The Dashavatar Aarti (Aarti Saprem Jai Jai Vitthal Parabrahma) is a well-known aarti that describes Vishnu's ten avatars together — part of the standard daily aarti collection.
Deity: Vishnu
Mantra & aarti
Composer: Traditional — no composer's name is reliably known.
When to sing it: In the daily aarti sequence, after the Vitthal aarti and before Ghalin Lotangan.
Aarti saprem jai jai Vitthal parabrahma |Bhaktasankati nanaswarupi sthapisi swadharma || dhru ||Ambarishi karane garbhavas soshisi |Ved nele choruni brahma anuniya desi |Matsyarupi Narayan saptahi sagar dhundisi |Hast tujha lagata Shankhasura var desi || 1 ||Rasa talashi jata prithvi pathivar ghesi |Paropakarasathi deva kansav zhalasi |Dadhe dharuni prithvi neta varah rup hosi |Pralhada karane stambhi Narahari gurgurasi || 2 ||Panchave avatari Balichya dvarala jasi |Bhikshe sthal maguni Balila patali nesi |Sarva samarpan kele mhanuni prasanna tya hosi |Vamanrup dharuni Balichya dvari tishthasi || 3 ||Sahastrarjun matala Jamandagnicha vadh kela |Kashti te Renuka mhanuni Sahasrarjun vadhila |Nihkshatri prithvi daan didhali viprala |Sahava avatar Parshuram pragatala || 4 ||Matala Ravan sarva upadrav kela |Tehatis koti dev bandi harale Sitela |Pitruvachana lagi Rame vanavas kela |Miloni vanar sena Rajaram pragatala || 5 ||Devaki Vasudev bandi mochan twa kele |Nandaghari jaun nijasukh Gokula didhale |Gorasachori karita navalaksh gopal milavile |Gopikanche prem dekhuni Shrikrishna bhulale || 6 ||Baudha Kalanki Kaliyugi zala adharma ha avagha |Soduni didhala dharma mhanuni na disasi deva |Mlenchhamardan karisi mhanuni Kalanki Keshava |Bahiravi Janhavi dyavi nijasukhanand seva || 7 ||
Meaning (brief): O Vitthal (Parabrahma), you take countless forms in your devotees' times of distress to re-establish dharma — as Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narahari, Vamana, Parshuram, Ram, Krishna, and Buddha/Kalki, you have descended again and again, each time destroying adharma and protecting dharma.
The words and tune can vary slightly by household or sect. This text is considered traditional — no composer's name has been reliably identified.
