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Stava-mālā · Hymn 44

Kṛṣṇa-nāmāṣṭakam

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निखिलश्रुतिमौलिरत्नमाला द्युतिनीराजितपादपङ्कजान्त । अयि मुक्तकुलैरुपास्यमानं परितस्त्वां हरिनाम संश्रयामि ॥ १॥

nikhilaśrutimauliratnamālā dyutinīrājitapādapaṅkajānta | ayi muktakulairupāsyamānaṃ paritastvāṃ harināma saṃśrayāmi || 1||

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O Hari's name, I take complete shelter of you. The tips of your lotus feet are worshiped with waving lamps made from the radiance of garlands of crest jewels belonging to all the Vedas; hosts of liberated souls worship you on every side.

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जय नामधेय मुनिवृन्दगेय हे जनरञ्जनाय परमाक्षराकृते । त्वमनादरादपि मनाग् उदीरितं निखिलोग्रतापपटलीं विलुम्पसि ॥ २॥

jaya nāmadheya munivṛndageya he janarañjanāya paramākṣarākṛte | tvamanādarādapi manāg udīritaṃ nikhilogratāpapaṭalīṃ vilumpasi || 2||

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All glory, O divine name sung by hosts of sages, embodiment of the supreme syllable who delights the people. Even when uttered slightly and without reverence, you plunder away the entire covering of fierce suffering.

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यदाभासोऽप्युद्यन् कवलितभवध्वान्तविभवो दृशं तत्त्वान्धानामपि दिशति भक्तिप्रणयिनीम् । जनस्तस्योदात्तं जगति भगवन्नामतरणे कृती ते निर्वक्तुं क इह महिमानं प्रभवति ॥ ३॥

yadābhāso'pyudyan kavalitabhavadhvāntavibhavo dṛśaṃ tattvāndhānāmapi diśati bhaktipraṇayinīm | janastasyodāttaṃ jagati bhagavannāmataraṇe kṛtī te nirvaktuṃ ka iha mahimānaṃ prabhavati || 3||

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Even the rising semblance of the name possesses the glory that devours the darkness of worldly existence and grants a devotion-loving vision even to those blinded to truth. O divine boat of the Lord's name, who in this world is so accomplished that he can describe your exalted greatness?

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यद् ब्रह्मसाक्षात्कृतिनिष्ठयापि विनाशमायाति विना न भोगैः । अपैति नाम स्फुरणेन तत् ते प्रारब्धकर्मेति विरौति वेदः ॥ ४॥

yad brahmasākṣātkṛtiniṣṭhayāpi vināśamāyāti vinā na bhogaiḥ | apaiti nāma sphuraṇena tat te prārabdhakarmeti virauti vedaḥ || 4||

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The Veda proclaims that prārabdha karma, which does not perish even through steadfast realization of Brahman without being experienced, departs when your name manifests.

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अघदमनयशोदानन्दनौ नन्दसूनो कमलनयनगोपीचन्द्रवृन्दावनेन्द्राः । प्रणतकरुणकृष्णावित्यनेकस्वरूपे त्वयि मम रतिरुच्चैर्वर्धतां नामधेय ॥ ५॥

aghadamanayaśodānandanau nandasūno kamalanayanagopīcandravṛndāvanendrāḥ | praṇatakaruṇakṛṣṇāvityanekasvarūpe tvayi mama ratiruccairvardhatāṃ nāmadheya || 5||

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O divine name, may my loving attachment to you increase greatly in your many forms: Destroyer of Agha, Yaśodā's son, Nanda's child, Lotus-eyed One, Moon of the Cowherd Women, Lord of Vṛndāvana, Compassionate to Those Who Bow, and Kṛṣṇa.

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वाच्यो वाचकमित्युदेति भवतो नाम स्वरूपद्वयं पूर्वस्मात् परमेव हन्त करुणा तत्रापि जानीमहे । यस्तस्मिन् विहितापराधनिवहः प्राणी समन्ताद् भवेद् आस्येनेदमुपास्य सोऽपि हि सदानन्दाम्बुधौ मज्जति ॥ ६॥

vācyo vācakamityudeti bhavato nāma svarūpadvayaṃ pūrvasmāt parameva hanta karuṇā tatrāpi jānīmahe | yastasmin vihitāparādhanivahaḥ prāṇī samantād bhaved āsyenedamupāsya so'pi hi sadānandāmbudhau majjati || 6||

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Your name arises in two forms: that which is signified and the word that signifies it. Alas, we understand the latter to be even more compassionate than the former, for even a creature who has committed hosts of offenses against the Lord may worship this name with his mouth and thereby sink forever into the ocean of bliss.

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सूदिताश्रितजनार्तिराशये रम्यचिद्घनसुखस्वरूपिणे । नाम गोकुलमहोत्सवाय ते कृष्णपूर्णवपुषे नमो नमः ॥ ७॥

sūditāśritajanārtirāśaye ramyacidghanasukhasvarūpiṇe | nāma gokulamahotsavāya te kṛṣṇapūrṇavapuṣe namo namaḥ || 7||

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Again and again I bow to your name—the full embodiment of Kṛṣṇa, the great festival of Gokula, whose charming form is concentrated conscious happiness and who destroys the amassed distress of those taking shelter.

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नारदवीणोज्जीवनसुधोर्मिनिर्यासमाधुरीपूर । त्वं कृष्णनाम कामं स्फुर मे रसने रसेन सदा ॥ ८॥

nāradavīṇojjīvanasudhorminiryāsamādhurīpūra | tvaṃ kṛṣṇanāma kāmaṃ sphura me rasane rasena sadā || 8||

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O name of Kṛṣṇa, abundant sweetness distilled from the nectar waves that revive Nārada's vīṇā, please forever manifest upon my tongue in full rasa.

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इति श्रीरूपगोस्वामिविरचितस्तवमालायां श्रीनामाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrīrūpagosvāmiviracitastavamālāyāṃ śrīnāmāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

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Thus ends the Śrī Nāmāṣṭakam in the Stava-mālā composed by Śrī Rūpa Goswāmī.