About this stotra
The Sri Hari Stotram, known by its opening words Jagajjalapalam ('Sustainer of the web of the world'), is attributed to Swami Brahmananda. Through eight richly layered verses, each dense with compound Sanskrit epithets, the hymn portrays Hari as the ocean-dweller, the sky-blue Lord of unfathomable maya, the husband of Lakshmi, and the sole bridge across the three worlds.
The stotram is celebrated for its beautiful wordplay and is often set to classical music, each verse illuminating a different facet of Hari — his cosmic role, Vedantic essence, and role as the source of liberation.Phalashruti: One who daily recites this ashtakam with a concentrated mind will without doubt attain Vishnu's sorrowless state.
Sri Hari Stotram - Jagajjalapalam lyrics and meaning
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Verse 1
जगज्जालपालं कनत्कण्ठमालं
शरच्चन्द्रफालं महादैत्यकालम् ।
नभोनीलकायं दुरावारमायं
सुपद्मासहायं भजेऽहं भजेऽहम् ॥ 1 ॥
jagajjālapālaṃ kanatkaṇṭhamālaṃ
śarachchandraphālaṃ mahādaityakālam ।
nabhōnīlakāyaṃ durāvāramāyaṃ
supadmāsahāyaṃ bhajē'haṃ bhajē'ham ॥ 1 ॥
Sustainer of the web of the world, wearing a radiant throat-garland, whose forehead gleams like the autumn moon, the Kala (destroyer) of great demons — of sky-blue hue, of unfathomable maya, the consort of lotus-seated Lakshmi — I salute Hari.
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Verse 2
सदाम्भोधिवासं गलत्पुष्पहासं
जगत्सन्निवासं शतादित्यभासम् ।
गदाचक्रशस्त्रं लसत्पीतवस्त्रं
हसच्चारुवक्त्रं भजेऽहं भजेऽहम् ॥ 2 ॥
sadāmbhōdhivāsaṃ galatpuṣpahāsaṃ
jagatsannivāsaṃ śatādityabhāsam ।
gadāchakraśastraṃ lasatpītavastraṃ
hasachchāruvaktraṃ bhajē'haṃ bhajē'ham ॥ 2 ॥
Ever dwelling in the ocean, with a garland of lotus blossoms gracing him, the abode of the universe, blazing like a hundred suns — bearing mace and discus, wearing shining yellow garments, with a smiling countenance — I salute Hari.
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Verse 3
रमाकण्ठहारं श्रुतिव्रातसारं
जलान्तर्विहारं धराभारहारम् ।
चिदानन्दरूपं मनोज्ञस्वरूपं
धृतानेकरूपं भजेऽहं भजेऽहम् ॥ 3 ॥
ramākaṇṭhahāraṃ śrutivrātasāraṃ
jalāntarvihāraṃ dharābhārahāram ।
chidānandarūpaṃ manōjñasvarūpaṃ
dhṛtānēkarūpaṃ bhajē'haṃ bhajē'ham ॥ 3 ॥
Who wears Lakshmi's garland at his throat, the very essence of all the Vedas, who sports within the cosmic waters, who removes the burden of the earth — of the form of pure consciousness-bliss, of beautiful form, who assumed many avatars — I salute Hari.
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Verse 4
जराजन्महीनं परानन्दपीनं
समाधानलीनं सदैवानवीनम् ।
जगज्जन्महेतुं सुरानीककेतुं
त्रिलोकैकसेतुं भजेऽहं भजेऽहम् ॥ 4 ॥
jarājanmahīnaṃ parānandapīnaṃ
samādhānalīnaṃ sadaivānavīnam ।
jagajjanmahētuṃ surānīkakētuṃ
trilōkaikasētuṃ bhajē'haṃ bhajē'ham ॥ 4 ॥
Free from old age and birth, full of supreme bliss — ever absorbed in samadhi, ever fresh and new — the cause of the world's creation, the banner-Lord of the gods, the sole bridge of the three worlds — I salute Hari.
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Verse 5
कृताम्नायगानं खगाधीशयानं
विमुक्तेर्निदानं हरारातिमानम् ।
स्वभक्तानुकूलं जगद्वृक्षमूलं
निरस्तार्तशूलं भजेऽहं भजेऽहम् ॥ 5 ॥
kṛtāmnāyagānaṃ khagādhīśayānaṃ
vimuktērnidānaṃ harārātimānam ।
svabhaktānukūlaṃ jagadvṛkṣamūlaṃ
nirastārtaśūlaṃ bhajē'haṃ bhajē'ham ॥ 5 ॥
Who sang forth the Vedas, whose mount is Garuda king of birds, the very source of liberation — ever favorable to his own devotees, the root of the world-tree, remover of the arrow of affliction — I salute Hari.
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Verse 6
समस्तामरेशं द्विरेफाभकेशं
जगद्बिम्बलेशं हृदाकाशवेशम् ।
सदा दिव्यदेहं विमुक्ताखिलेहं
सुवैकुण्ठगेहं भजेऽहं भजेऽहम् ॥ 6 ॥
samastāmarēśaṃ dvirēphābhakēśaṃ
jagadbimbalēśaṃ hṛdākāśavēśam ।
sadā divyadēhaṃ vimuktākhilēhaṃ
suvaikuṇṭhagēhaṃ bhajē'haṃ bhajē'ham ॥ 6 ॥
Lord of all the gods, whose dark hair is circled by bees, a fragment of the world's reflection, whose dwelling is the sky of the heart — always of a divine body, freed from all cravings, whose home is the beautiful Vaikuntha — I salute Hari.
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Verse 7
सुरालीबलिष्ठं त्रिलोकीवरिष्ठं
गुरूणां गरिष्ठं स्वरूपैकनिष्ठम् ।
सदा युद्धधीरं महावीरवीरं
भवाम्भोधितीरं भजेऽहं भजेऽहम् ॥ 7 ॥
surālībaliṣṭhaṃ trilōkīvariṣṭhaṃ
gurūṇāṃ gariṣṭhaṃ svarūpaikaniṣṭham ।
sadā yuddhadhīraṃ mahāvīravīraṃ
bhavāmbhōdhitīraṃ bhajē'haṃ bhajē'ham ॥ 7 ॥
The mightiest among the hosts of gods, the greatest in the three worlds, the most weighty of gurus — ever established in his own true nature — ever courageous in battle, most heroic of heroes, the ship to cross the ocean of becoming — I salute Hari.
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Verse 8
रमावामभागं तलालग्ननागं
कृताधीनयागं गतारागरागम् ।
मुनीन्द्रैस्सुगीतं सुरैस्सम्परीतं
गुणौघैरतीतं भजेऽहं भजेऽहम् ॥ 8 ॥
ramāvāmabhāgaṃ talālagnanāgaṃ
kṛtādhīnayāgaṃ gatārāgarāgam ।
munīndraissugītaṃ suraissamparītaṃ
guṇaughairatītaṃ bhajē'haṃ bhajē'ham ॥ 8 ॥
Whose left side is Lakshmi (Rama), on whose feet the serpent Adishesha rests, for whom yagas (sacrifices) are lovingly performed — free from all attachment, praised in song by great sages, surrounded by the gods, beyond all qualities — I salute Hari.
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Verse 9
फलश्रुति ।
इदं यस्तु नित्यं समाधाय चित्तं
पठेदष्टकं कण्ठहारं मुरारेः ।
स विष्णोर्विशोकं ध्रुवं याति लोकं
जराजन्मशोकं पुनर्विन्दते नो ॥ 9 ॥
phalaśruti ।
idaṃ yastu nityaṃ samādhāya chittaṃ
paṭhēdaṣṭakaṃ kaṇṭhahāraṃ murārēḥ ।
sa viṣṇōrviśōkaṃ dhruvaṃ yāti lōkaṃ
jarājanmaśōkaṃ punarvindatē nō ॥ 9 ॥
One who daily with a concentrated mind recites this ashtakam — the garland of Murari (Krishna) — will without doubt attain the sorrowless state of Vishnu. (Phalashruti)
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Verse 10
इति श्री परमहंसस्वामि ब्रह्मानन्दविरचितं श्रीहरिस्तोत्रम् ॥
iti śrī paramahaṃsasvāmi brahmānandavirachitaṃ śrīharistōtram ॥
Thus ends the Sri Hari Stotram composed by Sri Paramahamsa Swami Brahmananda. (Colophon)
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