॥ Sri Krishna Ashtakam (Adi Shankaracharya Kritam) English Lyrics ॥
॥ kr̥snastakam ॥
śriyaślistō visnuḥ sthiracaragururvēdavisayō
dhiyaṁ saksī śuddhō harirasurahantabjanayanaḥ ।
gadī śaṅkhī cakrī vimalavanamalī sthiraruciḥ
śaranyō lōkēśō mama bhavatu kr̥snō:’ksivisayaḥ ॥ 1 ॥
yataḥ sarvaṁ jataṁ viyadanilamukhyaṁ jagadidam
sthitau niśśēsaṁ yō:’vati nijasukhaṁśēna madhuha ।
layē sarvaṁ svasminharati kalaya yastu sa vibhuḥ
śaranyō lōkēśō mama bhavatu kr̥snō:’ksivisayaḥ ॥ 2 ॥
asūnayamyadau yamaniyamamukhyaiḥ sukaranai-
rniruddhyēdaṁ cittaṁ hr̥di vilayamanīya sakalam ।
yamīdyaṁ paśyanti pravaramatayō mayinamasau
śaranyō lōkēśō mama bhavatu kr̥snō:’ksivisayaḥ ॥ 3 ॥
pr̥thivyaṁ tisthanyō yamayati mahīṁ vēda na dhara
yamityadau vēdō vadati jagatamīśamamalam ।
niyantaraṁ dhyēyaṁ munisuranr̥naṁ mōksadamasau
śaranyō lōkēśō mama bhavatu kr̥snō:’ksivisayaḥ ॥ 4 ॥
mahēndradirdēvō jayati ditijanyasya balatō
na kasya svatantryaṁ kvacidapi kr̥tau yatkr̥timr̥tē ।
kavitvadērgarvaṁ pariharati yō:’sau vijayinaḥ
śaranyō lōkēśō mama bhavatu kr̥snō:’ksivisayaḥ ॥ 5 ॥
vina yasya dhyanam vrajati paśutaṁ sūkaramukham
vina yasya jñanaṁ janimr̥tibhayaṁ yati janata ।
vina yasya smr̥tya kr̥miśatajaniṁ yati sa vibhuḥ
śaranyō lōkēśō mama bhavatu kr̥snō:’ksivisayaḥ ॥ 6 ॥
narataṅkōttaṅkaḥ śaranaśaranō bhrantiharanō
ghanaśyamō vamō vrajaśiśuvayasyō:’rjunasakhaḥ ।
svayambhūrbhūtanaṁ janaka ucitacarasukhadaḥ
śaranyō lōkēśō mama bhavatu kr̥snō:’ksivisayaḥ ॥ 7 ॥
yatha dharmaglanirbhavati jagataṁ ksōbhakaranī
tada lōkasvamī prakatitavapuḥ sētudhr̥gajaḥ ।
sataṁ dhata svacchō nigamagunagītō vrajapatiḥ
śaranyō lōkēśō mama bhavatu kr̥snō:’ksivisayaḥ ॥ 8 ॥