Damodarashtakam

Krishna Stotram Padma Purana Sanskrit

Lyrics

namamisvaram sac-cid-ananda-rupam
lasat-kundalam gokule bhrajamanam
yasoda-bhiyolukhalad dhavamanam
paramrstam atyantato drutya gopya

rudantam muhur netra-yugmam mrjantam
karambhoja-yugmena satanka-netram
muhuh svasa-kampa-trirekhanka-kantha-
sthita-graivam damodaram bhakti-baddham

itidrk sva-lilabhir ananda-kunde
sva-ghosam nimajjantam akhyapayantam
tadiyesita-jnesu bhaktair jitatvam
punah prematas tam satavrtti vande

varam deva moksam na moksavadhim va
na canyam vrne ‘ham varesad apiha
idam te vapur natha gopala-balam
sada me manasy avirastam kim anyaih

idam te mukhambhojam atyanta-nilair
vrtam kuntalaih snigdha-raktais’ ca gopya
muhus cumbitam bimba-raktadharam me
manasy avirastam alam laksa-labhaih

namo deva damodarananta visno
prasida prabho duhkha-jalabdhi-magnam
krpa-drsti-vrstyati-dinam batanu-
grhanesa mam ajnam edhy aksi-drsyah

kuveratmajau baddha-murtyaiva yadvat
tvaya mocitau bhakti-bhajau krtau ca
tatha prema-bhaktim svakam me prayaccha
na mokse graho me ‘sti damodareha

namas te ‘stu damne sphurad-dipti-dhamne
tvadiyodarayatha visvasya dhamne
namo radhikayai tvadiya-priyayai
namo ‘nanta-lilaya devaya tubhyam

Translations

[नमामि] namami: I bow
[ईश्वरम्] isvaram: To the Lord
[सत्] sat: Existence
[चित्] cit: Consciousness
[आनन्द] ananda: Bliss
[रूपम्] rupam: Form
[लसत्] lasat: Shining
[कुण्डलम्] kundalam: Earrings
[गोकुले] gokule: In Gokul
[भ्राजमानम्] bhrajamanam: Shining
[यशोदा] yasoda: Yasoda
[भिया] bhiya: By fear
[उलूखलात्] ulukhala: From mortar
[धावमानम्] dhavamanam: Running
[परामृष्टम्] paramrstam: Caught
[अत्यन्ततः] atyantato: Completely
[द्रुत्य] drutya: With speed
[गोप्या] gopya: By the gopi
[रुदन्तम्] rudantam: Crying
[मुहुः] muhur: Again and again
[नेत्र] netra: Eyes
[युग्मम्] yugmam: Pair
[मृजन्तम्] mrjantam: Rubbing
[कर] kara: Hand
[अम्भोज] ambhoja: Lotus
[युग्मेन] yugmena: With pair
[स] sa: With
[अङ्क] anka: Mark
[नेत्रम्] netram: Eyes
[मुहुः] muhuh: Repeatedly
[श्वास] svasa: Breath
[कम्प] kampa: Trembling
[त्रिरेखाङ्क] trirekhanka: Three-lined
[कण्ठ] kantha: Neck
[स्थित] sthita: Situated
[ग्रैवम्] graivam: Necklace
[दामोदरम्] damodaram: Damodara
[भक्ति] bhakti: Devotion
[बद्धम्] baddham: Bound
[इतीदृक्] itidrk: Such
[स्व] sva: Own
[लीलाभिः] lilabhir: By pastimes
[आनन्द] ananda: Bliss
[कुण्डे] kunde: In ocean
[स्व] sva: Own
[घोषम्] ghosam: Abode
[निमज्जन्तम्] nimajjantam: Immersing
[आख्यापयन्तम्] akhyapayantam: Proclaiming
[तदीय] tadiya: His
[ईसित] isita: Desired
[ज्ञेषु] jnesu: Among knowers
[भक्तैः] bhaktair: By devotees
[जितत्वम्] jitatvam: Conquered state
[पुनः] punah: Again
[प्रेमतः] prematas: With love
[तम्] tam: Him
[शतावृत्ति] satavrtti: Hundred times
[वन्दे] vande: I praise
[वरम्] varam: Boon
[देव] deva: O Lord
[मोक्षम्] moksam: Liberation
[न] na: Not
[मोक्ष] moksa: Liberation
[अवधिम्] avadhim: Limit
[व] va: Or
[न] na: Not
[च] ca: And
[अन्यम्] anyam: Other
[वृणे] vrne: I choose
[अहम्] aham: I
[वरेशात्] varesat: From giver of boons
[अपि] api: Even
[इह] iha: Here
[इदम्] idam: This
[ते] te: Your
[वपुः] vapur: Body
[नाथ] natha: O Lord
[गोपाल] gopala: Cowherd
[बालम्] balam: Child
[सदा] sada: Always
[मे] me: My
[मनसि] manasy: In mind
[अविरस्तम्] avirastam: May remain
[किम्] kim: What
[अन्यैः] anyaih: With others
[इदम्] idam: This
[ते] te: Your
[मुख] mukha: Face
[अम्भोजम्] ambhojam: Lotus
[अत्यन्त] atyanta: Extremely
[नीलैः] nilair: Blue
[वृतम्] vrtam: Surrounded
[कुन्तलैः] kuntalai: By locks
[स्निग्ध] snigdha: Soft
[रक्तैः] raktais: Red
[च] ca: And
[गोप्या] gopya: By gopi
[मुहुः] muhus: Often
[चुम्बितम्] cumbitam: Kissed
[बिम्ब] bimba: Bimba fruit
[रक्त] rakta: Red
[अधरम्] adharam: Lips
[मे] me: My
[मनसि] manasy: In mind
[अविरस्तम्] avirastam: May remain
[अलम्] alam: Enough
[लक्ष] laksa: Hundred thousand
[लाभैः] labhaih: With gains
[नमः] namo: Obeisances
[देव] deva: O Lord
[दामोदर] damodara: Damodara
[अनन्त] ananta: Unlimited
[विष्णो] visno: O Vishnu
[प्रसीद] prasida: Be pleased
[प्रभो] prabho: O Master
[दुःख] duhkha: Misery
[जल] jala: Water
[अब्धि] abdhi: Ocean
[मग्नम्] magnam: Drowned
[कृपा] krpa: Mercy
[दृष्टि] drsti: Glance
[वृष्ट्या] vrstya: By shower
[अति] ati: Very
[दीनम्] dinam: Fallen
[बत] bata: Alas
[अनुग्रहाण] anugraha: Please favor
[ईश] isa: O Lord
[माम्] mam: Me
[अज्ञम्] ajnam: Ignorant
[एधि] edhy: Please be
[अक्षि] aksi: Eye
[दृश्यः] drsyah: Visible
[कुवेर] kuvera: Kuvera
[आत्मजौ] atmajau: Sons
[बद्ध] baddha: Bound
[मूर्त्या] murtya: In form
[एव] eva: Indeed
[यद्वत्] yadvat: As
[त्वया] tvaya: By You
[मोचितौ] mocitau: Liberated
[भक्ति] bhakti: Devotion
[भाजौ] bhajau: Adorned with
[कृतौ] krtau: Made
[च] ca: And
[तथा] tatha: Similarly
[प्रेम] prema: Love
[भक्तिम्] bhaktim: Devotion
[स्वकम्] svakam: Own
[मे] me: To me
[प्रयच्छ] prayaccha: Give
[न] na: Not
[मोक्षे] mokse: In liberation
[ग्रहः] graho: Interest
[मे] me: My
[अस्ति] asti: Is
[दामोदर] damodara: Damodara
[इह] iha: Here
[नमः] namas: Obeisances
[ते] te: To You
[अस्तु] astu: May be
[दाम्ने] damne: To the rope
[स्फुरत्] sphurat: Shining
[दीप्ति] dipti: Light
[धाम्ने] dhamne: Abode
[त्वदीय] tvadiya: Your
[उदराय] udaraya: To belly
[अथ] atha: Then
[विश्वस्य] visvasya: Of universe
[धाम्ने] dhamne: To abode
[नमः] namo: Obeisances
[राधिकायै] radhikayai: To Radha
[त्वदीय] tvadiya: Your
[प्रियायै] priyayai: To beloved
[नमः] namo: Obeisances
[अनन्त] ananta: Unlimited
[लीलाय] lilaya: To pastimes
[देवाय] devaya: To Lord
[तुभ्यम्] tubhyam: To You

Purport

Found in the Padma Purana of Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa,
spoken by Satyavrata Muni in a conversation with Narada Muni and Saunaka Rishi)

"In the month of Kartika one should worship Lord Damodara and daily recite the prayer known
as Damodarashtaka, which has been spoken by the sage Satyavrata and which attracts Lord Damodara."
(Sri Hari-bhakti-vilasa 2.16.198)

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