Krishna Ashtakam

Posted on July 24, 2020
Śrīśaṅkarācārya kr̥ta śrīkr̥ṣṇāṣṭakaṁ
vasudēvasutaṁ dēvaṁ kansacāṇūramardanam | dēvakīparamānandaṁ kr̥ṣṇaṁ vandē jagadgurum || 1 ||
atasīpuṣpasaṅkāśaṁ hāranūpuraśōbhitam | ratnakaṅkaṇakēyūraṁ kr̥ṣṇaṁ vandē jagadgurum || 2 ||
Kuṭilālakasanyuktaṁ pūrṇacandranibhānanam | vilasatkuṇḍaladharaṁ kr̥ṣṇaṁ vandē jagadgurum || 3 ||
mandāragandhasanyuktaṁ cāruhāsaṁ caturbhujam | bar'hipin̄chāvacūḍāṅgaṁ kr̥ṣṇaṁ vandē jagadgurum || 4 ||
utphullapadmapatrākṣaṁ nīlajīmūtasannibham | yādavānāṁ śirōratnaṁ kr̥ṣṇaṁ vandē jagadgurum || 5 ||
Rukmiṇīkēḷisanyuktaṁ pītāmbarasuśōbhitam | avāptatulasīgandhaṁ kr̥ṣṇaṁ vandē jagadgurum || 6 ||
gōpikānāṁ kucadvandvakuṅkumāṅkitavakṣasam | śrīnikētaṁ mahēṣvāsaṁ kr̥ṣṇaṁ vandē jagadgurum || 7 ||
śrīvatsāṅkaṁ mahōraskaṁ vanamālāvirājitam | śaṅkhacakradharaṁ dēvaṁ kr̥ṣṇaṁ vandē jagadgurum || 8 ||
kr̥ṣṇāṣṭakamidaṁ puṇyaṁ prātarut'thāya yaḥ paṭhēt | kōṭijanmakr̥taṁ pāpaṁ smaraṇēna vinaśyati || 9 ||