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Krishnashtakam
कृष्णाष्टकम्
Kṛṣṇāṣṭakam
Chant
यतः सर्वं जातं वियदनिलमुख्यं जगदिदं स्थितौ निःशेषं योऽवति निजसुखांशेन मधुहा । लये सर्वं स्वस्मिन्हरति कलया यस्तु स विभुः शरण्यो लोकेशो मम भवतु कृष्णोऽक्षिविषयः ॥२॥
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Word breakdown
- यतः सर्वं जातं वियदनिलमुख्यं जगदिदं स्थितौ निःशेषं योऽवति निजसुखांशेन मधुहा । लये सर्वं स्वस्मिन्हरति कलया यस्तु स विभुः शरण्यो लोकेशो मम भवतु कृष्णोऽक्षिविषयः ॥२॥
- May the all-pervading Lord become the object of my sight: from whom this world of space, wind, and the rest arises; who as Madhuha protects all in maintenance by a share of his own bliss; and who in dissolution draws everything into himself by his power.
Creation, preservation, and dissolution are one Lord's play. Sustaining the world by a share of his own bliss points to existence itself as borrowed joy returning to its source.
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