नमामीशमीशान निर्वाण रूपं, विभुं व्यापकं ब्रह्म वेदः स्वरूपम् ।
निजं निर्गुणं निर्विकल्पं निरीहं, चिदाकाश माकाशवासं भजेऽहम् ॥
निराकार मोंकार मूलं तुरीयं, गिराज्ञान गोतीतमीशं गिरीशम् ।
करालं महाकाल कालं कृपालुं, गुणागार संसार पारं नतोऽहम् ॥
तुषाराद्रि संकाश गौरं गभीरं, मनोभूत कोटि प्रभा श्री शरीरम् ।
स्फुरन्मौलि कल्लोलिनी चारू गंगा, लसद्भाल बालेन्दु कण्ठे भुजंगा॥
चलत्कुण्डलं शुभ्र नेत्रं विशालं, प्रसन्नाननं नीलकण्ठं दयालम् ।
मृगाधीश चर्माम्बरं मुण्डमालं, प्रिय शंकरं सर्वनाथं भजामि ॥
प्रचण्डं प्रकष्टं प्रगल्भं परेशं, अखण्डं अजं भानु कोटि प्रकाशम् ।
त्रयशूल निर्मूलनं शूल पाणिं, भजेऽहं भवानीपतिं भाव गम्यम् ॥
कलातीत कल्याण कल्पान्तकारी, सदा सच्चिनान्द दाता पुरारी।
चिदानन्द सन्दोह मोहापहारी, प्रसीद प्रसीद प्रभो मन्मथारी ॥
न यावद् उमानाथ पादारविन्दं, भजन्तीह लोके परे वा नराणाम् ।
न तावद् सुखं शांति सन्ताप नाशं, प्रसीद प्रभो सर्वं भूताधि वासं ॥
न जानामि योगं जपं नैव पूजा, न तोऽहम् सदा सर्वदा शम्भू तुभ्यम् ।
जरा जन्म दुःखौघ तातप्यमानं, प्रभोपाहि आपन्नामामीश शम्भो ॥
रूद्राष्टकं इदं प्रोक्तं विप्रेण हर्षोतये
ये पठन्ति नरा भक्तयां तेषां शंभो प्रसीदति।।
॥ इति श्रीगोस्वामितुलसीदासकृतं श्रीरुद्राष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥
I offer my obeisances to Lord Śiva, the form of Nirvāṇa, the Supreme Lord, the all-pervading Absolute Truth, the form of the Vedas.
I worship My own Self, who is transcendental, transcendental, free from duality and free from egoism.
The formless Omkara is the root of the fourth, the Lord of the mountains, who is transcended by the ignorance of the words.
I bow down to that terrible, great time, time, merciful, transcendental, the repository of the modes of nature.
It is white and deep like a snow mountain, and its body is the radiance of millions of minds.
The beautiful Ganga with her sparkling crown and her waving hair, the shining beard of the young moon and the serpent around her neck.
He had moving earrings, large white eyes, a cheerful face and a blue neck and was kind.
O lord of the deer, I worship that dear Lord Śiva, the master of all, who is dressed in leather and wears a garland on his head.
He is tremendous, effulgent, proud, Lord of the Supreme, unbroken, unborn, and radiant like millions of suns.
I worship that Lord Bhavānī, who eradicates the three tridents and who holds a trident in His hand.
Transcendental welfare, the end of the age, always the giver of true bliss, Purari.
O bliss of consciousness, destroyer of doubt and delusion, please be merciful, O Lord, please be pleased with me.
No one in this world or in the next worships the lotus feet of Lord Umānātha.
There is no such thing as happiness, peace or the destruction of distress. O Lord, please be merciful to all living beings.
I do not know yoga, chanting, or worship, nor do I always, O Lord Śambhu, offer You my obeisances.
O Lord Śambho, please protect me from the flood of old age and birth.
This Rudrashtakam was recited by the brahmin for the sake of joy
Lord Śiva is pleased with those who recite it with devotion.
॥ This is the complete Śrī Rudraṣṭakam composed by Śrī Gosvāmi Tulasīdāsa.
