कैवल्याष्टकम् अथवा केवलाष्टकम्
Kewvalashtakam or Kaivlyashtakam
The octet
salvation or octet of nothing
By
Neelakanta
Goswami
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(It seems Neelakanta Goswami was a vaishnavite scholar of early 20th centuary . More info about him is given in https://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/12-15/editorials13485.htm .It is also reffered to as Madhurashtakam)
मधुरं मधुरेभ्योऽपि
मङ्गलेभ्योपि मङ्गलम् ।
पावनं पावनेभ्योऽपि
हरेर्नामैव केवलम् ॥ १॥
Madhuram , madhurebhyopi , manglebhyopi Mangalam,
Pavanam pavenobhyopi harernamaiva kevalam
Sweeter
than sweetest, auspecious than most auspicious,
Holier than holiest, only the name
of Hari is everything
आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तं सर्वं मायामयं जगत् ।
सत्यं सत्यं पुनः सत्यं हरेर्नामैव केवलम् ॥ २॥
Aabrahmasthamba paryantham sarva mayamayam
Jagath,
Sathyam
, sathyam , puna sathyam Harenamaiva kevalam
Right from time of Lord Brahma to present, the entire universe is illusion,
This the truth, truth , again truth , the name
of Hari only is everything
स गुरुः स पिता चापि सा माता बान्धवोऽपि सः ।
शिक्षयेच्चेत्सदा स्मर्तुं हरेर्नामैव केवलम् ॥ ३॥
Sa
Guru Sa pithaa chaapi Saa mathaa
Bandhavyopi sa
Sikshayecheth
sadhaa smarthum Harer namaiva Kevalam
The
Guru , The father and the mother and also
relatives,
Always teach
you to remember only that the name
of Hari is everything.
निःश्र्वासे न हि विश्र्वासः कदा रुद्धो भविष्यति ।
कीर्तनीयमतो बाल्याद्धरेर्नामैव
केवलम् ॥ ४॥
Niswase na hi
viswasa kadhaa rudho bhavishyathi
Keerthaneeyamatho
Balyadhare harer namaiva kevalam
Till
last breath comes , we do not have belief
when our end will comes,
From
the time that
you are a child , sing only that name of Hari is everything
हरिः सदा वसेत्तत्र यत्र भगवता जनाः ।
गायन्ति भक्तिभावेन हरेर्नामैव केवलम् ॥ ५॥
Hari
sadhaa vasethathra yathra bhagawatha Janaa
Gayanthi
Bhakthi Bhavena Harer namaiva Kevalam
Wherever Godly people
live, Hari also lives there
And
they sing with devotion , that the
name of Hari only is every thing.
अहो दुःखं महादुःखं दुःखद् दुःखतरं यतः ।
काचार्थं विस्मृतं रत्नं हरेर्नामैव केवलम् ॥ ६॥
Aho Dukham
Maha Dukham dukhadha
Dukhatharam Yadhaa
Kaachartha
vismrutham Rathnam harer namaiva kevalam
Alas it is sorrow, great sorrow and possibly greatest sorrow
Forgetting
a jewel of the name of Hari only people seek a glass,
दीयतां दीयतां कर्णो नीयतां नीयतां वचः ।
गीयतां गीयतां नित्यं हरेर्नामैव केवलम् ॥ ७॥
Dheeyathaam dheeyathaam
karno neeyathaam neeyathaam
vacha
Geeyathaam geeyathaam
nithyam harer namaiva kevalam
The
ear must hear and hear that only , Words should speak and speak that only,
Sing
and sing g daily sing only that the
name of Hari is everything
तृणीकृत्य जगत्सर्वं राजते सकलोपरि ।
चिदानन्दमयं शुद्धं हरेर्नामैव केवलम् ॥ ८॥
TRuni
kruthya jagath sarva rajathe
sakalopari
Chidananda mayam
Shudham harer namaiva
kevalam
Making the entire universe as blade of grass, it
rules over entire universe,
It is
full of divine joy and greatly pure ,
the name of Hari only is
every thing
इति कैवल्याष्टकम्
अथवा केवलाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।
ithi kaivalyashtakam or kevalashtakam comes to an end
श्रीकृष्णार्पणमस्तु ।
SRi Krishnarpanamasthu
Every
thing is offered to LOrd Krishna
इति नीलकण्ठगोस्वामी
विरचितं केवलाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥
Ithi Neelakanta
Goswami virachitham Kevalaashtakam Sampoornam
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