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कृष्णावेण्यष्टकम् Shri Krishnaveni Ashtakam

kṛṣṇāveṇyaṣṭakam

Shri Krishnaveni Ashtakam (कृष्णावेण्यष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Gaṅgā, by vAsudevAnandasarasvatI TembesvAmi. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

कृष्णावेण्यष्टकम्

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Verse 1

स्वैनोवृन्दापहृदिह मुदा वारिताशेषखेदाशीघ्रं मन्दानपि खलु सदा याऽनुगृह्णात्यभेदा ।कृष्णावेणी सरिदभयदा सच्चिदानन्दकन्दापूर्णानन्दामृतसुपददा पातु सा नो यशोदा ॥ १॥

svainovṛndāpahṛdiha mudā vāritāśeṣakhedāśīghraṃ mandānapi khalu sadā yā'nugṛhṇātyabhedā |kṛṣṇāveṇī saridabhayadā saccidānandakandāpūrṇānandāmṛtasupadadā pātu sā no yaśodā || 1||

Verse 2

स्वर्निश्रेणिर्या वराभीतिपाणिःपापश्रेणीहारिणी या पुराणी ।कृष्णावेणी सिन्धुरव्यात्कमूर्तिःसा हृद्वाणीसृत्यतीताऽच्छकीर्तिः ॥ २॥

svarniśreṇiryā varābhītipāṇiḥpāpaśreṇīhāriṇī yā purāṇī |kṛṣṇāveṇī sindhuravyātkamūrtiḥsā hṛdvāṇīsṛtyatītā'cchakīrtiḥ || 2||

Verse 3

कृष्णासिन्धो दुर्गतानाथबन्धोमां पङ्काधोराशु कारुण्यसिन्धो ।उद्धृत्याधो यान्तमन्त्रास्तबन्धोमायासिन्धोस्तारय त्रातसाधो ॥ ३॥

kṛṣṇāsindho durgatānāthabandhomāṃ paṅkādhorāśu kāruṇyasindho |uddhṛtyādho yāntamantrāstabandhomāyāsindhostāraya trātasādho || 3||

Verse 4

स्मारं स्मारं तेऽम्ब माहात्म्यमिष्टंजल्पं जल्पं ते यशो नष्टकष्टम् ।भ्रामं भ्रामं ते तटे वर्त आर्येमज्जं मज्जं तेऽमृते सिन्धुवर्ये ॥ ४॥

smāraṃ smāraṃ te'mba māhātmyamiṣṭaṃjalpaṃ jalpaṃ te yaśo naṣṭakaṣṭam |bhrāmaṃ bhrāmaṃ te taṭe varta āryemajjaṃ majjaṃ te'mṛte sindhuvarye || 4||

Verse 5

श्रीकृष्णे त्वं सर्वपापापहन्त्रीश्रेयोदात्री सर्वतापापहर्त्री ।भर्त्री स्वेषां पाहि षड्वैरिभीतेर्मां सद्गीते त्राहि संसारभीतेः ॥ ५॥

śrīkṛṣṇe tvaṃ sarvapāpāpahantrīśreyodātrī sarvatāpāpahartrī |bhartrī sveṣāṃ pāhi ṣaḍvairibhītermāṃ sadgīte trāhi saṃsārabhīteḥ || 5||

Verse 6

कृष्णे साक्षात्कृष्णमूर्तिस्त्वमेवकृष्णे साक्षात्त्वं परं तत्त्वमेव ।भावग्राह्रे मे प्रसीदाधिहन्त्रित्राहि त्राहि प्राज्ञि मोक्षप्रदात्रि ॥ ६॥

kṛṣṇe sākṣātkṛṣṇamūrtistvamevakṛṣṇe sākṣāttvaṃ paraṃ tattvameva |bhāvagrāhre me prasīdādhihantritrāhi trāhi prājñi mokṣapradātri || 6||

Verse 7

हरिहरदूता यत्र प्रेतोन्नेतुं निजं निजं लोकम् ।कलहायन्तेऽन्योन्यं सा नो हरतूभयात्मिका शोकम् ॥ ७॥

hariharadūtā yatra pretonnetuṃ nijaṃ nijaṃ lokam |kalahāyante'nyonyaṃ sā no haratūbhayātmikā śokam || 7||

Verse 8

विभिद्यते प्रत्ययतोऽपि रूपमेकप्रकृत्योर्न हरेर्हरस्य ।भिदेति या दर्शयितुं गतैक्यं वेण्याऽजतन्वाऽजतनुर्हि कृष्णा ॥ ८॥

vibhidyate pratyayato'pi rūpamekaprakṛtyorna harerharasya |bhideti yā darśayituṃ gataikyaṃ veṇyā'jatanvā'jatanurhi kṛṣṇā || 8||

Verse 9

इति श्रीवासुदेवानन्दसरस्वतीविरचितं श्रीकृष्णाष्टकम्ं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrīvāsudevānandasarasvatīviracitaṃ śrīkṛṣṇāṣṭakamṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति कृष्णावेण्यष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Krishnaveni Ashtakam is a stotra addressed to Gaṅgā, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: कृष्णावेण्यष्टकम् (kṛṣṇāveṇyaṣṭakam)). vAsudevAnandasarasvatI TembesvAmi. Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Krishnaveni Ashtakam (कृष्णावेण्यष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Gaṅgā, by vAsudevAnandasarasvatI TembesvAmi. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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