Damodara Ashtakam

dāmodara aṣṭakaṃ

Śloka 1

namāmīśvaraṃ saccidānandarūpaṃ

lasatkuṇḍalaṃ gokule bhrājamānam |

yaśodābhiyolūkhalāddhāvamānaṃ

parāmṛṣṭamatyantato drutya gopyā || 1 ||

rudantaṃ muhurnetrayugmaṃ mṛjantaṃ

karāmbhojayugmena sātaṅkanetram |

muhuḥ śvāsakampatrirekhāṅkakaṇṭha-

sthitagraiva-dāmodaraṃ bhaktibaddham || 2 ||

itīdṛk svalīlābhirānandakuṇḍe

svaghoṣaṃ nimajjantamākhyāpayantam |

tadīyeṣitājñeṣu bhaktairjitatvaṃ

punaḥ prematastaṃ śatāvṛtti vande || 3 ||

varaṃ deva mokṣaṃ na mokṣāvadhiṃ vā

na cānyaṃ vṛṇe'haṃ vareṣādapīha |

idaṃ te vapurnātha gopālabālaṃ

sadā me manasyāvirāstāṃ kimanyaiḥ || 4 ||

idaṃ te mukhāmbhojamatyantanīlair-

vṛtaṃ kuntalaiḥ snigdha-raktaiśca gopyā |

muhuścumbitaṃ bimbaraktadharaṃ me

manasyāvirāstāṃ alaṃ lakṣalābhaiḥ || 5 ||

namo deva dāmodarānanta viṣṇo

prasīda prabho duḥkhajālābdhimagnam |

kṛpādṛṣṭivṛṣṭyātidīnaṃ batānu

gṛhāṇeśa māṃ ajñamedhyakṣidṛśyaḥ || 6 ||

kuberātmajau baddhamūrtyaiva yadvat

tvayā mocitau bhaktibhājau kṛtau ca |

tathā premabhaktiṃ svakaṃ me prayaccha

na mokṣe graho me'sti dāmodareha || 7 ||

namaste'stu dāmne sphuraddīptidhāmne

tvadīyodarāyātha viśvasya dhāmne |

namo rādhikāyai tvadīyapriyāyai

namo'nantalīlāya devāya tubhyam || 8 ||

iti śrīmadpadmapurāṇe śrī dāmodarāṣṭākaṃ sampūrṇam ||