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Achyutashtakam

అచ్యుతాష్టకమ్

Achyutashtakam is a traditional Vishnu devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.

తెలుగు देवनागरी English (IAST)

acyutaṃ keśavaṃ rāmanārāyaṇaṃ kṛṣṇadāmodaraṃ vāsudevaṃ harim || śrīdharaṃ mādhavaṃ gopikāvallabhaṃ jānakīnāyakaṃ rāmacandraṃ bhaje || 1|| acyutaṃ keśavaṃ satyabhāmādhavaṃ mādhavaṃ śrīdharaṃ rādhikārādhitam || indirāmandiraṃ cetasā sundaraṃ devakīnandanaṃ nandanaṃ saṃdadhe || 2|| viṣṇave jiṣṇave śaṅkhine cakriṇe rukminīrāgiṇe jānakījānaye || vallavīvallabhāyā'rcitāyātmane kaṃsavidhvaṃsine vaṃśine te namaḥ || 3|| kṛṣṇa govinda he rāma nārāyaṇa śrīpate vāsudevājita śrīnidhe || acyutānanta he mādhavādhokṣaja dvārakānāyaka draupadīrakṣaka || 4|| rākṣasakṣobhitaḥ sītayā śobhito daṇḍakāraṇyabhūpuṇyatākāraṇaḥ || lakṣmaṇenānvito vānaraiḥ sevito' gastyasaṃpūjito rāghavaḥ pātu mām || 5|| dhenukāriṣṭako'niṣṭakṛddveṣiṇāṃ keśihā kaṃsahṛdvaṃśikāvādakaḥ || pūtanākopakaḥ sūrajākhelano bālagopālakaḥ pātu mām sarvadā || 6|| vidyududdhayotavānaprasphuradvāsasaṃ prāvṛḍambhodavatprollasadvigraham || vanyayā mālayā śobhitoraḥsthalaṃ lohitāṃghridvayaṃ vārijākṣaṃ bhaje || 7|| kuñcitaiḥ kuntalairbhrājamānānanaṃ ratnamauliṃ lasat kuṇḍalaṃ gaṇḍayoḥ || hārakeyūrakaṃ kaṅkaṇaprojjvalaṃ kiṅkiṇīmañjulaṃ śyāmalaṃ taṃ bhaje || 8|| acyutasyāṣṭakaṃ yaḥ paṭhediṣṭadaṃ premataḥ pratyahaṃ pūruṣaḥ saspṛham | vṛttataḥ suṃdaraṃ kartṛ viśvaṃbharaṃ tasya vaśyo harirjāyate satvaram || 9|| || iti śrīśaṃkarācāryaviracitamacyutāṣṭakaṃ saṃpūrṇam ||

Reading & reflection

This hymn addresses Vishnu through devotional names and imagery. Begin with a quiet breath, read one verse at a time, and leave a short pause between stanzas.

Text edition & attribution

Complete text of अच्युताष्टकम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 369168, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.