श्रीकृष्णाष्टकम् — वसुदेवसुतं देवम्
Krishnashtakam (Vasudeva Sutam Devam)
The popular eight-verse Krishna hymn beginning Vasudeva Sutam Devam, followed by its traditional phalashruti.
समर्पितभगवान कृष्णvasudevasutn devn knsachaanooramardanam.devakeeparamaanandn krishnn vande jagadgurum (1)
ataseepushpasangkaashn haaranoopurashobhitam.ratnakangkanakeyoorn krishnn vande jagadgurum (2)
kutilaalakasnyuktn poornachandranibhaananam.vilasatkundaladharn devn krishnn vande jagadgurum (3)
mandaaragandhasnyuktn chaaruhaasn chaturbhujam.barhipinychhaavachoodaanggn krishnn vande jagadgurum (4)
utphullapadmapatraakshn neelajeemootasannibham.yaadavaanaan shiroratnn krishnn vande jagadgurum (5)
rukmineekelisnyuktn peetaambarasushobhitam.avaaptatulaseegandhn krishnn vande jagadgurum (6)
gopikaanaan kuchadvandvakungkumaangkitavakshasam.shreeniketn maheshvaasn krishnn vande jagadgurum (7)
shreevatsaangkn mahoraskn vanamaalaaviraajitam.shangkhachakradharn devn krishnn vande jagadgurum (8)
krishnaashtakamidn punyn praatarutthaaya yh pathet.kotijanmakritn paapn smaranena vinashyati.phalashrutih.
Sanskrit Wikisource — Shri Krishnashtakam
Underlying traditional work is public domain; Wikisource transcription is available under CC BY-SA
All eight verses and the phalashruti were checked against the cited edition; sandhi, spacing and punctuation were normalized without changing the recension.
श्रीकृष्णाष्टकम् — वसुदेवसुतं देवम् का अर्थ
Each verse ends by bowing to Krishna as Jagadguru, moving through his birth, beauty, relationships, Yadava identity and Vishnu emblems before the traditional closing verse on morning remembrance.