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Krishna 40
Krishna 40
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Devotional text
śrīkṛṣṇacālīsā śrīkṛṣṇacālīsā dohā baṃśīśobhita takaramadhura, nīlajaladatanaśyāmayāma| aruṇa adharajanubimbaphalaphala, nayanakamalaabhirāmarāma|| pūrṇaindra, aravindamukha, pītāmbara raśubhasāja| jayamanamohanamadanachavi, kṛṣṇacandramahārāja|| jayayadunaṃdanaṃdanajayajagavaṃdana| jayavasudevadevakīnandana || jayayaśudāsutanandadulārelāre| jayaprabhubhubhaktanatanakedṛga tāre|| jayanaṭa-nāgara, nāganathaiyā| kṛṣṇakanhaiyāaiyādhenucaraiyā|| puni nakhaparaprabhubhugirivaravaradhāro| āodīnanakaṣṭanivārovāro|| vaṃśīmadhuraadharadhariṭerau| hovepūrṇavinayanayayahamerau|| āoharipuni mākhanacākho| ājalājabhāratakīrākho|| golakapola, cibukabukaaruṇāreṇāre| mṛdumuskānānamohinīnīḍāre|| rājita tarājiva vanayanaviśālāśālā| moramukuṭavaijantīmālā īmālā|| kuṃḍalaśravaṇavaṇa, pītapaṭaāche| śrīkṛṣṇacālīsā kaṭi kiṃkiṇīṇīkāchanīkāche|| nīlajalajasundaratanusohe| chabilakhi , suranaramunimanamanamohe|| mastaka tilakalaka, alakaghuṃgharāle| āokṛṣṇabāṃsurīvāle|| karipayapāna, pūtanahi tāryoyo| akābakākāgāsuramāryoyo|| madhuvanajalataaginanajabajvālālā| bhaiśītalalakhatahiṃṃnaṃdalālā|| surapati jababraja car̤hyoyorisāīsāī| mūsaradhāravāri varṣāī|| lagatalagatavraja cahanabahāyo| govardhanananakhadhāri bacāyo|| lakhi yasudāmanabhrama adhikāīkāī| mukhamaṃhacaudahabhuvanadikhāīkhāī|| duṣṭakaṃsaati udhamamacāyo| koṭi kamalajabaphūlamaṃgāyo|| nāthi kāliyahiṃṃtabatumalīnheṃ| caraṇacihnadainirbhayayakīnheṃ|| karigopinanasaṃgarāsavilāsālāsā| sabakīpūraṇakarīabhilāṣālāṣā|| ketika kamahāasurasaṃhāryoyo| kaṃsahi kesapakir̤adaimāryoyo|| māta-pitātākībandichur̤āīāī| ugrasenasenakaha~rājadilāīlāī|| mahisemṛtakachahoṃsutalāyo| mātudevakīśokamiṭāyoṭāyo|| śrīkṛṣṇacālīsā bhaumāsuramuradaityasaṃhārī| lāyeṣaṭadaśasahasakumārī|| daibhīmahiṃṃtṛṇacīrasahārā| jarāsiṃdhu ṃdhurākṣasa kaha~mārā|| asurabakāsuraādikakamāryoyo| bhaktanatanaketabakaṣṭanivāryoyo|| dīnasudāmākeduḥkhaḥkhaṭāryoyo| taṃdulalatīnamūṃṭhamukhaḍāryoyo|| prememakesāgaviduragharamā~ge| duryodhanadhanakemevātyāgeāge|| lakhīprememakīmahimāmābhārī| aiseśyāmayāmadīnahitakārītakārī|| bhāratakepāratharathahā~ke| liyeyecakrakaranahiṃṃbalathāke|| nija gītākejñānānasunāe| bhaktanatanahṛdayadayasudhāvarṣāe|| mīrāthīaisīmatavālī| viṣapīgaībajākaratālī|| rānābhejāsā~papiṭārīṭārī| śālīgrāmāmabanebanavārī|| nija māyātumavidhihiṃdikhāyokhāyo| uratesaṃśayasakalamiṭāyoṭāyo|| tabaśatanindākaritatkālālā| jīvanamukta bhayośiśupālāśupālā|| jabahiṃṃdraupadīaupadīṭeralagāī| dīnānāthalājaabajāī|| turatahi vasanabanenaṃdalālā| bar̤hecīrabhaiarimuṃhakālā|| śrīkṛṣṇacālīsā asaanāthakenāthakanhaiyāaiyā| ḍūbatabhaṃvarabacāvainaiyā|| ‘sundaradāsaradāsa’ āsauradhārī| dayādṛṣṭikījaibanavārī|| nāthasakalamamakumati nivārovāro| kṣamahubegi aparādhahamāro|| kholopaṭaabadarśanadījai| bolokṛṣṇakanhaiyāaiyākījai|| dohā yahacālīsākṛṣṇakā, pāṭhakaraiuradhāri | aṣṭasiddhinavanidhi phala, lahaipadārathacāri ||
About this stotram — Krishna
A Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of praise composed by great sages and poet-saints such as Adi Shankaracharya. Stotrams describe the deity’s form, qualities and deeds in richly poetic language, and chanting them is said to purify the intellect and awaken devotion. Many stotrams carry a phala-shruti — a closing verse describing the benefits of recitation.
How to chant
Stotrams reward slow, attentive chanting. Read the meaning once before you begin so the verses resonate as you recite. Early morning (Brahma Muhurat) is ideal, but any quiet time works. If Sanskrit feels difficult, chant along with the transliteration and let the rhythm settle naturally over a few days of practice.
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