Kamasikashtakam

śrutīnāmuttaraṃ bhāgaṃ vegavatyāśca dakṣiṇam ।

kāmādadhivasan jīyāt kaścidadbhuta kesarī ॥ 1 ॥

tapanendvagninayanaḥ tāpānapacinotu naḥ ।

tāpanīyarahasyānāṃ sāraḥ kāmāsikā hariḥ ॥ 2 ॥

ākaṇṭhamādipuruṣaṃ

kaṇṭhīravamupari kuṇṭhitārātim ।

vegopakaṇṭhasaṅgāt

vimuktavaikuṇṭhabahumatimupāse ॥ 3 ॥

bandhumakhilasya jantoḥ

bandhuraparyaṅkabandharamaṇīyam ।

viṣamavilocanamīḍe

vegavatīpulinakelinarasiṃham ॥ 4 ॥

svasthāneṣu marudgaṇān niyamayan svādhīnasarvendriyaḥ

paryaṅkasthiradhāraṇā prakaṭitapratyaṅmukhāvasthitiḥ ।

prāyeṇa praṇipeduṣaḥ prabhurasau yogaṃ nijaṃ śikṣayan

kāmānātanutādaśeṣajagatāṃ kāmāsikā kesarī ॥ 5 ॥

vikasvaranakhasvarukṣatahiraṇyavakṣaḥsthalī-

-nirargalavinirgaladrudhirasindhusandhyāyitāḥ ।

avantu madanāsikāmanujapañcavaktrasya māṃ

ahamprathamikāmithaḥ prakaṭitāhavā bāhavaḥ ॥ 6 ॥

saṭāpaṭalabhīṣaṇe sarabhasāṭṭahāsodbhaṭe

sphurat krudhiparisphuṭa bhrukuṭike'pi vaktre kṛte ।

kṛpākapaṭakesarin danujaḍimbhadattastanā

sarojasadṛśā dṛśā vyativiṣajya te vyajyate ॥ 7 ॥

tvayi rakṣati rakṣakaiḥ kimanyai-

-stvayi cārakṣati rakṣakaiḥ kimanyaiḥ ।

iti niścitadhīḥ śrayāmi nityaṃ

nṛhare vegavatītaṭāśrayaṃ tvām ॥ 8 ॥

itthaṃ stutaḥ sakṛdihāṣṭabhireṣa padyaiḥ

śrīveṅkaṭeśaracitaistridaśendravandyaḥ ।

durdāntaghoraduritadviradendrabhedī

kāmāsikānaraharirvitanotu kāmān ॥ 9 ॥

iti śrī kāmāsikāṣṭakam ।

Recite with devotion and pure heart

Regular practice brings spiritual benefits