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अच्युताष्टकम् १ Achyutashtakam 1

acyutāṣṭakam 1

Achyutashtakam 1 (अच्युताष्टकम् १): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa, by Shankaracharya. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

अच्युताष्टकम् १

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Verse 1

अच्युतं केशवं रामनारायणं कृष्णदामोदरं वासुदेवं हरिम् ।श्रीधरं माधवं गोपिकावल्लभं जानकीनायकं रामचन्द्रं भजे ॥ १॥

acyutaṃ keśavaṃ rāmanārāyaṇaṃ kṛṣṇadāmodaraṃ vāsudevaṃ harim |śrīdharaṃ mādhavaṃ gopikāvallabhaṃ jānakīnāyakaṃ rāmacandraṃ bhaje || 1||

Verse 2

अच्युतं केशवं सत्यभामाधवं माधवं श्रीधरं राधिकाराधितम् ।इन्दिरामन्दिरं चेतसा सुन्दरं देवकीनन्दनं नन्दनं सन्दधे ॥ २॥

acyutaṃ keśavaṃ satyabhāmādhavaṃ mādhavaṃ śrīdharaṃ rādhikārādhitam |indirāmandiraṃ cetasā sundaraṃ devakīnandanaṃ nandanaṃ sandadhe || 2||

Verse 3

विष्णवे जिष्णवे शङ्खिने चक्रिणे रुक्मिणिऱागिणे जानकीजानये ।वल्लवीवल्लभायाऽर्चितायात्मने कंसविध्वंसिने वंशिने ते नमः ॥ ३॥

viṣṇave jiṣṇave śaṅkhine cakriṇe rukmiṇirāgiṇe jānakījānaye |vallavīvallabhāyā'rcitāyātmane kaṃsavidhvaṃsine vaṃśine te namaḥ || 3||

Verse 4

कृष्ण गोविन्द हे राम नारायण श्रीपते वासुदेवाजित श्रीनिधे ।अच्युतानन्त हे माधवाधोक्षज द्वारकानायक द्रौपदीरक्षक ॥ ४॥

kṛṣṇa govinda he rāma nārāyaṇa śrīpate vāsudevājita śrīnidhe |acyutānanta he mādhavādhokṣaja dvārakānāyaka draupadīrakṣaka || 4||

Verse 5

राक्षसक्षोभितः सीतया शोभितो दण्डकारण्यभूपुण्यताकारणः ।लक्ष्मणेनान्वितो वानरैः सेवितोऽगस्त्यसम्पूजितो राघवः पातु माम् ॥ ५॥

rākṣasakṣobhitaḥ sītayā śobhito daṇḍakāraṇyabhūpuṇyatākāraṇaḥ |lakṣmaṇenānvito vānaraiḥ sevito'gastyasampūjito rāghavaḥ pātu mām || 5||

Verse 6

धेनुकारिष्टकोऽनिष्टकृद्द्वेषिणां केशिहा कंसहृद्वंशिकावादकः । वर् द्वेषिहापूतनाकोपकः सूरजाखेलनो बालगोपालकः पातु माम् सर्वदा ॥ ६॥

dhenukāriṣṭako'niṣṭakṛddveṣiṇāṃ keśihā kaṃsahṛdvaṃśikāvādakaḥ | var dveṣihāpūtanākopakaḥ sūrajākhelano bālagopālakaḥ pātu mām sarvadā || 6||

Verse 7

विद्युदुद्योतवत्प्रस्फुरद्वाससं प्रावृडम्भोदवत्प्रोल्लसद्विग्रहम् । वर् विद्युदुद्योतवान्वन्यया मालया शोभितोरःस्थलं लोहिताङ्घ्रिद्वयं वारिजाक्षं भजे ॥ ७॥

vidyududyotavatprasphuradvāsasaṃ prāvṛḍambhodavatprollasadvigraham | var vidyududyotavānvanyayā mālayā śobhitoraḥsthalaṃ lohitāṅghridvayaṃ vārijākṣaṃ bhaje || 7||

Verse 8

कुञ्चितैः कुन्तलैर्भ्राजमानाननं रत्नमौलिं लसत्कुण्डलं गण्डयोः ।हारकेयूरकं कङ्कणप्रोज्ज्वलं किङ्किणीमञ्जुलं श्यामलं तं भजे ॥ ८॥

kuñcitaiḥ kuntalairbhrājamānānanaṃ ratnamauliṃ lasatkuṇḍalaṃ gaṇḍayoḥ |hārakeyūrakaṃ kaṅkaṇaprojjvalaṃ kiṅkiṇīmañjulaṃ śyāmalaṃ taṃ bhaje || 8||

Verse 9

अच्युतस्याष्टकं यः पठेदिष्टदं प्रेमतः प्रत्यहं पूरुषः सस्पृहम् ।वृत्ततः सुन्दरं कर्तृ विश्वम्भरस्तस्य वश्यो हरिर्जायते सत्वरम् ॥ ९॥

acyutasyāṣṭakaṃ yaḥ paṭhediṣṭadaṃ premataḥ pratyahaṃ pūruṣaḥ saspṛham |vṛttataḥ sundaraṃ kartṛ viśvambharastasya vaśyo harirjāyate satvaram || 9||

Verse 10

॥ इति श्रीशङ्कराचार्यविरचितमच्युताष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

|| iti śrīśaṅkarācāryaviracitamacyutāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||

॥ इति अच्युताष्टकम् १ सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shankaracharya.

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About Achyutashtakam 1

Achyutashtakam 1 is a stotra addressed to Kṛṣṇa, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: अच्युताष्टकम् १ (acyutāṣṭakam 1)). Shankaracharya. Source: Ashtaka.

Achyutashtakam 1 (अच्युताष्टकम् १): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa, by Shankaracharya. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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