Karteeka Damodara - English

PLEASE FIND THE SAME IN KANNADA, TAMIL, TELUGU, MALAYALAM AND SANSKRIT IN ATTACHMENTS. In the month of Karteeka Maasa - We have to chant the following Shloka while lighting near the paramathma roopa, whether it is house or in a temple. The speciality of the poem is that it narrates the full Dashavatara in different lines some in a single word, some in two words, etc matsyaakRutidhara jayadEvEsha vEdavibhOdaka kUrmasvarUpa| mandaragiridhara sUkararUpa bhUmividhaaraka jaya dEvEsha|| 1 || - Matsyavatara, Koormavatara, Varaahavataara kaanchanalOchana naraharirUpa duShTahiraNyaka bhanjana jaya bhO| jaya jaya vaamana balividhvaMsin duShTakulaantaka bhaargavarUpa || 2 || - Nrusimhavatara, Vamanaavataara, Parashuramavataara jayavishravasa: sutavidhvaMsin jaya kaMsaarE yadukulatilaka | jayavRundaavanachara dEvEsha dEvakinandana nandakumaara || 3 || - Ramaavataara, Krishnaavatara jayagOvardhanadhara vatsaarE dhEnukabhanjana jaya kamsaarE | rukmiNinaayaka jaya gOvinda satyaavallabha paanDava bandhO || 4 || - Krishnaavatara Kagavaravaahana jayapIThaarE jaya murabhanjana paarthasaKEtvam | bhoumavinaashaka durjanahaarin sajjanapaalaka jayadEvEsha || 5 || - Krishnaavatara

shubhaguNagaNapUrita vishvEsha jaya puruShOttama nityavibOdha | bhUmibharaaMtaka kaaraNarUpa jaya Karabhanjana dEvavarENya || 6 || -Krishnaavatara vidhibhavamuKasura satatasuvandita sachcharaNaambuja kanjasunEtra | sakalasuraasuranigrahakaarin pUtanimaaraNa jayadEvEsha || 7 || - Krishnaavatara

yadbhrUvibhrama maatraattadidaM aakamalaasana shambhuvipaadyam | sRuShThisthitilayamRuchchatisarvam sthiracharavallabhasattvam jayabhO|8| - Krishnaavatara jaya yamalaarjunabhaMjanamUrtE jaya gOpIkuchakuMkumaaMkitaaMga | paaMchaalI paripaalana jaya bhO jaya gOpIjanaraMjana jaya bhO || 9 || - Krishnaavatara jaya raasOtsavarata lakShmIsha satata suKaarNava jaya kanjaakSha | jaya jananIkara paashasubaddha haraNaannavanItasya surEsha || 10 || - Krishnaavatara baalakRIDanapara jaya bhO tvam munivaravanditapaada padmEsha | kaaliyaphaNiphaNa mardana jaya bhO dvijapatnyarpita matsivibhOnnam||11|| - Krishnaavatara kShIraambudhikRutanilayana dEva varada mahaabala jaya jayakaanta | durjana mOhaka buddhasvarUpa sajjana bOdhaka kalkisvarUpa || 12 || - Buddaavatara Kalkyaavatara jaya yugakRut durjana vidhvamsin jaya jaya jaya bhO jaya vishvaatman | 13 | iti mantram paThannEva kuryaannIraajanam budha: | GaTikaadvayashiShTaayaam snaanam kuryaadyathaavidhi | 14 | anyathaa narakam yaati yaavadindraashchaturdasha | iti shrI kaartIka daamOdara stOtram sampUrNam || 15 || iti shrI pancharaatraagamE hamsabrahma samvaadE shrI kaartIka daamOdara stOtram sampUrNam| 16 |

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