Govindashtakam

govindāṣṭakam

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satyaṃ jñānamanantaṃ nityamanākāśaṃ paramākāśam |

goṣṭhaprāṅgaṇariṅkhaṇalolamanāyāsaṃ paramāyāsam |

māyākalpitanānākāramanākāraṃ bhuvanākāram |

kṣmāmānāthamanāthaṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 1 ||

mṛtsnāmatsīheti yaśodātāḍanaśaiśava santrāsam |

vyāditavaktrālokitalokālokacaturdaśalokālim |

lokatrayapuramūlastambhaṃ lokālokamanālokam |

lokeśaṃ parameśaṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 2 ||

traiviṣṭaparipuvīraghnaṃ kṣitibhāraghnaṃ bhavarogaghnam |

kaivalyaṃ navanītāhāramanāhāraṃ bhuvanāhāram |

vaimalyasphuṭacetovṛttiviśeṣābhāsamanābhāsam |

śaivaṃ kevalaśāntaṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 3 ||

gopālaṃ prabhulīlāvigrahagopālaṃ kulagopālam |

gopīkhelanagovardhanadhṛtilīlālālitagopālam |

gobhirnigadita govindasphuṭanāmānaṃ bahunāmānam |

gopīgocaradūraṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 4 ||

gopīmaṇḍalagoṣṭhībhedaṃ bhedāvasthamabhedābham |

śaśvadgokhuranirdhūtodgata dhūlīdhūsarasaubhāgyam |

śraddhābhaktigṛhītānandamacintyaṃ cintitasadbhāvam |

cintāmaṇimahimānaṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 5 ||

snānavyākulayoṣidvastramupādāyāgamupārūḍham |

vyāditsantīratha digvastrā dātumupākarṣantaṃ tāḥ

nirdhūtadvayaśokavimohaṃ buddhaṃ buddherantastham |

sattāmātraśarīraṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 6 ||

kāntaṃ kāraṇakāraṇamādimanādiṃ kāladhanābhāsam |

kālindīgatakāliyaśirasi sunṛtyantaṃ muhuratyantam |

kālaṃ kālakalātītaṃ kalitāśeṣaṃ kalidoṣaghnam |

kālatrayagatihetuṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 7 ||

bṛndāvanabhuvi bṛndārakagaṇabṛndārādhitavandeham |

kundābhāmalamandasmerasudhānandaṃ suhṛdānandam |

vandyāśeṣa mahāmuni mānasa vandyānandapadadvandvam |

vandyāśeṣaguṇābdhiṃ praṇamata govindaṃ paramānandam || 8 ||

govindāṣṭakametadadhīte govindārpitacetā yaḥ |

govindācyuta mādhava viṣṇo gokulanāyaka kṛṣṇeti |

govindāṅghri sarojadhyānasudhājaladhautasamastāghaḥ |

govindaṃ paramānandāmṛtamantasthaṃ sa tamabhyeti ||

iti śrī śaṅkarācārya viracita śrīgovindāṣṭakaṃ samāptaṃ