Lord Krishna

kṛṣṇa stutiḥ (brahma kṛtā bhāgavata purāṇa)

(Brahma Kruta Krishna Stuti (Bhagavata Purana) in English (IAST))

From Bhagavata Purana

This profound hymn is composed by Lord Brahma, the creator, upon witnessing the divine pastimes of Lord Krishna in Vrindavana. It appears in the tenth canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam, marking Brahma's realization of Krishna's Supreme Personality of Godhead. The stotra serves as a beautiful philosophical meditation on the transcendental form and virtues of the Lord. Chanting or contemplating these verses helps devotees transcend material illusions, gain spiritual clarity, and foster deep devotion, as it encapsulates the essence of surrendering one's ego before the infinite grace of the divine protector.

brahmovāca |

naumīḍya te'bhravapuṣe taḍidambarāya
guñjāvataṃsaparipicchalasanmukhāya |
vanyasraje kavalavetraviṣāṇaveṇu-
lakṣmaśriye mṛdupade paśupāṅgajāya || 1 ||
asyāpi deva vapuṣo madanugrahasya
svecchāmayasya na tu bhūtamayasya ko'pi |
neśemahi tvavasituṃ manasāntareṇa
sākṣāttavaiva kimutātmasukhānubhūteḥ || 2 ||
jñāne prayāsamudapāsya namanta eva
jīvanti sanmukharitāṃ bhavadīyavārtām |
sthāne sthitāḥ śrutigatāṃ tanuvāmmanobhiḥ
ye prāyaśo'jita jito'pyasi taistrilokyām || 3 ||
śreyaḥsrutiṃ bhaktimudasya te vibho kliśyanti ye kevalabodhalabdhaye |
teṣāmasau kleśala eva śiṣyate nānyadyathā sthūlatuṣāvaghātinām || 4 ||
pureha bhūman bahavo'pi yoginastvadarpitehā nijakarmalabdhayā |
vibudhya bhaktyaiva kathopanītayā prapedire'ñjo'cyuta te gatiṃ parām || 5 ||
tathāpi bhūman mahimā'guṇasya te viboddhumarhatyamalāntarātmabhiḥ |
avikriyātsvānubhavādarūpato hyananyabodhyātmatayā na cānyathā || 6 ||
guṇātmanaste'pi guṇān vimātuṃ hitāvatīrṇasya ka īśire'sya |
kālena yairvā vimitāḥ sukalpairbhūpāṃsavaḥ khe mihikā dyubhāsaḥ || 7 ||
tatte'nukampāṃ susamīkṣamāṇo bhuñjāna evātmakṛtaṃ vipākam |
hṛdvāgvapurbhirvidadhannamaste jīveta yo muktipade sa dāyabhāk || 8 ||
paśyeśa me'nāryamananta ādye parātmani tvayyapi māyimāyini |
māyāṃ vitatyekṣitumātmavaibhavaṃ hyahaṃ kiyānaicchamivārciragnau || 9 ||
ataḥ kṣamasvācyuta me rajobhuvo hyajānatastvatpṛthagīśamāninaḥ |
ajāvalepāndhatamo'ndhacakṣuṣa eṣo'nukampyo mayi nāthavāniti || 10 ||
kvāhaṃ tamomahadahaṅkhacarāgnivārbhūsaṃveṣṭitāṇḍaghaṭasaptavitastakāyaḥ |
kvedṛgvidhāvigaṇitāṇḍaparāṇucaryāvātādhvaromavivarasya ca te mahitvam || 11 ||
utkṣepaṇaṃ garbhagatasya pādayoḥ kiṃ kalpate māturadho'kṣajāgase |
kimasti nāstivyapadeśabhūṣitaṃ tavāsti kukṣeḥ kiyadapyanantaḥ || 12 ||
jagattrayāntodadhisamplavode nārāyaṇasyodaranābhinālāt |
vinirgato'jastviti vānna vai mṛṣā kiṃ tvīśvaratvānna vinirgato'smi . |
nārāyaṇastvaṃ na hi sarvadehināmātmāsyadhīśākhilalokasākṣī |
nārāyaṇo'ṅgaṃ narabhūjalāyanāttaccāpi satyaṃ na tavaiva māyā || 14 ||
taccejjalasthaṃ tava sajjagadvapuḥ kiṃ me na dṛṣṭaṃ bhagavaṃstadaiva |
kiṃ vā sudṛṣṭaṃ hṛdi me tadaiva kiṃ no sapadyeva punarvyadarśi || 15 ||
atraiva māyādamanāvatāre hyasya prapañcasya bahiḥ sphuṭasya |
kṛtsnasya cāntarjaṭhare jananyā māyātvameva prakaṭīkṛtaṃ te || 16 ||
yasya kukṣāvidaṃ sarvaṃ sātmaṃ bhāti yathā tathā |
tattvayyapīha tatsarvaṃ kimidaṃ māyayā vinā || 17 ||
adyaiva tvadṛte'sya kiṃ mama na te māyātvamādarśitaṃ
eko'si prathamaṃ tato vrajasuhṛdvatsāḥ samastā api |
tāvanto'si caturbhujāstadakhilaiḥ sākaṃ mayopāsitā-
stāvantyeva jagantyabhūstadamitaṃ brahmādvayaṃ śiṣyate || 18 ||
ajānatāṃ tvatpadavīmanātmanyātmā'tmanā bhāsi vitatya māyām |
sṛṣṭāvivāhaṃ jagato vidhāna iva tvameṣo'nta iva trinetraḥ || 19 ||
sureṣvṛṣiṣvīśa tathaiva nṛṣvapi tiryakṣu yādaḥsvapi te'janasya |
janmāsatāṃ durmadanigrahāya prabho vidhātaḥ sadanugrahāya ca || 20 ||
ko vetti bhūman bhagavan parātman yogeśvarotīrbhavatastrilokyām |
kva vā kathaṃ vā kati vā kadeti vistārayan krīḍasi yogamāyām || 21 ||
tasmādidaṃ jagadaśeṣamasatsvarūpaṃ svapnābhamastadhiṣaṇaṃ puruduḥkhaduḥkham |
tvayyeva nityasukhabodhatanāvanante māyāta udyadapi yatsadivāvabhāti || 22 ||
ekastvamātmā puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ satyaḥ svayañjyotirananta ādyaḥ |
nityo'kṣaro'jasrasukho nirañjanaḥ pūrṇo'dvayo mukta upādhito'mṛtaḥ || 23 ||
evaṃvidhaṃ tvāṃ sakalātmanāmapi svātmānamātmā'tmatayā vicakṣate |
gurvarkalabdhopaniṣatsucakṣuṣā ye te tarantīva bhavānṛtāmbudhim || 24 ||
ātmānamevātmatayā'vijānatāṃ tenaiva jātaṃ nikhilaṃ prapañcitam |
jñānena bhūyo'pi ca tatpralīyate rajjvāmaherbhogabhavābhavau yathā || 25 ||
ajñānasañjñau bhavabandhamokṣau dvau nāma nānyau sta ṛtajñabhāvāt |
ajasracityā'tmani kevale pare vicāryamāṇe taraṇāvivāhanī || 26 ||
tvāmātmānaṃ paraṃ matvā paramātmānameva ca |
ātmā punarbahirmṛgya aho'jñajanatā'jñatā || 27 ||
antarbhave'nanta bhavantameva hyatattyajanto mṛgayanti santaḥ |
asantamapyantyahimantareṇa santaṃ guṇaṃ taṃ kimu yanti santaḥ || 28 ||
athāpi te deva padāmbujadvayaprasādaleśānugṛhīta eva hi |
jānāti tattvaṃ bhagavan mahimno na cānya eko'pi ciraṃ vicinvan || 29 ||
tadastu me nātha sa bhūribhāgo bhave'tra vānyatra tu vā tiraścām |
yenāhameko'pi bhavajjanānāṃ bhūtvā niṣeve tava pādapallavam || 30 ||
aho'tidhanyā vrajagoramaṇyaḥ stanyāmṛtaṃ pītamatīva te mudā |
yāsāṃ vibho vatsatarātmajātmanā yattṛptaye'dyāpi na cālamadhvarāḥ || 31 ||
aho bhāgyamaho bhāgyaṃ nandagopavrajaukasām |
yanmitraṃ paramānandaṃ pūrṇaṃ brahma sanātanam || 32 ||
eṣāṃ tu bhāgyamahimā'cyuta tāvadāstā-
mekādaśaiva hi vayaṃ bata bhūribhāgāḥ |
etaddhṛṣīkacaṣakairasakṛtpibāmaḥ
śarvādayo'ṅghryudajamadhvamṛtāsavaṃ te || 33 ||
tadbhūribhāgyamiha janma kimapyaṭavyāṃ
yadgokule'pi katamāṅghrirajo'bhiṣekam |
yajjīvitaṃ tu nikhilaṃ bhagavān mukunda-
stvadyāpi yatpadarajaḥ śrutimṛgyameva || 34 ||
eṣāṃ ghoṣanivāsināmuta bhavān kiṃ deva rāteti naḥ
ceto viśvaphalātphalaṃ tvadaparaṃ kutrāpyayan muhyati |
sadveṣādiva pūtanā'pi sakulā tvāmeva devāpitā
yaddhāmārthasuhṛtpriyātmatanayaprāṇāśayāstvatkṛte || 35 ||
tāvadrāgādayaḥ stenāstāvatkārāgṛhaṃ gṛham |
tāvanmoho'ṅghrinigaḍo yāvatkṛṣṇa na te janāḥ || 36 ||
prapañcaṃ niṣprapañco'pi viḍambayasi bhūtale |
prapannajanatānandasandohaṃ prathituṃ prabho || 37 ||
jānanta eva jānantu kiṃ bahūktyā na me prabho |
manaso vapuṣo vāco vaibhavaṃ tava gocaraḥ || 38 ||
anujānīhi māṃ kṛṣṇa sarvaṃ tvaṃ vetsi sarvadṛk |
tvameva jagatāṃ nātho jagadetattavārpitam || 39 ||
śrīkṛṣṇa vṛṣṇikulapuṣkarajoṣadāyin
kṣmānirjaradvijapaśūdadhivṛddhikārin |
uddharmaśārvarahara kṣitirākṣasadhrug
ākalpamārkamarhan bhagavan namaste || 40 ||
iti śrīmadbhāgavatamahāpurāṇe daśamaskandhe pūrvārdhe caturdaśādhyāyāntargataṃ brahmakṛtaṃ śrīkṛṣṇastutiḥ samāptā | bhāgavatapurāṇa . adhyāya 10/14/1-40 . |

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