Devotional · Traditional (attr. Adi Shankaracharya)

Krishna Ashtakam (verse 1)

~20 second read · suited to devotion

वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम् । देवकीपरमानन्दं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॥

vasudevasutam devam kamsachanuramardanam . devakiparamanandam krishnam vande jagadgurum ..

Meaning

Son of Vasudeva, the divine one, who broke Kamsa and Chanura, the boundless joy of Devaki. To Krishna, teacher of all the worlds, I bow.

Practice it daily

In Niyam, this mantra can stand between you and your most distracting apps — it appears for 15 seconds, in your script with its meaning, each time you open them. Read, breathe, continue. Fourteen days of those pauses become a sadhana.

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