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Narayan… · Scan of a printed edition hosted by the Internet Archive (archive.org); the ancient text is in the public… ## Contents - [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1) — 17 parts - [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.2) — 2 parts ## Text ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.1) śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || nūnaṃ tvaṃ bhagavānsākṣāddharirnārāyaṇo'vyayaḥ anugrahāya bhūtānāṃ dhatse rūpaṃ jalaukasām ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.2) namaste puruṣaśreṣṭha sthityutpattyapyayeśvara | bhaktānāṃ naḥ prapannānāṃ mukhyo hyātmagatirvibho ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.3) sarve līlāvatārāste bhūtānāṃ bhūtihetavaḥ | jñātumicchāmyado rūpaṃ yadarthaṃ bhavatā dhṛtam ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.4) na te'ravindākṣa padopasarpaṇaṃ mṛṣā bhavetsarvasuhṛtpriyātmanaḥ | yarhetareṣāṃ pṛthagātmanāṃ satāmadīdṛśo yadvapuradbhutaṃ hi naḥ ### [1.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.1-2) iti śrīmadbhāgavatapurāṇāntargataṃ matsyastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || devā ūcuḥ || namāma te deva padāraviṃdaṃ prapannatāpopaśamātapatram | yanmūlaketā yatayo'ñjasorusaṃsāraduḥkhaṃ bahirutkṣipanti ### [1.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.2-2) dhātaryadasminbhava īśa jīvāstāpatrayeṇopahatā na śarma | ātmaṃśchabhaṃte bhagavaṃstavāṅghicchāyāṃ savidyāsata āśrayema ### [1.3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.3-2) mārgaṃti yatte mukhapadmanīḍaiśchaṃdaḥsuparṇairkaṣayo vivikte | yasyādhamarṣodasariddharāyāḥ padaṃ padaṃ tīrthapadaḥ prapannāḥ ### [1.4-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.4-2) yacchddhayā śrutavatyā ca bhattyā saṃmṛjyamāne hṛdaye'vadhāya | jñānena vairāgyabalena dhīrā vrajema tatte'ṅghrisarojapīṭham ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.5) viśvasya janmasthitisaṃyamārthe kṛtāvatārasya padāṃbujaṃ te | vrajema sarve śaraṇaṃ yadīśa smṛtaṃ prayacchatyabhayaṃ svapuṃsām ### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.6) yatsānubaṃdhe'sati dehagehe mamāhamityūḍhadurāgrahāṇām | puṃsāṃ sudūraṃ vasato'pi puryāṃ bhajema tatte bhagavan padābjam ### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.7) tānvā asadvṛttibhirakṣibhirye parāhṛtāṃtarmanasaḥ pareśa | atho na paśyatyurugāya nūnaṃ ye te padanyāsavilāsalakṣyāḥ ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.8) pānena te deva kathāsudhāyāḥ pravṛddhabhaktyā viśadāśayā ye | vairāgyasāraṃ pratilabhya bodhaṃ yathāṃjasāñjīvīyurakuṇṭhadhiṣṇyam ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.9) tathāpare cātmasamādhiyogabalena jitvā prakṛtiṃ baliṣṭhām | tvāmeva dhīrāḥ puruṣaṃ viśanti teṣāṃ śramaḥ syādna tu sevayā te ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.10) tatte vayaṃ lokasisṛkṣayādya tvayānusṛṣṭāstribhirātmabhiḥ sma | sarve viyuktāḥ svavihāratantraṃ na śaknumastatpratihartave te ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.11) yāvadbaliṃ te'ja harāma kāle yathā vayaṃ cānnamadāma yatra | yathobhayeṣāṃ ta ime hi lokā baliṃ haranto'nnamadaṃtyanūhāḥ ### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.12) tvaṃ naḥ surāṇāmasi sānvayānāṃ kūṭastha ādyaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ | tvaṃ devaśaktyāṃ guṇakarmayonau retastvajāyāṃ kavimādadhe'jaḥ ### [1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.1.13) tato vayaṃ satpramukhā yadarthe babhūvimātmankaravāma kiṃ te tvaṃ naḥ svacakṣuḥ paridehi śaktyā devakriyārthe yadanugrahāṇām ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.2.1) iti śrīmadbhāgavatapurāṇāṃtargataṃ kūrmastotraṃ samāptam śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || jitaṃ jitaṃ te'jita yajñabhāvanā trayīṃ tanuṃ svāṃ paridhunvate namaḥ | yadromagarteṣu nililyuradhvarāstasmai namaḥ kāraṇasūkarāya te ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.2.2) rūpaṃ tavaitannu duṣkṛtātmanāṃ durdarśanaṃ deva yadadhvarātmakam | chandāṃsi yasya tvaci barhi romasvājyaṃ ijñi tvaṃghriṣu cāturhotram ### [2.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara.matsyastotra.2.2.p1) suk tuṇḍa āsītsruva īśa nāsayoriḍodare camasāḥ karṇarandhre | prāśitramāsye jasane grahāstu te ## See also: more in [Hymns to the Avatāras of Viṣṇu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.stotra.avatara) - 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