Lord Krishna

kāraṇa ṣaṭakam

(Kaaran Shatakam in English (IAST))

Also known as udbhasitam nityasobhanam

The Karana Shatkam — you alone are the god, you alone are everything; ever held in the heart. Six verses on the one cause.

mama jīvanasya jīvanam
udbhāṣitaṃ nityaśobhanam
tvameva devaṃ tvameva sarvam
hṛdi sthite sadā dhāraṇam
he kṛṣṇa he mādhava he deva tvam
sarva kāraṇasya kāraṇam  || 1 ||
mama hṛdayasya hṛdayam
satbhāṣitaṃ nitya sadayam
tvameva pūrṇaṃ tvameva svarṇam
premam ānaṃdaṃ adbhudayam
he kṛṣṇa he mādhava he deva tvam
sarva kāraṇasya kāraṇam  || 2 ||
mama vicārasya vicāram
sadbhāva hṝdbhāva saṃcāram
tvameva satyaṃ tvameva nityam
smṛti jñānaṃ sarva ādhāram
he kṛṣṇa he mādhava he deva tvam
sarva kāraṇasya kāraṇam  || 3 ||
mama śarīrasya ādhāram
tvameka nitya nirādhāram
tvameva dharmaṃ tvameva karmam
sarvasūtrasya sūtradharam
he kṛṣṇa he mādhava he deva tvam
sarva kāraṇasya kāraṇam  || 4 ||
mama sarva sukha dāyakam
nityasudhā veṇu gāyakam
tvameva kartā tvameva dhartā
mātā pitā ātmanāyakam
he kṛṣṇa he mādhava he deva tvam
sarva kāraṇasya kāraṇam  || 5 ||
mama divya nandanaṃdanam
ānaṃdakaṃda sucaṃdanam
tvameva svāmī he antaryāmī
sarva hṝdayasya spaṃdanam
he kṛṣṇa he mādhava he deva tvam
sarva kāraṇasya kāraṇam  || 6 ||
|| iti śrī kṛṣṇadāsaḥ viracita kāraṇa ṣaṭakam sampūrṇam ||

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