Lord Krishna

śrī kṛṣṇa stotram (viprapatnī kṛtam)

(Sri Krishna Stotram (Viprapatni Krutam) in English (IAST))

Also known as shri krishna stotram (viprapatni krutam) · shree krishna stotram (viprapatni krutam) · krishna stotram (viprapatni krutam)

The hymn of the brahmins' wives, and its shape is a long ascent followed by a deliberate collapse. It begins as high theology and stays there for eight verses: you are brahman, the supreme abode, without motion, without ego, unqualified and formless — and with form and with qualities, yourself; you are nature and spirit and the cause beyond them both; the three gods of making, keeping and ending are your portions; even the great Vishnu in each of whose pores a universe lies has you for his father. Then it turns on itself. Sarasvati goes dumb in the describing of you, and so do Mahesha, Shesha, Dharma and the Creator; so do Parvati, Kamala, Radha, Savitri and the Veda itself — what learned one is equal to it? So the last verse asks nothing else: what praise can we make, who are women? Be pleased with us, friend of the wretched.

|| śrī kṛṣṇa stotram (viprapatnī kṛtam) ||
tvaṃ brahma paramaṃ dhāma nirīho nirahaṅkṛtiḥ |
nirguṇaśca nirākāraḥ sākāraḥ saguṇaḥ svayam || 1 ||
sākṣirūpaśca nirliptaḥ paramātmā nirākṛtiḥ |
prakṛtiḥ puruṣastvaṃ ca kāraṇaṃ ca tayoḥ param || 2 ||
sṛṣṭisthityantaviṣaye ye ca devāstrayaḥ smṛtāḥ |
te tvadaṃśāḥ sarvabījā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ || 3 ||
yasya lomnāṃ ca vivare cākhilaṃ viśvamīśvara |
mahāvirāṇmahāviṣṇustvaṃ tasya janako vibho || 4 ||
tejastvaṃ cāpi tejasvī jñānaṃ jñānī ca tatparaḥ |
vede'nirvacanīyastvaṃ kastvāṃ stotumiheśvaraḥ || 5 ||
mahadādisṛṣṭisūtraṃ pañcatanmātrameva ca |
bījaṃ tvaṃ sarvaśaktīnāṃ sarvaśaktisvarūpakaḥ || 6 ||
sarvaśaktīśvaraḥ sarvaḥ sarvaśaktyāśrayaḥ sadā |
tvamanīhaḥ svayañjyotiḥ sarvānandaḥ sanātanaḥ || 7 ||
aho'pyākārahīnastvaṃ sarvavigrahavānapi |
sarvendriyāṇāṃ viṣayaṃ jānāsi nendriyī bhavān || 8 ||
sarasvatī jaḍībhūtā yat stotre yannirūpaṇe |
jaḍībhūto maheśaśca śeṣo dharmo vidhiḥ svayam || 9 ||
pārvatī kamalā rādhā sāvitrī vedasūrapi |
vedaśca jaḍatāṃ yāti ke vā śaktā vipaścitaḥ || 10 ||
vayaṃ kiṃ stavanaṃ kurmaḥ striyaḥ prāṇeśvareśvaraḥ |
prasanno bhava no deva dīnabandho kṛpāṃ kuru || 11 ||
|| iti viprapatnyaḥ ||
iti petuśca tā viprapatnyastaccaraṇāmbuje |
abhayaṃ pradadau tābhyaḥ prasannavadanekṣaṇaḥ || 12 ||
|| phalaśruti ||
viprapatnīkṛtaṃ stotraṃ pūjākāle ca yaḥ paṭhet |
sa gatiṃ viprapatnīnāṃ labhate nā'tra saṃśayaḥ || 13 ||
|| iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhaṇḍe viprapatnīkṛtaṃ śrīkṛṣṇastotraṃ sampūrṇam ||

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