% Text title            : Totakashtakam (1) on Shri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamiji
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% Author                : Ravi
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\engtitle{.. Totakashtakam on Shri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamiji ..}##
\itxtitle{.. shrIjayendragurutoTakAShTakam ..}##\endtitles ##
     viditAkhila shAstrasudhAjaladhe
          kathitAkhila veda purANamate |
     hRRidaye kalaye shivadaM charaNaM
          jaya indra deshika me sharaNam || (1)##
Ocean of all known Sastras, master of all Vedas and Puranas
expounded, I meditate in my heart on your auspicious Feet.
O Shri Jayendra Guru, give me refuge. (1)##

     yuvavatsarabhUta yatIndravibho
          tamanAshakajAta jayendraguro |
     janimohanirAsana dakShanidhe
          jaya indra deshika me sharaNam || (2)##
O Supreme among Sanyasis, who appeared on earth in 'Yuva' year
O Shri Jayendra Guru, you are born to eradicate darkness
(of ignorance); O Treasure of mastery in destruction of delusion
of people, O Shri Jayendra Guru,  give me refuge. (2)##

     bhagavadguru shaMkara eva bhavAn
          janapApanirAsana lokaguro |
     paripAlaya dInamimaM kRRipayA
          jaya indra deshika me sharaNam || (3)##
O Guru of the entire world, you are none other than Sankara
Bhagavatpada Guru; you destroy the sins of people. Please
protect this poor me out of compassion. O Shri Jayendra Guru,
give me refuge. (3)##

     vividhAgamadarshanarakSha guro
          bahudhA shruti shAstra prachAraka te |
     paratatva vichAraNa chArumate
          jaya indra deshika me sharaNam || (4)##
O Guru, you are the protector of the various Agamas and
philosophies and the propagator of Vedas and Sastras through
many ways. You are the master of exquisite analysis of the
Supreme Principle. O Shri Jayendra Guru, give me refuge. (4)##

     vijitAkhila shatrusamUha yate
          karuNAmRRitapUrita vIkSha guro |
     varadAbhaya darshaka padma kare
          jaya indra deshika me sharaNam || (5)##
O Guru, you are the Sanyasi who wins over all the multitudes of
enemies by your mere look exuding the nectar of compassion. You
show with your lotus hands the gestures of boon and freedom
from fear. O Shri Jayendra Guru, give me refuge. (5)##

     guru chandrashekhara pAda nate
          gurumArga janAvana kAryarate |
     nija mAnasa tattva sudhA ramate
          jaya indra deshika me sharaNam || (6)##
You worship the feet of Guru Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi. You
are ever engaged in activities of protecting the people
following the path of the Guru. You are immersed in the bliss
of nectar of Brahman in which your own mind abides.  O Shri
Jayendra Guru, give me refuge. (6)##

     varashaMkara pITha vibhUShaka te
          guNa nirjita godvija bhUmipate |
     varashaMkara vijaya sutIrtha guro
          jaya indra deshika me sharaNam || (7)##
You are an ornament to the seat (Peetham) of the great
Sankaracharya. By your virtues you have conquered the earth
and specially the cows and brahmanas. (Cows and brahmanas are
the prime instrument of yagnas, which please Devas and enable
the advent of rain and prosperity to all people).  You are
the Guru of the exalted Shri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi. O
Shri Jayendra Guru, give me refuge. (7)##

     shiva pAvanapUjanalIna mate
          lalitA paradevisvarUpa guro |
     praviveka virAga vishokapradaM
          jaya indra deshika me sharaNam || (8)##
O Guru, you are keen in performing the sacred and purifying
Pooja of Siva. You are the very incarnation of Supreme Devi
Shri Lalita. O Shri Jayendra Guru, give me refuge, which grants
discrimination, dispassion and freedom from grief. (8)##

     shrItoTakAShTakaM shreShThaM ravinA dabhrabuddhinA |
     shrIjayendraguruprItyai rachito.ayaM guNA~njaliH || (9)##
May this great Totakashtakam, an offering on virtues, by Ravi
of little intellect, be pleasing to Shri Jayendra Guru. (9)##

iti shrIjayendragurutoTakAShTakaM sampUrNam |
##

The word toTaka relates to the verse metre,
and means (one of different meanings) a metre of 4x12 syllables.
This is not related to totAkAchArya, a disciple of Adi Shankaracharya.

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