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भजनाष्टकम् Bhajana Ashtakam

bhajanāṣṭakam

Bhajana Ashtakam (भजनाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa, by yogAnandamuni. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

भजनाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

(कोकिलक वृत्तम्)विहरति योऽक्षरेऽक्षरपदाक्षरमुक्तपतिःपुरुषविधो विधिं विधिहरीश्वरमुख्यबुधाः ।शिरसि वहन्ति ते समुदितं किल येन मुदाहृदि तमजं भजे भवहरं हरिकृष्णमहम् ॥ १॥

(kokilaka vṛttam)viharati yo'kṣare'kṣarapadākṣaramuktapatiḥpuruṣavidho vidhiṃ vidhiharīśvaramukhyabudhāḥ |śirasi vahanti te samuditaṃ kila yena mudāhṛdi tamajaṃ bhaje bhavaharaṃ harikṛṣṇamaham || 1||

Verse 2

प्रकृतिमया गुणा न च भवन्ति हि यत्र हरौइति निगमागमा अपि वदन्ति च निर्गुणकम् ।इति सगुणं गुणैरपि युतं परदिव्यशुभैर्हृदि तमजं भजे भवहरं हरिकृष्णमहम् ॥ २॥

prakṛtimayā guṇā na ca bhavanti hi yatra harauiti nigamāgamā api vadanti ca nirguṇakam |iti saguṇaṃ guṇairapi yutaṃ paradivyaśubhairhṛdi tamajaṃ bhaje bhavaharaṃ harikṛṣṇamaham || 2||

Verse 3

शमदमकौशलसमृतितपोबलकान्तिभगश्रुतशुचिसत्यतास्ववशतार्जवकीर्तिमुखाः ।अपरिमिता गुणा ध्रुवतयात्र वसन्ति सदाहृदि तमजं भजे भवहरं हरिकृष्णमहम् ॥ ३॥

śamadamakauśalasamṛtitapobalakāntibhagaśrutaśucisatyatāsvavaśatārjavakīrtimukhāḥ |aparimitā guṇā dhruvatayātra vasanti sadāhṛdi tamajaṃ bhaje bhavaharaṃ harikṛṣṇamaham || 3||

Verse 4

प्रकृतिपराक्षरे बृहति धामनि मूर्तिधरैर्निगमनिजायुधैश्च निजपार्षदमुख्यगणैः ।उरु य उपास्यतेऽपि रमया रमणीयतनुर्हृदि तमजं भजे भवहरं हरिकृष्णमहम् ॥ ४॥

prakṛtiparākṣare bṛhati dhāmani mūrtidharairnigamanijāyudhaiśca nijapārṣadamukhyagaṇaiḥ |uru ya upāsyate'pi ramayā ramaṇīyatanurhṛdi tamajaṃ bhaje bhavaharaṃ harikṛṣṇamaham || 4||

Verse 5

निखिलभगैश्च योऽक्षरपदे दिवि देवगणैरखिलविभूतिभिर्विभवभूमिरुपास्यत ए ।रतिपतिदर्पहारमणरम्यकरूपनिधिर्हृदि तमजं भजे भवहरं हरिकृष्णमहम् ॥ ५॥

nikhilabhagaiśca yo'kṣarapade divi devagaṇairakhilavibhūtibhirvibhavabhūmirupāsyata e |ratipatidarpahāramaṇaramyakarūpanidhirhṛdi tamajaṃ bhaje bhavaharaṃ harikṛṣṇamaham || 5||

Verse 6

विजितमनोभवा भुवि भजन्ति च यं सततंशमदमसाधनैः प्रशमितेन्द्रियवाजिरयाः ।प्रकटितमानुषाकृतिमिमे मुनिदेवगणाहृदि तमजं भजे भवहरं हरिकृष्णमहम् ॥ ६॥

vijitamanobhavā bhuvi bhajanti ca yaṃ satataṃśamadamasādhanaiḥ praśamitendriyavājirayāḥ |prakaṭitamānuṣākṛtimime munidevagaṇāhṛdi tamajaṃ bhaje bhavaharaṃ harikṛṣṇamaham || 6||

Verse 7

द्विजवृषसाधुगोमुनिगणानवितुं भुवि योवृषभवने वृषाद् धृतजनिर्जनको जगताम् ।प्रकृतिभुवामपि प्रशमितुं यदधर्मकुलंहृदि तमजं भजे भवहरं हरिकृष्णमहम् ॥ ७॥

dvijavṛṣasādhugomunigaṇānavituṃ bhuvi yovṛṣabhavane vṛṣād dhṛtajanirjanako jagatām |prakṛtibhuvāmapi praśamituṃ yadadharmakulaṃhṛdi tamajaṃ bhaje bhavaharaṃ harikṛṣṇamaham || 7||

Verse 8

ऋषिभिरभिष्टुतो नृपगणैर्नतपादतलःश्रुतिशिरसां गणैरुदितसूज्जवलकीर्तिरसौ ।अतिकृतिभिः प्रगीत इति यः कविकोकिलकैर्हृदि तमजं भजे भवहरं हरिकृष्णमहम् ॥ ८॥

ṛṣibhirabhiṣṭuto nṛpagaṇairnatapādatalaḥśrutiśirasāṃ gaṇairuditasūjjavalakīrtirasau |atikṛtibhiḥ pragīta iti yaḥ kavikokilakairhṛdi tamajaṃ bhaje bhavaharaṃ harikṛṣṇamaham || 8||

Verse 9

इति श्रीयोगानन्दमुनिविरचितं भजनाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrīyogānandamuniviracitaṃ bhajanāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति भजनाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Bhajana Ashtakam is a stotra addressed to Kṛṣṇa, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: भजनाष्टकम् (bhajanāṣṭakam)). yogAnandamuni. Source: Ashtaka.

Bhajana Ashtakam (भजनाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa, by yogAnandamuni. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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