prayers to Lord Krishna

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Prayers to Lord Krishna

 

for Blessings, Purity, and Auspiciousness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

smrite sakala-kalyana

 

bhajanam yatra jayate

 

purusham tam ajam nityam

 

vrajami sharanam harim

 

 

 

" I take shelter of Lord Hari, who is the unborn,

eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead. Upon

remembering Him, a reservoir of all auspiciousness is

produced. "

 

 

 

 

 

(Om) yam brahma vedanta-vido vadanti

 

pare pradhanam purusham tathanye

 

vishvodgateh karanam ishvaram va

 

tasmai namo vighna-vinashaya

 

 

 

" Obeisances unto Him who is the destroyer of all

obstacles, who the knowers of Vedanta describe as the

Supreme Brahman, and who others describe as the

pradhana, or totality of mundane elements. Some

describe Him as the supreme male person, or purusha,

while others describe Him as the Supreme Lord and the

cause of the creation of the universe. " (Vishnu

Purana)

 

 

 

 

 

 

om tad vishnoh paramam padam sada

 

pashyanti surayo diviva chakshur-atatam

 

tad vipraso vipanyavo jagrivamsaha

 

samindhate vishnor yat paramam padam

 

 

 

 

" Just as the sun's rays in the sky are extended to the

mundane vision, so in the same way the wise and

learned devotees always see the supreme abode of Lord

Vishnu. Because those highly praiseworthy and

spiritually awake brahmanas are able to see the

spiritual world, they are also able to reveal that

supreme abode of Lord Vishnu. " (Rig Veda 1.22.20)

 

 

 

 

 

 

om krishno vai sac-cid-ananda-ghanaha krishna

adi-purushaha

 

krishnaha purushottamaha krishno ha u karnadi-mulam

krishnaha sa

 

ha sarvaih karyaha krishnaha

kasham-krid-adisha-mukha-prabhu

 

pujyaha krishno 'nadis tasminn ajandantar-bahye yan

 

mangalam tal labhate kriti

 

 

 

 

" Lord Krishna is the color of a new rain cloud,

therefore He is compared to a transcendental cloud

full of eternity, bliss and cognizance. He is the

original and supreme person. He is the origin of all

activities and the one and only Lord of all. He is the

worshipful Lord of the best of demigods, the

controller of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Krishna is

without any beginning. Whatever auspiciousness is

found within or beyond this universe the devotee

obtains in Krishna alone " (Rig Veda, Krishna

Upanishad)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Om) madhavo madhavo vaci

 

madhavo madhavo hridi

 

smaranti sadhavaha sarve

 

sarva-karyeshu madhavam

 

 

 

 

" Lord Madhava is in one's words and Lord Madhava is in

one's heart. All the saintly persons remember Lord

Madhava, the husband of the goddess of fortune, in all

their undertakings. " (Narasimha Purana)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Om) svasti no govindah svasti no 'cyutanantau

 

svasti no vasudvo vishnur dadhatu

 

svasti no narayano naro vai

 

svasti nah padmanabhaha puroshottamo dadhatu

 

svasti no vishvakseno vishveshvaraha

 

svasti no hrishikesho harir dadhatu

 

svasti no vainateyo harih

 

svasti no 'njana-suto hanur bhagavato dadhatu

 

svasti svasti sumangalaih kesho mahan

 

shri-krishnaha sac-cid-ananda-ghanaha

sarveshvareshvaro dadhatu

 

 

 

 

" May Lord Govinda, Acyuta, Ananta Shesha, Vasudeva and

Lord Vishnu bestow auspiciousness upon us. May

Nara-Narayana, Padmanabha and Purushottama bestow

auspiciousness upon us. May Vishvaksena, the Lord of

the universe, Hrishikesh and Lord Hari bestow

auspiciousness upon us. May Garuda and the son of

Anjana, who is the great devotee of Lord Rama,

Hanuman, bestow auspiciousness upon us. May the great

and only Lord of auspiciousness, Sri Krishna, who is

like a transcendental cloud full of eternity,

knowledge and bliss and who is the Lord of all the

demigods, bestow upon us all prosperity and

auspiciousness. " (Rig Veda, Krishna Upanishad)

 

 

 

 

 

 

karotu svasti me krishnaha

 

sarva-lokeshvareshvaraha

 

karshnadayash cha kurvantu

 

svasti me loka-pavanaha

 

 

 

 

" May Lord Krishna, the Lord of the demigods, the

presiding controller of all the worlds, bestow

auspiciousness upon me. May His devotees, who are the

saviors of all people, bestow benedictions of

auspiciousness upon me. " (Sammohana Tantra)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

krishno mamaiva sarvatra

 

svasti kuryat shriya samam

 

tathaiva cha sada karshnihi

 

sarva-vighna-vinashanaha

 

 

 

 

" May Lord Krishna along with His beloved Radha bring

about prosperity and auspiciousness at all times. In

the same way may the devotee of Krishna, who is able

to destroy all obstacles, always bring about

auspiciousness. " (Vishnu Yamala Samhita)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Atharva Vediya Gopala-tapani Upanishad, Purva Vibhaga,

 

 

verses 36-47

 

 

 

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. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

namo vijnana-rupaya

 

paramananda-rupine

 

krishnaya gopi-nathaya

 

govindayah namo namah

 

 

 

 

" I offer my obeisances to Lord Krishna, who is the

giver of pleasure to the cows, who is the Lord of the

gopis and who is the embodiment of unlimited knowledge

and the highest bliss. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

namah kamala-netraya

 

namah kamala-maline

 

namah kamal-nabhaya

 

kamala-pataye namaha

 

 

 

 

" I offer my obeisances to Krishna, who possesses

lotus-petal eyes, who wears a garland of

sweet-smelling lotus flowers, who has a lotus navel

and who is the Lord of the gopis, who are as beautiful

as lotus flowers. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. "

 

 

 

 

 

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. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

ballavi-vadanambhoja-

 

maline nritya-shaline

 

namah pranata-palaya

 

shri-krishnaya namo namaha

 

 

 

 

" I offer my obeisances again and again unto Shri

Krishna, who wears a garland of kisses from the lotus

mouths of the gopis. He is conversant with the art of

dancing and is the protector of the surrendered

souls. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. "

 

 

 

 

 

nishkalaya vimohaya

 

shuddhayashuddha-vairine

 

advitiyaya mahate

 

shri-krishnaya namo namaha

 

 

 

 

" I offer my humble obeisances again and again unto the

great Lord Krishna, who is beyond the illusion of maya

and from whom that illusion comes. He is the supreme

pure, the enemy of the demons and is one without a

second. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

he 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. "

 

 

 

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