Krishna Kripa Kataksh Stotram

Came across this beautiful enchanting piece. Didn't know what exactly it is and what does the lyrics mean. After some research came to know it's the Krishna Kripa Kataksh Stotram. Even without knowing the meaning of the lyrics, this sounds melodious and scintillating. I researched for the meaning and after going through it even just once, I was left spellbound and speechless. I am listening to it even while writing this post. Do listen once and observe the effect it may have on you and your heart :) Hare Krishna!

Kataksh=kata+akshi, kata=side akshi=eyes/glance, it is believed that God doesn't have to look at us fully, even a side glance is enough to grant our wishes and grant moksha. So kripa kataksh means merciful side glances.

(1)

bhaje vrajaika-maṇḍanaḿ samasta-pāpa-khaṇḍanaḿ

sva-bhakta-citta-rañjanaḿ sadaiva nanda-nandanam

su-piccha-guccha-mastakaḿ su-nāda-veṇu-hastakam

anańga-rańga-sāgaraḿ namāmi kṛṣṇa-nāgaram

Eternally I worship Lord Krsna, who is Nanda's son, who is Vraja's sole ornament, who breaks all sins into pieces, and who delights the devotees' hearts. I offer my respectful obeisance to the hero Lord Krsna, whose head is decorated with peacock feathers, whose hand holds a melodious flute, and who is an ocean of Kamadeva's pastimes.

(2)

manoja-garva-mocanaḿ viśāla-lola-locanaḿ

vidhūta-gopa-śocanaḿ namāmi padma-locanam

karāravinda-bhūdharaḿ smitāvaloka-sundaraḿ

mahendra-māna-dāraṇaḿ namāmi kṛṣṇa-vāraṇam

I offer my respectful obeisance to lotus-eyed Lord Krsna, who frees Kamadeva of his pride, whose large eyes are very restless, and who shakes away the gopas' sadness. I offer my respectful obeisances to dark Lord Krsna, whose lotus hand lifted Govardhana Hill, whose smiling glance is charming, and who ripped Indra's pride into shreds.

(3)

kadamba-sūna-kuṇḍalaḿ su-cāru-gaṇḍa-maṇḍalaḿ

vrajāńganaika-vallabhaḿ namāmi kṛṣṇa-durlabham

yaśodayā sa-modayā sa-gopayā sa-nandayā

yutaḿ sukhaika-nāyakam namāmi gopa-nāyakam

I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna, who is difficult to attain, who wears a kadamba-flower earring, the circle of whose cheeks is very charming, and who is the only beloved of Vraja's girls. I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna, who is a playful cowherd boy, and who, in the company of Yasoda, Nanda, and the gopa people, enjoys pastimes that delight them all.

(4)

sadaiva pāda-pańkajaḿ madīya-mānase nijam

dadhānam uttamālakaḿ namāmi nanda-bālakam

samasta-doṣa-śoṣaṇaḿ samasta-loka-poṣaṇaḿ

samasta-gopa-mānasaḿ namāmi kṛṣṇa-lālasam

I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna, who is Nanda's small boy, and who eternally places His kunkuma-anointed lotus-feet in my heart. I offer my respectful obeisances to cheerful Lord Krsna, who dries up all faults, makes all worlds prosper, and stays in the thoughts of all the gopa people.

(5)

bhuvo bharāvatārakaḿ bhavābdhi-karṇadhārakaḿ

yaśomatī-kiśorakaḿ namāmi dugdha-corakam

dṛg-anta-kranta-bhańginaḿ sadā-sadāli-sańginaḿ

dine dine navaḿ navaḿ namāmi nanda-sambhavam

I offer my respectful obeisances to the milk-thief Lord Krsna, who removed the earth's burden, who is the captain of the ship to cross the ocean of birth and death, and who is Yasoda's teenage son. I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna, who is Nanda's son, who casts crooked glances from the corners of His eyes, who always stays with the gopis, and who day after day enjoys newer and newer pastimes.

(6)

guṇākaraḿ sukhākaraḿ kṛpākaraḿ kṛpāvaraḿ

sura-dviṣan-nikandanaḿ namāmi gopa-nandanam

navīna-gopa-nāgaraḿ navīna-keli-lampaṭaḿ

namāmi megha-sundaraḿ taḍit-prabhā-lasat-paṭam

I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna, who is a jewel-mine of transcendental qualities, a jewel-mine of transcendental bliss, a jewel-mine of mercy, who defeats the demigods' enemies, and who delights the cowherd people. I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna, who is a young hero of the cowherd people, who is a playful young rake, who is handsome and dark like a monsoon cloud, and whose yellow garments glisten like lightning.

(7)

samasta-gopa-nandanaḿ hṛd-ambujaika-mohanaḿ

namāmi kuñja-madhya-gaḿ prasanna-bhānu-śobhanam

nikāma-kāma-dāyakaḿ dṛg-anta-cāru-sāyakaḿ

rasāla-veṇu-gāyakaḿ namāmi kuñja-nāyakam

I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna, who delights all the cowherd people, who charms the devotees' lotus-hearts, who stays in forest groves, and who is splendid like a glistening sun. I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna, who fulfills all desires, whose sidelong glances are charming arrows, whose flute music is nectar, and who is the amorous hero of the forest groves.

(8)

vidagdha-gopikā-mano-manojña-talpa-śāyinaḿ

namāmi muñja-kānane pravṛddha-vahni-pāyinam

yadā tadā yathā tathā tathaiva kṛṣṇa-sat-kathā

mayā sadaiva gīyatāḿ tathā kṛpā vidhīyatām

I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna, who reclines on the charming couch of the wise gopis' hearts, and who drank up a forest fire in Munjatavi forest. I pray that whenever and however I sing His glories, Lord Krsna will be merciful to me.

(9)

pramāṇikāṣṭaka-dvayaḿ japaty adhītya yaḥ pumān

bhavet sa nanda-nandane bhave bhave su-bhaktimān

 I pray that whoever reads or recites these eight prayers will be fervently devoted to Nanda's son, devoted birth after birth.

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Swati