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यः प्रसादलव ईश्वरस्थितो या च भक्तिरिव मामुपेयुषी।
Yaḥ prasādalava īśvarasthito yā ca bhaktiriva māmupeyuṣī|
तौ परस्परसमन्वितौ कदा तादृशे वपुषि रूढिमेष्यतः॥८.१॥
Tau parasparasamanvitau kadā tādṛśe vapuṣi rūḍhimeṣyataḥ||8.1||
That drop of grace, which abides in the Lord, and that devotion, which as it were has approached me, — when they two, united with each other, will rise in such a body?||8.1||
त्वत्प्रभुत्वपरिचर्वणजन्मा कोऽप्युदेतु परितोषरसोऽन्तः।
Tvatprabhutvaparicarvaṇajanmā ko'pyudetu paritoṣaraso'ntaḥ|
सर्वकालमिह मे परमस्तु ज्ञानयोगमहिमादि विदूरे॥८.२॥
Sarvakālamiha me paramastu jñānayogamahimādi vidūre||8.2||
Let it arise within some juice of perfect contentment, born from the tasting of Your dominion; and the greatness of knowledge, yoga, and the rest let it be for me here at all times only far away||8.2||
लोकवद्भवतु मे विषयेषु स्फीत एव भगवन्परितर्षः।
Lokavadbhavatu me viṣayeṣu sphīta eva bhagavanparitarṣaḥ|
केवलं तव शरीरतयैतान्लोकयेयमहमस्तविकल्पः॥८.३॥
Kevalaṁ tava śarīratayaitānlokayeyamahamastavikalpaḥ||8.3||
Lord, may I have be toward objects a thirst as abundant, as with all, — only may I, devoid of discriminating thought, see them as Your body||8.3||
देहभूमिषु तथा मनसि त्वं प्राणवर्त्मनि च भेदमुपेते।
Dehabhūmiṣu tathā manasi tvaṁ prāṇavartmani ca bhedamupete|
संविदः पथिषु तेषु च तेन स्वात्मना मम भव स्फुटरूपः॥८.४॥
Saṁvidaḥ pathiṣu teṣu ca tena svātmanā mama bhava sphuṭarūpaḥ||8.4||
You, who have come to division (bhedam upete) in the stages of the body, and also in the mind and on the path of breath, — on those paths of consciousness become for me that Self of Yours, whose form is clear||8.4||
निजनिजेषु पदेषु पतन्त्विमाः करणवृत्तय उल्लसिता मम।
Nijanijeṣu padeṣu patantvimāḥ karaṇavṛttaya ullasitā mama|
क्षणमपीश मनागपि मैव भूत्त्वदविभेदरसक्षतिसाहसम्॥८.५॥
Kṣaṇamapīśa manāgapi maiva bhūttvadavibhedarasakṣatisāhasam||8.5||
Let these my surged-up activities of the sense organs fall each to its own place. O Lord, let there not be even for a moment and not even a hair’s breadth of audacity to harm the rasa of non-differentiation from You||8.5||
लघुमसृणसिताच्छशीतलं भवदावेशवशेन भावयन्।
Laghumasṛṇasitācchaśītalaṁ bhavadāveśavaśena bhāvayan|
वपुरखिलपदार्थपद्धतेर्व्यवहारानतिवर्तयेय तान्॥८.६॥
Vapurakhilapadārthapaddhatervyavahārānativartayeya tān||8.6||
By the power of entering into You contemplating the body of the entire sequence of things as light, smooth, white, transparent, and cool — may I not transgress (na ativartayeya) those customary practices||8.6||
विकसतु स्ववपुर्भवदात्मकं समुपयान्तु जगन्ति ममाङ्गताम्।
Vikasatu svavapurbhavadātmakaṁ samupayāntu jaganti mamāṅgatām|
व्रजतु सर्वमिदं द्वयवल्गितं स्मृतिपथोपगमेऽप्यनुपाख्यताम्॥८.७॥
Vrajatu sarvamidaṁ dvayavalgitaṁ smṛtipathopagame'pyanupākhyatām||8.7||
Let it open the own body, consisting of You; let the worlds become my limbs; let all this dance of duality go into namelessness — even when it comes onto the path of memory||8.7||
समुदियादपि तादृशतावकानन विलोक परामृतसम्प्लवः।
Samudiyādapi tādṛśatāvakānana viloka parāmṛtasamplavaḥ|
मम घटेत यथा भवदद्वयाप्रथनघोरदरीपरिपूरणम्॥८.८॥
Mama ghaṭeta yathā bhavadadvayāprathanaghoradarīparipūraṇam||8.8||
O Thou, whose face is such, look! May rise the flood of supreme nectar, — so that for me might come to pass the filling of the terrible cave where non-duality with Thee does not shine||8.8||
अपि कदाचन तावकसङ्गमामृतकणाच्छुरणेन तनीयसा।
Api kadācana tāvakasaṅgamāmṛtakaṇācchuraṇena tanīyasā|
सकललोकसुखेषु पराङ्मुखो न भवितास्म्युभयच्युत एव किम्॥८.९॥
Sakalalokasukheṣu parāṅmukho na bhavitāsmyubhayacyuta eva kim||8.9||
What if I, turning away from all worldly joys for the sake of the subtlest trace of a drop of nectar of meeting with Thee, fallen at any time, — shall I not become deprived of both?||8.9||
सततमेव भवच्चरणाम्बुजाकरचरस्य हि हंसवरस्य मे।
Satatameva bhavaccaraṇāmbujākaracarasya hi haṁsavarasya me|
उपरि मूलतलादपि चान्तरादुपनमत्वज भक्तिमृणालिका॥८.१०॥
Upari mūlatalādapi cāntarādupanamatvaja bhaktimṛṇālikā||8.10||
O Unborn One! To me, the best of swans, who ceaselessly (satatam eva) swims in the lake of Your lotus-feet, — may it be granted the stalk of the lotus of devotion and from above, and from the very bottom of the root, and from within||8.10||
उपयान्तु विभो समस्तवस्तून्यपि चिन्ताविषयं दृशः पदं च।
Upayāntu vibho samastavastūnyapi cintāviṣayaṁ dṛśaḥ padaṁ ca|
मम दर्शनचिन्तनप्रकाशामृतसाराणि परं परिस्फुरन्तु॥८.११॥
Mama darśanacintanaprakāśāmṛtasārāṇi paraṁ parisphurantu||8.11||
O All-Pervading, may all things become and an object of thought, and that which the eyes see, — and may they in me shine with but one essence of the nectarous light of seeing and thought||8.11||
परमेश्वर तेषु तेषु कृच्छ्रेष्वपि नामोपनमत्स्वहं भवेयम्।
Parameśvara teṣu teṣu kṛcchreṣvapi nāmopanamatsvahaṁ bhaveyam|
न परं गतभीस्त्वदङ्गसङ्गादुपजाताधिकसम्मदोऽपि यावत्॥८.१२॥
Na paraṁ gatabhīstvadaṅgasaṅgādupajātādhikasammado'pi yāvat||8.12||
The Supreme Lord, when they approach these and those afflictions, may I be I not merely free from fear — but so much, that from the touch of Your body an even greater rapture might arise in me||8.12||
भवदात्मनि विश्वमुम्भितं यद्भवतैवापि बहिः प्रकाश्यते तत्।
Bhavadātmani viśvamumbhitaṁ yadbhavataivāpi bahiḥ prakāśyate tat|
इति यद्दृढनिश्चयोपजुष्टं तदिदानिं स्फुटमेव भासताम्॥८.१३॥
Iti yaddṛḍhaniścayopajuṣṭaṁ tadidāniṁ sphuṭameva bhāsatām||8.13||
“The universe, which is placed in Your self, by You alone and is manifested outwardly” — that, which is accepted with firm conviction, let it now shine forth clearly||8.13||
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Sanskrit (Devanāgarī and IAST) has been carried over unchanged from the website of Gabriel Pradīpaka: Hymn 8 — Alaukikodbalanākhyamaṣṭamaṁ stotram. Stanzas 8.1–8.13 have been translated directly from Sanskrit for this site: there is no exposition at the source that could serve as a basis for them.