श्रीकृष्णाष्टकम्
śriyāśliṣṭo viṣṇuḥ sthiracaravapurvedaviṣayo dhiyāṃ sākṣī śuddho harirasurahantābjanayanaḥ | gadī śaṅkhī cakrī vimalavanamālī sthiraruciḥ śaraṇyo lokeśo mama bhavatu kṛṣṇo'kṣiviṣayaḥ || 1 ||
yataḥ sarvaṃ jātaṃ viyadanilamukhyaṃ jagadidaṃ sthitau niḥśeṣaṃ yo'vati nijasukhāṃśena madhuhā | laye sarvaṃ svasmin harati kalayā yastu sa vibhuḥ | śaraṇyo. || 2 ||
asūnāyamyādau yamaniyamamukhyaiḥ sukaraṇai- rnirudhyedaṃ cittaṃ hṛdi vilayamānīya sakalam | yamīḍyaṃ paśyanti pravaramatayo māyinamasau | śaraṇyo. || 3 ||
pṛthivyāṃ tiṣṭhan yo yamayati mahīṃ veda na dharā yamityādau vedo vadati jagatāmīśamamalam | niyantāraṃ dhyeyaṃ munisuranṛṇāṃ mokṣadamasau | śaraṇyo. || 4 ||
mahendrādirdevo jayati ditijān yasya balato na kasya svātantryaṃ kvacidapi kṛtau yatkṛtimṛte | kavitvādergarvaṃ pariharati yo'sau vijayinaḥ | śaraṇyo. || 5 ||
vinā yasya dhyānaṃ vrajati paśutāṃ sūkaramukhāṃ vinā yasya jñānaṃ janimṛtibhayaṃ yāti janatā | vinā yasya smṛtyā kṛmiśatajaniṃ yāti sa vibhuḥ | śaraṇyo. || 6 ||
narātaṅkottaṅkaḥ śaraṇaśaraṇo bhrāntiharaṇo ghanaśyāmaḥ vāmo vrajaśiśuvayasyo'rjunasakhaḥ | svayambhūrbhūtānāṃ janaka ucitācārasukhadaḥ | śaraṇyo. || 7 ||
yadā dharmaglānirbhavati jagatāṃ kṣobhakaraṇī tadā lokasvāmī prakaṭitavapuḥ setudhṛgajaḥ | satāṃ dhātā svaccho nigamagaṇagīto vrajapatiḥ | śaraṇyo. || 8 ||
iti harirakhilātmārādhitaḥ śaṃkareṇa śrutiviśadaguṇo'sau mātṛmokṣārthamādyaḥ | yativaranikaṭe śrīyukta āvirbabhūva svaguṇavṛta udāraḥ śaṅkhacakrābjahastaḥ || 9 ||
śriyāśliṣṭo viṣṇuḥ sthiracaravapurvedaviṣayo dhiyāṃ sākṣī śuddho harirasurahantābjanayanaḥ | gadī śaṅkhī cakrī vimalavanamālī sthiraruciḥ śaraṇyo lokeśo mama bhavatu kṛṣṇo'kṣiviṣayaḥ || 1 ||
yataḥ sarvaṃ jātaṃ viyadanilamukhyaṃ jagadidaṃ sthitau niḥśeṣaṃ yo'vati nijasukhāṃśena madhuhā | laye sarvaṃ svasmin harati kalayā yastu sa vibhuḥ | śaraṇyo. || 2 ||
asūnāyamyādau yamaniyamamukhyaiḥ sukaraṇai- rnirudhyedaṃ cittaṃ hṛdi vilayamānīya sakalam | yamīḍyaṃ paśyanti pravaramatayo māyinamasau | śaraṇyo. || 3 ||
pṛthivyāṃ tiṣṭhan yo yamayati mahīṃ veda na dharā yamityādau vedo vadati jagatāmīśamamalam | niyantāraṃ dhyeyaṃ munisuranṛṇāṃ mokṣadamasau | śaraṇyo. || 4 ||
mahendrādirdevo jayati ditijān yasya balato na kasya svātantryaṃ kvacidapi kṛtau yatkṛtimṛte | kavitvādergarvaṃ pariharati yo'sau vijayinaḥ | śaraṇyo. || 5 ||
vinā yasya dhyānaṃ vrajati paśutāṃ sūkaramukhāṃ vinā yasya jñānaṃ janimṛtibhayaṃ yāti janatā | vinā yasya smṛtyā kṛmiśatajaniṃ yāti sa vibhuḥ | śaraṇyo. || 6 ||
narātaṅkottaṅkaḥ śaraṇaśaraṇo bhrāntiharaṇo ghanaśyāmaḥ vāmo vrajaśiśuvayasyo'rjunasakhaḥ | svayambhūrbhūtānāṃ janaka ucitācārasukhadaḥ | śaraṇyo. || 7 ||
yadā dharmaglānirbhavati jagatāṃ kṣobhakaraṇī tadā lokasvāmī prakaṭitavapuḥ setudhṛgajaḥ | satāṃ dhātā svaccho nigamagaṇagīto vrajapatiḥ | śaraṇyo. || 8 ||
iti harirakhilātmārādhitaḥ śaṃkareṇa śrutiviśadaguṇo'sau mātṛmokṣārthamādyaḥ | yativaranikaṭe śrīyukta āvirbabhūva svaguṇavṛta udāraḥ śaṅkhacakrābjahastaḥ || 9 ||
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परिचय
यह कृष्णाष्टक आदि शङ्कराचार्यकृत है — अन्तिम श्लोक स्वयं कहता है “इति हरिरखिलात्माराधितः शंकरेण” । इसमें भगवान् विष्णु-कृष्णको सर्वव्यापी, सर्वान्तर्यामी और धर्मकी ग्लानि होनेपर अवतार लेनेवाले रूपमें स्तुत किया गया है । गीताप्रेसके नित्यकर्म-पूजाप्रकाशमें यह पुरुषसूक्तके बाद छपा है ।
पाठ-भेद
यह पाठ गीताप्रेसके नित्यकर्म-पूजाप्रकाश (पृष्ठ ३०९–३१०) के अनुसार है, और sanskritdocuments.org के
doc_vishhnu/krishna8-4.itx से मिलाया गया है ।
- Word division only, stanza ४: this edition sets “तिष्ठन् यो यमयति” with a space; the .itx sets it solid, “तिष्ठन्यो यमयति”. The text is the same.
स्रोत 1
- नित्यकर्म-पूजाप्रकाश (गीताप्रेस, गोरखपुर) — पृष्ठ ३०९–३१०
Published text. Transcribed from the scanned pages (leaves 323–324); page confidence HIGH / HIGH. Set in the शिखरिणी metre, each stanza as four lines; stanza ३ carries a line-wrap hyphen in the print, which is reproduced as set. The book prints no colophon for this text; an ornament closes it.
संदर्भ 1
- श्रीकृष्णाष्टकम् (sanskritdocuments.org) — doc_vishhnu/krishna8-4.itx
Verification source, checked 2026-09-18. All nine stanzas compared against the .itx, which lists this as कृष्णाष्टकम् ४ (शङ्कराचार्यविरचितम्). All nine stanzas agree word for word, and the file carries the same nine. Word division only, stanza ४: this edition sets "तिष्ठन् यो यमयति" with a space; the .itx sets it solid, "तिष्ठन्यो यमयति". The text is the same.
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