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चौराष्टकम् Chaurashtakam

caurāṣṭakam

Chaurashtakam (चौराष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa, by Bilwamangala Thakur. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

चौराष्टकम्

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Verse 1

व्रजे प्रसिद्धं नवनीतचौरंगोपाङ्गनानां च दुकूलचौरम् ।अनेकजन्मार्जितपापचौरंचौराग्रगण्यं पुरुषं नमामि ॥ १॥

vraje prasiddhaṃ navanītacauraṃgopāṅganānāṃ ca dukūlacauram |anekajanmārjitapāpacauraṃcaurāgragaṇyaṃ puruṣaṃ namāmi || 1||

Verse 2

श्रीराधिकाया हृदयस्य चौरंनवाम्बुदश्यामलकान्तिचौरम् ।पदाश्रितानां च समस्तचौरंचौराग्रगण्यं पुरुषं नमामि ॥ २॥

śrīrādhikāyā hṛdayasya cauraṃnavāmbudaśyāmalakānticauram |padāśritānāṃ ca samastacauraṃcaurāgragaṇyaṃ puruṣaṃ namāmi || 2||

Verse 3

अकिञ्चनीकृत्य पदाश्रितं यःकरोति भिक्षुं पथि गेहहीनम् ।केनाप्यहो भीषणचौर ईदृग्दृष्टःश्रुतो वा न जगत्त्रयेऽपि ॥ ३॥

akiñcanīkṛtya padāśritaṃ yaḥkaroti bhikṣuṃ pathi gehahīnam |kenāpyaho bhīṣaṇacaura īdṛgdṛṣṭaḥśruto vā na jagattraye'pi || 3||

Verse 4

यदीय नामापि हरत्यशेषंगिरिप्रसारान् अपि पापराशीन् ।आश्चर्यरूपो ननु चौर ईदृग्दृष्टः श्रुतो वा न मया कदापि ॥ ४॥

yadīya nāmāpi haratyaśeṣaṃgiriprasārān api pāparāśīn |āścaryarūpo nanu caura īdṛgdṛṣṭaḥ śruto vā na mayā kadāpi || 4||

Verse 5

धनं च मानं च तथेन्द्रियाणिप्राणांश्च हृत्वा मम सर्वमेव ।पलायसे कुत्र धृतोऽद्य चौरत्वं भक्तिदाम्नासि मया निरुद्धः ॥ ५॥

dhanaṃ ca mānaṃ ca tathendriyāṇiprāṇāṃśca hṛtvā mama sarvameva |palāyase kutra dhṛto'dya cauratvaṃ bhaktidāmnāsi mayā niruddhaḥ || 5||

Verse 6

छिनत्सि घोरं यमपाशबन्धंभिनत्सि भीमं भवपाशबन्धम् ।छिनत्सि सर्वस्य समस्तबन्धंनैवात्मनो भक्तकृतं तु बन्धम् ॥ ६॥

chinatsi ghoraṃ yamapāśabandhaṃbhinatsi bhīmaṃ bhavapāśabandham |chinatsi sarvasya samastabandhaṃnaivātmano bhaktakṛtaṃ tu bandham || 6||

Verse 7

मन्मानसे तामसराशिघोरेकारागृहे दुःखमये निबद्धः ।लभस्व हे चौर! हरे! चिरायस्वचौर्यदोषोचितमेव दण्डम् ॥ ७॥

manmānase tāmasarāśighorekārāgṛhe duḥkhamaye nibaddhaḥ |labhasva he caura! hare! cirāyasvacauryadoṣocitameva daṇḍam || 7||

Verse 8

कारागृहे वस सदा हृदये मदीयेमद्भक्तिपाशदृढबन्धननिश्चलः सन् ।त्वां कृष्ण हे! प्रलयकोटिशतान्तरेऽपिसर्वस्वचौर! हृदयान् न हि मोचयामि ॥ ८॥

kārāgṛhe vasa sadā hṛdaye madīyemadbhaktipāśadṛḍhabandhananiścalaḥ san |tvāṃ kṛṣṇa he! pralayakoṭiśatāntare'pisarvasvacaura! hṛdayān na hi mocayāmi || 8||

Verse 9

इति श्रीबिल्वमङ्गलठाकूरविरचितं चौराष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।चौरग्रगण्य पुरुषाष्टकम् ।

iti śrībilvamaṅgalaṭhākūraviracitaṃ caurāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |cauragragaṇya puruṣāṣṭakam |

॥ इति चौराष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Bilwamangala Thakur.

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About Chaurashtakam

Chaurashtakam is a stotra addressed to Kṛṣṇa, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: चौराष्टकम् (caurāṣṭakam)). Bilwamangala Thakur. Source: Ashtaka.

Chaurashtakam (चौराष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa, by Bilwamangala Thakur. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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