Shri Krishnaashtakam
vasudēvasutaṃ dēvaṃ kaṃsacāṇūramardanaṃ |
dēvakīparamānaṇdaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vaṇdē jagadguruṃ || 1 ||
atasīpuṣpasaṅkāśaṃ hāranūpuraśōbhitaṃ |
ratnakaṅkaṇakēyūraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vaṇdē jagadguruṃ || 2 ||
kuṭilālakasaṃyuktaṃ pūrṇacaṇdrānibhananaṃ |
vilasatkuṇḍaladharaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vaṇdē jagadguruṃ || 3 ||
maṇdāragandhasaṃyuktaṃ cāruhāsaṃ caturbhujaṃ |
barhipiñchāvacūḍāṅgaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vaṇdē jagadguruṃ || 4 ||
utphullapadmapatrāxaṃ nīlajīmūtasannibhaṃ |
yādavānāṃ śirōratnaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vaṇdē jagadguruṃ || 5 ||
rukminīkēḷisaṃyuktaṃ pītāmbarasuśōbhitaṃ |
avāptatulasīgandhaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vaṇdē jagadguruṃ || 6 ||
gōpikānāṃ kucadwaṇdwakuṅkumāṅkitavaxasaṃ |
śrīnikētaṃ mahēṣwāsaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vaṇdē jagadguruṃ || 7 ||
śrīvatsāṅkaṃ mahōraskaṃ vanamālāvīrājitaṃ |
śaṅkhacakradharaṃ dēvaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vaṇdē jagadguruṃ || 8 ||
kṛṣṇāṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhēt |
kōṭijanmakr̥taṃ pāpaṃ smaraṇēna vinaśyati ||
iti śrī kṛṣṇāṣṭakam ||