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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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