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बालकृष्णप्रार्थनाष्टकम् Shribalakrishnaprarthanashtakam

bālakṛṣṇaprārthanāṣṭakam

Shribalakrishnaprarthanashtakam (बालकृष्णप्रार्थनाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa, by jIvaneshajI. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

बालकृष्णप्रार्थनाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

श्रीमद्यशोदाङ्कविहारदक्षेतत्स्तन्यसक्ते निजभक्तरक्ते ।गोवर्धनप्रीतिकरे परेऽस्मिन्श्रीबालकृष्णे रतिरस्तु नित्यम् ॥ १॥

śrīmadyaśodāṅkavihāradakṣetatstanyasakte nijabhaktarakte |govardhanaprītikare pare'sminśrībālakṛṣṇe ratirastu nityam || 1||

Verse 2

श्रीनन्दराजाङ्गणरन्तरश्मि ??किर्मीरिताङ्गद्युतिरम्यरम्ये । ??तत्रानिशं क्रीडनतत्परेऽस्मिन्श्रीबालकृष्णे रतिरस्तु नित्यम् ॥ २॥

śrīnandarājāṅgaṇarantaraśmi ??kirmīritāṅgadyutiramyaramye | ??tatrāniśaṃ krīḍanatatpare'sminśrībālakṛṣṇe ratirastu nityam || 2||

Verse 3

मुखामृतं प्राश्य पदामृतं किंवाञ्छन्ति निश्चेतुमतीव भक्ताः ।आस्ये पदाङ्गुष्ठधरे ममास्मिन्श्रीबालकृष्णे रतिरस्तु नित्यम् ॥ ३॥

mukhāmṛtaṃ prāśya padāmṛtaṃ kiṃvāñchanti niścetumatīva bhaktāḥ |āsye padāṅguṣṭhadhare mamāsminśrībālakṛṣṇe ratirastu nityam || 3||

Verse 4

नानामणिव्रातविभूषणानांचापल्यतो मञ्चुलसिञ्जितैस्तैः ।स्थिताञ्जितास्ये कृतमुग्धलास्येश्रीबालकृष्णे रतिरस्तु नित्यम् ॥ ४॥

nānāmaṇivrātavibhūṣaṇānāṃcāpalyato mañculasiñjitaistaiḥ |sthitāñjitāsye kṛtamugdhalāsyeśrībālakṛṣṇe ratirastu nityam || 4||

Verse 5

घोषेषु गोपङ्कयुतेषु गत्याप्रत्यङ्गमालिन्यविशेषहृद्ये ।बाल्यात्कलालापमनोहरेऽस्मिन्श्रीबालकृष्णे रतिरस्तु नित्यम् ॥ ५॥

ghoṣeṣu gopaṅkayuteṣu gatyāpratyaṅgamālinyaviśeṣahṛdye |bālyātkalālāpamanohare'sminśrībālakṛṣṇe ratirastu nityam || 5||

Verse 6

स्निग्धामलाकुञ्चितकुन्तलस्पृग्वक्त्रेण भङ्गावृतपद्मशोभाम् ।जहन्ति तस्मिन् मम नन्दसूनौश्रीबालकृष्णे रतिस्तु नित्यम् ॥ ६॥

snigdhāmalākuñcitakuntalaspṛgvaktreṇa bhaṅgāvṛtapadmaśobhām |jahanti tasmin mama nandasūnauśrībālakṛṣṇe ratistu nityam || 6||

Verse 7

दन्तद्वयेनार्जितकुन्दकोशेद्वन्द्वोत्थशोभे नवनीरदाभे ।हैयङ्गवीनाङ्कलितैकहस्तेश्रीबालकृष्णे रतिरस्तु नित्यम् ॥ ७॥

dantadvayenārjitakundakośedvandvotthaśobhe navanīradābhe |haiyaṅgavīnāṅkalitaikahasteśrībālakṛṣṇe ratirastu nityam || 7||

Verse 8

हस्तेन नेत्रादपसारितेनस्निग्धाञ्जनेनाक्तकपालदेशे ।व्रजाङ्गनास्नेहसुधासुपात्रेश्रीबालकृष्णे रतिरस्तु नित्यम् ॥ ८॥

hastena netrādapasāritenasnigdhāñjanenāktakapāladeśe |vrajāṅganāsnehasudhāsupātreśrībālakṛṣṇe ratirastu nityam || 8||

Verse 9

इति श्रीबालकृष्णस्य वर्णनप्रार्थनाष्टकम् ।वर्णितं जीवनाख्येन गोकुलोत्सवसूनुना ॥इति श्रीवल्लभचरणैकतान श्रीमद्गोकुलोत्सवतनूद्भवश्रीजीवनेशविरचितं श्रीबालकृष्णशरणाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrībālakṛṣṇasya varṇanaprārthanāṣṭakam |varṇitaṃ jīvanākhyena gokulotsavasūnunā ||iti śrīvallabhacaraṇaikatāna śrīmadgokulotsavatanūdbhavaśrījīvaneśaviracitaṃ śrībālakṛṣṇaśaraṇāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति बालकृष्णप्रार्थनाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shribalakrishnaprarthanashtakam is a stotra addressed to Kṛṣṇa, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: बालकृष्णप्रार्थनाष्टकम् (bālakṛṣṇaprārthanāṣṭakam)). jIvaneshajI. Source: Ashtaka.

Shribalakrishnaprarthanashtakam (बालकृष्णप्रार्थनाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Kṛṣṇa, by jIvaneshajI. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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