Krishna8th century
अच्युताष्टकम्
Achyutashtakam
By Adi Shankaracharya (traditionally attributed) · संस्कृत
॥ શ્રી કૃષ્ણાય નમઃ ॥
Shri Krishnaya Namah
अच्युताष्टकम्
Achyutashtakam
संस्कृत · 8th century · Ashtakam
~1 min readKrishna bhakti
An eight-verse garland of Vishnu-Krishna's many beloved names.
- Author
- Adi Shankaracharya (traditionally attributed)
- Language
- संस्कृत
- Literary form
- Ashtakam
- Century
- 8th century
- Tradition
- Krishna bhakti
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अच्युतं केशवं रामनारायणं, कृष्णदामोदरं वासुदेवं हरिम्। श्रीधरं माधवं गोपिकावल्लभं, जानकीनायकं रामचन्द्रं भजे॥
अच्युतं केशवं सत्यभामाधवं, माधवं श्रीधरं राधिकाराधितम्। इन्दिरामन्दिरं चेतसा सुन्दरं, देवकीनन्दनं नन्दजं सन्दधे॥
Meaning
I worship the imperishable Achyuta, Keshava, Rama, Narayana; Krishna bound at the waist (Damodara), son of Vasudeva, Hari; bearer of Lakshmi, Madhava, beloved of the gopis, lord of Janaki, Ramachandra. I hold in my heart that beautiful one — husband of Satyabhama, worshipped by Radhika, abode of Lakshmi, the lovely son of Devaki raised by Nanda.
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An eight-verse garland of Vishnu-Krishna's many beloved names.
Meaning
An eight-verse garland of Vishnu-Krishna's many beloved names.
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I worship the imperishable Achyuta, Keshava, Rama, Narayana; Krishna bound at the waist (Damodara), son of Vasudeva, Hari; bearer of Lakshmi, Madhava, beloved of the gopis, lord of Janaki, Ramachandra. I hold in my heart that beautiful one — husband of Satyabhama, worshipped by Radhika, abode of Lakshmi, the lovely son of Devaki raised by Nanda.
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Source & trust
Public domain
- Attribution
- Traditional — author not definitively known
- Language
- संस्कृत · 8th century
- Source
- Public domain — traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya.
- Text edition
- Public domain — Achyutashtakam (Sanskrit).
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