Sarvasādhanahīnasya parādhīnasya sarvataḥ |
pāpapīnasya dīnasya śrīkr̥ṣṇaśśaraṇaṁ mama || 1 ||

sansārasukhasamprāptisanmukhasya viśēṣataḥ |
bahirmukhasya satataṁ śrīkr̥ṣṇaśśaraṇaṁ mama || 2 ||

sadā viṣayakāmasya dēhārāmasya sarvathā |
duṣṭasvabhāvavāmasya śrīkr̥ṣṇaśśaraṇaṁ mama || 3 ||

Sansārasarpadaṣṭasya dharmabhraṣṭasya durmatēḥ |
laukikaprāptikaṣṭasya śrīkr̥ṣṇaśśaraṇaṁ mama || 4 ||

vismr̥tasvīyadharmasya karmamōhitacētasaḥ |
svarūpajñānaśūn'yasya śrīkr̥ṣṇaśśaraṇaṁ mama || 5 ||

sansārasindhumagnasya bhagnabhāvasya duṣkr̥tēḥ |
durbhāvalagnamanasaḥ śrīkr̥ṣṇaśśaraṇaṁ mama || 6 ||

Vivēkadhairyabhaktyādirahitasya nirantaram |
virud'dhakaraṇāsaktēḥ śrīkr̥ṣṇaśśaraṇaṁ mama || 7 ||

viṣayākrāntadēhasya vaimukhyahr̥tasanmatēḥ |
indriyānvagr̥hītasya śrīkr̥ṣṇaśśaraṇaṁ mama || 8 ||

ētadaṣṭakapāṭhēna hyētaduktārthabhāvanāt |
nijācāryapadāmbhōjasēvakō dain'yamāpnuyāt || 9 ||

iti śrīharirāyācārya viracitaṁ śrīkr̥ṣṇaśaraṇāṣṭakaṁ |