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नर्मदा अष्टकम 

त्वदीय पाद पंकजम नमामि देवि नर्मदे !

सबिन्दुसिन्धुसुस्खलत्तरङ्गभङ्गरञ्जितं

द्विषत्सु पापजातजातकारिवारिसंयुतम्।

कृतान्तदूतकालभूतभीतिहारिवर्मदे

त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे॥1॥

त्वदम्बुलीनदीनमीनदिव्यसम्प्रदायकं

कलौ मलौघभारहारि सर्वतीर्थनायकम्।

सुमच्छकच्छनक्रचक्रचक्रवाकशर्मदे

त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे॥2॥

महागभीरनीरपूरपापधूतभूतलं

ध्वनत्समस्तपातकारिदारितापदाचलम्।

जगल्लये महाभये मृकण्डसूनुहर्म्यदे

त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे॥3॥

गतं तदैव मे भवं त्वदम्बुवीक्षितं यदा

मृकण्डसूनुशौनकासुरारिसेवि सर्वदा।

पुनर्भवाब्धिजन्मजं भवाब्धिदुःखवर्मदे

त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे॥4॥

अलक्षलक्षकिन्नरामरासुरादिपूजितं

सुलक्षनीरतीरधीरपक्षिलक्षकूजितम्।

वसिष्ठसिष्टपिप्पलादिकर्दमादिशर्मदे

त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे॥5॥

सनत्कुमारनाचिकेतकश्यपादिषट्पदैः

धृतं स्वकीयमानसेषु नारदादिषट्पदैः।

रवीन्दुरन्तिदेवदेवराजकर्मशर्मदे

त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे॥6॥

अलक्षलक्षलक्षपापलक्षसारसायुधं

ततस्तु जीवजन्तुतन्तुभुक्तिमुक्तिदायकम्।

विरञ्चिविष्णुशङ्करस्वकीयधामवर्मदे

त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे॥7॥

अहोऽमृतं स्वनं श्रुतं महेशकेशजातटे

किरातसूतवाडवेषु पण्डिते शठे नटे।

दुरन्तपापतापहारिसर्वजन्तुशर्मदे

त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे॥8॥

इदं तु नर्मदाष्टकं त्रिकालमेव ये सदा

पठन्ति ते निरन्तरं न यान्ति दुर्गतिं कदा।

सुलभ्य देहदुर्लभं महेशधामगौरवं

पुनर्भवा नरा न वै विलोकयन्ति रैरवम्॥9॥

त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे॥

इति श्रीमदशंकराचार्य स्वामी विरचितं नर्मदाष्टकं सम्पूर्णं ।

ENGLISH TRANSLATION :

1.1: (Salutations to Devi Narmada) Your River-body illumined with Sacred 

drops of Water, flows with mischievous playfulness, bending with Waves,

1.2: Your Sacred Water has the divine power to transform those who 

are prone to Hatred, the Hatred born of Sins,
1.3: You put an end to the fear of the messenger of Death by giving 

Your protective Armour (of Refuge),
1.4: O Devi Narmada, I Bow down to Your Lotus Feet, Please give me Your Refuge.

2.1: (Salutations to Devi Narmada) You confer Your Divine touch to the 

Lowly Fish merged in Your Holy Waters,
2.2: You take away the weight of the Sins in this age of Kali; and You 

are the foremost among all Tirthas (Pilgrimage),
2.3: You confer Happiness to the many Fishes, Tortoises, Crocodiles, 

Geese and Chakra Birds dwelling in Your Water,
2.4: O Devi Narmada, I Bow down to Your Lotus Feet, Please give me Your Refuge.

3.1: (Salutations to Devi Narmada) Your River-body is Deep and 

Overflowing, the Waters of which remove the Sins of the Earth, ...
3.2: ... and it flows with great force making a loud reverberating Sound, 

splitting asunder Mountains of Distresses, the distresses which bring our downfall,

3.3: In the Heat of this World, You provide the Place of Rest and assure 

great Fearlessness; You Who gave the place of refuge at Your Banks to 

the son of Rishi Mrikandu (Rishi Markandeya was the son of Rishi Mrikandu),
3.4: O Devi Narmada, I Bow down to Your Lotus Feet, Please give me Your Refuge.

4.1: (Salutations to Devi Narmada) O Devi, after I have seen Your Divine Water, 

my attachment to the Worldly Life has indeed vanished, ...
4.2: ... Your Water, which is revered by the son of Rishi Mrikandu 

(The son of Rishi Mrikandu was Rishi Markandeya), Rishi Shaunaka, 

and the enemies of the Asuras (i.e. Devas),
4.3: ... Your Water which is a Protective Shield against the Sorrows 

of the Ocean of Worldly Existence, caused by repeated Births in this 

Ocean of Samsara (Worldly Existence),
4.4: O Devi Narmada, I Bow down to Your Lotus Feet, Please give me Your Refuge.

5.1: (Salutations to Devi Narmada) You are worshipped by lakhs 

of (i.e. innumerable) invisible celestial beings like Kinnaras (Celestial Musicians), 

Amaras (Devas), and also Asuras and others,

5.2: Your River-body with Auspicious Waters, as well as Your River-banks 

which are Calm and Composed, are filled with the sweet Sounds 

of lakhs of (i.e. innumerable) cooing Birds,

5.3: You confer Happiness to great sages like Vashistha, Sista, Pippala, Kardama 

and others,
5.4: O Devi Narmada, I Bow down to Your Lotus Feet, Please give me Your Refuge.

6.1: (Salutations to Devi Narmada) By Rishis Sanatkumara, Nachiketa, 

Kashyapa and others who are like the six-feeted (Bee) (since they seek 

the honey of divine communion), ...

6.2: ... is held (Your Lotus Feet) in their Heart; and also by Bee-like 

sages Narada and others (is held Your Lotus Feet in their Heart),
6.3: You confer Happiness to Ravi (Sun), Indu (Moon), Ranti Deva and 

Devaraja (Indra) by making their works successful,
6.4: O Devi Narmada, I Bow down to Your Lotus Feet, Please give me Your Refuge.

7.1: (Salutations to Devi Narmada) You cleanse lakhs of (i.e. innumerable) Invisible 

and Visible Sins with Your River-body, the Banks of which are beautifully decorated 

with lakhs of (i.e. innumerable) Sarasas (Cranes or Swans),

7.2: In that Holy Place (i.e. in Your River Banks), You give both Bhukti 

(Worldly Prosperity) as well as Mukti (Liberation) to the series of 

Living Beings including Animals (who take Your Shelter),

7.3: The presence of Brahma, Vishnu and Shankara in Your Holy Dhama 

(i.e. River body) provides a Protective Shield (of Blessings to the Devotees),
7.4: O Devi Narmada, I Bow down to Your Lotus Feet, Please give me Your Refuge.

8.1: (Salutations to Devi Narmada) O, I only Hear the Sound of Immortality, flowing 

down as Your River-body, originating from the Matted Hairs of Shankara, and 

filling Your River Banks,
8.2: There (i.e. in Your River-banks), everyone, whether Kirata (Mountain-Tribe), 

Suta (Charioteer), Vaddava (Brahmin), Pandita (Learned and Wise) or Shattha 

(Deceitful) gets purified within the Dance of Your Waters,

8.3: By vigourously removing Papa (Sins) and Tapa (Heat of the miseries of Life) 

of all Animals (Including Man), You confer that Happiness (born of Purification),
8.4: O Devi Narmada, I Bow down to Your Lotus Feet, Please give me Your Refuge.

9.1: (Salutations to Devi Narmada) This Narmadashtakam, those who always during 

Three times of the day ...
9.2: ... Recite constantly, they do not ever undergo Misfortune,
9.3: It becomes easy to obtain the great privilege of going to the abode of 

Mahesha, which is very difficult for an embodied being to attain,
9.4: And those persons do not have to see the fearful World again (by taking birth).