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|| vaidyanthakam||
[The Octet to the king of physicians]
Translated by Sri P. R. Ramachander

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rrmasaumitrijayuveda ananditya kujrcitya |
rnlakahya daymayya rvaidyanthya namaivya || 1||
Salutations to Siva,
Who is the king among physicians,
Who is worshipped by Rama and Lakshmana,
Who is woshipped by Jatayu,
Who is worshipped by the Vedas,
Who is worshipped by Lord Subrahmanya,
Who is worshipped by the Sun God,
Who is worshipped by the Mars God,
Who is having a blue throat,
And who is the personification of mercy.

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abho mahdeva abho mahdeva abho mahdeva abho mahdeva |
abho mahdeva abho mahdeva abho mahdeva abho mahdeva ||

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gagpravhendu jadharya trilocanya smara klahantre |
samasta devairabhipjitya rvaidyanthya nama ivya || 2||
Salutations to Siva,
Who is known as Vaidyanatha,
Who beholds the flow of Ganga and the Moon in His tress-locks,
Who has three eyes (Trilocana),
Who destroys both Kala (time) and Smara (Kamadeva), and
Who is gloriously adored by all the demi-gods.

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bhaktapriyya tripurntakya pinkine duaharya nityam |
pratyakallya manuyaloke rvaidyanthya nama ivya || 3||
Salutations to Siva,
Who is the king among physicians,
Who is the lover his devotees,
Who has destroyed the three cities,
Who holds the bow called Pinaka,
Who destroys bad people daily,
And who plays in the world of humans.

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prabhtavtdi samastaroga pranakartre munivanditya |
prabhkarendvagni vilocanya rvaidyanthya nama ivya || 4||
Salutations to Siva,
Who is the king among physicians,
Who cures all great diseases,
Like rheumatism and arthritis,
Who is saluted by great sages,
And to whom, the sun god,
Moon and God of fire are eyes.

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vk rotra netrghri vihnajanto vkrotranetrghrisukhapradya |
kuhdisarvonnatarogahantre rvaidyanthya nama ivya || 5||
Salutations to Siva,
Who is the king among physicians,
Who blesses those beings,
Who have lost their speech, hearing, sight and ability to walk,
With these abilities,
And who provides cure,
For devastating diseases like leprosy.

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vedntavedyya jaganmayya yogvaradyeya padmbujya |
trimrtirpya sahasranmne rvaidyanthya nama ivya || 6||
Salutations to Siva,
Who is known as Vaidyanatha,
Who is understood by the study of Vedanta,
Who is all pervading and has manifested as the world,
Whose lotus feet are meditated upon by the Lord of Yogis (Krishna),
Who has manifested as the Trinity of Visnu, Brahma and Siva, and
Who has thousands of names.

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svatrthamdbhasmabhtgabhj picadukhrtibhaypahya |
tmasvarpya arrabhj rvaidyanthya nama ivya || 7||

Salutations to Siva,
Who is known as Vaidyanatha,
Who destroys the fear, grief, pain and ghostly fears
of those associated with the ashes of the cremation of
those bodies which got dead in His shrine, and
Who is the soul or atman-form for the living beings.

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rnlakahya vadhvajya srakgandha bhasmdyabhiobhitya |
suputradrdi subhgyadya rvaidyanthya nama ivya || 8||
Salutations to Siva,
Who is known as Vaidyanatha,
Who has a blue throat,
Who has a flag depicting a bull,
Who is exceptionally adorned by the fragrance of water-flowers and ashes, and
Who bestows the good fate of a good wife and son.

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vlmbikea vaidyea bhavarogahareti ca |
japennmatraya nitya mahroganivraam || 9||
Those who recite this prayer,
Thrice a day with devotion,
And pray the Lord Vaidyanatha,
Who is with his consort Balambika,
And who removes the fear of birth and death,
Would get cured of all great diseases.
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|| iti r vaidyanthakam ||

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