcānanām .. 7 .. pādābjāntarareṇukuṅkumalasatphāladyurāmāvṛtāṃ rambhānāṭyavilokanaikarasikāṃ vedāntabuddhipradām . vīṇāveṇumṛdaṅgakāhalaravān devaiḥ kṛtāñchṛṇvatīṃ gāyatrīṃ harivallabhāṃ triṇayanāṃ dhyāyāmi pañcānanām .. 8 .. hatyāpānasuvarṇataskaramahāgurvaṅganāsaṃgamān doṣāñchailasamān puraṃdarasamāḥ saṃcchidya sūryopamāḥ . gāyatrīṃ śrutimāturekamanasā saṃdhyāsu ye bhūsurā japtvā yānti parāṃ gatiṃ manumimaṃ devyāḥ paraṃ vaidikāḥ .. 9 .. iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācārya śrīmacchaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ gāyatryaṣṭakaṃ saṃpūrṇam <poem>

Reading & reflection

This hymn addresses Gayatri through devotional names and imagery. Begin with a quiet breath, read one verse at a time, and leave a short pause between stanzas.

Text edition & attribution

Complete text of गायत्र्यष्टकम् (शङ्कराचार्यकृतम्) on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 56889, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.