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Krishnashtakam
శ్రీమచ్ఛఙ్కరాచార్యకృతం శ్రీకృష్ణాష్టకమ్
Krishnashtakam is a traditional Krishna devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.
|| kṛṣṇāṣṭakaṃ ||
bhaje vrajaikamaṇḍanaṃ samastapāpakhaṇḍanaṃ
svabhaktacittaraṃjanaṃ sadaiva nandanandanam |
supicchagucchamastakaṃ sunādaveṇuhastakaṃ
anaṃgaraṃgasāgaraṃ namāmi kṛṣṇanāgaram || 1 ||
manojagarvamocanaṃ viśālalolalocanaṃ
vidhūtagopaśocanaṃ namāmi padmalocanam |
karāravindabhūdharaṃ smitāvalokasundaraṃ
mahendramānadāraṇaṃ namāmi kṛṣṇāvāraṇam || 2 ||
kadambasūnakuṇḍalaṃ sucārugaṇḍamaṇḍalaṃ
vrajāṃganaikavallabhaṃ namāmi kṛṣṇadurlabham |
yaśodayā samodayā sagopayā sanandayā
yutaṃ sukhaikadāyakaṃ namāmi gopanāyakam || 3 ||
sadaiva pādapaṃkajaṃ madīya mānase nijaṃ
dadhānamuktamālakaṃ namāmi nandabālakam |
samastadoṣaśoṣaṇaṃ samastalokapoṣaṇaṃ
samastagopamānasaṃ namāmi nandalālasam || 4 ||
bhuvo bharāvatārakaṃ bhavābdhikarṇadhārakaṃ
yaśomatīkiśorakaṃ namāmi cittacorakam |
dṛgantakāntabhaṃginaṃ sadā sadālisaṃginaṃ
dine dine navaṃ navaṃ namāmi nandasambhavam || 5 ||
guṇākaraṃ sukhākaraṃ kṛpākaraṃ kṛpāparaṃ
suradviṣannikandanaṃ namāmi gopanandanam |
navīnagopanāgaraṃ navīnakelilampaṭaṃ
namāmi meghasundaraṃ taḍitprabhālasatpaṭam || 6 ||
samastagopanandanaṃ hṛdambujaikamodanaṃ
namāmi kuṃjamadhyagaṃ prasannabhānuśobhanam |
nikāmakāmadāyakaṃ dṛgantacārusāyakaṃ
rasālaveṇugāyakaṃ namāmi kuṃjanāyakam || 7 ||
vidagdhagopikāmanomanojñatalpaśāyinaṃ
namāmi kuṃjakānane pravraddhavanhipāyinam |
kiśorakāntiraṃjitaṃ dṛagaṃjanaṃ suśobhitaṃ
gajendramokṣakāriṇaṃ namāmi śrīvihāriṇam || 8 ||
yadā tadā yathā tathā tathaiva kṛṣṇasatkathā
mayā sadaiva gīyatāṃ tathā kṛpā vidhīyatām |
pramāṇikāṣṭakadvayaṃ japatyadhītya yaḥ pumāna
bhavetsa nandanandane bhave bhave subhaktimāna || 9 ||
iti śrīmacchaṃkarācāryakṛtaṃ śrīkṛṣṇāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||
śrī kṛṣṇārpaṇamastu ||
Reading & reflection
Krishna hymns explore devotion through names, qualities, and vivid poetic images. Read each stanza as a separate moment of reflection.
Text edition & attribution
Complete text of श्रीमच्छङ्कराचार्यकृतं श्रीकृष्णाष्टकम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 54848, 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.
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