Sri Krishnaya Namostuthe

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!! Sri Rama Jayam !!

 

Dear Group,

 

Putting some of the selected shlokas from " Gopala-Tapani Upanishad " .

1. om namo vishva-rupaya vishva-sthity-anta-hetave vishveshvaraya vishvaya

govindaya namo namaha

 

" Lord Brahma, speaking to the great sages and saints, prayed to Lord Krishna as

follows: I offer my humble obeisances to Lord Krishna, who is the giver of

pleasure to the cows, whose external form is the form of the universe, who is

the cause of the maintenance and dissolution of the material universe, and who

is the Lord of the universe. "

2. Barhapidabhiramaya ramayakuntha-medhase rama-manasa-hamsaya govindaya namo

namaha

 

" I offer my obeisances to Lord Govinda, who looks very beautiful wearing a

peacock feather upon His head. His plenary expansion is Lord Ramachandra, His

intelligence is eternal and ever-fresh, and He is the swan that swims in the

mind of Lakshmi-devi. "

3. Kamsa-vamsha-vinashaya keshi-chanura-ghatine vrishabha-dhvaja-vandyaya

partha-sarathaye namaha

 

" I offer my obeisances unto Krishna, who is the destroyer of the dynasties of

demons headed by King Kamsa. He is the slayer of the Keshi demon and the

wrestler Chanura. He is offered prayers by Lord Shiva, whose chariot flag is

marked with the insignia of Nandi, the bull, and He is the chariot driver of the

son of Pritha, Arjuna. "

 

4. Venu-vadana-shilaya gopalayahi-mardine kalindi-kula-lolaya

lola-kundala-dharine

 

" I offer my obeisances to Krishna, who is accustomed to playing on a flute, who

is the protector of the cows and the chastiser of the Kaliya serpent. He is fond

of wandering here and there on the banks of the Yamuna and He is beautified by

wearing swinging earrings. "

5. Namah papa-pranashaya govardhana-dharaya cha putana-jivitantaya

trinavartasu-harine

 

" I offer my obeisances unto Lord Krishna, who is the destroyer of the sins of

the fallen souls. He is the lifter of Govardhan Hill, He brought about the end

to the life of Putana and He took away the life of the demon Trinavarta. "

6. Prasida paramananda prasida parameshvara adhi-vyadhi-bhujangena dashtam mam

uddhara prabho

 

" O Supreme Lord, O reservoir of the highest pleasure, be pleased upon me. I have

been bitten by the poisonous snake of mental and bodily miseries. Therefore, O

Lord, please deliver me. "

7. Shri-Krishna rukmini-kanta gopi-jana-manohara samsara-sagare magnam mam

uddhara jagad-guro

 

" O Lord Krishna, O lover of Rukmini, O attractor of the minds of the gopis,

please uplift me, for I am immersed in the ocean of birth and death, O spiritual

preceptor of the universe. "

8. Keshava klesha-harana narayana janardana govinda paramananda mam samuddhara

madhava

 

" O Lord Keshava, O destroyer of the three-fold miseries, O only refuge of all

souls, O destroyer of the Jana demons, O Govinda, O reservoir of pleasure,

please uplift me who am fallen, O husband of the goddess of fortune. "

 

9. Hey Krishna karuna-sindho dina-bandho jagat-pate gopesha gopika-kanta

radha-kanta namo 'stu te

 

" O my dear Krishna, You are the friend of the distressed, the ocean of mercy,

and the Lord of creation. You are the master of the cowherdsmen and the lover of

the gopis, especially Radharani. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. "

Thanks.

Hare Krishna..

Hare Rama....