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Krishna Karnamrita

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Devotional text

śrīkṛṣṇakuṇḍāṣṭakamkam
śrīkṛṣṇakuṇḍāṣṭakamkam
kiṃṃtapaścacāracāratīrthalakṣamakṣayaṃyaṃpurā
suprasīdatismakṛṣṇaevasadaraṃyataḥ|
yatravāsamāpasādhutatsamastadurlabhebhe
tatrakṛṣṇakuṇḍa
evasaṃsthitiḥstutāstuunaḥ||1||
yadyariṣṭadānavo'pidānadomahānidhedhe-
rasmadādidurmatibhyaityahovasīyatehovasīyate|
yomṛticchalenalenayatramuktimadbhutāṃutāṃvyadhātdhāt
tatrakṛṣṇakuṇḍa
evasaṃsthitiḥstutāstuunaḥ||2||
govadhasya
niṣkṛtistrilokatīrthakoṭibhībhī
rādhayetyavādi
tenatāhariḥḥsamāhvayanyan|
yatrapārṣṇighāṭajeghāṭajemamajjacasvayaṃyaṃmudā
tatrakṛṣṇakuṇḍa
evasaṃsthitiḥstutāstuunaḥ||3||
kvāpipāpanāśaevakarmabandhabandhanānā-
dbrahmasaukhyamevamevaviṣṇulokavāsitātākvacitt|
premaratnamatyayatnamevamevayatralabhyatete
tatrakṛṣṇakuṇḍa
evasaṃsthitiḥstutāstuunaḥ||4||
phullamādhavīrasālanīpakuñjamaṇḍaleḍale
bhṛṅgakokakokilādikākalīkākalīyadañcati|
āṣṭayāmikāvitarkakoṭibhedasaurabhaṃbhedasaurabhaṃ
tatrakṛṣṇakuṇḍa
evasaṃsthitiḥstutāstuunaḥ||5||
dolakelicitrarāsanṛtyagītavādanai
gītavādanai-
rnihnavaprasūnayuddhasīdhupānakautukaiḥsīdhupānakautukaiḥ|
yatrakhelataḥkośoraśekharausahālibhi
statrakṛṣṇakuṇḍa
evasaṃsthitiḥstutāstuunaḥ||6||
śrīkṛṣṇakuṇḍāṣṭakamkam
divyaratnanirmitāvatārasārasauṣṭavaivai-
śchatrikākāvirājicāru
kuṭṭimaprabhābharaiḥbhābharaiḥ|
sarvalokalocanātidhanyatātāyatobhavet
tatrakṛṣṇakuṇḍa
evasaṃsthitiḥstutāstuunaḥ||7||
māthuraṃvikuṇṭhato'pijanmadhāmadurlabhaṃbhaṃ
vāskānanantato'pipāṇinā
nādhṛtogiriḥ|
śrīharestato'piyatparaṃraṃsaro'tipāvanaṃ
pāvanaṃ
tatrakṛṣṇakuṇḍa
evasaṃsthitiḥstutāstuunaḥ||8||
kṛṣṇakuṇḍatīravāsasādhakaṃḍatīravāsasādhakaṃpaṭhedidaṃ
daṃ
yo'ṣṭakaṃkaṃdhiyaṃyaṃnimajyakelakuñjarājitoḥ
toḥ|
rādhikāgirīndradhāriṇoḥṇoḥpadāmbujeṣu
ujeṣusa
premadāsyamevamevaśīghramāpnuyādanāmayamuyādanāmayam||9||
iti
mahāmahopādhyāyaśrīviśvanāthacakravartiviracitaṃtaṃ
śrīkṛṣṇakuṇḍāṣṭakaṃkaṃsamāptamm|

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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