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The chant
ॐ कृष्णाय नमः।
ॐ कमलानाथाय नमः।
ॐ वासुदेवाय नमः।
ॐ सनातनाय नमः।
ॐ वसुदेवात्मजाय नमः।
ॐ पुण्याय नमः।
ॐ लीलामानुषविग्रहाय नमः।
ॐ श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभधराय नमः।
ॐ यशोदावत्सलाय नमः।
ॐ हरिये नमः।
ॐ चतुर्भुजात्तचक्रासिगदा नमः।
ॐ सङ्खाम्बुजायुदायुधाय नमः।
ॐ देवकीनन्दनाय नमः।
ॐ श्रीशाय नमः।
ॐ नन्दगोपप्रियात्मजाय नमः।
ॐ यमुनावेगसंहारिणे नमः।
ॐ बलभद्रप्रियानुजाय नमः।
ॐ पूतनाजीवितहराय नमः।
ॐ शकटासुरभञ्जनाय नमः।
ॐ नन्दव्रजजनानन्दिने नमः।
ॐ सच्चिदानन्दविग्रहाय नमः।
ॐ नवनीतविलिप्ताङ्गाय नमः।
ॐ नवनीतनटाय नमः।
ॐ मुचुकुन्दप्रसादकाय नमः।
ॐ षोडशस्त्रीसहस्रेशाय नमः।
ॐ त्रिभङ्गिने नमः।
ॐ मधुराकृतये नमः।
ॐ शुकवागमृताब्धीन्दवे नमः।
ॐ गोविन्दाय नमः।
ॐ योगिनां पतये नमः।
ॐ वत्सवाटचराय नमः।
ॐ अनन्ताय नमः।
ॐ धेनुकासुरभञ्जनाय नमः।
ॐ तृणीकृततृणावर्ताय नमः।
ॐ यमलार्जुनभञ्जनाय नमः।
ॐ उत्तलोत्तालभेत्रे नमः।
ॐ तमालश्यामलाकृतिये नमः।
ॐ गोपगोपीश्वराय नमः।
ॐ योगिने नमः।
ॐ कोटिसूर्यसमप्रभाय नमः।
ॐ इलापतये नमः।
ॐ परंज्योतिषे नमः।
ॐ यादवेन्द्राय नमः।
ॐ यदूद्वहाय नमः।
ॐ वनमालिने नमः।
ॐ पीतवसने नमः।
ॐ पारिजातापहारकाय नमः।
ॐ गोवर्धनाचलोद्धर्त्रे नमः।
ॐ गोपालाय नमः।
ॐ सर्वपालकाय नमः।
ॐ अजाय नमः।
ॐ निरञ्जनाय नमः।
ॐ कामजनकाय नमः।
ॐ कञ्जलोचनाय नमः।
ॐ मधुघ्ने नमः।
ॐ मथुरानाथाय नमः।
ॐ द्वारकानायकाय नमः।
ॐ बलिने नमः।
ॐ बृन्दावनान्तसञ्चारिणे नमः।
ॐ तुलसीदामभूषणाय नमः।
ॐ स्यमन्तकमणेर्हर्त्रे नमः।
ॐ नरनारायणात्मकाय नमः।
ॐ कुब्जाकृष्णाम्बरधराय नमः।
ॐ मायिने नमः।
ॐ परमपूरुषाय नमः।
ॐ मुष्टिकासुरचाणूरमल्लयुद्धविशारदाय नमः।
ॐ संसारवैरिणे नमः।
ॐ कंसारये नमः।
ॐ मुरारये नमः।
ॐ नाराकान्तकाय नमः।
ॐ अनादिब्रह्मचारिणे नमः।
ॐ कृष्णाव्यसनकर्षकाय नमः।
ॐ शिशुपालशिरश्छेत्रे नमः।
ॐ दुर्योधनकुलान्तकाय नमः।
ॐ विदुराक्रूरवरदाय नमः।
ॐ विश्वरूपप्रदर्शकाय नमः।
ॐ सत्यवाचे नमः।
ॐ सत्यसङ्कल्पाय नमः।
ॐ सत्यभामारताय नमः।
ॐ जयिने नमः।
ॐ सुभद्रापूर्वजाय नमः।
ॐ विष्णवे नमः।
ॐ भीष्ममुक्तिप्रदायकाय नमः।
ॐ जगद्गुरवे नमः।
ॐ जगन्नाथाय नमः।
ॐ वेणुनाद विशारदाय नमः।
ॐ वृषभासुरविध्वंसिने नमः।
ॐ बाणासुरकरान्तकाय नमः।
ॐ युधिष्ठिरप्रतिष्ठात्रे नमः।
ॐ बर्हिबर्हावतंसकाय नमः।
ॐ पार्थसारथये नमः।
ॐ अव्यक्ताय नमः।
ॐ गीतामृतमहोदधये नमः।
ॐ कालीयफणिमाणिक्यरञ्जितश्रीपदाम्बुजाय नमः।
ॐ दामोदराय नमः।
ॐ यज्ञभोक्त्रे नमः।
ॐ दानवेन्द्रविनाशकाय नमः।
ॐ नारायणाय नमः।
ॐ परब्रह्मणे नमः।
ॐ पन्नगाशनवाहनाय नमः।
ॐ तीर्थकृते नमः।
ॐ जलक्रीडा समासक्त गॊपीवस्त्रापहाराकाय नमः।
ॐ पुण्यश्लोकाय नमः
ॐ वॆदवॆद्याय नमः।
ॐ दयानिधये नमः।
ॐ सर्वभूतात्मकाय नमः।
ॐ सर्वग्रहरूपिणे नमः।
ॐ परात्पराय नमः।
॥ इति श्रीकृष्ण अष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः सम्पूर्णा ॥
om krishnaya namah|
om kamalanathaya namah|
om vasudevaya namah|
om sanatanaya namah|
om vasudevatmajaya namah|
om punyaya namah|
om lilamanushavigrahaya namah|
om shrivatsakaustubhadharaya namah|
om yashodavatsalaya namah|
om hariye namah|
om chaturbhujattachakrasigada namah|
om shankhambujayudayudhaya namah|
om devakinandanaya namah|
om shriyaya namah|
om nandagopapriyatmajaya namah|
om yamunavegasamharine namah|
om balabhadrapriyanujaya namah|
om putanajivitaharaya namah|
om shakatasurabhanjanaya namah|
om nandavrajajananandine namah|
om sachchidanandavigrahaya namah|
om navanitaviliptangaya namah|
om navanitanatanaya namah|
om muchukundaprasadakaya namah|
om shodashastrisahasreshaya namah|
om tribhangine namah|
om madhurakritaye namah|
om shukavagamritabdhindave namah|
om govindaya namah|
om yoginam pataye namah|
om vatsavatacharaya namah|
om anantaya namah|
om dhenukasurabhanjanaya namah|
om trinikritatrinavartaya namah|
om yamalarjunabhanjanaya namah|
om uttalottalabhetre namah|
om tamalashyamalakritiye namah|
om gopagopishvaraya namah|
om yogine namah|
om kotisuryasamaprabhaya namah|
om ilapataye namah|
om paramjyotishe namah|
om yadavendraya namah|
om yadudvahaya namah|
om vanamaline namah|
om pitavasane namah|
om parijatapaharakaya namah|
om govarthanachaloddhartre namah|
om gopalaya namah|
om sarvapalakaya namah|
om ajaya namah|
om niranjanaya namah|
om kamajanakaya namah|
om kanjalochanaya namah|
om madhughne namah|
om mathuranathaya namah|
om dvarakanayakaya namah|
om baline namah|
om brindavanantasancharine namah|
om tulasidamabhushanaya namah|
om syamantakamanerhartre namah|
om naranarayanatmakaya namah|
om kubjakrishnambaradharaya namah|
om mayine namah|
om paramapurushaya namah|
om mushtikasurachanuramallayuddhavisharadaya namah|
om sansaravairine namah|
om kansaraye namah|
om muraraye namah|
om narakantakaya namah|
om anadibrahmacharine namah|
om krishnavyasanakarshakaya namah|
om shishupalashirashchhetre namah|
om duryodhanakulantakaya namah|
om vidurakruravaradaya namah|
om vishvarupapradarshakaya namah|
om satyavache namah|
om satyasankalpaya namah|
om satyabhamarataya namah|
om jayine namah|
om subhadrapurvajaya namah|
om vishnave namah|
om bhishmamuktipradayakaya namah|
om jagadgurave namah|
om jagannathaya namah|
om venunada visharadaya namah|
om vrishabhasuravidhvansine namah|
om banasurakarantakaya namah|
om yudhishthirapratishthatre namah|
om barhibarhavatamsakaya namah|
om parthasarathaye namah|
om avyaktaya namah|
om gitamritamahodadhaye namah|
om kaliyaphanimanikyaranjitashripadambujaya namah|
om damodaraya namah|
om yajnabhoktre namah|
om danavendravinashakaya namah|
om narayanaya namah|
om parabrahmane namah|
om pannagashanavahanaya namah|
om tirthakrite namah|
om jalakrida samasakta gopivastrapaharakaya namah|
om punyashlokaya namah
om vedavedyaya namah|
om dayanidhaye namah|
om sarvabhutatmakaya namah|
om sarvagraharupine namah|
om paratparaya namah|
|| iti shrikrishna ashtottarashatanamavalih sampurna ||
The One Who is of dark complexion
The Consort of Goddess Lakshmi
The Son of Vasudeva
The Divine Presence in all three ages of time
The Son of Vasudeva
The highly virtuous
The One who took human form to show his divine play
The One wearing Shrivatsa and Kaustubha gems
The beloved Son of Yashoda
The Lord of nature
Whose four arms bear divine weapons like the discus, the sword,
The mace and the conch
The Son of Devaki
The Consort of Goddess Lakshmi
The Beloved Son of King Nanda
The Tamer of the Yamuna river
The younger brother of Balarama
The One who drains the life out of Demoness Putana
The Destroyer of Demon Shakatasura
The Joy of Nanda and the folk of Braja
The Eternal, Immortal and Indestructible One
One with a butter-smeared body
The One Who dances with joy for butter
The Blesser of King Muchukunda
The Lord of sixteen thousand women
The One with three beautiful curves
The One with a charming form
The 'Ocean of Nectar' in the words of Sage Shuka
The Beloved of cows
The Lord of Yogis
The Loving Grazer of calves
The Infinite One
The Slayer of Demon Dhenuka
The Slayer of Demon Trinivarta
The One Who broke Yamala and Arjuna, the cursed twin trees
The Destroyer of towering Tala trees
The One as dark-skinned as the Tamala tree
The Lord of all cowherds and cowherdesses
The Supreme Yogi
The One who radiates like millions of suns
The Master of Knowledge
The Supreme Source of Light
The Lord of the Yadavas
The Leader of the Yadus
The One wearing a garland of wildflowers
The One draped in glowing yellow clothes
The One who stole a Parijata tree
The One who lifted the Govardhana Hill
The Guardian of cows
The Guardian of the Universe
The One who is beyond birth
The One who is unblemished
The One who creates desires in the mind
The One with lotus eyes
The Slayer of Demon Madhu
The Lord of Mathura
The Hero of Dwaraka
The Most Powerful of all
The One Who Strolls across Vrindavana
The One wearing a garland of Tulsi leaves
The One who stole the Syamantaka gem
The One Who is human and god
The One Kubja smeared with sandalwood
The One who is elusive
The Supreme Being
The Valiant Slayer of Demons Mushtika and Chanura
The Enemy of worldly confines
The Enemy of King Kamsa
The Slayer of the Demon Mura
The Ender of Demon Naraka
The Eternal Celibate
The Savior of Draupadi
The One who beheaded Shishupala
The Ender of Duryodhana's Dynasty
The Granter of boons to Vidura and Akrura
The One who reveals his cosmic form
The Speaker of Truth
The One with True Resolve
The Beloved of Satyabhama
The Ever-Victorious
The Brother of Subhadra
The Master of the Universe
The One Who Liberated Bhishma
The Guru of the Universe
The Lord of the entire Universe
The Divine Flute Maestro
The Destroyer of the Demon Vrishabha
The Destroyer of Banasura
The kingmaker of Yudhishthira
The One who adorns peacock feathers
The One who leads Arjuna's chariot
The Formless One
The Ocean of Bhagavad Gita wisdom
The One whose lotus feet bear the gems of serpent Kaliya
The One Who cannot be contained
The Acceptor and Blesser of sacred offerings
The Slayer of the Lord of Demons
The Supreme Soul
The Supreme God
The One who has Garuda as his mount
The Creator of all sacred places
The Mischievous One who hides the Gopis' clothes as they bathe in the river
The One whose chants bring boons
The One revered in the Vedas
The ocean of compassion
The origin of every place of pilgrimage
The All-Embodying One
The Supreme One
Thus ends the chanting of the 108 names of Krishna.
Why it works
- Awakens divine love (bhakti) and emotional connection to Krishna consciousness, transforming the chanter's heart toward devotion and surrender.
- Removes fear and negative thought patterns by invoking Krishna's constant protection and cosmic oversight of all beings.
- Purifies the mind and intellect (sattva guna), clearing mental agitation and restoring inner peace through mantra resonance.
- Attracts divine grace (prasada) and blessings by aligning personal consciousness with Krishna's omniscient presence.
- Deepens meditation and concentration by anchoring the mind on Krishna's 108 divine names and cosmic roles.
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