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वेणुगोपालाष्टकम् Shri Venugopala Ashtakam

veṇugopālāṣṭakam

Shri Venugopala Ashtakam (वेणुगोपालाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

वेणुगोपालाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

कलितकनकचेलं खण्डितापत्कुचेलंगलधृतवनमालं गर्वितारातिकालम् ।कलिमलहरशीलं कान्तिधूतेन्द्रनीलंविनमदवनशीलं वेणुगोपालमीडे ॥ १॥

kalitakanakacelaṃ khaṇḍitāpatkucelaṃgaladhṛtavanamālaṃ garvitārātikālam |kalimalaharaśīlaṃ kāntidhūtendranīlaṃvinamadavanaśīlaṃ veṇugopālamīḍe || 1||

Verse 2

व्रजयुवतिविलोलं वन्दनानन्दलोलंकरधृतगुरुशैलं कञ्जगर्भाधिपालम् ।अभिमतफलदानश्रीजितामर्त्यसालंविनमदवनशीलं वेणुगोपालमीडे ॥ २॥

vrajayuvativilolaṃ vandanānandalolaṃkaradhṛtaguruśailaṃ kañjagarbhādhipālam |abhimataphaladānaśrījitāmartyasālaṃvinamadavanaśīlaṃ veṇugopālamīḍe || 2||

Verse 3

घनतरकरुणाश्रीकल्पवल्यालवालंकलशजलधिकन्यामोदकश्रीकपोलम् ।श्वसितविनतलोकानन्तदुष्कर्मतूलंविनमदवनशीलं वेणुगोपालमीडे ॥ ३॥

ghanatarakaruṇāśrīkalpavalyālavālaṃkalaśajaladhikanyāmodakaśrīkapolam |śvasitavinatalokānantaduṣkarmatūlaṃvinamadavanaśīlaṃ veṇugopālamīḍe || 3||

Verse 4

शुभदसुगुणजालं सूरिलोकानुकूलंदितिजततिकरालं दिव्यदारायितेलम् ।मृदु मधुरवचः श्रीदूरित श्रीरसालं (?)विनमदवनशीलं वेणुगोपालमीडे ॥ ४॥

śubhadasuguṇajālaṃ sūrilokānukūlaṃditijatatikarālaṃ divyadārāyitelam |mṛdu madhuravacaḥ śrīdūrita śrīrasālaṃ (?)vinamadavanaśīlaṃ veṇugopālamīḍe || 4||

Verse 5

मृगमदतिलकश्रीमधुर स्वीयफालं (?)जगदुदयलयस्थित्यात्मकात्मीयखेलम् ।सकलमुनिजनालीमानसान्तर्मरालंविनमदवनशीलं वेणुगोपालमीडे ॥ ५॥

mṛgamadatilakaśrīmadhura svīyaphālaṃ (?)jagadudayalayasthityātmakātmīyakhelam |sakalamunijanālīmānasāntarmarālaṃvinamadavanaśīlaṃ veṇugopālamīḍe || 5||

Verse 6

असुरहरणखेलं कन्दुकोत्क्षेपलीलंविलसित शर कालं विश्वपूर्णान्तरालम् ।शुचिरुचिरयसश्रि(?)धिक्कृतश्रीमृणालंविनमदवनशीलं वेणुगोपालमीडे ॥ ६॥

asuraharaṇakhelaṃ kandukotkṣepalīlaṃvilasita śara kālaṃ viśvapūrṇāntarālam |śucirucirayasaśri(?)dhikkṛtaśrīmṛṇālaṃvinamadavanaśīlaṃ veṇugopālamīḍe || 6||

Verse 7

स्वपरिचरणलब्धश्रीधराशाधिपालंस्वमहिमलवलीलाजातविध्यण्डगोलम् ।गुरुतरभवदुःखानीकवाःपूरकूलंविनमदवनशीलं वेणुगोपालमीडे ॥ ७॥

svaparicaraṇalabdhaśrīdharāśādhipālaṃsvamahimalavalīlājātavidhyaṇḍagolam |gurutarabhavaduḥkhānīkavāḥpūrakūlaṃvinamadavanaśīlaṃ veṇugopālamīḍe || 7||

Verse 8

चरणकमलशोभापातितश्रीप्रवालंसकलसुकृतिरक्षादक्षकारुण्यहेलम् ।रुचिविजिततमालं रुक्मिणीपुण्यमूलंविनमदवनशीलं वेणुगोपालमीडे ॥ ८॥

caraṇakamalaśobhāpātitaśrīpravālaṃsakalasukṛtirakṣādakṣakāruṇyahelam |rucivijitatamālaṃ rukmiṇīpuṇyamūlaṃvinamadavanaśīlaṃ veṇugopālamīḍe || 8||

Verse 9

श्रीवेणुगोपाल कृपालवालश्रीरुक्मिणीलोल सुवर्णचेल ।कृतिं मम त्वं कृपया गृहीत्वास्रजं यथा मां कुरु दुःखदूरम् ॥ ९॥

śrīveṇugopāla kṛpālavālaśrīrukmiṇīlola suvarṇacela |kṛtiṃ mama tvaṃ kṛpayā gṛhītvāsrajaṃ yathā māṃ kuru duḥkhadūram || 9||

Verse 10

इति श्रीवेणुगोपालाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrīveṇugopālāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति वेणुगोपालाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Venugopala Ashtakam is a stotra addressed to Kṛṣṇa, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: वेणुगोपालाष्टकम् (veṇugopālāṣṭakam)). Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Venugopala Ashtakam (वेणुगोपालाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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