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Devotional hymn literature — praise poetry rather than a Vedic formula.
27 mantras
Shankara's verse on Murugan mounted on his peacock — Subrahmanya Bhujangam 3.
The opening verse of Budhakaushika's Ramaraksha Stotra, on the reach of Rama's story.
Shiva tells Parvati that Rama's name equals the thousand names of Vishnu — Ramaraksha Stotra 38.
The opening verse of the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam, traditionally recited by Indra.
Vallabhacharya's verse in which everything about Krishna is sweet.
Shankara's opening verse to Lakshmi, on the sidelong glance that rests on Vishnu.
The opening verse of the Ganga Stotra: let my mind rest at your lotus feet.
Shankara's opening verse on the world seen as a city in a mirror.
Shankara's verse of total dependence: you alone are my refuge, Bhavani.
Shankara's opening verse to Annapurna of Kashi: give alms, mother.
Agastya's instruction to Rama: worship the rising sun — Aditya Hridayam 6.
The first four of Lalita Tripura Sundari's thousand names: Sri Mata, Sri Maharajni, Srimat Simhasaneshvari, and she who rose from the fire-pit of consciousness.
The first couplet of the Hanuman Chalisa: the poet cleans the mirror of his mind with the dust of his guru's feet before he begins.
Abhinavagupta's hymn to Bhairava, from the Stotravali: I worship in my heart the lord who pervades everything moving and unmoving, by a mind made of you.
The first of the eight verses to the lord of Kashi, each closing on the same line: I worship Kala Bhairava, master of the city of Kashi.
Not the mind, not the senses, not the elements — I am consciousness and bliss; I am Shiva.
I bow to Ishana, whose form is nirvana — Tulsidas's eight-verse hymn to Shiva, opening stanza.
The last of the eight: Bhairava as the officer who settles the accounts of everyone living in Kashi.
The laugh that cracks the cosmic egg, and the garland of skulls — the fiercest verse of the eight.
Jewelled sandals, and the breaking of death's pride: the verse that names Bhairava advaitiya — without a second.
Guardian of the bridge of dharma and cutter of the noose of karma — the verse this platform is named after.
The verse where the terrifying deity is called tender to his devotees, and a belt of small gold bells is heard at his waist.
The four things in his hands, and the dance he loves: the verse that fixes Bhairava's iconography.
Radiant as ten million suns and the ferry across the ocean of becoming: the second of the eight verses to the lord of Kashi.
The hymn's own closing statement about itself — the one verse of the nine that does not end on the refrain.
The couplet that closes the Chalisa, asking Hanuman to live in the heart along with Rama, Lakshmana and Sita.
Worship Govinda, you fool — when the hour comes, grammar will not save you.