Sri Krishna Ashtottara Sata Namavali

Krishna

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  • verse 1
    ॐ कृष्णाय नमःॐ कमलानाथाय नमःॐ वासुदेवाय नमःॐ सनातनाय नमःॐ वसुदेवात्मजाय नमःॐ पुण्याय नमःॐ लीलामानुष विग्रहाय नमःॐ श्रीवत्स कौस्तुभधराय नमःॐ यशोदावत्सलाय नमःॐ हरये नमः ॥ 10 ॥

    ōṃ kṛṣṇāya namaḥōṃ kamalānāthāya namaḥōṃ vāsudēvāya namaḥōṃ sanātanāya namaḥōṃ vasudēvātmajāya namaḥōṃ puṇyāya namaḥōṃ līlāmānuṣa vigrahāya namaḥōṃ śrīvatsa kaustubhadharāya namaḥōṃ yaśōdāvatsalāya namaḥōṃ harayē namaḥ ॥ 10 ॥
    meaning

    Salutations to Krishna (the dark-hued one, the all-attractive); Kamalanatha (lord of Lakshmi); Vasudeva (son of Vasudeva); the Eternal; son of Vasudeva; the Pure; who took human form for divine play; who bears the Shrivatsa mark and Kaustubha gem; beloved of Yashoda; and Hari (the remover of sins).

    word by word
    ॐOmSymbol of Parabrahman · Om, symbol of Parabrahman · Om, the symbol of the Parabrahman · Om · The Symbol of Parabrahman · Symbol of the Parabrahman
    कृष्णायKrssnnaayaTo Sri Krishna
    नमNamaReverential Salutations · Salutations
    वासुदेवायVaasudevaayaTo Sri Vasudeva
    श्रीवत्सShriivatsaSrivatsa
    कृष्णायाKrssnnaayaaOf Krishna Paksha
    नमःNamahSalutations · Reverential Salutations · I offer my Salutations [to Shiva and Shakti] · Salutations, Obeisance · Bow, Obeisance, Reverential Salutation
    सनातनSanaatanaPrimeval
    पुण्यPunnyaAuspicious, Sacred
    विग्रहVigrahaHaving a Handsome Form or Shape
  • verse 2
    ॐ चतुर्भुजात्त चक्रासिगदा शङ्खान्द्युदायुधाय नमःॐ देवकीनन्दनाय नमःॐ श्रीशाय नमःॐ नन्दगोप प्रियात्मजाय नमःॐ यमुना वेगसंहारिणे नमःॐ बलभद्र प्रियानुजाय नमःॐ पूतना जीवितहराय नमःॐ शकटासुर भञ्जनाय नमःॐ नन्दव्रज जनानन्दिने नमःॐ सच्चिदानन्द विग्रहाय नमः ॥ 20 ॥

    ōṃ chaturbhujātta chakrāsigadā śaṅkhāndyudāyudhāya namaḥōṃ dēvakīnandanāya namaḥōṃ śrīśāya namaḥōṃ nandagōpa priyātmajāya namaḥōṃ yamunā vēgasaṃhāriṇē namaḥōṃ balabhadra priyānujāya namaḥōṃ pūtanā jīvitaharāya namaḥōṃ śakaṭāsura bhañjanāya namaḥōṃ nandavraja janānandinē namaḥōṃ sachchidānanda vigrahāya namaḥ ॥ 20 ॥
    meaning

    Salutations to him with four arms bearing discus, sword, mace, and conch; delight of Devaki; lord of Lakshmi; beloved son of Nanda Gopa; who tamed the fierce currents of the Yamuna; beloved younger brother of Balarama; who took the life of the demoness Putana; who shattered the cart-demon Shakata; who brings joy to the people of Nanda's cowherd settlement; and embodiment of existence-consciousness-bliss.

    word by word
    ॐOmSymbol of Parabrahman · Om, symbol of Parabrahman · Om, the symbol of the Parabrahman · Om · The Symbol of Parabrahman · Symbol of the Parabrahman
    नमNamaReverential Salutations · Salutations
    नन्दगोपNanda-GopaCowherd Nanda
    यमुनाYamunaaRiver Yamuna
    पूतनाPuutanaaA female demon sent by Kamsa to kill Sri Krishna
    सच्चिदानन्दSaccidaanandaSacchidananda, Existence-Consciousness-Bliss
    नमःNamahSalutations · Reverential Salutations · I offer my Salutations [to Shiva and Shakti] · Salutations, Obeisance · Bow, Obeisance, Reverential Salutation
    भञ्जनBhan.janaBreaker, Destrying
    विग्रहVigrahaHaving a Handsome Form or Shape
  • verse 3
    ॐ नवनीत विलिप्ताङ्गाय नमःॐ नवनीत नटाय नमःॐ अनघाय नमःॐ नवनीत नवाहाराय नमःॐ मुचुकुन्द प्रसादकाय नमःॐ षोडशस्त्री सहस्रेशाय नमःॐ त्रिभङ्गि मधुराकृतये नमःॐ शुकवाग मृताब्धीन्दवे नमःॐ गोविन्दाय नमःॐ योगिनां पतये नमः ॥ 30 ॥

    ōṃ navanīta viliptāṅgāya namaḥōṃ navanīta naṭāya namaḥōṃ anaghāya namaḥōṃ navanīta navāhārāya namaḥōṃ muchukunda prasādakāya namaḥōṃ ṣōḍaśastrī sahasrēśāya namaḥōṃ tribhaṅgi madhurākṛtayē namaḥōṃ śukavāga mṛtābdhīndavē namaḥōṃ gōvindāya namaḥōṃ yōgināṃ patayē namaḥ ॥ 30 ॥
    meaning

    Salutations to him whose body is smeared with butter; who dances for butter; the sinless one; who eats fresh butter; who pleased Muchukunda; lord of sixteen thousand women; whose form is charmingly triple-bent; a moon rising over the ocean of Shuka's nectar-speech; Govinda (protector of cows); and lord of yogis.

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    ॐOmSymbol of Parabrahman · Om, symbol of Parabrahman · Om, the symbol of the Parabrahman · Om · The Symbol of Parabrahman · Symbol of the Parabrahman
    नवनीतNavaniitaFresh Butter
    नमNamaReverential Salutations · Salutations
    गोविन्दायGovindaayaTo Sri Govinda
    योगिनांYoginaamYogis · Among the Yogis
    पतयेPataye[Salutations] To the Lord
    नमःNamahSalutations · Reverential Salutations · I offer my Salutations [to Shiva and Shakti] · Salutations, Obeisance · Bow, Obeisance, Reverential Salutation
    नतNataBent, Bowed, Bowing to, Saluting
    अनघAnaghaSinless
  • verse 4
    ॐ वत्सवाटचराय नमःॐ अनन्ताय नमःॐ देनुकासुर भञ्जनाय नमःॐ तृणीकृत तृणावर्ताय नमःॐ यमलार्जुन भञ्जनाय नमःॐ उत्तालतालभेत्रे नमःॐ तमाल श्यामलाकृतये नमःॐ गोपगोपीश्वराय नमःॐ योगिने नमःॐ कोटिसूर्य समप्रभाय नमः ॥ 40 ॥

    ōṃ vatsavāṭacharāya namaḥōṃ anantāya namaḥōṃ dēnukāsura bhañjanāya namaḥōṃ tṛṇīkṛta tṛṇāvartāya namaḥōṃ yamaḻārjuna bhañjanāya namaḥōṃ uttālatālabhētrē namaḥōṃ tamāla śyāmalākṛtayē namaḥōṃ gōpagōpīśvarāya namaḥōṃ yōginē namaḥōṃ kōṭisūrya samaprabhāya namaḥ ॥ 40 ॥
    meaning

    Salutations to him who roams the calf-pasture; the infinite; slayer of Dhenuka the demon; who made the whirlwind-demon Trinavarta feel like a mere blade of grass; who broke the twin Arjuna trees; who felled the tall palm trees; whose form is dark like the tamala tree; lord of gopas and gopis; the yogi; and brilliant as ten million suns.

    word by word
    ॐOmSymbol of Parabrahman · Om, symbol of Parabrahman · Om, the symbol of the Parabrahman · Om · The Symbol of Parabrahman · Symbol of the Parabrahman
    नमNamaReverential Salutations · Salutations
    नमःNamahSalutations · Reverential Salutations · I offer my Salutations [to Shiva and Shakti] · Salutations, Obeisance · Bow, Obeisance, Reverential Salutation
    अनन्तAnantaEndless, Boundless
    भञ्जनBhan.janaBreaker, Destrying
    समप्रभSamaprabhaWhose Splendour is similar to (Million Suns) · Having Splendour similar to
  • verse 5
    ॐ इलापतये नमःॐ परस्मै ज्योतिषे नमःॐ यादवेन्द्राय नमःॐ यदूद्वहाय नमःॐ वनमालिने नमःॐ पीतवाससे नमःॐ पारिजातापहारकाय नमःॐ गोवर्धनाचलोद्धर्त्रे नमःॐ गोपालाय नमःॐ सर्वपालकाय नमः ॥ 50 ॥

    ōṃ ilāpatayē namaḥōṃ parasmai jyōtiṣē namaḥōṃ yādavēndrāya namaḥōṃ yadūdvahāya namaḥōṃ vanamālinē namaḥōṃ pītavāsasē namaḥōṃ pārijātāpahārakāya namaḥōṃ gōvardhanāchalōddhartrē namaḥōṃ gōpālāya namaḥōṃ sarvapālakāya namaḥ ॥ 50 ॥
    meaning

    Salutations to Ilapati (lord of the earth); the supreme Light; lord of the Yadavas; upholder of the Yadu lineage; who wears a garland of forest flowers; clad in yellow; who brought the Parijata tree; who lifted Govardhana hill; the cowherd; and protector of all.

    word by word
    ॐOmSymbol of Parabrahman · Om, symbol of Parabrahman · Om, the symbol of the Parabrahman · Om · The Symbol of Parabrahman · Symbol of the Parabrahman
    नमNamaReverential Salutations · Salutations
    परस्मैParasmaiFor Others [i.e. without the sense of attachment to the results] · For the Supreme Being
    नमःNamahSalutations · Reverential Salutations · I offer my Salutations [to Shiva and Shakti] · Salutations, Obeisance · Bow, Obeisance, Reverential Salutation
    गोपालGopaalaAnother name of Sri Krishna
  • verse 6
    ॐ अजाय नमःॐ निरञ्जनाय नमःॐ कामजनकाय नमःॐ कञ्जलोचनाय नमःॐ मधुघ्ने नमःॐ मधुरानाथाय नमःॐ द्वारकानायकाय नमःॐ बलिने नमःॐ वृन्दावनान्त सञ्चारिणे नमःॐ तुलसीदाम भूषणाय नमः ॥ 60 ॥

    ōṃ ajāya namaḥōṃ nirañjanāya namaḥōṃ kāmajanakāya namaḥōṃ kañjalōchanāya namaḥōṃ madhughnē namaḥōṃ madhurānāthāya namaḥōṃ dvārakānāyakāya namaḥōṃ balinē namaḥōṃ vṛndāvanānta sañchāriṇē namaḥōṃ tulasīdāma bhūṣaṇāya namaḥ ॥ 60 ॥
    meaning

    Salutations to the unborn; the unstained; generator of love; lotus-eyed; slayer of the demon Madhu; lord of Mathura; master of Dvaraka; the mighty one; who wanders through the groves of Vrindavana; and adorned with garlands of tulasi.

    word by word
    ॐOmSymbol of Parabrahman · Om, symbol of Parabrahman · Om, the symbol of the Parabrahman · Om · The Symbol of Parabrahman · Symbol of the Parabrahman
    नमNamaReverential Salutations · Salutations
    नमःNamahSalutations · Reverential Salutations · I offer my Salutations [to Shiva and Shakti] · Salutations, Obeisance · Bow, Obeisance, Reverential Salutation
    निरञ्जनNiran.janaSpotless, Pure
    द्वारकानायकDvaarakaa-Naayaka[O] the Lord of Dwaraka
    बलिनाBalinaa[Sri Balabhadra] is endowed with great Strength
    भूषणBhuussannaAdorned, Decorated
  • verse 7
    ॐ श्यमन्तक मणेर्हर्त्रे नमःॐ नरनारायणात्मकाय नमःॐ कुब्जाकृष्णाम्बरधराय नमःॐ मायिने नमःॐ परमपूरुषाय नमःॐ मुष्टिकासुर चाणूर मल्लयुद्ध विशारदाय नमःॐ संसारवैरिणे नमःॐ कंसारये नमःॐ मुरारये नमःॐ नरकान्तकाय नमः ॥ 70 ॥

    ōṃ śyamantaka maṇērhartrē namaḥōṃ naranārāyaṇātmakāya namaḥōṃ kubjākṛṣṇāmbaradharāya namaḥōṃ māyinē namaḥōṃ paramapūruṣāya namaḥōṃ muṣṭikāsura chāṇūra mallayuddha viśāradāya namaḥōṃ saṃsāravairiṇē namaḥōṃ kaṃsārayē namaḥōṃ murārayē namaḥōṃ narakāntakāya namaḥ ॥ 70 ॥
    meaning

    Salutations to him who recovered the Syamantaka jewel; who embodies both Nara and Narayana; who wore the garment of the hunchback woman Kubja; the master of illusion; the supreme Person; who was skilled in wrestling Mushtika and Chanura; enemy of worldly bondage; enemy of Kamsa; enemy of the demon Mura; and destroyer of Narakasura.

    word by word
    ॐOmSymbol of Parabrahman · Om, symbol of Parabrahman · Om, the symbol of the Parabrahman · Om · The Symbol of Parabrahman · Symbol of the Parabrahman
    नमNamaReverential Salutations · Salutations
    नमःNamahSalutations · Reverential Salutations · I offer my Salutations [to Shiva and Shakti] · Salutations, Obeisance · Bow, Obeisance, Reverential Salutation
  • verse 8
    ॐ अनादि ब्रह्मचारिणे नमःॐ कृष्णाव्यसन कर्शकाय नमःॐ शिशुपाल शिरश्छेत्रे नमःॐ दुर्योधन कुलान्तकाय नमःॐ विदुराक्रूर वरदाय नमःॐ विश्वरूप प्रदर्शकाय नमःॐ सत्यवाचे नमःॐ सत्य सङ्कल्पाय नमःॐ सत्यभामारताय नमःॐ जयिने नमः ॥ 80 ॥

    ōṃ anādi brahmachāriṇē namaḥōṃ kṛṣṇāvyasana karśakāya namaḥōṃ śiśupāla śiraśChētrē namaḥōṃ duryōdhana kulāntakāya namaḥōṃ vidurākrūra varadāya namaḥōṃ viśvarūpa pradarśakāya namaḥōṃ satyavāchē namaḥōṃ satya saṅkalpāya namaḥōṃ satyabhāmāratāya namaḥōṃ jayinē namaḥ ॥ 80 ॥
    meaning

    Salutations to the eternal celibate; who wore out the addictions of Krishna-devotees; who severed the head of Shishupala; destroyer of the Duryodhana lineage; who granted boons to Vidura and Akrura; who revealed his cosmic form; speaker of truth; firm in resolve; devoted to Satyabhama; and the victorious one.

    word by word
    ॐOmSymbol of Parabrahman · Om, symbol of Parabrahman · Om, the symbol of the Parabrahman · Om · The Symbol of Parabrahman · Symbol of the Parabrahman
    नमNamaReverential Salutations · Salutations
    विश्वरूपVishva-RuupaWhose Form is the Universe Itself
    सत्यSatyaTruth
    नमःNamahSalutations · Reverential Salutations · I offer my Salutations [to Shiva and Shakti] · Salutations, Obeisance · Bow, Obeisance, Reverential Salutation
    वरदVaradaGiver of Boons
  • verse 9
    ॐ सुभद्रा पूर्वजाय नमःॐ जिष्णवे नमःॐ भीष्ममुक्ति प्रदायकाय नमःॐ जगद्गुरवे नमःॐ जगन्नाथाय नमःॐ वेणुनाद विशारदाय नमःॐ वृषभासुर विध्वंसिने नमःॐ बाणासुर करान्तकाय नमःॐ युधिष्ठिर प्रतिष्ठात्रे नमःॐ बर्हिबर्हावतंसकाय नमः ॥ 90 ॥

    ōṃ subhadrā pūrvajāya namaḥōṃ jiṣṇavē namaḥōṃ bhīṣmamukti pradāyakāya namaḥōṃ jagadguravē namaḥōṃ jagannāthāya namaḥōṃ vēṇunāda viśāradāya namaḥōṃ vṛṣabhāsura vidhvaṃsinē namaḥōṃ bāṇāsura karāntakāya namaḥōṃ yudhiṣṭhira pratiṣṭhātrē namaḥōṃ barhibarhāvataṃsakāya namaḥ ॥ 90 ॥
    meaning

    Salutations to the elder brother of Subhadra; the victorious; who granted liberation to Bhishma; teacher of the world; lord of the universe; skilled in the music of the flute; destroyer of the bull-demon Vrishabhasura; who cut off the arms of Banasura; who established Yudhishthira's kingdom; and who wears a peacock feather as a crown ornament.

    word by word
    ॐOmSymbol of Parabrahman · Om, symbol of Parabrahman · Om, the symbol of the Parabrahman · Om · The Symbol of Parabrahman · Symbol of the Parabrahman
    सुभद्राSubhadraaSubhadra
    नमNamaReverential Salutations · Salutations
    जिष्णवेJissnnaveO the ever Victorious One
    पूर्वजPuurvajaBorn Before, Elder
    नमःNamahSalutations · Reverential Salutations · I offer my Salutations [to Shiva and Shakti] · Salutations, Obeisance · Bow, Obeisance, Reverential Salutation
    प्रदायकPradaayakaGiving, Granting
    जगन्नाथJagannaathaLord of the World
  • verse 10
    ॐ पार्थसारथये नमःॐ अव्यक्ताय नमःॐ गीतामृत महोदधये नमःॐ कालीय फणिमाणिक्य रञ्जित श्रीपदाम्बुजाय नमःॐ दामोदराय नमःॐ यज्ञ्नभोक्र्ते नमःॐ दानवेन्द्र विनाशकाय नमःॐ नारायणाय नमःॐ परस्मै ब्रह्मणे नमःॐ पन्नगाशन वाहनाय नमः ॥ 100 ॥

    ōṃ pārthasārathayē namaḥōṃ avyaktāya namaḥōṃ gītāmṛta mahōdadhayē namaḥōṃ kāḻīya phaṇimāṇikya rañjita śrīpadāmbujāya namaḥōṃ dāmōdarāya namaḥōṃ yajñnabhōkrtē namaḥōṃ dānavēndra vināśakāya namaḥōṃ nārāyaṇāya namaḥōṃ parasmai brahmaṇē namaḥōṃ pannagāśana vāhanāya namaḥ ॥ 100 ॥
    meaning

    Salutations to the charioteer of Arjuna (Partha); the unmanifest; the great ocean of the nectar of the Gita; whose holy feet are adorned with the jewels from Kaliya's serpent hoods; Damodara (bound by Yashoda's rope); enjoyer of sacrifices; destroyer of demon lords; Narayana; the supreme Brahman; and who rides Garuda the eagle.

    word by word
    ॐOmSymbol of Parabrahman · Om, symbol of Parabrahman · Om, the symbol of the Parabrahman · Om · The Symbol of Parabrahman · Symbol of the Parabrahman
    नमNamaReverential Salutations · Salutations
    रञ्जितRan.jitaColoured, Illumined
    परस्मैParasmaiFor Others [i.e. without the sense of attachment to the results] · For the Supreme Being
    ब्रह्मणेBrahmanne[These Sixteen Names were given] To Lord Brahma [by Sri Narayana] · [Salutations] to Brahman · To Brahman
    नमःNamahSalutations · Reverential Salutations · I offer my Salutations [to Shiva and Shakti] · Salutations, Obeisance · Bow, Obeisance, Reverential Salutation
    कालियKaaliyaSnake Kaliya
    दामोदरDaamodaraAnother name of Sri Krishna meaning having a rope around the waist
    नारायणNaaraayannaSri Vishnu identified as Purusha, the Original Man
    वाहनVaahanaCarrying
  • verse 11
    ॐ जलक्रीडासमासक्त गोपीवस्त्रापहारकाय नमःॐ पुण्यश्लोकाय नमःॐ तीर्थपादाय नमःॐ वेदवेद्याय नमःॐ दयानिधये नमःॐ सर्वतीर्थात्मकाय नमःॐ सर्वग्रहरूपिणे नमःॐ परात्पराय नमः ॥ 108 ॥

    ōṃ jalakrīḍāsamāsakta gōpīvastrāpahārakāya namaḥōṃ puṇyaślōkāya namaḥōṃ tīrthapādāya namaḥōṃ vēdavēdyāya namaḥōṃ dayānidhayē namaḥōṃ sarvatīrthātmakāya namaḥōṃ sarvagraharūpiṇē namaḥōṃ parātparāya namaḥ ॥ 108 ॥
    meaning

    Salutations to him who stole the garments of the gopis bathing in the river; whose fame is purifying; whose feet are the tirtha; who is known through the Vedas; the ocean of compassion; who embodies all sacred pilgrimages; who has all planets as his forms; and the beyond-the-beyond. These are the last eight of the 108 names of Sri Krishna.

    word by word
    ॐOmSymbol of Parabrahman · Om, symbol of Parabrahman · Om, the symbol of the Parabrahman · Om · The Symbol of Parabrahman · Symbol of the Parabrahman
    नमNamaReverential Salutations · Salutations
    नमःNamahSalutations · Reverential Salutations · I offer my Salutations [to Shiva and Shakti] · Salutations, Obeisance · Bow, Obeisance, Reverential Salutation
    परात्परParaatparaSuperior to the best
  • verse 12
    इति श्री कृष्णाष्टोत्तर शतनामावलीस्समाप्ता ॥

    iti śrī kṛṣṇāṣṭōttara śatanāmāvaḻīssamāptā ॥
    meaning

    Colophon: Thus concludes the Sri Krishna Ashtottara Shatanamaavali (the 108 names of Sri Krishna).

    word by word
    इतिItiRefers to something that precedes
    श्रीShriiBeauty, Splendour, Lustre

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