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Krishnashtakam
कृष्णाष्टकम्
Kṛṣṇāṣṭakam
Chant
पृथिव्यां तिष्ठन्यो यमयति महीं वेद न धरा यमित्यादौ वेदो वदति जगतामीशममलम् । नियन्तारं ध्येयं मुनिसुरनृणां मोक्षदमसौ शरण्यो लोकेशो मम भवतु कृष्णोऽक्षिविषयः ॥४॥
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Word breakdown
- पृथिव्यां तिष्ठन्यो यमयति महीं वेद न धरा यमित्यादौ वेदो वदति जगतामीशममलम् । नियन्तारं ध्येयं मुनिसुरनृणां मोक्षदमसौ शरण्यो लोकेशो मम भवतु कृष्णोऽक्षिविषयः ॥४॥
- May that pure Lord of the worlds become the object of my sight: who, standing on the earth, rules the earth though the earth does not know him; whom the Veda declares from 'ya' onward as the stainless ruler, the one to be meditated on, and the giver of liberation to sages, gods, and humans.
The Lord is nearer than the ground underfoot yet unknown to that ground. Vedic praise of the ruler who grants moksha turns devotion toward the Self that governs without being an object among objects.
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