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Sri Krsna-Namastakam

 

 

 

 

Çré Kåñëa-Nämäñöakam

Çréla Rüpa Gosvämé

 

nikhila-çruti-mauli-ratna-mälä-dyuti-néräjita-päda-paìkajänta

ayi mukta-kulair upäsyamänaà paritas tväà harinäma! saàçrayämi (1)

 

O Harinäma, I take complete shelter of You. The nails of Your lotus feet are

worshiped

by the glowing radiance emanating from the necklace of jewels known as the

Upaniñads,

which themselves are the crown-jewel of all the çrutis. You are also

worshiped by the

liberated sages.

 

jaya nämadheya! muni-vånda-geya! jana-raïjanäya param akñaräkåte!

tvam anädaräd api manäg udéritaà nikhilogra-täpa-paöaléà vilumpasi (2)

 

O Harinäma, who are sung by the sages! O You who have assumed the form of

supreme

syllables to give great happiness to the devotees! All glories to You. May

Your

supremacy always be manifest. If You are spoken only once, even

disrespectfully or

in jest, You absolve all of one’s frightful sins at the root.

 

yad-äbhäso ’py udyan kavalita-bhava-dhvänta-vibhavo

dåçaà tattvändhänäm api diçati bhakti-praëayiném

janas tasyodättaà jagati bhagavan-näma-taraëe!

kåté te nirvaktuà ka iha mahimänaà prabhavati? (3)

 

O sun of Bhagavän-näma, what learned scholar in this world is competent to

describe

Your unsurpassed glories? Even äbhäsa, the dim light of Your early dawn,

swallows

up the darkness of ignorance which blinds the conditioned souls and enables

them

to envision hari-bhakti.

 

yad-brahma-säkñät-kåti-niñöhayäpi vinäçam äyäti vinä na bhogaiù

apaiti näma! sphuraëena tat te prärabdha-karmeti virauti vedaù (4)

 

O Näma, the Vedas loudly declare that even without a devotee undergoing any

suffering, his prärabdha-karma, which cannot be eliminated even by resolute

meditation on impersonal Brahman, is at once mitigated by Your appearance on

the

tongue.

 

agha-damana-yaçodä-nandanau! nanda-süno!

kamala-nayana-gopé-candra-våndävanendräù!

praëata-karuëa-kåñëäv ity aneka-svarüpe

tvayi mama ratir uccair vardhatäà nämadheya (5)

 

O Näma, may my love for You in Your many forms such as Agha-damana,

Yaçodänandana,

Nanda-süno, Kamala-nayana, Gopécandra, Våndävanendra and Praëatakaruëa,

always increase.

 

väcyaà väcakam ity udeti bhavato näma! svarüpa-dvayaà

pürvasmät param eva hanta karuëaà taträpi jänémahe

yas tasmin vihitäparädha-nivahaù präëé samantäd bhaved

äsyenedam upäsya so ’pi hi sadänandämbudhau majjati (6)

 

O Näma, in the material world You manifest in two forms: as väcya, the

Paramätmä

inside the heart of each soul, and as väcaka, or the sound vibration of names

such

as Kåñëa and Govinda. We know Your second form to be more merciful to us than

the

first because by chanting, the second form is worshiped, and even those who

have

committed offences to Your first form are plunged into an ocean of bliss.

 

süditäçrita-janärti-räçaye ramya-cid-ghana-sukha-svarüpiëe

näma! gokula-mahotsaväya te kåñëa! pürëa-vapuñe namo namaù (7)

 

O Kåñëa-näma, You destroy the sufferings of those who take shelter of You.

You are

the playful embodiment of saccidänanda, the great festival of Gokula, and are

allpervading.

I offer praëäma unto You time and again.

 

närada-véëojjévana! sudhormi-niryäsa-mädhuré-püra!

tvaà kåñëa-näma! kämaà, sphura me rasane rasena sadä (8)

 

O life of Närada’s véëä, O You who are like waves of essential nectar in the

ocean of

sweetnesses! O Kåñëa-näma! By Your own volition, please always sweetly appear

on

my tongue.