Damodar Ashtakam - Devotional Hymn to Lord Krishna

  🪔Damodar Ashtakam 🪔

🌸 I bow to Lord Damodara 💥

       the eternal form of truth and bliss

      He shines with beautiful earrings

      gloriously present in Gokul

🌺 He runs after breaking the butter pot🌺

     afraid yet innocent like a child

     Caught gently by Mother Yashoda

     bound only by her loving devotion

🪔 His playful childhood pastimes 🪻

     fill devotees’ hearts with divine joy

    They show that the Supreme Lord

    is conquered only by pure love

🌹 O Lord, I ask not for liberation 🌻

      nor for any worldly blessing

    Let Your sweet form as Gopal

   always remain within my heart

🌸 Your lotus-like face is very beautiful🌷

      surrounded by soft dark curls

      Again and again kissed by Yashoda

    Your red lips enchant my mind

🥀 O Lord Damodara, infinite Vishnu🥀

      please be kind to me

     Lift me from the ocean of sorrow

     with Your merciful, loving glance

🌷 Just as You freed the sons of Kubera🌿

     who were bound to the trees

     Bless me with pure loving devotion

    I desire no liberation, O Damodara

🌻 Salutations to the sacred rope🌹

     that bound You in divine play

     Salutations to Your sacred belly

    to beloved Radha, and Your endless pastimes

🪔 Damodar Ashtakam - Roman English 🪔

🌸 namāmīśvaram sac-cid-ānanda-rūpam🪻

     lasat-kuṇḍalaṁ gokule bhrājamānam

     yaśodā-bhiyolūkhalād dhāvamānam

    parāmṛṣṭam atyantato drutya gopyā

🌻 rudantaṁ muhur netra-yugmaṁ mṛjantam🌻

    karāmbhoja-yugmena sātaṅka-netram

    muhuḥ śvāsa-kampa-tri-rekhāṅka-kaṇṭha

   sthita-graiva-dāmodaraṁ bhakti-baddham

🪷 itī-dṛk sva-līlābhir ānanda-kuṇḍe🌺

    sva-ghoṣaṁ nimajjantam ākhyāpayantam

    tadīyeśita-jñeṣu bhaktair jitatvaṁ

    punaḥ prematas taṁ śatāvṛtti vande

🙏 varaṁ deva mokṣaṁ na mokṣāvadhiṁ vā🌹

    na cānyaṁ vṛṇe ’haṁ vareśād apīha

    idaṁ te vapur nātha gopāla-bālaṁ

    sadā me manasy āvirastāṁ kim anyaiḥ

🌸 idaṁ te mukhāmbhojam atyanta-nīlaiḥ🌿

     vṛtaṁ kuntalaiḥ snigdha-raktaiś ca gopyā

    muhuḥ śumbhitaṁ bimba-raktādharaṁ me

    manasy āvirastām alaṁ lakṣa-lābhaiḥ

💥 namo deva dāmodarānanta viṣṇo🍀

    prasīda prabho duḥkha-jālābdhi-magnam

    kṛpā-dṛṣṭi-vṛṣṭyāti-dīnaṁ batānu

    gṛhāṇeśa mām ajña-medhy akṣi-dṛśyaḥ

💥 kubera-ātmajau baddha-mūtyaiva yadvat🥀

    tvayā mocitau bhakti-bhājau kṛtau ca

    tathā prema-bhaktiṁ svakāṁ me prayaccha

    na mokṣe graho me ’sti dāmodareha

🙏 namas te ’stu dāmne sphurad-dīpti-dhāmne🌷

    tvadīyodarāyātha viśvasya dhāmne

    namo rādhikāyai tvadīya-priyāyai

    namo ’nanta-līlāya devāya tubhyam