Nataraja Ashtakam

kuñjaracarmakṛtāmbaramamburuhāsanamādhavageyaguṇaṃ

śaṅkaramantakamānaharaṃ smaradāhakalocanameṇadharam ।

sāñjaliyogipatañjalisannutamindukalādharamabjamukhaṃ

mañjulaśiñjitarañjitakuñcitavāmapadaṃ bhaja nṛtyapatim ॥ 1 ॥

piṅgalatuṅgajaṭāvalibhāsuragaṅgamamaṅgalanāśakaraṃ

puṅgavavāhamumāṅgadharaṃ ripubhaṅgakaraṃ suralokanatam ।

bhṛṅgavinīlagalaṃ gaṇanāthasutaṃ bhaja mānasa pāpaharaṃ

maṅgaladaṃ vararaṅgapatiṃ bhavasaṅgaharaṃ dhanarājasakham ॥ 2 ॥

pāṇinisūtravinirmitikāraṇapāṇilasaḍḍamarūttharavaṃ

mādhavanāditamardalanirgatanādalayoddhṛtavāmapadam ।

sarvajagatpralayaprabhuvahnivirājitapāṇimumālasitaṃ

pannagabhūṣaṇamunnatasannutamānama mānasa sāmbaśivam ॥ 3 ॥

caṇḍaguṇānvitamaṇḍalakhaṇḍanapaṇḍitamindukalākalitaṃ

daṇḍadharāntakadaṇḍakaraṃ varatāṇḍavamaṇḍitahemasabham ।

aṇḍakarāṇḍajavāhasakhaṃ nama pāṇḍavamadhyamamodakaraṃ

kuṇḍalaśobhitagaṇḍatalaṃ munivṛndanutaṃ sakalāṇḍadharam ॥ 4 ॥

vyāghrapadānatamugratarāsuravigrahamardipadāmburuhaṃ

śakramukhāmaravargamanoharanṛtyakaraṃ śrutinutyaguṇam ।

vyagrataraṅgitadevadhunīdhṛtagarvaharāyatakeśacayaṃ

bhārgavarāvaṇapūjitamīśamumāramaṇaṃ bhaja śūladharam ॥ 5 ॥

āsuraśaktivināśakaraṃ bahubhāsurakāyamanaṅgaripuṃ

bhūsurasevitapādasaroruhamīśvaramakṣaramukṣadhṛtam ।

bhāskaraśītakarākṣamanāturamāśvaravindapadaṃ bhaja taṃ

naśvarasaṃsṛtimohavināśamahaskaradantanipātakaram ॥ 6 ॥

bhūtikaraṃ sitabhūtidharaṃ gatanītiharaṃ varagītinutaṃ

bhaktiyutottamamuktikaraṃ samaśaktiyutaṃ śubhabhuktikaram ।

bhadrakarottamanāmayutaṃ śrutisāmanutaṃ nama somadharaṃ

stutyaguṇaṃ bhaja nityamagādhabhavāmbudhitārakanṛtyapatim ॥ 7 ॥

śūladharaṃ bhavajālaharaṃ niṭilāgnidharaṃ jaṭilaṃ dhavalaṃ

nīlagalojjvalamaṅgalasadgirirājasutāmṛdupāṇitalam ।

śailakulādhipamaulinataṃ chalahīnamupaimi kapāladharaṃ

kālaviṣāśamanantamilānutamadbhutalāsyakaraṃ giriśam ॥ 8 ॥

cittaharātulanṛttapatipriyavṛttakṛtottamagītimimāṃ

prātarumāpatisannidhigo yadi gāyati bhaktiyuto manasi ।

sarvasukhaṃ bhuvi tasya bhavatyamarādhipadurlabhamatyadhikaṃ

nāsti punarjanireti ca dhāma sa śāmbhavamuttamamodakaram ॥ 9 ॥

iti śrī naṭarājāṣṭakam ।

Recite with devotion and pure heart

Regular practice brings spiritual benefits