Lord Krishna

śrī kṛṣṇa stotram (nārada racitam)

(Sri Krishna Stotram (Narada rachitam) in English (IAST))

Also known as shri krishna stotram (narada rachitam) · shree krishna stotram (narada rachitam) · krishna stotram (narada rachitam)

Narada's hymn, and its first movement is built entirely on one name. I salute him who is Radha's lord, dearer to Radhika than life, whose lotus feet Radha serves, who rests on Radha's breast; who follows Radha, who is Radha's desire, whose mind Radha has carried off; Radha's support, and the world's support, and the support of all. Four verses take that compound as far as it will go, down to his dwelling always in the lotus of her heart and keeping to her command. Then it turns without transition to what the yogis and the perfected ones meditate on — the unqualified brahman, unsmeared and unmoving, the seed of all seeds, the cause of the cause of the Veda. The text calls its speaker a gandharva rather than a sage, and at the end has him fall full length on the earth like a staff.

|| śrī kṛṣṇa stotram (nārada racitam) ||
vande navaghanaśyāmaṃ pītakauśeyavāsasam |
sānandaṃ sundaraṃ śuddhaṃ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ prakṛteḥ param || 1 ||
rādheśaṃ rādhikāprāṇavallabhaṃ vallavīsutam |
rādhāsevitapādābjaṃ rādhāvakṣaḥsthalasthitam || 2 ||
rādhānugaṃ rādhikeṣṭaṃ rādhāpahṛtamānasam |
rādhādhāraṃ bhavādhāraṃ sarvādhāraṃ namāmi tam || 3 ||
rādhāhṛtpadmamadhye ca vasantaṃ satataṃ śubham |
rādhāsahacaraṃ śaśvadrādhājñāparipālakam || 4 ||
dhyāyante yogino yogān siddhāḥ siddheśvarāśca yam |
taṃ dhyāyet satataṃ śuddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ sanātanam || 5 ||
sevante satataṃ santo'śeṣabrahmeśasañjñikāḥ |
sevante nirguṇaṃ brahma bhagavantaṃ sanātanam || 6 ||
nirliptaṃ ca nirīhaṃ ca paramātmānamīśvaram |
nityaṃ satyaṃ ca paramaṃ bhagavantaṃ sanātanam || 7 ||
yaṃ sṛṣṭerādibhūtaṃ ca sarvabījaṃ parātparam |
yoginastaṃ prapadyante bhagavantaṃ sanātanam || 8 ||
bījaṃ nānāvatārāṇāṃ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam |
vedavedyaṃ vedabījaṃ vedakāraṇakāraṇam || 9 ||
yoginastaṃ prapadyante bhagavantaṃ sanātanam |
ityevamuktvā gandharvaḥ papāta dharaṇītale || 10 ||
namāma daṇḍavadbhūmau devadevaṃ parātparam |
iti tena kṛtaṃ stotraṃ yaḥ paṭhet prayataḥ śuciḥ || 11 ||
ihaiva jīvanmuktaśca paraṃ yāti parāṃ gatim |
haribhaktiṃ harerdāsyaṃ goloke ca nirāmayaḥ || 12 ||
pārṣadapravaratvaṃ ca labhate nā'tra saṃśayaḥ || 13 ||
|| iti śrī brahmavaivarte nāradapañcarātre nāradaproktaṃ śrīkṛṣṇastotraṃ sampūrṇam ||

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