Krishna Ashtakam

kṛṣṇāṣṭakam

Śloka 1

vasudeva sutaṃ devaṃ kaṃsa cāṇūra mardanam |

devakī paramānandaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum ||

atasī puṣpa saṅkāśaṃ hāra nūpura śobhitam |

ratna kaṅkaṇa keyūraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum ||

kuṭilālaka saṃyuktaṃ pūrṇacandra nibhānanam |

vilasat kuṇḍaladharaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadguram ||

mandāra gandha saṃyuktaṃ cāruhāsaṃ caturbhujam |

barhi piñchāva cūḍāṅgaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum ||

utphulla padmapatrākṣaṃ nīla jīmūta sannibham |

yādavānāṃ śiroratnaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum ||

rukmiṇī keli saṃyuktaṃ pītāmbara suśobhitam |

avāpta tulasī gandhaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum ||

gopikānāṃ kucadvanda kuṅkumāṅkita vakṣasam |

śrīniketaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum ||

śrīvatsāṅkaṃ mahoraskaṃ vanamālā virājitam |

śaṅkhacakra dharaṃ devaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum ||

kṛṣṇāṣṭaka midaṃ puṇyaṃ prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet |

koṭijanma kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ smaraṇena vinaśyati ||