(1)
śrī-vallabheti vara-deti dayā-pareti
bhakta-priyeti bhava-luṇṭhana-kovideti
nātheti nāga-śayaneti jagan-nivāsety
ālāpinaḿ prati-dinaḿ kuru māḿ mukunda
(2)
jayatu jayatu devo devakī-nandano 'yaḿ
jayatu jayatu kṛṣṇo vṛṣṇi-vaḿśa-pradīpaḥ
jayatu jayatu megha-śyāmalaḥ komalāńgo
jayatu jayatu pṛthvī-bhāra-nāśo mukundaḥ
(3)
mukunda mūrdhnā praṇipatya yāce
bhavantaḿ ekāntaḿ iyantam arthaḿ
avismṛtis tvac-caraṇāravinde
bhave bhave me 'stu bhavat-prasādāt
(4)
nāhaḿ vande tava caraṇayor dvandvam advandva-hetoḥ
kumbhīpākaḿ gurum api hare nārakaḿ nāpanetuḿ
ramyā-rāmā-mṛdu-tanu-latā nandane nāpi rantuḿ
bhāve bhāve hṛdaya-bhavane bhāvayeyaḿ bhavantaḿ
(5)
nāsthā dharme na vasu-nicaye naiva kāmopabhoge
yad bhāvyaḿ tad bhavatu bhagavan pūrva-karmānurūpaḿ
etat prārthyaḿ mama bahu mataḿ janma-janmāntare 'pi
tvat-pādāmbhoruha-yuga-gatā niścalā bhaktir astu
(6)
divi vā bhuvi vā mamāstu vāso
narake vā narakāntaka prakāmaḿ
avadhīrita-śāradāravindau
caraṇau te maraṇe'pi cintayāmi
(7)
cintayāmi hariḿ eva santataḿ
manda-hāsa-muditānanāmbujam
nanda-gopa-tanayaḿ parāt param
nāradādi-muni-vṛnda-vanditam
(8)
kara-caraṇa-saroje kāntiman-netra-mīne
śrama-muṣi bhuja-vīci-vyākule 'gādha-mārge
hari-sarasi vigāhyāpīya tejo-jalaughaḿ
bhava-maru-parikhinnaḥ kleśam adya tyajāmi
(9)
sarasija-nayane saśańkha-cakre
murabhidi mā viramasva citta rantum
sukhataram aparaḿ na jātu jāne
hari-caraṇa-smaraṇāmṛtena tulyam
(10)
mābhīr manda-mano vicintya bahudhā yamīśvaraḿ yātanā
naivāmī prabhavanti pāpa-ripavaḥ svāmī nanu śrīdharaḥ
ālasyaḿ vyapanīya bhakti-sulabhaḿ dhyāyasva nārāyaṇam
lokasya vyasanāpanodana-karo dāsasya kiḿ na kṣamaḥ
(11)
bhava-jaladhi-gatānāḿ dvandva-vātāhatānāḿ
suta-duhitṛ-kalatra-trāṇa-bhārārditānām
viṣama-viṣaya-toye majjatām āplavānāḿ
bhavati śaraṇam eko viṣṇu-poto narāṇām
(12)
bhava-jaladhim agādhaḿ dustaraḿ nistareyaḿ
katham aham iti ceto mā sma gāḥ kātaratvam
sarasija-dṛśi deve tārakī bhaktir ekā
naraka-bhidi niṣaṇṇā tārayiṣyaty avaśyam
(13)
tṛṣṇā-toye madana-pavanoddhūta-mohormi-māle
dārāvarte tanaya-sahaja-grāha-sańghākule ca
saḿsārākhye mahati jaladhau majjatāḿ nas tri-dhāman
pādāmbhoje varada bhavato bhakti-nāvaḿ prayaccha
(14)
pṛthvī-reṇur aṇuḥ payāḿsi kaṇikāḥ phalguḥ sphulińgo laghus
tejo niḥśvasanaḿ marut tanutaraḿ randhraḿ su-sūkṣmaḿ nabhaḥ
kṣudrā rudra-pitāmaha-prabhṛtayaḥ kiṭāḥ samastāḥ surā
dṛṣṭe yatra sa tārako vijayate śrī-pāda-dhūli-kaṇāḥ
(15)
he lokāḥ śrīnuta prasuti-marana-vyadhes cikitsaḿ imam
yoga-jñaḥ samudaharanti munayo yaḿ yajñavalkyadayah
antar-jyotir ameyaḿ ekam amṛtaḿ kṛṣṇakhyam apiyatam
tat pitaḿ paramauṣadhaḿ vitanute nirvanam atyantikam
(16)
he martyāḥ paramaḿ hitaḿ śrīnuta vo vakṣyami sańkṣepataḥ
saḿsārarnavam apad-urmi-bahulaḿ samyak pravisya sthitaḥ
nana-jñanam apasya cetasi namo nārāyaṇayety amum
mantraḿ sa-pranavaḿ pranama-sahitaḿ pravartayadhvaḿ muhuḥ
(17)
nāthe naḥ puruṣottame tri-jagatām ekādhipe cetasā
sevye svasya padasya dātari pare nārāyaṇe tiṣṭhati
yaḿ kañcit puruṣādhamaḿ katipaya-grāmeśam alpārtha-daḿ
sevāyai mṛgayāmahe naram aho mūḍhā varākā vayam
(18)
baddhenāñjalinā natena śirasā gātraiḥ sa-romodgamaiḥ
kaṇṭhena svara-gadgadena nayanenodgīrṇa-bāṣpāmbunā
nityaḿ tvac-caraṇāravinda-yugala-dhyānāmṛtāsvādinām
asmākaḿ sarasīruhākṣa satataḿ sampadyatāḿ jīvitam
(19)
yat krsna-praṇipāta-dhūli-dhavalaḿ tad varṣma tad vai śiras
te netre tamasojjhite su-rucire yābhyāḿ harir dṛśyate
sā buddhir vimalendu-śańkha-dhavalā yā mādhava-dhyāyinī
sā jiḥvāmṛta-varṣiṇī prati-padaḿ yā stauti nārāyaṇam
(20)
jihve kīrtaya keśavaḿ mura-ripuḿ ceto bhaja śrīdharam
pāṇi-dvandva-samarcayācyuta-kathāḥ śrotra-dvaya tvaḿ śṛṇu
kṛṣṇaḿ lokaya locana-dvaya harer gacchāńghri-yugmālayam
jighra ghrāṇa mukunda-pada-tulasīḿ mūrdhan namādhokṣajam
(21)
āmnāyābhyasanāny araṇya-ruditaḿ veda-vratāny anv-aham
medas-cheda-phalāni pūrta-vidhayaḥ sarvaḿ hutaḿ bhasmani
tīrthānām avagāhanāni ca gaja-snānaḿ vinā yat-pada-
dvandvāmbhoruha-saḿsmṛtiḿ vijayate devaḥ sa nārāyaṇah
(22)
madana parihara sthitiḿ madīye
manasi mukunda-padāravinda-dhāmni
hara-nayana-kṛśānunā kṛśo'si
smarasi na cakra-parākramaḿ murāreḥ
(23)
nāthe dhātari bhogi-bhoga-śayane nārāyaṇe mādhave
deve devaki-nandane sura-vare cakrāyudhe śārńgiṇi
līlāśeṣa-jagat-prapañca-jaṭhare viśveśvare śrīdhare
govinde kuru citta-vṛttim acalam anyais tu kiḿ vartanaiḥ
(24)
mā drākṣaḿ kṣīṇa-puṇyān kṣaṇam api bhavato bhakti-hīnān padābje
mā śrauṣaḿ śrāvya-bandhaḿ tava caritam apāsyānyad-ākhyāna-jātam
mā smārṣaḿ mādhava tvām api bhuvana-pate cetasāpahnuvānān
mā bhūvaḿ tvat-saparyā-vyatikara-rahito janma-janmāntare'pi
(25)
maj-janmanaḥ phalaḿ idaḿ madhu-kaitabhāre
mat-prārthanīya-mad-anugraha eṣa eva
tvad-bhṛtya-bhṛtya-paricāraka-bhṛtya-bhṛtya-
bhṛtyasya bhṛtya iti māḿ smara loka-nātha
(26)
tattvaḿ bruvāṇāni paraḿ parastān
madhu kṣarantīva mudāvahāni
pravartaya prāñjalir asmi jihve
nāmāni nārāyaṇa-gocarāṇi
(27)
namāmi nārāyaṇa-pāda-pańkajaḿ
karomi nārāyaṇa-pūjanaḿ sadā
vadāmi nārāyaṇa-nāma nirmalaḿ
smarāmi nārāyaṇa-tattvam avyayam
(28)
śrī-nātha nārāyaṇa vāsudeva
śrī-kṛṣṇa bhakta-priya cakra-pāṇe
śrī-padmanābhācyuta kaitabhāre
śrī-rāma padmākṣa hare murāre
(29)
ananta vaikuṇṭha mukunda kṛṣṇa
govinda dāmodara mādhaveti
vaktuḿ samartho'pi na vakti kaścid
aho janānāḿ vyasanābhimukhyam
(30)
bhaktāpāya-bhujańga-gāruḍa-maṇis trailokya-rakṣā-maṇir
gopī-locana-cāṭakāmbuda-maṇiḥ saundarya-mudrā-maṇiḥ
yaḥ kānta-maṇi-rukmiṇī-ghana-kuca-dvandvaika-bhūṣā-maṇiḥ
śreyo deva-śikhā-maṇir diśatu no gopāla-cūḍā-maṇiḥ
(31)
śatru-cchedaika-mantraḿ sakalaḿ upaniṣad-vākya-sampūjya-mantraḿ
saḿsāroccheda-mantraḿ samucita-tamasaḥ sańgha-niryāṇa-mantram
sarvaiśvaryaika-mantraḿ vyasana-bhujaga-sandaṣṭa-santrāṇa-mantraḿ
jihve śrī-kṛṣṇa-mantraḿ japa japa satataḿ janma-sāphalya-mantram
(32)
vyāmoha-praśamauṣadhaḿ muni-mano-vṛtti-pravṛtty-auṣadhaḿ
daityendrārti-karauṣadhaḿ tri-bhuvane sañjīvanaikauṣadham
bhaktātyanta-hitauṣadhaḿ bhava-bhaya-pradhvamsanaikauṣadhaḿ
śreyaḥ-prāpti-karauṣadhaḿ piba manaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-divyauṣadham
(33)
kṛṣṇa tvadīya-pada-pańkaja-pañjarāntam
adyaiva me viśatu mānasa-rāja-haḿsaḥ
prāṇa-prayāṇa-samaye kapha-vāta-pittaiḥ
kaṇṭhāvarodhana-vidhau smaraṇaḿ kutas te
(34)
cetas cintaya kīrtayasva rasane namrī-bhava tvaḿ siro
hastāv añjali-sampuṭaḿ racayataḿ vandasva dīrghaḿ vapuḥ
ātman saḿśraya puṇḍarīka-nayanaḿ nāgācalendra-sthitaḿ
dhanyaḿ puṇyatamaḿ tad eva paramaḿ daivaḿ hi sat-siddhaye
(35)
śṛṇvan janārdana-kathā-guṇa-kīrtanāni
dehe na yasya pulakodgama-roma-rājiḥ
notpadyate nayanayor vimalāmbu-mālā
dhik tasya jīvitam aho puruṣādhamasya
(36)
andhasya me hṛta-viveka-mahā-dhanasya
cauraiḥ prabho balibhir indriya-nāmadheyaiḥ
mohāndha-kūpa-kuhare vinipātitasya
deveśa dehi kṛpāṇasya karāvalambam
(37)
idaḿ śarīraḿ śata-sandhi-jarjaraḿ
pataty avaśyaḿ pariṇāma-peśalaḿ
kim auṣadhaḿ pṛcchasi mūḍha durmate
nirāmayaḿ kṛṣṇa-rasāyaṇaḿ piba
(38)
āścaryam etad dhi manuṣya-loke
sudhāḿ parityajya viṣaḿ pibanti
nāmāni nārāyaṇa-gocarāṇi
tyaktvānya-vācaḥ kuhakaḥ paṭhanti
(39)
tyajantu bāndhavāḥ sarve
nindantu guravo janāḥ
tathāpi paramānando
govindo mama jīvanam
(40)
satyaḿ bravīmi manujāḥ svayaḿ ūrdhva-bāhur
yo yo mukunda narasiḿha janārdaneti
jīvo japaty anu-dinaḿ maraṇe raṇe vā
pāṣāṇa-kāṣṭha-sadṛśāya dadāty abhīṣṭam
(41)
nārāyaṇāya nama ity amuḿ eva mantraḿ
saḿsāra-ghora-viṣa-nirharaṇāya nityam
śṛṇvantu bhavya-matayo yatayo'nurāgād
uccaistaraḿ upadiśāmy ahaḿ ūrdhva-bāhuh
(42)
cittaḿ naiva nivartate kṣaṇam api śrī-kṛṣṇa-pādāmbujān
nindantu priya-bāndhavā guru-janā gṛḥnantu muñcantu vā
durvādaḿ parighoṣayantu manujā vaḿśe kalańke'stu vā
tādṛk-prema-dharānurāga-madhunā mattāya mānaḿ tu me
(43)
kṛṣṇo rakṣatu no jagat-traya-guruḥ kṛṣṇo hi viśvambharaḥ
kṛṣṇād eva samutthitaḿ jagad idaḿ kṛṣṇe layaḿ gacchati
kṛṣṇe tiṣṭhati viśvaḿ etad akhilaḿ kṛṣṇasya dāsā vayaḿ
kṛṣṇenākhila-sad-gatir vitaritā kṛṣṇāya tasmai namaḥ
(44)
he gopālaka he kṛpā-jalanidhe he sindhu-kanyā-pate
he kaḿsāntaka he gajendra-karuṇā-pārīṇa he mādhava
he rāmānuja he jagat-traya-guro he puṇḍarīkākṣa māḿ
he gopījana-nātha pālaya paraḿ jānāmi na tvāḿ vinā
(45)
dārāvārākara-vara-sutā te tanūjo viriñciḥ
stotā vedas tava sura-gaṇā bhṛtya-vargaḥ prasādaḥ
muktir māyā jagad avikalaḿ tāvakī devakī te
mātā mitraḿ bala-ripu-sutas tat tvad anyaḿ na jāne
(46)
praṇāmam īśasya śiraḥ-phalaḿ vidus
tad-arcanaḿ pāṇi-phalaḿ divaukasaḥ
manaḥ-phalaḿ tad-guṇa-tattva-cintanaḿ
vacaḥ-phalaḿ tad-guṇa-kīrtanaḿ budhāḥ
(47)
śrīman-nāma procya nārāyaṇākhyaḿ
ke na prāpur vāñchitaḿ pāpino'pi
hā naḥ pūrvaḿ vāk-pravṛttā na tasmiḿs
tena prāptaḿ garbha-vāsādi-duḥkham
(48)
dhyāyanti ye viṣṇum anantam avyayam
hṛt-padma-madhye satataḿ vyavasthitam
samāhitānāḿ satatābhaya-pradaḿ
te yānti siddhiḿ paramāḿ tu vaiṣṇavīm
(49)
tat tvaḿ prasīda bhagavan kuru mayy anāthe
viṣṇo kṛpāḿ parama-kāruṇikaḥ khalu tvam
saḿsāra-sāgara-nimagnam ananta dīnam
uddhartum arhasi hare puruṣottamo'si
(50)
kṣīra-sāgara-tarańga-śīkarā-
sāra-tārakita-cāru-mūrtaye
bhogi-bhoga-śayanīya-śāyine
mādhavāya madhu-vidviṣe namaḥ
(51)
alam alam alam ekā prāṇināḿ pātakānāḿ
nirasana-viṣaye yā kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti vāṇī
yadi bhavati mukunde bhaktir ānanda-sāndrā
karatala-kalitā sā mokṣa-samrājya-lakṣmīḥ
(52)
yasya priyau śruti-dharau kavi-loka-vīrau
mitrau dvi-janma-vara-padma-śarāv abhūtām
tenāmbujākṣa-caraṇāmbuja-ṣaṭ-padena
rājñā kṛtā kṛtir iyaḿ kulaśekhareṇa
(53)
mukunda-mālāḿ paṭhatāḿ narāṇām
aśeṣa-saukhyaḿ labhate na kaḥ svit
samasta-pāpa-kṣayam etya dehī
prayāti viṣṇoḥ paramaḿ padaḿ tat
TRANSLATION
1) O Mukunda, my Lord! Please let me become a constant reciter of Your names, addressing You as Sri-vallabha ["He who is very dear to Laksmi"], Varada ["the bestower of benedictions"], Dayapara ["He who is causelessly merciful"], Bhakta-priya ["He who is very dear to His devotees"], Bhava-lunthana-kovida ["He who is expert at plundering the status quo of repeated birth and death"], Natha ["the Supreme Lord"], Jagan-nivasa ["the resort of the cosmos"], and Naga-sayana ["the Lord who lies down on the serpent bed"].
2) All glories to this Personality of Godhead known as the son of Srimati Devaki devi! All glories to Lord Sri Krsna, the brilliant light of the Vrsni dynasty! All glories to the Personality of Godhead, the hue of whose soft body resembles the blackish color of a new cloud! All glories to Lord Mukunda, who removes the burdens of the earth!
3) O Lord Mukunda! I bow down my head to Your Lordship and respectfully ask You to fulfill this one desire of mine: that in each of my future births I will, by Your Lordship's mercy, always remember and never forget Your lotus feet.
4) O Lord Hari, it is not to be saved from the dualities of material existence or the grim tribulations of the Kumbhipaka hell that I pray to Your lotus feet. Nor is my purpose to enjoy the soft-skinned beautiful women who reside in the gardens of heaven. I pray to Your lotus feet only so that I may remember You alone in the core of my heart, birth after birth.
5) O my Lord! I have no attachment for religiosity, or for accumulating wealth, or for enjoying sense gratification. Let these come as they inevitably must, in accordance with my past deeds. But I do pray for this most cherished boon: birth after birth, let me render unflinching devotional service unto Your two lotus feet.
6) O Lord, killer of the demon Naraka! Let me reside either in the realm of the demigods, in the world of human beings, or in hell, as You please. I pray only that at the point of death I may remember Your two lotus feet, whose beauty defies that of the lotus growing in the Sarat season.
7) I always think of Lord Hari, whose joyful lotus face bears a gentle smile. Although He is the son of the cowherd Nanda, He is also the Supreme Absolute Truth worshiped by great sages like Narada.
8) The desert of material existence has exhausted me. But today I will cast aside all troubles by diving into the lake of Lord Hari and drinking freely of the abundant waters of His splendor. The lotuses in that lake are His hands and feet, and the fish are His brilliant shining eyes. That lake's water relieves all fatigue and is agitated by the waves His arms create. Its current flows deep beyond fathoming.
9) O mind, please never stop taking pleasure in thinking of the Mura demon's destroyer, who has lotus eyes and bears the conch and disc weapon. Indeed, I know of nothing else that gives such extreme pleasure as meditating on Lord Hari's divine feet.
10) O foolish mind, stop your fearful fretting about the extensive torments imposed by Yamaraja. How can your enemies, the sinful reactions you have accrued, even touch you? After all, is your master not the Supreme Lord, the husband of Goddess Sri? Cast aside all hesitation and concentrate your thoughts on Lord Narayana, whom one very easily attains through devotional service. What can that dispeller of the whole world's troubles not do for His own servant?
11) The people in this vast ocean of birth and death are being blown about by the winds of material dualities. As they flounder in the perilous waters of sense indulgence, with no boat to help them, they are sorely distressed by the need to protect their sons, daughters, and wives. Only the boat that is Lord Visnu can save them.
12) Dear mind, do not bewilder yourself by anxiously thinking, How can I cross this fathomless and impassable ocean of material existence? There is one who can save you — Devotion. If you offer her to the lotus-eyed Lord, the killer of Narakasura, she will carry you across this ocean without fail.
13) O Lord of the three worlds, we are drowning in the vast ocean of samsara, which is filled with the waters of material hankering, with many waves of illusion whipped up by the winds of lust, with whirlpools of wives, and with vast schools of sharks and other sea monsters who are our sons and brothers. O giver of all benedictions, please grant me a place on the boat of devotion that is Your lotus feet.
14) Once our savior has been seen, the whole earth becomes no greater than a speck of dust, all the waters of the ocean become mere droplets, the totality of fire becomes a minute spark, the winds become just a faint sigh, and the expanse of space becomes a tiny hole. Great lords like Rudra and Grandfather Brahma become insignificant, and all the demigods become like small insects. Indeed, even one particle of dust from our Lord's feet conquers all.
15) O people, please hear of this treatment for the disease of birth and death! It is the name of Krsna. Recommended by Yajñavalkya and other expert yogis steeped in wisdom, this boundless, eternal inner light is the best medicine, for when drunk it bestows complete and final liberation. Just drink it!
16) O mortal beings, you have submerged yourselves fully in the ocean of material existence, which is filled with the waves of misfortune. Please hear as I briefly tell you how to attain your supreme benefit. Just put aside your various attempts at gaining knowledge and instead begin constantly chanting the mantra om namo narayanaya and bowing down to the Lord.
17) Our master, the Personality of Godhead Narayana, who alone rules the three worlds, whom one can serve in meditation, and who happily shares His personal domain, is manifest before us. Yet still we beg for the service of some minor lord of a few villages, some lowly man who can only meagerly reward us. Alas, what foolish wretches we are!
18) O lotus-eyed Lord, please sustain our lives as we constantly relish the nectar of meditating on Your lotus feet, with our palms prayerfully joined, our heads bowed down, our bodily hair standing up in jubilation, our voices choked with emotion, and our eyes flowing with tears.
19) That head is the loftiest which is white with dust from bowing down to Lord Krsna. Those eyes are the most beautiful which darkness has abandoned after they have seen Lord Hari. That intelligence is spotless — like the white glow of the moon or a conchshell — which concentrates on Lord Madhava. And that tongue rains down nectar which constantly glorifies Lord Narayana.
20) O tongue, praise the glories of Lord Kesava. O mind, worship the enemy of Mura. O hands, serve the Lord of Sri. O ears, hear the topics of Lord Acyuta. O eyes, gaze upon Sri Krsna. O feet, go to the temple of Lord Hari. O nose, smell the tulasi buds on Lord Mukunda's feet. O head, bow down to Lord Adhoksaja.
21) All glories to Lord Narayana! Without remembrance of His lotus feet, recitation of scripture is merely crying in the wilderness, regular observance of severe vows enjoined in the Vedas is no more than a way to lose weight, execution of prescribed pious duties is like pouring oblations onto ashes, and bathing at various holy sites is no better than an elephant's bath.
22) O Cupid, abandon your residence in my mind, which is now the home of Lord Mukunda's lotus feet. You have already been incinerated by Lord Siva's fiery glance, so why have you forgotten the power of Lord Murari's disc?
23) Think only of your master and sustainer, the Supreme Lord, who is known as Narayana and Madhava and who lies on the body of the serpent Ananta. He is the darling son of Devaki, the hero of the demigods, and the Lord of the cows, and He holds a conchshell and the bow Sarnga. He is the husband of the goddess of fortune and the controller of all the universes, which He manifests from His abdomen as a pastime. What will you gain by thinking of anything else?
24) O Madhava, please do not let me even glance at those whose pious credits are so depleted that they have no devotion for Your lotus feet. Please do not let me be distracted from listening to the worthy narrations of Your pastimes and become interested in other topics. Please, O Lord of the universe, let me pay no attention to those who avoid thinking of You. And let me never be unable to serve You in some menial way, birth after birth.
25) O enemy of Madhu and Kaitabha, O Lord of the universe, the perfection of my life and the most cherished mercy You could show me would be for You to consider me the servant of the servant of the servant of the servant of the servant of the servant of Your servant.
26) My dear tongue, I stand before you with joined palms and beg you to recite the names of Lord Narayana. These names describing the Supreme Absolute Truth bring great pleasure, as if exuding honey.
27) At every moment I bow down to the lotus feet of Narayana, I perform worship to Narayana, I recite the pure name of Narayana, and I reflect on the infallible truth of Narayana.
28-29) O Srinatha, Narayana, Vasudeva, divine Krsna, O kind friend of Your devotees! O Cakrapani, Padmanabha, Acyuta, Kaitabhari, Rama, Padmaksa, Hari, Murari! O Ananta, Vaikuntha, Mukunda, Krsna, Govinda, Damodara, Madhava! Although all people can address You, still they remain silent. Just see how eager they are for their own peril!
30) He is the jewel riding on the back of Garuḍa, who carries away the Lord's devotees on his wings. He is the magic jewel protecting the three worlds, the jewellike cloud attracting the cataka-bird eyes of the gopis, and the jewel among all who gesture gracefully. He is the only jeweled ornament on the ample breasts of Queen Rukmini, who is herself the jewel of beloved consorts. May that crown jewel of all gods, the best of the cowherds, grant us the supreme benediction.
31) O tongue, please constantly chant the mantra composed of Sri Krsna's names. This is the only mantra for destroying all enemies, the mantra worshiped by every word of the Upanisads, the mantra that uproots samsara, the mantra that drives away all the darkness of ignorance, the mantra for attaining infinite opulence, the mantra for curing those bitten by the poisonous snake of worldly distress, and the mantra for making one's birth in this world successful.
32) O mind, please drink the transcendental medicine of Sri Krsna's glories. It is the perfect medicine for curing the disease of bewilderment, for inspiring sages to engage their minds in meditation, and for tormenting the mighty Daitya demons. It alone is the medicine for restoring the three worlds to life and for bestowing unlimited blessings on the Supreme Lord's devotees. Indeed, it is the only medicine that can destroy one's fear of material existence and lead one to the attainment of the supreme good.
33) O Lord Krsna, at this moment let the royal swan of my mind enter the tangled stems of the lotus of Your feet. How will it be possible for me to remember You at the time of death, when my throat will be choked up with mucus, bile, and air?
34) O mind, think of the lotus-eyed Lord who reclines on the mountainlike serpent Ananta. O tongue, glorify Him. O head, bow down to Him. O hands, join your palms in supplication to Him. O body, offer outstretched obeisances to Him. O heart, take full shelter of Him. That Supreme Lord is the topmost Deity. It is He alone who is all-auspicious and supremely purifying, He alone who awards eternal perfection.
35) One who hears descriptions of Lord Janardana's pastimes and glorious qualities but whose bodily hair fails to bristle in ecstasy and whose eyes fail to flood with tears of pure love — such a person is indeed the most degraded rascal. What a condemned life he leads!
36) O Lord, the powerful thieves of my senses have blinded me by stealing my most precious possession, my discrimination, and they have thrown me deep into the pitch-dark well of delusion. Please, O Lord of lords, extend Your hand and save this wretched soul.
37) This body's beauty is fleeting, and at last the body must succumb to death after its hundreds of joints have stiffened with old age. So why, bewildered fool, are you asking for medication? Just take the Krsna elixir, the one cure that never fails.
38) The greatest wonder in human society is this: People are so incorrigible that they reject the life-giving nectar of Lord Narayana's names and instead drink poison by speaking everything else.
39) Let my relatives all abandon me and my superiors condemn me. Still, the supremely blissful Govinda remains my life and soul.
40) O mankind, with arms raised high I declare the truth! Any mortal who chants the names Mukunda, Nrsimha, and Janardana day after day, even in battle or when facing death, will come to regard his most cherished ambitions as no more valuable than a stone or a block of wood.
41) Raising my arms, I utter this compassionate advice as loudly as I can: If those in the renounced order want to be delivered from the terrible, poisonous condition of material life, they should have the good sense to constantly hear the mantra om namo narayanaya.
42) My mind cannot turn from Sri Krsna's lotus feet, even for a moment. So let my dear ones and other relatives criticize me, my superiors accept or reject me as they like, the common people spread evil gossip about me, and my family's reputation be sullied. For a madman like me, it is honor enough to feel this flood of love of Godhead, which brings such sweet emotions of attraction for my Lord.
43) May Krsna, the spiritual master of the three worlds, protect us. Continually bow down to Krsna. Krsna has killed all our enemies. Obeisances to Krsna. From Krsna alone this world has come into being. I am the servant of Krsna. This entire universe rests within Krsna. O Krsna, please protect me!
44) O young cowherd boy! O ocean of mercy! O husband of Laksmi, the ocean's daughter! O killer of Kamsa! O merciful benefactor of Gajendra! O Madhava! O younger brother of Rama! O spiritual master of the three worlds! O lotus-eyed Lord of the gopis! I know no one greater than You. Please protect me.
45) Your wife is the beautiful daughter of the ocean, and Your son is Lord Brahma. The Vedas are Your panegyrist, the demigods comprise Your company of servants, and liberation is Your benediction, while this entire universe is a display of Your magic power. Srimati Devaki is Your mother, and Arjuna, the son Indra, is Your friend. For these reasons I have no interest in anyone but You.
46) The wise inhabitants of the heavenly regions know that the perfection of the head is to offer prostrate obeisances to the Supreme Lord, the perfection of the life-breath is to worship the Lord, the perfection of the mind is to ponder the details of His transcendental qualities, and the perfection of speech is to chant the glories of His qualities.
47) What person, even if most sinful, has ever said aloud the blessed name Narayana and failed to fulfill his desires? But we, alas, never used our power of speech in that way, and so we had to suffer such miseries as living in a womb.
48) The unlimited and infallible Visnu, who is always present within the lotus of the heart, grants fearlessness to those who fix their intelligence upon Him. The devotees who meditate on Him will reach the supreme perfection of the Vaisnavas.
49) O Supreme Lord, O Visnu, You are the most compassionate. So now please show me Your favor and bestow Your mercy upon this helpless soul. O unlimited Lord, kindly uplift this wretch who is drowning in the ocean of material existence. O Lord Hari, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
50) Obeisances to Lord Madhava, enemy of the Madhu demon. His beautiful form, lying on the couch of the serpent Ananta, is speckled by the shower of spray from the milk ocean's waves.
51) By themselves the words "Krsna, Krsna" are sufficient to drive away the sins of all living beings. Anyone who possesses devotion for Lord Mukunda that is densely imbued with ecstasy holds in the palms of his hands the gifts of liberation, worldly influence, and wealth.
52) This work was composed by King Kulasekhara, a bee at the lotus feet of the lotus-eyed Lord. The king's two beloved friends are the twin stems of the exquisite lotus of the brahmana community, expert Vedic scholars renowned as leaders of the community of poets.
53) Who among those who recite this Mukunda-mala will not achieve complete happiness? An embodied being who chants these prayers will have all his sinful reactions eradicated and proceed straight to the supreme abode of Lord Visnu.
REMARKS/EXTRA INFORMATION:
Srila Prabhupada always liked to chant Verse 33. Since he chanted that the most and the verse is sung independently many times, Krsna Tvadiya Pada Pankaja is included as a separate song on this site.
Srila Prabhuapda translated and wrote purports for the first six verses above.
The original stotra has 60 verses and the order was slightly different. The extra verses are presented below.
(0)
vande mukundam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaḿ
kundendu-śańkha-daśanaḿ śiśu-gopa-veśam
indrādi-deva-gaṇa-vandita-pāda-pīṭhaḿ
vṛndāvanālayam ahaḿ vasudeva-sūnum
(3A)
śrī-govinda-padāmbhoja-madhuno mahad adbhutam
yat-pāyino na muhyanti muhyanti yad-apāyinaḥ
(17A)
rajasi nipatitānāḿ mohajālāvṛtānāḿ
janana-maraṇa-dolā-durga-saḿsarga-gānām
śaraṇam aśaraṇānām eka evāturāṇāḿ
kuśala-patha-niyuktaś cakra-pāṇir narāṇām
(17B)
aparādha-sahasra-sańkulaḿ
patitaḿ bhīma-bhavārṇavodare
agatiḿ śaraṇāgataḿ hare
kṛpayā kevalam ātma-sāt kuru
(17C)
mā me strītvaḿ mā ca me syāt kubhāvo
mā mūrkhatvaḿ mā kudeśeṣu janma
mithyā-dṛṣṭir mā ca me syāt kadācit
jātau jātau viṣṇu-bhakto bhaveyam
(17D)
kāyena vācā manasendriyaiś ca
buddhyātmanā vānusṛtir-svabhāvāt
karomi yad yat sakalaḿ parasmai
nārāyaṇāyaiva samarpayāmi
(17E)
yat kṛtaḿ yat kariṣyāmi
tat sarvaḿ na mayā kṛtam
tavyā kṛtaḿ tu phala-bhuk
tvam eva madhusūdana
0) I worship Mukunda, in the form of a cowherd boy, with blooming eyes like lotus petals, with teeth like little jasmine buds, white as the moon, like tiny conchshells. His lotus feet are worshipped by hosts of gods headed by Indra; He is the son of Vasudeva, and His residence is Sri Vrndavana
3A, 17A, 17B have no translations yet.
17C) Let me never take birth as a woman, or in a wretched condition, or as a fool, or in a sinful country, or bewildered by an untrue conception of life. Let me simply remain a devotee of Lord Visnu, birth after birth.
17D) Whatever I do with my mind, body, speech or with other senses of my body, or with my intellect or with my innate natural tendencies I offer everything to You, O Narayana.
17E) "O Lord Krsna, O killer of the Madhu demon, O rightful enjoyer of the fruits of action, whatever I have been or will be able to do, is not done by me, but by You."
Verse 17C appears as Verse 18 in Srila Prabhupada’s original manuscript.
Verse 17E appears as Verse 20 in Srila Prabhupada’s original manuscript.
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