Guest guest Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Namaste _/\_ all. An excerpt from Adi Jagadguru Sri Shankara Bhagavatpada's biography with the translation of my favorite 'Sri Krishnashtakam': The Acharya had, even during his earlier wanderings, paid visits to most of the shrines and sacred places on the banks of the Ganga. He now desired to visit and worship at the many holy spots on the banks of the sacred Yamuna, and so moved down along the Yamuna towards the direction of Prayaga. On the way he touched Kurukshetra, the site of the epic Mahabharata battle where the Gita was first given out. In course of time, he reached Vrindavan, the playground of Sri Krishna's boyhood. At this sacred place, the Acharya, with great veneration and devotion, went to see many spots associated with Krishna's benign boyhood and visited the famous temples in the region. At the shrine of Lord Krishna, his mind was overcome with divine love for the Supreme Guru of Gita, and reverentially offered a sweet hymn at the feet of Krishna. The eight verses are famous as Sri Krishnashtakam. 1. May he, who is ever held in embrace by Sri Lakshmi, the Goddess of abundance, who is all-pervading, in whose physical form is the entire created world-the animate and the inanimate, who is the theme of the Vedas, who is the unattached and impartial witness of the actions of the human intellect, who is ever pure, who is the remover of the ills of the devotees, destroyer of the dark forces, who is lotus-eyed, and the holder of the club, the conch, and the Sudarshana Chakra, who wears a garland of wild flowers of unstained glory, who is everlasting sweetness, who is that worthy refuge of all and the Lord of the Universe - Sri Krishna be visible to me. 2. May he, from whom has emerged all this universe composed of ether, air, water, fire and earth, who is the destroyer of Madhu, who by his own Guna of Satva protects the infinite creation, who at the time of deluge withdraws everything into himself, who is the all-pervading substance and the refuge of all and the Lord of the Universe, that Krishna be visible to me. 3. May he, whom the pure-minded sages, by practicing first the Yogic injunction of restraint and Pranayama thus subduing all the mental faculties, perceive in their heart as Vishnu - the adored of the three worlds, who has assumed the Maya body, who is the shelter of the entire Universe, that Sri Krishna grant me his vision. 4. May he, whom the Vedas declare , ` One without second, stainless, He stays in the world and controls the world, but Him the world knows not", who is the supreme director of the play of the universe, who is the sole object of contemplation of Gods, sages and mankind, who is the bestower of liberation to all living beings, refuge of the entire universe and the Lord of the world, that Sri Krishna be visible to me. 5. May he, by whose power Indra and other Gods became powerful and conquered the demons, without whose doing no one can act and has any freedom to do anything at all, who takes away the pride of poetic talent of the world, conquering all the learned, refuge of the Universe, that Sri Krishna be visible to me. 6. May he, without meditation on whom a man is born in a lower body like a pig, without knowledge of whom man is oppressed with the dread of birth and death, without the remembrance of whom man gets the body of hundreds of worms, who is the refuge of the universe, that Krishna grant me his vision. 7. May he, who is the destroyer of fear and remover of delusion, who is the help of the helpless, who has the complexion of a new rain- cloud, who is the playmate of the children in Gokula and a friend of Arjuna, who is self-existent, the parent of all beings and giver of happiness to beings according to their karma, that Sri Krishna be visible to me. 8. May he, the birth less Lord of the universe, who appears in the form of Vishnu for the deliverance of the pious, like a bridge of righteousness, whenever there is a frightening decline of Dharma, who is devoid of all changes, whose glory the Vedas sing, who is the lord of the Vrajabhoomi, that Sri Krishna grant me his vision. Jaya Sri Radhey! from: /message/4009 , pyari_h <no_reply> wrote: > For listening to this sublime 'Sri Krishnashtakam' melodiously sung > by the famous vocal artist > Smt. Anuradha Paduval, click on 'Krishnashtakam' at this link: > > http://www.bhaktisangeet.com/bhajan/bhajgovindam/bhajgovindam.html > > Also available Sanskrit Bhajans in praise of Lord Krishna > are 'Govindashtakam' and 'Bhaja Govindam' on the same page. > > For listening to more devotional Bhajans go to: > > http://www.bhaktisangeet.com > > Here is the English translation of 'Sri Krishnashtakam' composed by > > Sri Shankara from: > > > > http://www.hindunet.org > > > > shrii kR^ishhNaashhTaka ##-## sha.nkara bhaagavatapaada > > > > bhaje vrajaikamaNDanaM samastapApakhaNDanaM > > svabhaktachittara.njanaM sadaiva nandanandanam.h . > > supichchhaguchchhamastakaM sunAdaveNuhastakaM > > ana.ngara.ngasAgaraM namAmi kR^ishhNanAgaram.h .. 1.. > > > > ## > > > > I worship the naughty Krishna, the sole ornament of Vraja, > > Who destroys all the sins (of His devotees), > > Who delights the minds of His devotees, the joy of Nanda, > > Whose head is adorned with peacock feathers, Who holds > > a sweet-sounding flute in His hand, and Who is the ocean of > > the art of love. 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