srikrishna ashtotharasatanamastortram narada panacharatram

8/12/2019 Srikrishna Ashtotharasatanamastortram Narada Panacharatram

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sree krishnaashtottarashatanaamastottram... from

Naradapancharatram.


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ptanjvitaharaakasurabhajana

nandavrajajannand saccidnandavigraha||4

navtaviliptgo navantanao'naghanavantanavhro mucukundaprasdaka||5

oaastrsahasresatribhag madhurkti

ukavgamtbdndugovindo yoginpati||6

vatsavacaro'nando dhenuksuramarddana

tktatvartto yamarjjunabhajana||7

uttlatlabhett ca tamlaymakti

gopagopvaro yog koisryasamaprabha||8

ipatiparajyotiydavendro yaddvaha

vanaml ptavsparijtpaharaka||9

govarddhancaloddhartt goplasarvaplaka

ajo nirajanakmajanakakajalocana||10

madhuh madhurntho dvraknyako bal

bndvanntasacr tuasdmabhaa||11

syamantakamaerhartt naranryatmaka

kubjkbaradharo my paramaprua||12


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muiksuracaramallayuddhavirada

sasravair kasri

murrirnnarakntaka||13

andibrahmacr ca kvyasana karaka

iuplairaccett duryodhanakulntaka||14

vidurkrravarado vivarpapradaraka

satyavk satyasakalpasatyabhmrato jay||15

subhadrprvajo jiubhmamuktipradyakajagadgururjjaganntho veundavirada||16

vabhsuravidhvas bsurakarntaka

yudhihirapratiht barhibarhvatasaka||17

prtthasrathiravyakto gtmtamahodathi

kyaphaamikyarajitarpadbhuja||18

dmodaro yajabhokt dnavendravinaka

nryaaparabrahma pannaganavhana||19

jalakrsamsaktagopvastrpahraka

puyalokastrtthapdo vedavedyo

daynidhi||20

sarvatrtthtmakassarvagraharp partpara

evarkadevasya nmnmaottara

ata||21


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kanmmtanma paramnandakraka

atyupadravadoaghna

paramyuyavarddhana||22

dnarutatapastrtham yatktam tviha

janmani pahatvatcaiva koikoigua

bhavet||23

||iti rnradapacartre jnmtasre caturtthertre ummahevarasavde

rkottaraatanmastotram sampta||

Meanings of Krishna ashtottaram

Sree Krishna. He is having that name because he

is black in colour. His nature is to attract

everything to him.. a veritable blackhole..

KamalaanaathaH.. The lord of Kamala, theMahalakshmi.


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VasudevaH the son of Vasudeva.

Sanatana the eternal, without any beginning.

Vasudevaatmaja.. the one born out of the

Vasudeva..the king ( or the Gods?)

PunyaH.. the most scared, the one who is born inresponse to the prayer of ever so many virtuous

being..

LeelaamanushavigrahaH.. He is the being with no

for but by way of sport of maya he has taken theform of a human being.

Sreevasta kaustubhadharaH..He wears the mark

Sreevatsam as on his bosom as birthmark (some

allude this as the footmark of Bhrigu) and the gem

Kastubha adorns the garland of precious stones

worn by him.


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Yasodhaa vatsalaH. He is the darling of Matha

Yasodha.

HariH..He is Hari.. remover of Sins, he the the

Divine Lion..

Chathurbhujaattachkraasi GadhaasankhaadyutaayudhaH..He is holding aloft four

insignia or weapon. The Discus (Sudarsana, the

wheel of a chariot..Nandaka the sword . the gadha

or mace Kaumodhakee, Panchajanya the Conch,

DevakeenandanaH the beloved son of Devaki

ShreeshaH The lord of Devi Lakshmi, the Lord all

the wealth of the Universe

NandagopapriyaatmajaH The dearest son of

Nandagopa


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Yamuna vegasamharee He stopped the torrential

flow of River Yamuna while he had to cross over

from Mathura to Gokula.. Later while playing and

while dancing on the hoods of the serpent Kaliya,

Yamuna watched calmly.

BalabhadrapriyaanujaH.. The younger brother

close to the heart of Balarama

PoothanaajeevithaharaH The child who suckled

the poisoned breast of demoness Poothana anddelivered her of her life..

ShakataasurabhanjanaH The one who shattered

with a little movement of his tiny legs, a huge

wooden cart, which in fact was the demon Shakata

who had come to Gokulam to crush and kill the

child Krishna


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Nandavrajajannaandee.. One who gave immense

happiness to all the living beings in the household

conglomerate of Nandagopa..

Satchit ananda VigrahaH One who is the

embodiment of Sat, Chit and aananda

NavameethaviliptaangaH ..One whose body is

completely smeared with butter

NavaneethanataH.. One who played a lot of pranksand enacted a lot of dramas for butter

AnaghaH One without any sins

NavaneethanavaahaaraH.. One who is pleased to

have fresh butter as food


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MuchukundprasadhakaH ..One who blessed the

ancient sagely king Muchukunda (cf. the

Kaalayavana episode)

ShodashastreesahasreshaH ..The lord and master

for sixteen thousand noble ladies

ThribhangeemadurakrutiH.. One who kindly

straightened the thrice crooked body hunchback

girl( who was carrying cosmetics for Kamsa and

gave those to Krishna) and restored her to her

sweet beautiful form.

Shukavag .. Having soft and beautiful tone of a

Parrot or the one who has given wordsto Shuka

the son of Vyasa

Amrutaabheendu.. The moon raising out of the sea

of Amrutha or nectar ( the moon, according to the


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puranas emerged from the Ocean of Milk, which

was churned by Gods and Asuras)

Govinda.. The protector of Cows.. the master of Go..

the word, the earth, the Vedas..

Yoginaam PathiH.. The foremost amongs the

yogins .. Gita.. Yatra yogeswara KrishnaH,

Samattwam yoga uchyate, yogaH karmasukausalam etc..

VatsavaatacharaH.. The boy who roams around the

mangers where the young calvesare arranged.

AnanthaH.. The being without end.. The serpent

Aadhisesha

Dhenukaasura Mardhana: The annihilator of the

demon

Dhenukasent by Kamsa to kill the infant Krishna


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the demon took the form of a ferocious cow and

attacked the Lord but was killed by the latter.

Thrineekritha thrinavartho One who blew away

the demon Tthirnavartha like a piece of grass.

Thrinavartha was another demon sent to attack

the child Krishna.. the demon landed upon

Gokulam in the shape of a cyclone and tried to flyaway with the child but was nullified by Krishna

and the demon got killed in the process.

Yamalaarjuna bhanjanaH.. One who uprooted the

twin Arjuna Trees. The two sons of Kubera,Nalakubara and Manigreeva, stood as arjuna trees

in the backyard of Nanda..due to a curse from

Narada.. When Krishna whose tummy was tied to a

mortar by His mother Yasodha ran around with

the mortar in tandem and when he pulled the

ropes sticking the big mortar between the trees,

the trees got broken and uprooted and the two

boysgot released from their curse and regained

their original life.


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Uttaalataalabhetta.. The one who uprooted the

huge taala tree.. another demonic manifestation..

can also allude to the action of Rama in uprooting

the seven trees with one stroke of arrow to prove

his prowess before Sugreema.

Tamaalashyamalaakrithi.. Having the solid dark

shape and structure of a Tamala Tree..

(Rosewood..?)

GopagopesswaraH the lord of the cowherds, both

male and female..

Yogi.. The practitioner of Yoga .. He is the Lordof

Yoga itself.. and He runs the universe Himself

being the Parabrahmam, aiding himself with the

yogamaya created by himself.

KotisuuryasaamaprabhaH.. Having powerful aura

or luster of millions of Suns.. the Sun is the


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apparent source of all energy, butthe lord is

Himself the energy and the source of such energy..

Na tatra sooryo bhathi

IlaapathiH.. The lord of Ila Ilas history in

puranas is very interesting.. She is once

transformed from female to male.. Lingapuranam,

Skandam etc have described the story Ila canalso mean Ida one of the two naadis.. Ida and

pingala which constitute sushunmna..in the yogic

science.

ParamjyothiH The ultimate light and the sourceof it

Yaadavendra.. The foremost leader of the Yadu or

Yadava clan

YadoodvahaH .. One who is the protector of the

Yadu clan..( And the Yadu clan had gained sin


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through a curse of Yayati.. but the birth of Krishna

in that clan sanctified it.

Vanamaalee.. One who wears galands made of wild

flowers

PeethavaasaaH.. One who wears bright yellowclothes

Paarijaathaapaharaka.. One who stealthily

brought the celestial Parijatha tree from heaven to

earth.

govarddhanaachalorddharthaa: the one who lifted

the mountain Govardhana.. under the advice of

Krishna, the gopas paid respects to themountain

Govardhana instead of Indra. The enraged Indra

retaliated by sending huge torrential rains to

render the gopas helpless. Krishna lifted the

Govardhana mountain like an umbrella and


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protected the gopas for a long time sheltering

them under the upturned mountain.

gopalaH the protector of cows, cowherd

sarvapalakaH.. Protector of all

ajaH.. One without any birth

niranjanaH.. spotless, pure

kaamajanakaH.. the father of Kamadeva..

Kamadeva, the God of love is the son of Vishnu and

Lakshmi. Again, Pradhyumna, the son of Rugmani

and Krishan is the incarnation of Kamadeva.

KanjalochanaH.. Lotus eyed


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madhuhaa.. the killer of the demon Madhu

mathuraanaathaH .. The master of the city

Mathura

dwaarakaanaayakaH .. The leader of the city

Dwaraka

Balee.. Immensely powerful

Brindaavanaanthasanchaaree.. One who happily

roams around and inside the Brindavan

ThulaseedhaamabhhushanaH.. One who has

adorned with a nice garland of Tulasi leaves

Syamanthakamanerhartra.. who was alleged to bethe thief of the famous gem Syamanthaka.. The

gem belonged to Satrajit and when Prasena, the

brother of Satrajit had gone to forest for a hunt


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and was killed and robbed, Krishna was accused of

the robbery. Later on the Gem was recovered from

Jambavan who had got it from a lion which had

killed Prasena. Krishnas name was cleared and in

this process, he was married to Satyabhama, the

daughter of Satrajit, and Jambavati, the daughter

of Jambavan.

NaranarayanaatmakaH.. the embodiment of Naraand

Narayana.. the lord embodied himself as Nara and

Narayana to fight certain demons and these two

were manifest as Arjuna and Krishna in the

Mahabharata time.

kubjaakrishnaambharadharaH one who wore the

dress given by a hunchback lady.. during his visit

to Mathura as summoned by his uncle Kamsa

Maayee .. Adept is deception, the master of Maya


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ParmapoorushaH the supereme among men,

living beings, the exalted Brahman

MustikaasurachaanooramallayuddhavisharadhaH

the expert wrestler who fought with the demons

Mushtika and Chaanoora and defeated them.

Samsaaravairee.. the one who is the arch enemy to

the woes of existence of the living beings .

KamsaariH .. the enemy of Kamsa his own uncle

Murari The enemy and vanquisher of the

demon Mura

NarakaanthakaH the one who became the killer

of Narakaasura.. Naraka is a demon born of Vishnuand Bhoomi..(Krishna and Satyabhama).. However

on account of the demons misdeeds, he had to be


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annihilated and that too by his own father. We

celebrate deepavali on this incident.

anaadi..the being whose origin can never beknown

brahmachari.. the celebate or one who is the

perfect brahmachari in human form he

performed so many leelas, but the basic divine

material in him was pure brahmam.. The

brahmacharyam was proved during the incidence

of rejuvenation of Pareekshit, Abhimanyus Child,

who had been affected by the destructive

Brahmasira arrow applied by Aswathama against

all the Pandavas.

KrishnaavyasanakarshakaH.. One who dispelled

the sorrows of Draupadi, the Krishna Take the

case of Akshaya patram incident, The disrobing in

the court of Duryodhana, The protection of

Pareekshit etc..

Sisupaalashirachchetta.. The beheader of

Shishupala.. Jaya and Vijaya, the Lords


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gatekeepers were cursed to be born thriceas

enemies of the Lord and attain moksham after

getting killed at the hands of the Lord. Their first

birth, Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu was

handled by the Lords incarnation as Varaha and

Narasimha. Their second birth as Ravana and

Kumbhakarna was dealt with the Lords

Incarnation of Rama. During Krishnaavataram,

they were born as Shishupaala and Dantavaktra.Shishupala, though a cousin of Krishna was an

enemy, and always spread scandals about

Krishna.. Shishupala created problem at the

marriage ceremony of Rugmani with Krishna..

During thee Rajasooya yajna conducted by

yudhistira, all the elders were unanimous thatKrishna should be given the primal respects and

oblations. But Shisupaala opposed it and talked

very nasty things about the Lord. Krishna, after

being patient for long enough had to behead

Shishupala with his discus, to save the situation

DuryodhanakulaanthakaH.. the terminator of the

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presence and actions of Krishna which caused the

destruction of Kauravas and won the

mahabharatha was for the Pandavas

ViduraakrooravaradhaH the Lord who honoured

Vidura and Akroora with boons When Krishna

was visiting Hastinapuram as the envoy of the

Pandavas, the ruling house was not very friendly

with the Lord. The lord chose to spend his night at

the house of Vidura, the great scholar, devotee and

the half-brother of Pandu and Dhritarashtra.. The

ardent devotee that was vidura, could not observe

the proprieties of hospitality and it is said that he

fed the Lord with the peelings of banana whilethrowing away the kernals.. But Krishna was

captivated by the devotion and was an eternal

beneficiary for Vidura. Akrua was a relative, and

he was commissioned by Kamsa to bring Krishna

and Balarama from Brindaban to Madura (of

course with cruel intentions).. Akrura, the staunch

devotee, enjoyed the hospitality of the Lord and

was also accorded with Divya Vaikunta


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Darshanam.. before the two brothers came to

Mathura and confronted Kamsa.

Vishwaroopa pradarshakaH.. The Lord who

exhibited his Cosmicform In fact he did it twice.

Once to convince Arjuna in the battlefield and once

in the court of Duryodhana, when the evil king

tried to arrest and capture him through force.

Satyavaak.. One who always makes only true

words To see it from another angle, only what he

talks is truth. Cf. satya-vratam satya-param tri-

satyam, satyasya yonim nihitam ca satyesatyasya

satyam rta-satya-netram, satyatmakam tvam

saranam prapannahSrimad Bhagavatam 10.2.

SatyasankalpaH: Whose thought process is truth

and nothing but truth.

SatyabhaamarataH: One who is greatlyaffectionate to Satyabhaama

Jayee: One who is ever victorious.


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SubhadraapoorvajaH.. the one born elder to

Subhadra

Jishnu: One who is always bent on success, one

who is always successful in all that he engages

himself in

Bheeshmamuktipradaayaka: The one who

granted Moksha to Bheeshapitaamaha.. Even

though bound by duty to fight against the Lord,

Bheeshma was dearer to Him, maybe ever greater

that the Pandavas and Arjuna. There was in fact a

tussle between the Lord and the Warrior.. Whilethe Lord said he would never take any arms in the

Mahabharatha battle, Bheeshma challenged that

he would make Krishna wield a weopon.

Ultimately, the circumstances contrived in such a

way that the Lord charged towards Bheeshma with

a chariot wheel in hand to protect Arjuna.. Here

Krishna wanted to make the promise of Bheeshma

true even by negating his own promise. Bheeshma

chanted the hundred names of the Lord in His


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presences, and he could not help calling the lord

Rathangapaani.. one who is having a chariot-wheel

in his hands.

Jagadguru: The preceptor of the World.. The

aacharya who gave us Gita. We call three persons

Jagatguru..Krishna, Shankara and Lord

Dakshinamoorthy himself.

JagannathaH ; The master of the world He

shines for in that form in Puri.. Natha hare

jagannatha hare.

VenunaathavisaarathaH. . Adept in playing the

flute The cows and calves, the gopis and gops,

the trees and tendrils, the birds and animals, the

animate and the inanimate things, all were

captivated by the music played by Krishna.

Vrishabhaasura vidhwamsee.. one who destroyed

the demon Vrishabha in the shape of a bull.. this

happened during the childhood pranks of Krishna


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Baanaasura KaraanthakaH.. The one who cut off

the arms of Banaasura.. Bana, an asura and a

devotee of Shiva, had a beautiful daughter Usha..A

romance developed between Usha and Aniruddha

the grandson of Krishna, and Aniruddhawas

abducted.A fierce battle followed and Bana was

defeated and all of his 999 pairs of arms were

chopped off.. however, Usha and Aniruddha wereunited.

YudhisTirapratishTaathaa: One who regained

Suzerainty to Yudhistira, the elder pandava in

Mahabharatha war.

Barhibarhaavatamsaka: One who adorns himself

with the beautiful feathers of a peacock.

PaarthasaarathiH.. the charioteer to Arjuna

AvyakthaH.. One who cannot be understood

clearly


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GeethamruthamahodhadhiH.. the ocean of nectar

that is fill with the ambroscia of Geetha apart

from Him, from whence can the Geetha come?

Kaaleeyaphanamaanikyaranchitashreepadaambu

ajaH.. One whose lotus feet are brightened by the

luster emanating from the manikya gems adorning

the myriad heads of the venomous snake Kaliya.

Kaliya occupied the Kalindi and was poisoning theenvironments and causing hazards to the life and

welfare of the occupants of Brindaban. One day the

dark lad Krishna jumped into the place where the

furious snake was spewing his venom andstarted

dancing over the snakes many hoods.. The snake

could not do any harm to the child but was nearing

his death unable to bear the footfalls of the child.

Ultimately, the kind Lord pardoned the snake and

sent him to an island Ramanaka.

DamodharaH..One with a rope around his belly

The naughty boy proved impossible for Yasodha

and she simply tied across his belly to a mortar

with a long rope. The boy ran around and hit two


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trees and broke them and gave moksham to two

sons of kubera.. Strange, the immeasurable,

uncontrollable parabrahmam was tied by that

mother with the rope of love..

Yajnabhoktaa.. the one who partakes in the

offerings made in yajnaas. In fact the

Rishipatnees gave the food meant for yajna to the

black child and his naughty colleagues.

Daanavendravinasaka.. Annihilator of the leader

of demons.. Kamsa?

Naarayana .. The dweller of water.. the one who

floats over water.. and this word is beyond

meanings.

Parabrahma.. The ultimate Soul

PannagaashanavaahanaH.. He has Garuda the

Vainateya who feasts on snakes, as his mount


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JalakreedaasamaasakthagopeevastraapahaarakaH

.. The one who snatched away stealthily theclothes of the Gopis who had all come to a bathing

ghat in Yamuna for a watery sport.

PunyashlokaH.. the praiseworthy one.. the praise

of whom brings punyam to us

Teerthapaado.. who is having water at his feet..

from his lotus feet flows the river gangaa

bhaageerathy.

VedhavedhyaH.. The one who is understood only

through Vedaas

DayaanidhiH .. The treasure of compassion for the

devotees.

SarvateerthaatmakaH.. The inherent divinity

found in all holy waters and holy places


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Sarvagraharoopee: Who manifests himself in the

shape of all planets and celestial bodies

Paraatpara.. Supreme of all that is supreme.

Thus is the 108 names of Lord Krishna

It is called Krishnanaamaamrutham. It is the

source of supreme ecstasy. It prevents all evils

and attacks. It helps in increasing ones longevity.

Whatever is given, heard, done inpilgrimage, or

done in this life in these names, for who read, who

hear them, the results will be Million-fold.

This is from Jnaanaamritasaaram of Narada

Pancharathra..Discourse between Uma and

Maheswara.. On the fourth night

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