Vaidyanatha Ashtakam
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Vaidyanatha Ashtakam

The Vaidyanatha Ashtakam — eight verses to Lord Shiva as Vaidyanatha, the supreme physician who heals all disease.

श्रीरामसौमित्रिजटायुवेद
षडाननादित्यकुजार्चिताय।
श्रीनीलकण्ठाय दयामयाय
श्रीवैद्यनाथाय नमः शिवाय॥१॥

गङ्गाप्रवाहेन्दुजटाधराय
त्रिलोचनाय स्मरकालहन्त्रे।
समस्तदेवैरभिपूजिताय
श्रीवैद्यनाथाय नमः शिवाय॥२॥

भक्तप्रियाय त्रिपुरान्तकाय
पिनाकिने दुष्टहराय नित्यम्।
प्रत्यक्षलीलाय मनुष्यलोके
श्रीवैद्यनाथाय नमः शिवाय॥३॥

प्रभूतवातादिसमस्तरोग
प्रणाशकर्त्रे मुनिवन्दिताय।
प्रभाकरेन्द्वग्निविलोचनाय
श्रीवैद्यनाथाय नमः शिवाय॥४॥

वाक्श्रोत्रनेत्राङ्घ्रिविहीनजन्तोः
वाक्श्रोत्रनेत्राङ्घ्रिसुखप्रदाय।
कुष्ठादिसर्वोन्नतरोगहन्त्रे
श्रीवैद्यनाथाय नमः शिवाय॥५॥

वेदान्तवेद्याय जगन्मयाय
योगीश्वरध्येयपदाम्बुजाय।
त्रिमूर्तिरूपाय सहस्रनाम्ने
श्रीवैद्यनाथाय नमः शिवाय॥६॥

स्वतीर्थमृद्भस्मभृताङ्गभाजां
पिशाचदुःखार्तिभयापहाय।
आत्मस्वरूपाय शरीरभाजां
श्रीवैद्यनाथाय नमः शिवाय॥७॥

श्रीनीलकण्ठाय वृषध्वजाय
स्रक्कण्ठहाराय च मल्लिकाय।
सुवर्णवर्णाय सुखप्रदाय
श्रीवैद्यनाथाय नमः शिवाय॥८॥

बालाम्बिकेशवैद्येश भवरोगहराविति।
जपेन्नामत्रयं नित्यं महारोगनिवारणम्॥

shriramasaumitrijatayuveda
shadananadityakujarchitaya।
shrinilakanthaya dayamayaya
shrivaidyanathaya namah shivaya॥1॥

gangapravahendujatadharaya
trilochanaya smarakalahantre।
samastadevairabhipujitaya
shrivaidyanathaya namah shivaya॥2॥

bhaktapriyaya tripurantakaya
pinakine dushtaharaya nityam।
pratyakshalilaya manushyaloke
shrivaidyanathaya namah shivaya॥3॥

prabhutavatadisamastaroga
pranashakartre munivanditaya।
prabhakarendvagnivilochanaya
shrivaidyanathaya namah shivaya॥4॥

vakshrotranetranghrivihinajantoh
vakshrotranetranghrisukhapradaya।
kushthadisarvonnatarogahantre
shrivaidyanathaya namah shivaya॥5॥

vedantavedyaya jaganmayaya
yogishvaradhyeyapadambujaya।
trimurtirupaya sahasranamne
shrivaidyanathaya namah shivaya॥6॥

svatirthamridbhasmabhritangabhajam
pishachaduhkhartibhayapahaya।
atmasvarupaya sharirabhajam
shrivaidyanathaya namah shivaya॥7॥

shrinilakanthaya vrishadhvajaya
srakkanthaharaya cha mallikaya।
suvarnavarnaya sukhapradaya
shrivaidyanathaya namah shivaya॥8॥

balambikeshavaidyesha bhavarogaharaviti।
japennamatrayam nityam maharoganivaranam॥

About the Vaidyanatha Ashtakam

The Vaidyanatha Ashtakam — eight verses to Lord Shiva as Vaidyanatha, the supreme physician who heals all disease.

Meaning

Each verse bows to Shiva as Vaidyanatha, the divine doctor (vaidya) who cures the disease of worldly existence as well as bodily ailments.

Benefits

Recited for good health and recovery from illness; believed to cure diseases and bestow well-being through the grace of Shiva the healer.

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