This hymn composed by Adi Shankaracharya is very popular even with children as it is so easy to learn and extremely melodious. In this hymn, the composer weaves the stories of Rama and Krishna together, ensuring that Vishnu is not forgotten. The complete works of Adi Shankaracharya (in Sanskrit) are available at: http://www.samatabooks.com/
The words of this hymn in devnaagari script alongwith the english translation is available at:
http://www.stutimandal.com/gif_adi/achyutashtakam.htm
An english transliteration is available at:
http://www.hindudevotionalblog.com/2008/08/achyutha-ashtakam-lyrics-and-video...
To understand Sanskrit better, visit: http://sanskritdocuments.org/learning_tools/learning_tools.html#SECTION0000100
The audio recording is taken from the Cd Shyam Smaranam: A musical offering to the Eternal Lord Krishna, produced by Sri Aurbindo Society, Pondicherry, under the supervision of Dr.Sampadananda Mishra. The Cd has two parts, with the same hymns. Part 1 is with the accompaniment of musical instruments and the second one is the traditional rendition, without the musical instruments, except one. The male voices in the Cd belong to Pavitra Kumar and Dr.Sampadananda Mishra.
The visuals are random downloads from the web.
can you please also upload the another version with mnusical instruments as well ?
ripponjalali 1 year ago
@ripponjalali I suggest that you buy the CD...all details of the Cd are given in the Info box of this video.
toyam108 10 months ago