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Sadhana Panchakam

సాధకపఞ్చకమ్

Sadhana Panchakam is a traditional Adi Shankaracharya devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.

తెలుగు देवनागरी English (IAST)

||sādhana pañcakaṃ || vedo nityamadhīyatāṃ taduditaṃ karma svanuṣṭhīyatāṃ teneśasya vidhīyatāmapacitiḥ kāmye matistyajyatām | pāpaughaḥ paridhūyatāṃ bhavasukhe doṣo'nusandhīyatā- mātmecchā vyavasīyatāṃ nijagṛhāttūrṇaṃ vinirgamyatām ||1|| saṅgaḥ satsu vidhīyatāṃ bhagavato bhaktirdṛḍhā''dhīyatāṃ śāntyādiḥ paricīyatāṃ dṛḍhataraṃ karmāśu santyajyatām | sadvidvānupasṛpyatāṃ pratidinaṃ tatpādukā sevyatāṃ brahmaikākṣaramarthyatāṃ śrutiśirovākyaṃ samākarṇyatām ||2|| vākyārthaśca vicāryatāṃ śrutiśiraḥpakṣaḥ samāśrīyatāṃ dustarkātsuviramyatāṃ śrutimatastarko'nusandhīyatām | brahmāsmīti vibhāvyatāmaharahargarvaḥ parityajyatāṃ dehe'hammatirujjhyatāṃ budhajanairvādaḥ parityajyatām ||3|| kṣudvyādhiśca cikitsyatāṃ pratidinaṃ bhikṣauṣadhaṃ bhujyatāṃ svādvannaṃ na tu yācyatāṃ vidhivaśāt prāptena santuṣyatām | śītoṣṇādi viṣahyatāṃ na tu vṛthā vākyaṃ samuccāryatā- maudāsīnyamabhīpsyatāṃ janakṛpānaiṣṭhuryamutsṛjyatām ||4 || ekānte sukhamāsyatāṃ paratare cetaḥ samādhīyatāṃ pūrṇātmā susamīkṣyatāṃ jagadidaṃ tadbādhitaṃ dṛśyatām | prākkarma pravilāpyatāṃ citibalānnāpyuttaraiḥ śliṣyatāṃ prārabdhaṃ tviha bhujyatāmatha parabrahmātmanā sthīyatām ||5|| ||iti paramahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmacchaṅkarācāryaviracita sādhana pañcakaṃ saṃpūrṇam ||

Reading & reflection

This hymn addresses Adi Shankaracharya 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 साधकपञ्चकम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 38116, 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.