Shri Krishna Ashtakam / shrIkRRiShNAShTakaM in English

Sri Krishnastakam

bhaje vrajaikamaṇḍanaṁ samastapāpakhaṇḍanaṁ
svabhaktacittaranjanaṁ sadaiva nandanandanam ।
supicchagucchamastakaṁ sunādaveṇuhastakaṁ
anaṁgaraṁgasāgaraṁ namāmi kr̥ṣṇanāgaram ॥ 1 ॥

manojagarvamocanaṁ viśālalolalocanaṁ
vidhūtagopaśocanaṁ namāmi padmalocanam ।
karāravindabhūdharaṁ smitāvalokasundaraṁ
mahendramānadāraṇaṁ namāmi kr̥ṣṇāvāraṇam ॥ 2 ॥

kadambasūnakuṇḍalaṁ sucārugaṇḍamaṇḍalaṁ
vrajāṁganaikavallabhaṁ namāmi kr̥ṣṇadurlabham ।
yaśodayā samodayā sagopayā sanandayā
yutaṁ sukhaikadāyakaṁ namāmi gopanāyakam ॥ 3 ॥

sadaiva pādapaṁkajaṁ madīya mānase nijaṁ
dadhānamuktamālakaṁ namāmi nandabālakam ।
samastadoṣaśoṣaṇaṁ samastalokapoṣaṇaṁ
samastagopamānasaṁ namāmi nandalālasam ॥ 4 ॥

bhuvo bharāvatārakaṁ bhavābdhikarṇadhārakaṁ
yaśomatīkiśorakaṁ namāmi cittacorakam ।
dr̥gantakāntabhaṁginaṁ sadā sadālisaṁginaṁ
dine dine navaṁ navaṁ namāmi nandasambhavam ॥ 5 ॥

guṇākaraṁ sukhākaraṁ kr̥pākaraṁ kr̥pāparaṁ
suradviṣannikandanaṁ namāmi gopanandanam ।
navīnagopanāgaraṁ navīnakelilampaṭaṁ
namāmi meghasundaraṁ taḍitprabhālasatpaṭam ॥ 6 ॥

samastagopanandanaṁ hr̥dambujaikamodanaṁ
namāmi kuṁjamadhyagaṁ prasannabhānuśobhanam ।
nikāmakāmadāyakaṁ dr̥gantacārusāyakaṁ
rasālaveṇugāyakaṁ namāmi kuṁjanāyakam ॥ 7 ॥

vidagdhagopikāmanomanojñatalpaśāyinaṁ
namāmi kuṁjakānane pravraddhavanhipāyinam ।
kiśorakāntiraṁjitaṁ dr̥agaṁjanaṁ suśobhitaṁ
gajendramokṣakāriṇaṁ namāmi śrīvihāriṇam ॥ 8 ॥

yadā tadā yathā tathā tathaiva kr̥ṣṇasatkathā
mayā sadaiva gīyatāṁ tathā kr̥pā vidhīyatām ।
pramāṇikāṣṭakadvayaṁ japatyadhītya yaḥ pumāna
bhavetsa nandanandane bhave bhave subhaktimāna ॥ 9 ॥

iti śrīmacchaṁkarācāryakr̥taṁ śrīkr̥ṣṇāṣṭakaṁ sampūrṇam ॥
śrī kr̥ṣṇārpaṇamastu ॥