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बालकृष्णाष्टकम् २ Shri Balakrishnashtakam 2

bālakṛṣṇāṣṭakam 2

Shri Balakrishnashtakam 2 (बालकृष्णाष्टकम् २): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

बालकृष्णाष्टकम् २

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Verse 1

श्रीकृष्णदासकृतंश्रीमन्नन्दयशोदाहृदयस्थितभावतत्परो भगवान् ।पुत्रीकृतनिजरूपः स जयति पुरतः कृपालुर्बालकृष्णः ॥ १॥

śrīkṛṣṇadāsakṛtaṃśrīmannandayaśodāhṛdayasthitabhāvatatparo bhagavān |putrīkṛtanijarūpaḥ sa jayati purataḥ kṛpālurbālakṛṣṇaḥ || 1||

Verse 2

कथमपि रिङ्गणमकरोदङ्गणगतजानुघर्षणोद्युक्तः ।कटितटकिङ्किणिजालस्वनशङ्कितमानसः सदा ह्यास्ते ॥ २॥

kathamapi riṅgaṇamakarodaṅgaṇagatajānugharṣaṇodyuktaḥ |kaṭitaṭakiṅkiṇijālasvanaśaṅkitamānasaḥ sadā hyāste || 2||

Verse 3

विकसितपङ्कजनयनः प्रकटितहर्षः सदैव धूसराङ्गः ।परिगच्छति कटिभङ्गप्रसरीकृतपाणियुग्माभ्याम् ॥ ३॥

vikasitapaṅkajanayanaḥ prakaṭitaharṣaḥ sadaiva dhūsarāṅgaḥ |parigacchati kaṭibhaṅgaprasarīkṛtapāṇiyugmābhyām || 3||

Verse 4

उपलक्षितदधिभाण्डः स्फुरितब्रह्माण्डविग्रहो भुङ्क्ते ।मुष्टीकृतनवनीतः परमपुनीतो मुग्धभावात्मा ॥ ४॥

upalakṣitadadhibhāṇḍaḥ sphuritabrahmāṇḍavigraho bhuṅkte |muṣṭīkṛtanavanītaḥ paramapunīto mugdhabhāvātmā || 4||

Verse 5

नम्रीकृतविधुवदनः प्रकटीकृतचौर्यगोपनायासः ।स्वाम्बोत्सङ्गविलासः क्षुधितः सम्प्रति दृश्यते स्तनार्थी ॥ ५॥

namrīkṛtavidhuvadanaḥ prakaṭīkṛtacauryagopanāyāsaḥ |svāmbotsaṅgavilāsaḥ kṣudhitaḥ samprati dṛśyate stanārthī || 5||

Verse 6

सिंहनखाकृतिभूषणभूषितहृदयः सुशोभते नित्यम् ।कुण्डलमण्डितगण्डः साञ्जननयनो निरञ्जनः शेते ॥ ६॥

siṃhanakhākṛtibhūṣaṇabhūṣitahṛdayaḥ suśobhate nityam |kuṇḍalamaṇḍitagaṇḍaḥ sāñjananayano nirañjanaḥ śete || 6||

Verse 7

कार्यासक्तयशोदागृहकर्मावरोधकः सदाऽऽस्ते ।तस्याः स्वान्तनिविष्टप्रणयप्रभाजनो यतोऽयम् ॥ ७॥

kāryāsaktayaśodāgṛhakarmāvarodhakaḥ sadā''ste |tasyāḥ svāntaniviṣṭapraṇayaprabhājano yato'yam || 7||

Verse 8

इत्थं व्रजपतितरुणी नमनीयं ब्रह्मरुद्राद्यैः ।कमनीयं निजसूनुं लालयति स्म प्रत्यहं प्रीत्या ॥ ८॥

itthaṃ vrajapatitaruṇī namanīyaṃ brahmarudrādyaiḥ |kamanīyaṃ nijasūnuṃ lālayati sma pratyahaṃ prītyā || 8||

Verse 9

श्रीमद्वल्लभकृपया विशदीकृतमेतदष्टकं पठेद्यः ।तस्य दयानिधिकृष्णे भक्तिः प्रेमैकलक्षणा शीघ्रम् ॥ ९॥

śrīmadvallabhakṛpayā viśadīkṛtametadaṣṭakaṃ paṭhedyaḥ |tasya dayānidhikṛṣṇe bhaktiḥ premaikalakṣaṇā śīghram || 9||

Verse 10

इति श्रीकृष्णदासकृतं बालकृष्णाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrīkṛṣṇadāsakṛtaṃ bālakṛṣṇāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति बालकृष्णाष्टकम् २ सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Balakrishnashtakam 2 is a stotra addressed to Kṛṣṇa, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: बालकृष्णाष्टकम् २ (bālakṛṣṇāṣṭakam 2)). Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Balakrishnashtakam 2 (बालकृष्णाष्टकम् २): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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