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Krishnashtakam
कृष्णाष्टकम्
Kṛṣṇāṣṭakam
Chant
महेन्द्रादिर्देवो जयति दितिजान्यस्य बलतो न कस्य स्वातन्त्र्यं क्वचिदपि कृतौ यत्कृतिमृते । बलारातेर्गर्वं परिहरति योऽसौ विजयिनः शरण्यो लोकेशो मम भवतु कृष्णोऽक्षिविषयः ॥५॥
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Word breakdown
- महेन्द्रादिर्देवो जयति दितिजान्यस्य बलतो न कस्य स्वातन्त्र्यं क्वचिदपि कृतौ यत्कृतिमृते । बलारातेर्गर्वं परिहरति योऽसौ विजयिनः शरण्यो लोकेशो मम भवतु कृष्णोऽक्षिविषयः ॥५॥
- May that victorious Lord become the object of my sight: by whose strength Indra and the gods conquer the sons of Diti; without whose action none has independence anywhere in the created world; and who removes the pride of the foes of Bala.
Victory and agency in the world are borrowed. Humbling the pride of force points the seeker past self-will to the one power on which every freedom silently depends.
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