Lord Vishnu

nārāyaṇa aṣṭakam

(Narayana Ashtakam (Kripamayam Chakradharam) in English (IAST))

Also known as Narayana Ashtakam · krpamayam cakradharam sarvahrdaye samsthitam

An ashtakam to Narayana as the one near to all beings and far from them at once, reclining on Ananta, Maheshvara himself.

kṛpāmayaṃ cakradharaṃ sarvahṛdaye saṃsthitam
samasta bhūtāntike vā punaśca dūrevasthitam
ananta śayane sthitaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ maheśvaram
tava caraṇapaṃkajaṃ nirantaraṃ bhajāmyaham ||1||
viṣṇu nīlakalevaraṃ vistṛta sarva saṃsāram
bhūrbhuvo svargamaṃḍalaṃ analasaptapātāl̤am
daśadiśitvayivyāptam samastaviśvanāyakam
tava caraṇapaṃkajaṃ nirantaraṃ bhajāmyaham||2||
harinārāyaṇabrahmaṃ vakṣasthale śrīvatsāṅgam
divyamastakakīriṭaṃ karṇe kuṃḍalaśobhitam
apūrvakāntivadanaṃ viśālalolalocanam
tava caraṇapaṃkajaṃ nirantaraṃ bhajāmyaham ||3||
anaṃtaśeṣagāyanaṃ navīnalīlāvarṇanam
navīnanāmamohanaṃ nityanavīnayauvanam
apūrvasaundaryaghanaṃ premarase pratikṣaṇam
tava caraṇapaṃkajaṃ nirantaraṃ bhajāmyaham ||4||
padāravindayugalam yogināṃnityaciṃtanam
caraṇekamalāsthitāṃ govindasevāyāṃratām
apūrvakṣīrasāgaram tavaśayanepāvanam
tavacaraṇapaṃkajaṃ nirantaraṃ bhajāmyaham ||5||
tvamādaivanārāyaṇaṃ sadāpātāleśayanam
sadaivaviśvadhāraṇaṃ sṛṣṭisaṃhārapālanam
nābhyāḥ paṃkajavistṛtaṃ tadaiva brahmāsambhūtam
tava caraṇapaṃkajaṃ nirantaraṃ bhajāmyaham ||6||
harivirāṭasvarūpaṃ sarvabrahmāṇḍadhāraṇam
dhṛvaṃ ca kole maṃḍanaṃ prahlādasya rakṣa mānam
matsyakacchapaśukaraṃ līlāmayānantaṃ rūpam
tava caraṇapaṃkajaṃ nirantaraṃ bhajāmyaham ||7||
anaṃtaviśvanāyakaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam
anaṃtarūpadhāraṇaṃ kuru sarvasya pālanam
tava rūpa cidānaṃdam navetti asura suram
tava caraṇapaṃkajaṃ nirantaraṃ bhajāmyaham ||8||
tava caraṇasmaraṇam sadā tava yaśagānam
anaṃtakoṭijīvanaṃ tava nāmaiva kevalam
anityamithyāsaṃsāra tava kṛpaivaca sāram
sadaiva tava kiṃkaraṃ kṛṣṇadāsaḥ bhajati tvām ||0||

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