Garuda Dandakam

namaḥ pannaga naddhāya vaikuṇṭha vaśavartine śruti sindhu sudhotpāda mandarāya garutmate

My salutations to Garuda with the beautiful wings. His limbs are adorned by the mighty serpents that he has conquered in battle. They are his jewellery. He does all the intimate kainkaryas to his Lord and is His Antharanga dhaasan. Garuda is devoted always to the Lord and His services. He is adept like the Mandara Mountain in churning the milky ocean of Vedas and to bring out the Brahma Vidyas. We can get the benefits of these Brahma Vidyas by offering our worship to him. My salutations are to him.

garuḍamakhila veda nīḍādhirūḍhaṃ dviṣat pīḍanotkaṇṭhitākuṇṭha vaikuṇṭha pīṭhīkṛta skandhamīḍe svanīḍā gati prīta rudrā sukīrti stanābhoga gāḍhopagūḍha sphurat kaṇṭaka vrāta vedha vyathāvepamāna dvijihvādhipākalpa viṣphāryamāṇa sphaṭāvāṭikā ratna rociśchaṭā rājinīrājiṭaṃ kānti kallolinī rājitam

jaya garuḍa suparṇa darvīkarāhāra devādhipāhāra hārin divaukaspati kṣipta dambholi dhārākiṇākalpa kalpānta vātūla kalpodayānalpa vīrāyitodyac camatkāra daityāri jaitra dhvajāroha nirdhāritotkarṣa saṅkarṣaṇātman garutman marutpañca kādhīśa satyādimūrte na kaścit samaste namaste punaste namaḥ

nama idamajahat saparyāya paryāya niryāta pakṣānilāsphālanod vela pāthodhi vīcīca peṭāhatāgādha pātāla bhāṃkāra saṃkruddha nāgendra pīḍāsṛṇī bhāva bhāsvan nakha śreṇaye caṇḍa tuṇḍāya nṛtyad bhujāṅga bhruve vajriṇe daṃṣṭrayā tubhyam adhyātma vidyā vidheyā vidheyā bhavad dāsyam āpādayethā dayethāśca me

manuranugata pakṣi vaktra sphurat tārakastāvakaś citra bhānupriyā śekharas trāyatāṃ nastrivargāpavarga prasūtiḥ paravyoma dhāman valadveṣi darpa jvalad vālakhilya pratijñāvatīrṇa sthirām tattva buddhiṃ parām bhakti dhenuṃ jagan mūlakande mukunde mahānanda dogdhrīṃ dadhīthā mudhākāmahīnām ahīnāmahīnāntaka

ṣaṭtriṃśad gaṇa caraṇo nara paripāṭī navīna gumbhagaṇaḥ viṣṇu ratha daṇḍako'yaṃ vighaṭayatu vipakṣa vāhinī vyūham

This entire Garuda Dhandakam is of the form of one slokam. This has four Paadas. Each of the Paadas has 36 GaNaas. Each Gana has three syllables. This Dhandakam follows strictly the rules of composing Dhandakams and has the NagaNaas and RagaNaas in each of the Paadas and yields novel word constructions. When one recites this Garuda Dhandakam, it will destroy the formations of the enemies, who have assembled to do battle with us and scatter them to the winds.

vicitra siddhidaḥ so'yaṃ veṅkaṭeśa vipaścitā garuḍadhvaja toṣāya gīto garuḍa daṇḍakaḥ

This Garuda Dhandakam was composed and sung by adiyEn, the Vidwan known as Venkatesa to please the Lord, who has Garuda on his flagstaff. The recitation of this Garuda Dhandakam will confer on the reciter multifold blessings and fulfill their heartfelt wishes of every kind.