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गोपालस्तवः Shrigopalastavah

gopālastavaḥ

Shrigopalastavah (गोपालस्तवः): a hymn of praise (stuti) to Kṛṣṇa, by Raghunathaji. 13 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

गोपालस्तवः

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Verse 1

येन मीनस्वरूपेण वेदाः संरक्षिताः पुरा ।स एव वेदसंहर्ता गोपालः शरणं मम ॥ १॥

yena mīnasvarūpeṇa vedāḥ saṃrakṣitāḥ purā |sa eva vedasaṃhartā gopālaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama || 1||

Verse 2

पृष्ठे यः कूर्मरूपेण दधार धरणीतलम् ।स एव सृष्टिसंहर्ता गोपालः शरणं मम ॥ २॥

pṛṣṭhe yaḥ kūrmarūpeṇa dadhāra dharaṇītalam |sa eva sṛṣṭisaṃhartā gopālaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama || 2||

Verse 3

वराहरूपः सम्भूत्या दंष्टाग्रे यो महीं दधौ ।सभूमिभारहरणो गोपालः शरणं मम ॥ ३॥

varāharūpaḥ sambhūtyā daṃṣṭāgre yo mahīṃ dadhau |sabhūmibhāraharaṇo gopālaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama || 3||

Verse 4

जग्राह यो नृसिंहस्य रूपं प्रह्लादहेतवे ।स योद्धुमुद्यतः सम्यक् गोपालः शरणं मम ॥ ४॥

jagrāha yo nṛsiṃhasya rūpaṃ prahlādahetave |sa yoddhumudyataḥ samyak gopālaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama || 4||

Verse 5

येन वामनरूपेण वञ्चितो बलिभूमिपः ।स एव गोपनारीभिर्गोपालः शरणं मम ॥ ५॥

yena vāmanarūpeṇa vañcito balibhūmipaḥ |sa eva gopanārībhirgopālaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama || 5||

Verse 6

येनेयं जामदग्न्येन पृथ्वी निःक्षत्रिया कृता ।स एव क्षत्रियहितो गोपालः शरणं मम ॥ ६॥

yeneyaṃ jāmadagnyena pṛthvī niḥkṣatriyā kṛtā |sa eva kṣatriyahito gopālaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama || 6||

Verse 7

दशास्यो दाशरथिना येन रामेण मारितः ।स पञ्चास्यप्राप्तबलो गोपालः शरणं मम ॥ ७॥

daśāsyo dāśarathinā yena rāmeṇa māritaḥ |sa pañcāsyaprāptabalo gopālaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama || 7||

Verse 8

कालिन्दी कर्षिता येन रामरूपेण कौतुकात् ।तज्जलक्रीडनासक्तो गोपालः शरणं मम ॥ ८॥

kālindī karṣitā yena rāmarūpeṇa kautukāt |tajjalakrīḍanāsakto gopālaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama || 8||

Verse 9

येन बौद्धस्वरूपेण लोकाः पाखण्डमार्गगाः ।स एव पाखण्डहरो गोपालः शरणं मम ॥ ९॥

yena bauddhasvarūpeṇa lokāḥ pākhaṇḍamārgagāḥ |sa eva pākhaṇḍaharo gopālaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama || 9||

Verse 10

गमिष्यन्ति क्षयं येन राक्षसाः कल्किरूपिणा ।स रक्षसां गतिर्दाता गोपालः शरणं मम ॥ १०॥

gamiṣyanti kṣayaṃ yena rākṣasāḥ kalkirūpiṇā |sa rakṣasāṃ gatirdātā gopālaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama || 10||

Verse 11

गोवर्धनो गिरिर्येन स्थापितः कञ्जवत्करे ।उलूखलेन सहितो गोपालः शरणं मम ॥ ११॥

govardhano giriryena sthāpitaḥ kañjavatkare |ulūkhalena sahito gopālaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama || 11||

Verse 12

एकादश स्वीयधाम्नामावलिं यो लिखेत् हृदि ।कृष्णप्रसादयुक्तश्च स याति परमां गतिम् ॥ १२॥

ekādaśa svīyadhāmnāmāvaliṃ yo likhet hṛdi |kṛṣṇaprasādayuktaśca sa yāti paramāṃ gatim || 12||

Verse 13

इति श्रीरधुनाथवर्यविरचितो गोपालस्तवः समाप्तः ।

iti śrīradhunāthavaryaviracito gopālastavaḥ samāptaḥ |

॥ इति गोपालस्तवः सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Raghunathaji.

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About Shrigopalastavah

Shrigopalastavah is a stotra addressed to Kṛṣṇa, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: गोपालस्तवः (gopālastavaḥ)). Raghunathaji. Source: Stuti.

Shrigopalastavah (गोपालस्तवः): a hymn of praise (stuti) to Kṛṣṇa, by Raghunathaji. 13 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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