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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

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