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कृष्णाष्टकम् ३ Shrikrishna Ashtakam 3

kṛṣṇāṣṭakam 3

Shrikrishna Ashtakam 3 (कृष्णाष्टकम् ३): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

कृष्णाष्टकम् ३

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Verse 1

वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम् ।देवकीपरमानन्दं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॥ १॥

vasudevasutaṃ devaṃ kaṃsacāṇūramardanam |devakīparamānandaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum || 1||

Verse 2

अतसीपुष्पसङ्काशम् हारनूपुरशोभितम् ।रत्नकङ्कणकेयूरं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॥ २॥

atasīpuṣpasaṅkāśam hāranūpuraśobhitam |ratnakaṅkaṇakeyūraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum || 2||

Verse 3

कुटिलालकसंयुक्तं पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननम् ।विलसत्कुण्डलधरं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॥ ३॥

kuṭilālakasaṃyuktaṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanam |vilasatkuṇḍaladharaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum || 3||

Verse 4

मन्दारगन्धसंयुक्तं चारुहासं चतुर्भुजम् ।बर्हिपिच्छावचूडाङ्गं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॥ ४॥ (पिञ्छाव)

mandāragandhasaṃyuktaṃ cāruhāsaṃ caturbhujam |barhipicchāvacūḍāṅgaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum || 4|| (piñchāva)

Verse 5

उत्फुल्लपद्मपत्राक्षं नीलजीमूतसन्निभम् ।यादवानां शिरोरत्नं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॥ ५॥

utphullapadmapatrākṣaṃ nīlajīmūtasannibham |yādavānāṃ śiroratnaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum || 5||

Verse 6

रुक्मिणीकेळिसंयुक्तं पीताम्बरसुशोभितम् ।अवाप्ततुलसीगन्धं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॥ ६॥

rukmiṇīkeḷisaṃyuktaṃ pītāmbarasuśobhitam |avāptatulasīgandhaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum || 6||

Verse 7

गोपिकानां कुचद्वन्द्व कुङ्कुमाङ्कितवक्षसम् ।श्री निकेतं महेष्वासं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॥ ७॥

gopikānāṃ kucadvandva kuṅkumāṅkitavakṣasam |śrī niketaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum || 7||

Verse 8

श्रीवत्साङ्कं महोरस्कं वनमालाविराजितम् ।शङ्खचक्रधरं देवं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॥ ८॥

śrīvatsāṅkaṃ mahoraskaṃ vanamālāvirājitam |śaṅkhacakradharaṃ devaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum || 8||

Verse 9

कृष्णाष्टकमिदं पुण्यं प्रातरुत्थाय यः पठेत् ।कोटिजन्मकृतं पापं स्मरणेन विनश्यति ॥॥ इति कृष्णाष्टकम् ॥

kṛṣṇāṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet |koṭijanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ smaraṇena vinaśyati |||| iti kṛṣṇāṣṭakam ||

॥ इति कृष्णाष्टकम् ३ सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shrikrishna Ashtakam 3 is a stotra addressed to Kṛṣṇa, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: कृष्णाष्टकम् ३ (kṛṣṇāṣṭakam 3)). Source: Ashtaka.

Shrikrishna Ashtakam 3 (कृष्णाष्टकम् ३): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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