Śrī Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭottara-śata Nāmavaḷḷi�
The 108 Names of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
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[From Rāmānujā Prayer Book]
o� śrī kṛṣṇāya nama� | kamala-nāthāya | vāsudevāya | sanātanāya |
vāsudevātmajāya | puṇyāya | līla-mānuṣa-vigrahāya | śrīvatsa-kaustubha-dharāya | yaśodā-vatsalāya | haraye || 10 ||
catur-bhujātta-cakrāsi-gadā-śankhād-yudā-yudhāya | devakī-nandanāya | śrīśāya | nanda-gopa-priyātmajāya | yamunā-vega-saṃhāriṇe | bala- bhadra-priyānujāya | pūtana-jīvita-harāya | śakaṭāsura-bhañjanāya | nanda-vraja-janānandine | saccid-ānanda-vigrahāya || 20 ||
navanīta-viliptāṅgāya | navanīta-naṭāya | anaghāya | navanīta-navā- hārāya | mucukunda-prasādakāya | ṣoḍaśa-strī-sahasreśāya | tri-bhaṅgine | lalitākṛtaye | śuka-vāg-amṛtābdhīndave | govindāya || 30 ||
yoginām-pataye | vatsa-vāṭa-carāya | anantāya | dhenukāsura-mardanāya | tṛṇī-kṛta-tṛṇāvartāya | yamaḷārjuna-bhañjanāya | uttāla-tāla-bhetre | tamāla-śyāmal-ākṛtaye | gopa-gopīśvarāya | yogine || 40 ||
koṭi-sūrya-sama-prabhāya | iḷ�-pataye | parasmai-jyotiṣe | yādavendrāya |
yadu-dvahāya | vanamāline | pīta-vāsase | pārijāta-apahārakāya |
govardhana-acaloddhartre | gopālāya || 50 ||
sarva-pālakāya | ajāya nirañjanāya | kāma-janakāya | kañja-locanāya | madhughne | mathurā-nāthāya | dvārakā-nāyakāya | baline | vṛndāvanāntara-sañcāriṇe | tulasī-dāma-bhūṣaṇāya || 60 ||
syāmantaka-maṇer-hartre | nara-nārāyaṇa-ātmakāya | kubja-ākṛṣṭāmbara-
dharāya | māyine | parama-pūruṣāya | muṣṭikāsura-cāṇūra-mallayudh-
viśāradhāya | saṃsāra-vairiṇe | kaṃsāraye | murāraye | narakāntakāya || 70 ||
anādi-brahma-cāriṇe | kṛṣṇ�-vyaśana-karśakāya | śiṣupāla-śiras-chetre |
duryodhana-kulāntakāya | vidurākrūra-varadāya | viśvarūpa-pradarśakāya |
satya-saṅkalpāya | satya-vāce | satyabhāmā-rataye | jayine || 80 ||
subhadrā-pūrva-jāya | viṣṇave | bhīṣma-mukti-pradāyakāya | jagad-gurave |
jagan-nāthāya | veṇu-nāda-viśāradāya | vṛṣabhāsura-vidhvaṃsine | bāṇāsura-karāntakāya | yudhiṣṭhira-pratiṣṭhātre | barhi-barhāvat-aṃsakaya || 90 ||
pārtha-sārathaye | avyaktāya | gītāmṛta-mahodadhaye | kāḷiya-phaṇi- māṇikya-rañjita-śrī-padāmbujāya | dāmodarāya | yajña-bhoktre | dānavendra-vināśakāya | nārāyaṇāya | para-brahmaṇe | pannagāśana-vāhanāya || 100 ||
jala-krīḍ�-samāsakta-gopī-vastrāpahārakāya | puṇya-ślokāya | tīrtha-pādāya |
veda-vedyāya | dayā-nidhaye | sarva-bhūtātmakāya | sarva-graha-rūpiṇe |
parātparāya || 108 ||
श्रीकृष्णाष्टोत्तरशतनामावल�:
The 108 Names of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
and their meaning
� श्री कृष्णा� नम�
o� śrī kṛṣṇāya nama� || 1 ||
Obeisance to Lord Shri Krishna, who has a dark, attractive complexion,
who attracts the mind of others (i.e. ‘karshati iti�)
� कमलनाथाय नम�
o� kamala-nāthāya nama� || 2 ||
the Lord of Goddess Lakṣmī, Kamalā,
� वासुदॆवा� नम�
o� vāsudevāya nama� || 3 ||
Vāsudev's son
� सनातना� नम�
o� sanātanāya nama� || 4 ||
the eternal Lord
� वासुदॆवात्मजाय नम�
o� vāsudevātmajāya nama� || 5 ||
Salutations to Vāsudeva (Vāsudev's son, Krishna)
� पुण्या� नम�
o� puṇyāya nama� || 6 ||
the Meritorious One, who is consummate piety
� लीलामानु� विग्रहाय नम�
o� līlā-mānuṣa-vigrahāya nama� || 7 ||
who has assumed a human-like form (as Rama or Krishna) to perform His divine pastimes
� श्रीवत्स कौस्तुभधरा� नम�
o� śrīvatsa-kaustubha-dharāya nama� || 8 ||
the Lord who wears the Shri Vatsa (representing Shri Lakshmi) and the Kaustubha gem
� यशॊदावत्सलाय नम�
o� yaśodā-vatsalāya nama� || 9 ||
Mother Yashoda's darling child, the object of Yashoda's maternal affections
� हरये नम� � १० �
o� haraye nama� || 10 ||
Salutations to Lord Hari
� चतुर्भुजात्त चक्रासिगदा शङ्खाम्बुज� युदायुजा� नम�
o� caturbhujātta cakrāsi gadā śaṅkhāmbujā yudāyujāya nama� || 11 ||
the Four-armed Lord who carries the weapons of disc, conch, club and lotus
� दॆवाकीनन्दना� नम�
o� devakī-nandanāya nama� || 12 ||
One who gladdens the heart of His Mother, Devaki and brings joy to her.
� श्रीशा� नम�
o� śrīśāya nama� || 13 ||
the abode of Shri (Lakshmi)
� नन्दगॊ� प्रियात्मजाय नम�
o� nanda-gopa-priyātmajāya nama� || 14 ||
Nanda Gopa's darling child, dear son of the cowherd Nanda
� यमुनावेग संहारिणॆ नम�
o� yamunā-vega-saṃhāriṇe nama� || 15 ||
the Lord who checked the flow of the Yamunā
� बलभद्र प्रियनुजाय नम�
o� bala-bhadra-priyānujāya nama� || 16 ||
Balabhadra's (Balarama's) dear younger brother
� पूतनाजीवि� हराय नम�
o� pūtana-jīvita-harāya nama� || 17 ||
the Destroyer of the demoness Putana
� शकटासु� भञ्जना� नम�
o� śakaṭāsura-bhañjanāya nama� || 18 ||
the Lord who destroyed the cart demon Sakatasura
� नन्दव्रज जनानन्दिनॆ नम�
o� nanda-vraja-janānandine nama� || 19 ||
the Lord who brought great happiness to Nanda and the people of Vraja
� सच्चिदानन्� विग्रहाय नम� � २० �
o� saccid-ānanda-vigrahāya nama� || 20 ||
the Lord who's embodiment is of eternal Existence, Knowlwdge and Bliss
� नवनी� विलिप्ताङ्गा� नम�
o� navanīta-viliptāṅgāya nama� || 21 ||
the Lord whose body is smeared all over with butter
� नवनी� नटना� नम�
o� navanīta naṭanāya nama� || 22 || (naṭāya)
the One who danced to get butter
� अनघा� नम�
o� anaghāya nama� || 23 ||
the sinless One
� नवनीतनवाहारा� नम�
o� navanīta-navā-hārāya nama� || 24 || (navanīta-harāya)
whose first food was fresh butter
� मुचुकुन्� प्रसादका� नम�
o� mucukunda-prasādakāya nama� || 25 ||
the Lord who blessed (gave salvation) to King Muchukunda
� षॊडशस्त्री सहस्रॆशा� नम�
o� ṣoḍaśastrī-sahasreśāya nama� || 26 ||
the Lord of sixteen thousand wives
� त्रिभङ्गिन� मधुराकृतये नम�
o� tribhaṅgine madhurākṛtaye nama� || 27 || (Tribhangi Lalitakritaye)
the sweet lord, who poses in a threefold-bending form
� शुकवागमृताब्धीन्दव� नम�
o� śukavāg-amṛtābdhīndave nama� || 28 ||
the ocean of nectar in the form of Sukadeva's words (spoken as Srimad-Bhagavatam)
� गॊविन्दा� नम�
o� govindāya nama� || 29 ||
the Lord of the cows
� यॊगिनाम्पतयॆ नम� � ३० �
o� yoginām-pataye nama� || 30 ||
the Lord of the yogIs
� वत्सपालन� संचारिने नम�
o� vatsapālanā sancārine nama� || 31 || (vatsavāṭi carāya - वत्सवाटचरा� )
the Lord who roamed (in Vrindavana) with the company of calves and friendly cowherd boys
� अनन्ता� नम�
o� anantāya nama� || 32 ||
the Unlimited, Infinite One
� धेनुकासुरभञ्जनाय नम�
o� dhenukāsura-bhañjanāya nama� || 33 || (mardanāya - मर्दना�)
the Lord who killed the ass-demon Dhenukasura
� तृणी कृ� तृणावर्ताय नम�
o� tṛṇī-kṛta-tṛṇāvartāya nama� || 34 ||
the Lord who destroyed the whirlwind demon Trinavarta
� यमलार्जु� भञ्जना� नम�
o� yamaḷārjuna-bhañjanāya nama� || 35 ||
the Lord who broke the two Yamala-Arjuna trees
� उत्तलॊत्ता� भॆत्रॆ नम� (उत्ताल-ता�)
o� uttālottāla-bhetre nama� || 36 || (uttāla-tāla)
the Lord who broke all the big, tAla trees (killing Dhenuka)
� तमाल श्यामलाकृतये नम�
o� tamāla śyāmalākṛtaye nama� || 37 ||
the Lord who is a beautiful blackish as the dark Tamala tree
� गॊपगॊपीश्वराय नम�
o� gopa-gopīśvarāya nama� || 38 ||
The Lord of the gopas and gopīs (the cowherd boys and damsels of Vrindavan)
� यॊगिनॆ नम�
o� yogine nama� || 39 ||
the greatest Yogī
� कॊटिसूर्� समप्रभाय नम� � ४० �
o� koṭi-sūrya-sama-prabhāya nama� || 40 ||
the Lord who is as lustrous as a million suns
� इलापतय� नम�
o� iḷ�-pataye nama� || 41 ||
Lord of IlA, the earth
� परस्मै ज्योतिषे नम�
o� parasmai-jyotiṣe nama� || 42 || (parañjyotiṣe - परञ्ज्यॊतिषॆ)
the Supreme light, the Supreme Radiance
� यादवॆन्द्राय नम�
o� yādavendrāya nama� || 43 ||
the king of the Yadu clan (Yadavas)
� यदूद्वहा� नम�
o� yadu-dvahāya nama� || 44 ||
the preeminent leader of the Yadu Dynasty
� वनमालिनॆ नम�
o� vanamāline nama� || 45 ||
One who wears the divine garland made of wild forest flowers (Vaijayanthi)
� पीतवाससे नम�
o� pīta-vāsase nama� || 46 || (pītavāsane)
the Lord who wears yellow garments
� पारिजातपहारकाय नम�
o� pārijāta-apahārakāya nama� || 47 ||
the Lord who removed the parijatha flower (from India's garden)
� गोवर्धनाचलोद्धर्त्रे नम�
o� govardhanācaloddhartre nama� || 48 ||
the Lord who held up the Govardhana mountain
� गॊपाला� नम�
o� gopālāya nama� || 49 ||
the protector of cows, Gopāla
� सर्वपालकाय नम� � ५० �
o� sarva-pālakāya nama� || 50 ||
the protector of all beings
� अजाय नम�
o� ajāya nama� || 51 ||
the all-victorious Lord who is unconquered/ invincible,
� निरञ्जना� नम�
o� nirañjanāya nama� || 52 ||
the unblemished, untainted Lord
� कामजनकाय नम�
o� kāma-janakāya nama� || 53 ||
who incites the gopIs desires
� कञ्जलॊचनाय नम�
o� kañja-locanāya nama� || 54 ||
the Lord who has beautiful eyes
� मधुघ्न� नम�
o� madhughne nama� || 55 ||
the Lord who killed the demon Madhu
� मथुरानाथाय नम�
o� mathurā-nāthāya nama� || 56 || (madhurānāthāya)
Lord of Mathurā (the Lord of sweetnes)
� द्वारकानायका� नम�
o� dvārakā-nāyakāya nama� || 57 ||
the hero and Lord of Dvārakā
� बलिन� नम�
o� baline nama� || 58 ||
To the all-powerful Lord, the One with unlimited strength
� बृन्दावनान्त सञ्चारिण� नम�
o� vṛndāvanānta-sañcāriṇe nama� || 59 ||
the Lord who roamed around Vrindavana
� तुलसीदा� भूषनाय नम� � ६० �
o� tulasī-dāma-bhūṣaṇāya nama� || 60 ||
the Lord who adorns Himself with tulasi leaf garlands
� स्यमन्तकमणेर्हर्त्रे नम�
o� syamantaka-maner-hartre nama� || 61 || (mani-hartre - मणिहर्त्रे)
the Lord who appropriated the Syamantaka jewel
� नरनारयणात्मकाय नम�
o� naranārayaṇātmakāya nama� || 62 ||
the Lord who has the twin forms of Nara and Narayana
� कुब्जा कृष्णाम्बरधराय नम�
o� kubjā-kṛṣṇāmbara-dharāya nama� || 63 || (kṛṣṭāmbara - कृष्णाम्बर)
the Lord who wore the ointment (sandal paste) offered by Kubja, the hunchbacked lady
� मायिनॆ नम�
o� māyine nama� || 64 ||
the Lord of Maya, the master of illusion
� परमपुरुषाय नम�
o� parama-pūruṣāya nama� || 65 ||
the Supreme person
� मुष्टिकासु� चाणू� मल्लयुद्� विशारदाय नम�
o� muṣṭikāsura cāṇūra mallayuddha viśāradāya nama� || 66 ||
the lord who expertly fought the demoniac wrestlers Muṣṭika and Cāṇūra
� संसारवैरिण� नम�
o� saṃsāra-vairiṇe nama� || 67 ||
the enemy of Samsara (the cycle of births and deaths)
� कंसारय� नम�
o� kaṃsāraye nama� || 68 ||
the enemy of King Kamsa (who wanted to kill Krishna)
� मुरारय� नम�
o� murāraye nama� || 69 || (murarine)
the enemy of the demon Mura
� नाराकान्तकाय नम� � ७० �
o� nārākāntakāya nama� || 70 ||
the destroyer of the demon Narakāsura
� अनाद� ब्रह्मचारिणॆ नम�
o� anādi-brahmacāriṇe nama� || 71 ||
the beginningless brahmacārī
� कृष्णाव्यस� कर्शका� नम�
o� kṛṣṇ�-vyasana-karśakāya nama� || 72 ||
Kṛṣṇa, who removed Draupadi's distress
� शिशुपालशिरश्छेत्रे नम�
o� śiṣupāla-śiraś-chetre nama� || 73 || (śiccetre - शिच्चॆत्रॆ)
the Lord who cut off Sisupala's head (with his Sudarsana Chakra)
� दुर्यॊधनकुलान्तकाय नम�
o� duryodhana-kulāntakāya nama� || 74 ||
the destroyer of the dynasty of Durodhana
� विदुराक्रू� वरदा� नम�
o� vidurākrūra-varadāya nama� || 75 ||
the Lord who benedicted Vidura & Akrūra
� विश्वरूपप्रदर्शकाय नम�
o� viśvarūpa-pradarśakāya nama� || 76 ||
the Lord who revealed His Viswarupa (the Universal Form)
� सत्यवाचॆ नम�
o� satya-vāce nama� || 77 ||
To the Lord who utters only truth
� सत्य सङ्कल्पा� नम�
o� satya-saṅkalpāya nama� || 78 ||
the Lord of true resolve, whose determination is fact
� सत्यभामारताय नम�
o� satyabhāmā-ratāya nama� || 79 || (ratāye)
the Lover of Satyabhama
� जयिन� नम� � ८० �
o� jayine nama� || 80 ||
the Lord who is ever victorious
� सुभद्र� पूर्वजाय नम�
o� subhadrā-pūrva-jāya nama� || 81 ||
the elder brother of Subhadra
� विष्णव� नम�
o� viṣṇave nama� || 82 ||
Lord Viṣṇu
� भीष्ममुक्त� प्रदायका� नम�
o� bhīṣma-mukti-pradāyakāya nama� || 83 ||
the Lord who bestowed salvation on Bhishma
� जगद्गुरव� नम�
o� jagad-gurave nama� || 84 ||
the Lord who is universal Guru, world preceptor
� जगन्नाथा� नम�
o� jagannāthāya nama� || 85 ||
the Lord Lord of the universe
� वॆणुना� विशारदाय नम�
o� veṇu-nāda-viśāradāya nama� || 86 ||
the Lord who is an expert in playing flute music
� वृषभासुर विध्वंसिने नम�
o� vṛṣabhāsura-vidhvaṃsine nama� || 87 ||
the Lord who destroyed the demon Vrishaba asura
� बाणासु� करान्तका� नम�
o� bāṇāsura-karāntakāya nama� || 88 || (karāntakṛte - करान्तकृतॆ)
the Lord who chopped off the hands of the demon Bāṇāsura
� युधिष्ठि� प्रतिष्ठात्र� नम�
o� yudhiṣṭhira-pratiṣṭhātre nama� || 89 ||
the Lord who established Yudhiṣṭhira (as the king)
� बर्हिबर्हावतंसका� नम� � ९० �
o� barhi-barhāvat-aṃsakaya nama� || 90 ||
the Lord whose crest is decorated with peacock feathers
� पार्थसारथय� नम�
o� pārtha-sārathaye nama� || 91 ||
the Lord who is the chariot driver of Arjuna (Pārtha Sārathi)
� अव्यक्ता� नम�
o� avyaktāya nama� || 92 ||
the Lord Who appears unmanifest, who is subtle and unseen to material vision
� गीतामृ� महोदधय� नम�
o� gītāmṛta-mahodadhaye nama� || 93 || (mahodhadiye - महोधदियॆ)
the Lord who is the great nectar-ocean of Bhagavad-gita
� काली� फणिमाणिक्य रञ्जित श्री पदाम्बुजाय नम�
o� kālīya-phaṇi-māṇikya-rañjita-śrī-padāmbujāya nama� || 94 ||
the Lord whose beautiful lotus feet danced on the jeweled hoods of the Kāliya serpent.
� दामॊदराय नम�
o� dāmodarāya nama� || 95 ||
the One who was tied up with a rope to a grinding stone by His mother Yaśodā
� यज्ञभोक्त्रे नम�
o� yajña-bhoktre nama� || 96 ||
the enjoyer of sacrificial offerings
� दानवॆन्द्र विनाशकाय नम�
o� dānavendra-vināśakāya nama� || 97 ||
destroyer of the leading demons, killer of the Lord of Asuras
� नारायणाय नम�
o� nārāyaṇāya nama� || 98 ||
Lord Nārāyaṇa, Viṣṇu
� परब्रह्मणॆ नम�
o� para-brahmaṇe nama� || 99 ||
the Supreme absolute Truth Brahman (which is spiritual)
� पन्नगाशन वाहनाय नम� � १०� �
o� pannagāśana-vāhanāya nama� || 100 ||
the Lord who has a serpent (Adisesha) as His seat, the great snake Vasuki that forms the bed of Vishnu
� जलक्रीडा समासक्� गॊपीवस्त्रापहाराका� नम�
o� jala-krīḍ�-samāsakta-gopī-vastrāpahārakāya nama� || 101 ||
the Lord who playfully stole the gopīs clothing while they played in the waters of the Yamuna river
� पुण्� श्लॊका� नम�
o� puṇya-ślokāya nama� || 102 ||
the Lord whose poetic depictions are virtuous, whose praises bestow merit
� तीर्थपादाय नम�
o� tīrtha-pādāya nama� || 103 || (tīrtha-karāya - तीर्थकरा�)
creator of holy places, the One whose feet are holy
� वॆदवॆद्याय नम�
o� veda-vedyāya nama� || 104 ||
the Lord who is the source of the Vedas, who is revealed by the Vedas
� दयानिधयॆ नम�
o� dayā-nidhaye nama� || 105 ||
the Lord who is the Treasure of compassion
� सर्वभूतात्मकाय नम�
o� sarva-bhūtātmakāya nama� || 106 ||
the Lord who is possessing the essence of the elements
� सर्वग्रह रुपिणॆ नम�
o� sarva-graha-rūpiṇe nama� || 107 ||
the Lord who forms all the planets
� परात्परा� नम� � 108 �
o� parātparāya nama� ||108 ||
The Supreme beyond the highest
इत� श्रीकृष्णाष्टोत्तरशतनामावल�: