Kanduka Stuti

Kannada lyrics with meaning · composed by Śrī Madhvācārya (Ānanda Tīrtha) · stotra · 2 verses

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ಅಂಬರಗಂಗಾಚುಂಬಿತಪಾದಃ

ಅಂಬರಗಂಗಾಚುಂಬಿತಪಾದಃ

kanduka stuti

Verse 1 — ಅಂಬರಗಂಗಾಚುಂಬಿತಪಾದಃ ಪದತಲವಿದಲಿತಗುರುತರಶಕಟಃ ।…

ಅಂಬರಗಂಗಾಚುಂಬಿತಪಾದಃ ಪದತಲವಿದಲಿತಗುರುತರಶಕಟಃ ।
ಕಾಲಿಯನಾಗಕ್ಷ್ವೇಲನಿಹಂತಾ ಸರಸಿಜನವದಲವಿಕಸಿತನಯನಃ ॥

ambaragaṅgācumbitapādaḥ padatalavidalitagurutaraśakaṭaḥ |
kāliyanāgakṣvelanihantā sarasijanavadalavikasitanayanaḥ ||

He whose feet are kissed by the sky-flowing Ganga; who with His sole smashed the ponderous cart; who quelled the venom of the serpent Kāliya; whose eyes bloom like a fresh lotus petal.

Verse 2 — ಕಾಲಘನಾಲೀಕರ್ಬುರಕಾಯಃ ಶರಶತಶಕಲಿತರಿಪುಶತನಿವಹಃ ।…

ಕಾಲಘನಾಲೀಕರ್ಬುರಕಾಯಃ ಶರಶತಶಕಲಿತರಿಪುಶತನಿವಹಃ ।
ಸಂತತಮಸ್ಮಾನ್ ಪಾತು ಮುರಾರಿಃ ಸತತಗಸಮಜವಖಗಪತಿನಿರತಃ ॥

kālaghanālīkarburakāyaḥ śaraśataśakalitaripuśatanivahaḥ |
santatamasmān pātu murāriḥ satatagasamajavakhagapatinirataḥ ||

Dark as a bank of rain-clouds, yet radiant and dappled of limb; who with hundreds of arrows cut the teeming hosts of foes to pieces; who courses upon Garuḍa, swift as the wind — may that Murāri ever protect us.

About Kanduka Stuti

Kanduka Stuti is a Sanskrit stotra, composed by Śrī Madhvācārya (Ānanda Tīrtha), addressed to Krishna — a Stuti. It is presented here in Devanagari, Roman (IAST), Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, each verse with its English meaning. Source text: Internet Archive.

Founder of the Dvaita (Tattvavāda) school of Vedānta and third of the great Vaiṣṇava ācāryas; author of the Sarvamūla works, including devotional stotras such as the Dvādaśa Stotra.

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What is Kanduka Stuti and what does it mean?

Kanduka Stuti is a Sanskrit stotra (devotional hymn), composed by Śrī Madhvācārya (Ānanda Tīrtha), addressed to Krishna, of 2 verses. On Avabodhak every verse is shown with its English meaning, so you can understand the text line by line as you read.

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Who composed Kanduka Stuti?

Kanduka Stuti is attributed to Śrī Madhvācārya (Ānanda Tīrtha).

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