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Bhishma Kruta Sri Krishna Stuti

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  • verse 1
    भीष्म उवाच ।इति मतिरुपकल्पिता वितृष्णाभगवति सात्वतपुङ्गवे विभूम्नि ।स्वसुखमुपगते क्वचिद्विहर्तुंप्रकृतिमुपेयुषि यद्भवप्रवाहः ॥ 1 ॥
    bhīṣma uvācha ।iti matirupakalpitā vitṛṣṇābhagavati sātvatapuṅgavē vibhūmni ।svasukhamupagatē kvachidvihartuṃprakṛtimupēyuṣi yadbhavapravāhaḥ ॥ 1 ॥
    meaning

    Thus Bhishma spoke: This wisdom fashioned without craving rests upon the Lord, the foremost of the Satvatas and all-pervading, who—having attained his own bliss—sometimes enters nature to sport, yet the torrent of becoming follows him.

  • verse 2
    त्रिभुवनकमनं तमालवर्णंरविकरगौरवराम्बरं दधाने ।वपुरलककुलावृताननाब्जंविजयसखे रतिरस्तु मेऽनवद्या ॥ 2 ॥
    tribhuvanakamanaṃ tamālavarṇaṃravikaragauravarāmbaraṃ dadhānē ।vapuralakakulāvṛtānanābjaṃvijayasakhē ratirastu mē'navadyā ॥ 2 ॥
    meaning

    O Krishna, victory-companion, may my devotion be flawless toward you whose form is desired by the three worlds, dark as tamala trees, wearing garments bright as the sun's rays, your lotus-face adorned with curling locks.

  • verse 3
    युधि तुरगरजोविधूम्रविष्वक्कचलुलितश्रमवार्यलङ्कृतास्ये ।मम निशितशरैर्विभिद्यमानत्वचि विलसत्कवचेऽस्तु कृष्ण आत्मा ॥ 3 ॥
    yudhi turagarajōvidhūmraviṣvakkachalulitaśramavāryalaṅkṛtāsyē ।mama niśitaśarairvibhidyamānatvachi vilasatkavachē'stu kṛṣṇa ātmā ॥ 3 ॥
    meaning

    In battle, with dust from galloping horses darkening the sky and sweat adorning your face, may Krishna's soul dwell in your body, which is pierced by my sharp arrows and gleams in radiant armor.

  • verse 4
    सपदि सखिवचो निशम्य मध्येनिजपरयोर्बलयो रथं निवेश्य ।स्थितवति परसैनिकायुरक्ष्णाहृतवति पार्थसखे रतिर्ममास्तु ॥ 4 ॥
    sapadi sakhivachō niśamya madhyēnijaparayōrbalayō rathaṃ nivēśya ।sthitavati parasainikāyurakṣṇāhṛtavati pārthasakhē ratirmamāstu ॥ 4 ॥
    meaning

    Hearing at once the words of his friend in the midst, placing the chariot between the forces of both sides, standing with eyes fixed on the enemy army, may my affection rest in Krishna, the companion of Partha, who bore away that moment.

  • verse 5
    व्यवहित पृथनामुखं निरीक्ष्यस्वजनवधाद्विमुखस्य दोषबुद्ध्या ।कुमतिमहरदात्मविद्यया य--श्चरणरतिः परमस्य तस्य मेऽस्तु ॥ 5 ॥
    vyavahita pṛthanāmukhaṃ nirīkṣyasvajanavadhādvimukhasya dōṣabuddhyā ।kumatimaharadātmavidyayā ya--ścharaṇaratiḥ paramasya tasya mē'stu ॥ 5 ॥
    meaning

    Observing Krishna arrayed with countless faces, Bhishma—turning from slaying his kinsmen through understanding of fault—possessed devotion to the feet of that Supreme One, whose knowledge destroys the ocean of delusion; may such attachment to Him be mine.

  • verse 6
    स्वनिगममपहाय मत्प्रतिज्ञांऋतमधिकर्तुमवप्लुतो रथस्थः ।धृतरथचरणोऽभ्ययाच्चलद्गुःहरिरिव हन्तुमिभं गतोत्तरीयः ॥ 6 ॥
    svanigamamapahāya matpratijñāṃṛtamadhikartumavaplutō rathasthaḥ ।dhṛtarathacharaṇō'bhyayāchchaladguḥhaririva hantumibhaṃ gatōttarīyaḥ ॥ 6 ॥
    meaning

    Abandoning His own scripture to uphold my pledge, Krishna stood in the chariot unwavering in dharma, grasped the chariot's wheel with steady hand, and like Hari pursuing the elephant, advanced with his upper garment removed.

  • verse 7
    शितविशिखहतो विशीर्णदंशःक्षतजपरिप्लुत आततायिनो मे ।प्रसभमभिससार मद्वधार्थंस भवतु मे भगवान् गतिर्मुकुन्दः ॥ 7 ॥
    śitaviśikhahatō viśīrṇadaṃśaḥkṣatajaparipluta ātatāyinō mē ।prasabhamabhisasāra madvadhārthaṃsa bhavatu mē bhagavān gatirmukundaḥ ॥ 7 ॥
    meaning

    Pierced by cold arrows with shattered fangs, drenched in blood, my aggressor rushed violently toward my slaying—may that Lord Mukunda be my refuge and goal.

  • verse 8
    विजयरथकुटुम्ब आत्ततोत्रेधृतहयरश्मिनि तच्छ्रियेक्षणीये ।भगवति रतिरस्तु मे मुमूर्षोःयमिह निरीक्ष्य हताः गताः सरूपम् ॥ 8 ॥
    vijayarathakuṭumba āttatōtrēdhṛtahayaraśmini tachChriyēkṣaṇīyē ।bhagavati ratirastu mē mumūrṣōḥyamiha nirīkṣya hatāḥ gatāḥ sarūpam ॥ 8 ॥
    meaning

    May my devotion to the Lord—who bears the victorious chariot-array with drawn bowstrings, who holds the horse-reins, whose glory is beheld by the eye—remain steadfast even as I, the dying one, witness here those slain and departed to their final form.

  • verse 9
    ललित गति विलास वल्गुहासप्रणय निरीक्षण कल्पितोरुमानाः ।कृतमनुकृतवत्य उन्मदान्धाःप्रकृतिमगन् किल यस्य गोपवध्वः ॥ 9 ॥
    lalita gati vilāsa valguhāsapraṇaya nirīkṣaṇa kalpitōrumānāḥ ।kṛtamanukṛtavatya unmadāndhāḥprakṛtimagan kila yasya gōpavadhvaḥ ॥ 9 ॥
    meaning

    The cowherd women, enchanted and blinded by Krishna's graceful gait, playful charm, sweet laughter, and loving glances that seemed to fashion their very hearts, thus forgot their own nature.

  • verse 10
    मुनिगणनृपवर्यसङ्कुलेऽन्तःसदसि युधिष्ठिरराजसूय एषाम् ।अर्हणमुपपेद ईक्षणीयोमम दृशिगोचर एष आविरात्मा ॥ 10 ॥
    munigaṇanṛpavaryasaṅkulē'ntaḥsadasi yudhiṣṭhirarājasūya ēṣām ।arhaṇamupapēda īkṣaṇīyōmama dṛśigōchara ēṣa āvirātmā ॥ 10 ॥
    meaning

    In the assembly crowded with distinguished sages and kings at Yudhishthira's royal sacrifice, this Krishna—worthy of worship and visible to my sight—reveals himself before my eyes.

  • verse 11
    तमिममहमजं शरीरभाजांहृदि हृदि धिष्टितमात्मकल्पितानाम् ।प्रतिदृशमिव नैकधाऽर्कमेकंसमधिगतोऽस्मि विधूतभेदमोहः ॥ 11 ॥
    tamimamahamajaṃ śarīrabhājāṃhṛdi hṛdi dhiṣṭitamātmakalpitānām ।pratidṛśamiva naikadhā'rkamēkaṃsamadhigatō'smi vidhūtabhēdamōhaḥ ॥ 11 ॥
    meaning

    That unborn Krishna, dwelling in the heart of each embodied being as the Self they themselves imagine, I have comprehended as one sun reflected distinctly in each water—singular yet appearing manifold—my delusion of multiplicity now dispelled.

  • verse 12
    इति श्रीमद्भागवते महापुराणे प्रथमस्कन्धे नवमोऽध्याये भीष्मकृत भगवत् स्तुतिः ।
    iti śrīmadbhāgavatē mahāpurāṇē prathamaskandhē navamō'dhyāyē bhīṣmakṛta bhagavat stutiḥ ।
    meaning

    Thus ends the Hymn to the Bhagavat composed by Bhishma in the ninth chapter of the first canto of the great Bhagavata Purana.

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