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troTakAshTakam
Dear Friends,
Yesterday, April 22, 1996, was Sankara Jayanti. This day is celebrated
by all the advaita maThas in India with worship of Sankaracharya as an
incarnation of Dakshinamurthy. However, Sankara Jayanti was not commonly
celebrated till the beginning of this century. SrI saccidAnanda
SivAbhinava nr.simha bhAratI, jagadguru SankarAcArya of Sr.ngeri SAradA
pITham, (1879-1912) rediscovered kAlaDi, SankarAcArya's birth-place, and
instituted nation-wide Sankara jayanti celebrations.
On this occasion, I take the opportunity of presenting in this forum,
the troTakAshTakam. This is a poem in eight verses, sung by Sankara's
own disciple, troTakAcArya, set in the troTaka meter. The disciple
expresses his having taken refuge (SaraNam) with the eminent guru, Sri
SankarAcArya, who is the repository of all knowledge.
There is a key to the transliteration scheme used here, at
http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~vidya/advaita/transliteration.html. You can
also find the troTakAshTakam in devanAgarI script at
http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~vidya/advaita/Slokas.html.
S. Vidyasankar
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||troTakAshTakam||
viditAkhila SAstra sudhAjaladhe mahitopanishatkathitArthanidhe |
hr.daye kalaye vimalam. caraNam. bhava Sankara deSika me SaraNam.||1||
karuNAvaruNAlaya pAlaya mAm. bhavasAgaradu:khavidUnahr.dam.|
racayAkhiladarSanatattvavidam. bhava Sankara deSika me SaraNam.||2||
bhavatA janatA suhitA bhavitA nijabodhavicAraNacArumate|
kalayeSvarajIvavivekavidam. bhava Sankara deSika me SaraNam.||3||
bhava eva bhavAnitime nitarAm. samajAyata vetasi kautukitA|
mama vAraya mohamahAjaladhim. bhava Sankara deSika me SaraNam.||4||
sukr.te'dhikr.te bahudhA bhavato bhavitA samadarSanalAlasatA|
atidInamimam. paripAlaya mAm. bhava Sankara deSika me SaraNam.||5||
jagatImavitum. kalitAkr.tayo vicaranti mahAmahasaSchalata:|
ahimAmSurivAtra vibhAsi guro bhava Sankara deSika me SaraNam.||6||
gurupungava pungavaketana te samatAmayatAm nahi ko'pi sudhI:|
SaraNAgatavatsala tattvanidhe bhava Sankara deSika me SaraNam.||7||
viditA na mayA viSadaikakalA na ca kim.cana kAncanamasti guro|
drutameva vidhehi kr.pAm. sahajAm. bhava Sankara deSika me SaraNam.||8||
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