Totakashtakamतोटकाष्टकं తోటకాష్టకం தோடகாஷ்டகஂ ತೋಟಕಾಷ್ಟಕಂ તોટકાષ્ટકં তোটকাষ্টকং ତୋଟକାଷ୍ଟକଂ തോടകാഷ്ടകം

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Here is an article containing the toTakAShTakam, eight verses
composed in honor of Adi ShankarAchArya.
A short description of the advaita paramparA and a short
account of Shankara's disciple toTaka are included.
Invocation:

shaMkaraM shaMkarAchAryaM keshavaM bAdarAyaNam |
sUtrabhAShyakRRitau vande bhagavantau punaH punaH ||


I offer obeisances again and again to shrI Veda VyAsa, the author of
the Brahma sUtras, who is none other than Lord VishNu, and shrI
ShankarAchArya, the commentator on those sUtras, who is none other
than Lord Shiva.
advaita guru-paramparA:

nArAyaNaM padmabhuvaM vasiShThaM shaktiM cha tatputraparAsharaM cha |
vyAsaM shukaM gauDapadaM mahAntaM govindayogIndramathAsya shiShyam ||

shrI shaMkarAchAryamathAsya padmapAdaM cha hastAmalakaM cha shiShyam |
taM toTakaM vAti|rkakAramanyAnasmadgurUn saMtatamAnato | asmi ||