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प्रातःस्मरणाष्टकम् Pratahsmarana Ashtakam

prātaḥsmaraṇāṣṭakam

Pratahsmarana Ashtakam (प्रातःस्मरणाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa, by girijAshankarashAstrI. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

प्रातःस्मरणाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

(वसन्ततिलका वृत्तम्)प्रातः स्मरामि वृषपुत्रपदारविन्दंपापौघपापिजनपातकपुञ्जदाहम् ।मुक्तैर्महामुनिगणैर्महनीयमाद्यंसत्सङ्गिनां परममङ्गलमार्तिनाशम् ॥ १॥

(vasantatilakā vṛttam)prātaḥ smarāmi vṛṣaputrapadāravindaṃpāpaughapāpijanapātakapuñjadāham |muktairmahāmunigaṇairmahanīyamādyaṃsatsaṅgināṃ paramamaṅgalamārtināśam || 1||

Verse 2

प्रातः स्मरामि सुखशान्तिनिदानहेतुंकल्याणकारिगुणसागरदिव्यरूपम् ।स्वानेकजन्मसुकृतैरवलोकनीयंश्रीधर्मपुत्रपदमात्मनि सन्दधामि ॥ २॥

prātaḥ smarāmi sukhaśāntinidānahetuṃkalyāṇakāriguṇasāgaradivyarūpam |svānekajanmasukṛtairavalokanīyaṃśrīdharmaputrapadamātmani sandadhāmi || 2||

Verse 3

प्रातर्भजामि भजनीयभवाब्धिसेतुंसंसारिणां सकलविघ्नविनाशदक्षम् ।वेदान्तवेद्यशुभषोडशचिन्हलक्ष्यंध्यायामि धर्मतनयाङ्घ्रियुगं धियाहम् ॥ ३॥

prātarbhajāmi bhajanīyabhavābdhisetuṃsaṃsāriṇāṃ sakalavighnavināśadakṣam |vedāntavedyaśubhaṣoḍaśacinhalakṣyaṃdhyāyāmi dharmatanayāṅghriyugaṃ dhiyāham || 3||

Verse 4

प्रातर्भजामि भवभीतिहरं वरेण्यंध्यानासनादिनियमैश्च विना समाधिम् ।पापात्मनां सुकृतिनामपिकारयन्तंतं नौमि धर्मतनयं शिरसा प्रणम्य ॥ ४॥

prātarbhajāmi bhavabhītiharaṃ vareṇyaṃdhyānāsanādiniyamaiśca vinā samādhim |pāpātmanāṃ sukṛtināmapikārayantaṃtaṃ naumi dharmatanayaṃ śirasā praṇamya || 4||

Verse 5

प्रातर्नमामि शिरसा निगमैकगम्यंब्रह्मेन्द्रशर्वविबुधादिभिरप्यगम्यम् ।उत्पत्तिसंस्थितिलयादिनिदानमेकंसञ्चिन्तयामि सततं हरिकृष्णदेवम् ॥ ५॥

prātarnamāmi śirasā nigamaikagamyaṃbrahmendraśarvavibudhādibhirapyagamyam |utpattisaṃsthitilayādinidānamekaṃsañcintayāmi satataṃ harikṛṣṇadevam || 5||

Verse 6

प्रातर्नमाम्यमितदुष्टनिबर्हणायसद्धर्ममर्मपरिपालनकारणाय ।ब्राह्मण्यवेदपथगोसदनुग्रहायप्रादुर्बभूव भुवि भक्तिवृषाङ्गतोऽसौ ॥ ६॥

prātarnamāmyamitaduṣṭanibarhaṇāyasaddharmamarmaparipālanakāraṇāya |brāhmaṇyavedapathagosadanugrahāyaprādurbabhūva bhuvi bhaktivṛṣāṅgato'sau || 6||

Verse 7

प्रातर्नमामि नमनीयनिजैकधाम्नोदुर्वाससा विहितशापनिदानमेत्य ।घोरे कलौ विषयि पामरजीवजातंमुक्तैः समं समकरोदवतीर्य यस्तम् ॥ ७॥

prātarnamāmi namanīyanijaikadhāmnodurvāsasā vihitaśāpanidānametya |ghore kalau viṣayi pāmarajīvajātaṃmuktaiḥ samaṃ samakarodavatīrya yastam || 7||

Verse 8

प्रातर्नमन्ति पुलकाङ्कितसर्वगात्राःप्रेम्णा सदैकमनसाचलचेतसा ये ।ध्यात्वा स्वकीयहृदये हरिकृष्णमूर्तिंते यान्ति धाम विशदं क्षरभावशून्यम् ॥ ८॥

prātarnamanti pulakāṅkitasarvagātrāḥpremṇā sadaikamanasācalacetasā ye |dhyātvā svakīyahṛdaye harikṛṣṇamūrtiṃte yānti dhāma viśadaṃ kṣarabhāvaśūnyam || 8||

Verse 9

प्रातर्विहाय शयनं स्थिरचेतसा यःश्लोकाष्टकं पठति नित्यमनन्यभक्त्या ।स्तोत्रं स्वमङ्गलकरं गिरिजाशिवोक्तंपुण्याहमेति निखिलं नहि तस्य विघ्नः ॥ ९॥

prātarvihāya śayanaṃ sthiracetasā yaḥślokāṣṭakaṃ paṭhati nityamananyabhaktyā |stotraṃ svamaṅgalakaraṃ girijāśivoktaṃpuṇyāhameti nikhilaṃ nahi tasya vighnaḥ || 9||

Verse 10

इति श्रीगिरिजाशङ्करशास्त्रीविरचितं प्रातःस्मरणाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrīgirijāśaṅkaraśāstrīviracitaṃ prātaḥsmaraṇāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति प्रातःस्मरणाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Pratahsmarana Ashtakam is a stotra addressed to Kṛṣṇa, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: प्रातःस्मरणाष्टकम् (prātaḥsmaraṇāṣṭakam)). girijAshankarashAstrI. Source: Ashtaka.

Pratahsmarana Ashtakam (प्रातःस्मरणाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa, by girijAshankarashAstrI. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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