% Text title            : pUrvachAtakAShTakam
% File name             : pUrvachAtakAShTakam.itx
% Category              : misc, sAhitya, aShTaka
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% Transliterated by     : Aaditya Kalyanaraman
% Proofread by          : Aaditya Kalyanaraman
% Description/comments  : From Kavya Sangraha, A Sanskrit Anthology, Dr. John Haeberlin, 1847.  Check uttarachAtakAShTakam
% Latest update         : April 29, 2021
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\engtitle{.. Purvachataka Ashtakam ..}##
\itxtitle{.. pUrvachAtakAShTakam ..}##\endtitles ##
vAtairvidhUnaya vibhAShaya bhImanAdaiH
      sa~nchUrNaya tvamathavA karakAbhighAtaiH |
tvadvAribindu paripAlitajIvitasya
      nAnyA gatirbhavati vArida chAtakasya || 1||
chAtakastrichaturAn payaH kaNAn
      yAchate jaladharaM pipAsitaH |
so.api pUrayati bhUyasAmbhasA
      chitramatra mahatAmudAratA || 2||
shakyate yena kenApi jIvanenaiva jIvitum |
kintu kaulavratodbha~Ngaprasa~NgaH paraduHsahaH || 3||
garjasi megha na yachChasi toyaM
      chAtakapakShI vyAkulitoham |
daivAdiha yadi dakShiNavAtaH
      kva tvaM kvAhaM kva cha jalapAtaH || 4||
vApI svalpajalAshayo viShamayo nIchApagAho hradaH
      kShudrAtkShudrataro mahAjalanidhirgaNDUShamekaM muneH |
ga~NgAdyAH saritaH payonidhigatAH santyajya tasmAdimAn
      sanmAnI khalu chAtako jalamuchAmuchchaiH payo vA~nChati || 5||
bIjaira~NkuritaM nadIbhiruditaM valmIbhirujjR^imbhitaM
      vR^ikShaiH pallavitaM janaishcha muditaM dhArAdhare varShati |
bhrAtashchAtaka pAtakaM kimapi te samya~Nna jAnImahe
      yattesminna patanti cha~nchupuTake dvitrAH payo bindavaH || 6||
nadebhyo.api hradebhyo.api pibantyanye.avayaHpayaH |
chAtakasya tu jImUta bhavAnevAvalambanam || 7||
nabhasi niravalambe sIdatA dIrghakAlaM
      tvadabhimukhaniviShTottAnachanchUpuTena |
jaladhara jaladhArA dUratastAvadAstAM
      dhvanirapi madhuraste na shrutashchAtakena || 8||

iti pUrvachAtakAShTakaM samAptam |
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