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Krishnashtakam
कृष्णाष्टकम्
Kṛṣṇāṣṭakam
Chant
श्रियाश्लिष्टो विष्णुः स्थिरचरगुरुर्वेदविषयो धियां साक्षी शुद्धो हरिरसुरहन्ताऽब्जनयनः । गदी शङ्खी चक्री विमलवनमाली स्थिररुचिः शरण्यो लोकेशो मम भवतु कृष्णोऽक्षिविषयः ॥१॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- श्रियाश्लिष्टो विष्णुः स्थिरचरगुरुर्वेदविषयो धियां साक्षी शुद्धो हरिरसुरहन्ताऽब्जनयनः । गदी शङ्खी चक्री विमलवनमाली स्थिररुचिः शरण्यो लोकेशो मम भवतु कृष्णोऽक्षिविषयः ॥१॥
- May Krishna become the object of my sight: Vishnu embraced by Sri, teacher of the moving and unmoving, theme of the Veda, pure witness of the mind, Hari who slays asuras, lotus-eyed, bearing mace, conch, and discus, wearing a pure forest garland, of steady splendour, refuge and Lord of the worlds.
The prayer is not for a distant vision but for Krishna to fill awareness itself. Form with conch and discus is how the formless Absolute becomes near enough to love without ceasing to be the Veda's pure witness.
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