Achyutashtakam Introduction and Recitation

Achyutāshtakam is a simple yet wonderful hymn of eight stanzas comprising the names of lord Vishnu with main emphasis on his incarnations Rāma and Krishna.

This easy to sing hymn of wonderful metre was composed by āchārya Shankara Bhagavadpāda. The names indicate various divine qualities of lord Vishnu and glorify his great deeds.

āchārya shankara bhagavadpāda compiles a collection of names of lord Vishnu containing deep meaning in them and remind us of the great pastimes of the lord narrated in the purānas. They also remind us the beauty of his forms and help us visualize and contemplate on him.

This book is an effort to put light of meaning of each name from this hymn and also narrate in short the incidents the names indicate or relate to.

The names in this hymn are compiled from Vedas, purānas, Upanishads, Vishnu sahasranāma and mantra shāstras.

Some of the names are repeated more than one time. When it comes to praising the lord’s name repetition is not seen as an error.

Some names are repeated for its greatness and glory and the names value as a mantra.

At places, I have indicated the value of the names given in this hymn by naming the sources in which the names are used as mantras. This is done to emphasize the kindness of āchārya shankara bhagavadpāda who compiled this wonderful hymn of names and to emphasize the importance of the names used in this hymn.

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