दामोदराष्टकम्
Damodarashtakam
Satyavrata Muni's eight-verse Kartika hymn to child Krishna as Damodara.
समर्पितभगवान कृष्णnamaameeshvarn sachchidaanandaroopn lasatkundaln gokule bhraajamaanam.yashodaabhiyolookhalaaddhaavamaann paraamrishtamatyantato drutya gopyaa (1)
rudantn muhurnetrayugmn mrijantn karaambhojayugmena saatangkanetram.muhuh shvaasakampatrirekhaangkakanthasthitagraivadaamodarn bhaktibaddham (2)
iteedriksvaleelaabhiraanandakunde svaghoshn nimajjantamaakhyaapayantam.tadeeyeshitajnyeshu bhaktairjitatvn punh prematastn shataavritti vande (3)
varn deva mokshn na mokshaavadhin vaa na chaanyn vrine'hn vareshaadapeeha.idn te vapurnaatha gopaalabaaln sadaa me manasyaaviraastaan kimanyaih (4)
idn te mukhaambhojamatyantaneelairvritn kuntalaih snigdharaktaishcha gopyaa.muhushchumbitn bimbaraktaadharn me manasyaaviraastaamaln lakshalaabhaih (5)
namo deva daamodaraananta vishno praseeda prabho duhkhajaalaabdhimagnam.kripaadrishtivrishtyaatideenn bataanu grihaanesha maamajnyamedhyakshidrishyh (6)
kuveraatmajau baddhamoortyaiva yadvattvayaa mochitau bhaktibhaajau kritau cha.tathaa premabhaktin svakaan me prayachchha na mokshe graho me'sti daamodareha (7)
namaste'stu daamne sphuraddeeptidhaamne tvadeeyodaraayaatha vishvasya dhaamne.namo raadhikaayai tvadeeyapriyaayai namo'nantaleelaaya devaaya tubhyam (8)
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