श्रीकृष्णाष्टकं
भजे व्रजैकमण्डनं समस्तपापखण्डनं
स्वभक्तचित्तरंजनं सदैव नन्दनन्दनम् |
सुपिच्छगुच्छमस्तकं सुनादवेणुहस्तकं
अनंगरंगसागरं नमामि कृष्णनागरम् || १ ||
I always worship Krishna, who is son of Nanda, Vraja’s sole ornament, destroy all sins, and delights the devotees’ hearts. I pay my obeisance to the hero Krishna, whose head is decorated with peacock feathers, whose hand holds a melodious flute, and who is an ocean of Kamadeva’s pastimes.
मनोजगर्वमोचनं विशाललोललोचनं
विधूतगोपशोचनं नमामि पद्मलोचनम् |
करारविन्दभूधरं स्मितावलोकसुन्दरं
महेन्द्रमानदारणं नमामि कृष्णावारणम् || २ ||
I pay my obeisance to lotus-eyed Krishna, who frees Kamadeva of his pride, whose large eyes are very restless, and who shakes away the Gopas’ sadness. I pay my obeisance to dark Krishna, whose lotus hand lifted Govardhana Hill, whose smiling glance is charming, and who ripped Indra’s pride into shreds.
कदम्बसूनकुण्डलं सुचारुगण्डमण्डलं
व्रजांगनैकवल्लभं नमामि कृष्णदुर्लभम् |
यशोदया समोदया सगोपया सनन्दया
युतं सुखैकदायकं नमामि गोपनायकम् || ३ ||
I pay my obeisance to Lord Krishna, who is difficult to attain, who wears a flower earring of Kadamba, the circle of whose cheeks is very charming, and who is the only beloved of Vraja’s girls. I pay my obeisance to Krishna, a playful cowherd boy, who, in the company of Yasoda, Nanda, and the Gopa people, enjoys pastimes that delight them all.
सदैव पादपंकजं मदीय मानसे निजं
दधानमुक्तमालकं नमामि नन्दबालकम् |
समस्तदोषशोषणं समस्तलोकपोषणं
समस्तगोपमानसं नमामि नन्दलालसम् || ४ ||
I pay my obeisance to Krishna, who is Nanda’s small boy, and who eternally places His kunkuma-anointed lotus-feet in my heart. I pay my obeisance to cheerful Krishna, who dries up all faults, makes all worlds prosper, and stays in the thoughts of all the Gopa people.
भुवो भरावतारकं भवाब्धिकर्णधारकं
यशोमतीकिशोरकं नमामि चित्तचोरकम् |
दृगन्तकान्तभंगिनं सदा सदालिसंगिनं
दिने दिने नवं नवं नमामि नन्दसम्भवम् || ५ ||
I pay my obeisance to the heart-stealer Krishna, who removed the earth’s burden, who is the captain of the ship to cross the ocean of birth and death, and who is Yasoda’s teenage son. I pay my obeisance to Krishna, who is Nanda’s son, who casts crooked glances from the corners of His eyes, who always stays with the Gopis, and who day after day enjoys newer and newer pastimes.
गुणाकरं सुखाकरं कृपाकरं कृपापरं
सुरद्विषन्निकन्दनं नमामि गोपनन्दनम् |
नवीनगोपनागरं नवीनकेलिलम्पटं
नमामि मेघसुन्दरं तडित्प्रभालसत्पटम् || ६ ||
I pay my obeisance to Krishna, who is a jewel mine of transcendental qualities, a jewel mine of transcendental bliss, a jewel mine of mercy, who defeats the demigods’ enemies, and who delights the cowherd people. I pay my obeisance to Krishna, a young hero of the cowherd people, a playful young rake, handsome and dark like a monsoon cloud, and whose yellow garments glisten like lightning.
समस्तगोपनन्दनं हृदम्बुजैकमोदनं
नमामि कुंजमध्यगं प्रसन्नभानुशोभनम् |
निकामकामदायकं दृगन्तचारुसायकं
रसालवेणुगायकं नमामि कुंजनायकम् || ७ ||
I pay my obeisance to Krishna, who delights all the cowherd people, who charms the devotees’ lotus-hearts, who stays in forest groves, and who is splendid like a glistening sun. I pay my obeisance to Krishna, who fulfils all desires, whose sidelong glances are charming arrows, whose flute music is nectar, and who is the amorous hero of the forest groves.
विदग्धगोपिकामनोमनोज्ञतल्पशायिनं
नमामि कुंजकानने प्रव्रद्धवन्हिपायिनम् |
किशोरकान्तिरंजितं दृअगंजनं सुशोभितं
गजेन्द्रमोक्षकारिणं नमामि श्रीविहारिणम् || ८ ||
I pay my obeisance to Krishna, who reclines on the charming couch of the wise Gopis’ hearts, and who drank up a forest fire in Munjatavi forest. I pay my obeisance to Lord of Lakshmi who saved Gajendra.
यदा तदा यथा तथा तथैव कृष्णसत्कथा
मया सदैव गीयतां तथा कृपा विधीयताम् |
प्रमाणिकाष्टकद्वयं जपत्यधीत्य यः पुमान
भवेत्स नन्दनन्दने भवे भवे सुभक्तिमान || ९ ||
I pray that whenever and however I sing His glories, Krishna will be merciful to me. I pray that whoever reads or recites these eight prayers will be fervently devoted in each birth to the son of Nanda.
इति श्रीमद शंकराचार्यकृतं श्रीकृष्णाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम्
