108 Names of Krishna

 108 Names of Krishna

OM SHRI KRISHNAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Lord Shri Krishna


OM KAMALA NATHAYA NAMAHA

To Kamala's (Goddess Lakshmi's) spouse


OM VAASUDEVAYA NAMAHA

To Vasudeva (Vasudev's son, Krishna)


OM SANATANAYA NAMAHA

To the Eternal One


OM VASUDEVAYA NAMAHA

To the Son of Vasudeva


OM PUNYAYA NAMAHA

To the Meritorious One


OM LILA-MANUSHA-VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA

To Him who has assumed a human form to perform His pastimes


OM SHRIVATSA KAUSTHUBHA-DHARAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who wears the Shri Vatsa (representing Shri Lakshmi) and the Kaustubha gem


OM YASHODA-VATSALAYA NAMAHA

To Mother Yashoda's darling child


OM HARAYE NAMAHA

To Shri Hari


OM CHATURBHUJATTA-CHAKRASI-GADA-SHANKADHYAYUDHAYA NAMAHA

To the Four-armed One who carries the weapons of disc, conch and club


OM DEVAKI NANDANAYA NAMAHA

To Mother Devaki's son


OM SHRISAYA NAMAHA

To the abode of Shri (Lakshmi)


OM NANDAGOPA PRIYATMAJAYA NAMAHA

To Nanda Gopa's darling child


OM YAMUNAVEGA SAMHARINE NAMAHA

To the Lord who destroyed the speed of the river Yamuna


OM BALABHADRA PRIYANUJAYA NAMAHA

To Balabhadra's (Balarama's) dear younger brother


OM PUTANA JIVITA HARAYA NAMAHA

To the Destroyer of the demoness Putana


OM SHAKATASURA BHANJANAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who destroyed the demon Sakatasura


OM NANDAVRAJA JANA NANDINE NAMAHA

To the Lord who brought great happiness to Nanda and the people of Vraja


OM SACHIDANANDA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who is the embodiment of Existence, Awareness and Bliss


OM NAVANITA VILIPTANGAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord whose body is smeared with butter


OM NAVANITA NATAYA NAMAHA

To the One who danced to get butter


OM ANAGHAYA NAMAHA

To the sinless One


OM NAVANITA NAVAHARAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who invented a new form of food-butter

(because He consumed large quantities of it)


OM MUCHUKUNDA PRASADAKAYA NAMAHA

to the Lord who blessed (gave salvation) to King Muchukunda


OM SHODASHA STHRI SAHASRESHAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord of sixteen thousand wives


OM TRIBHANGI LALITAKRITAYE NAMAHA

To the Lord who poses bent in three places


OM SUKAVAG AMRITABHDHINDAVE NAMAHA

To the ocean of nectar in the form of Sukadeva's words (spoken as Srimad-Bhagavatam)


OM GOVINDAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord of the cows


OM YOGINAM PATAYE NAMAHA

To the Lord of the yogis


OM VATSA VATACHARAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who roamed (in Vrindavana) with the company of calves and friendly cowherd boys


OM ANANTAYA NAMAHA

To the Infinite One


OM DHENUKASURA MARDANAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who killed the demon Dhenukasura


OM TRINIKRITA TRINAVARTAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who destroyed the whirlwind demon Trinavarta


OM YAMALARJUNA BHANJANAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who broke the two Yamalarjuna trees


OM UTTALA TALABHETTRE NAMAHA

To the Lord who broke the huge trees


OM TAMALA SHYAMALA KRITAYE NAMAHA

To the Lord who is a beautiful as the dark Tamala tree


OM GOPA GOPISHVARAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord of Gopas and Gopis


OM YOGINE NAMAHA

To the greatest Yogi


OM KOTI SURYA SAMAPRABHAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who is as lustrous as a million suns


OM ILAPATAYE NAMAHA

To the Lord of the Earth


OM PARASMAI JYOTISHE NAMAHA

To the One who is the Supreme Light


OM YADAVENDRAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord of the Yadavas


OM YADUDVAHAYA NAMAHA

To the Leader of the Yadus


OM VANAMALINE NAMAHA

To the Lord who wears a sylvan garland


OM PITA VASASE NAMAHA

To the Lord who wears yellow robes


OM PARIJATAPA HARAKAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who removed the parijatha flower (from India's garden)


OM GOVARDHANACHALO DHARTRE NAMAHA

To the Lord who lifted Govardhan Hill


OM GOPALAYA NAMAHA

To the protector of cows


OM SARVA PALAKAYA NAMAHA

To the protector of all beings


OM AJAYA NAMAHA

To the all-victorious Lord


OM NIRANJANAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who is untainted


OM KAMA JANAKAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who generates desires in the worldly-minded


OM KANCHA LOCHANAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who has beautiful eyes


OM MADHUGHNE NAMAHA

To the Lord who killed the demon Madhu


OM MATHURA NATHAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord of the holy place of Mathura


OM DVARAKA NAYAKAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord of Dwaraka


OM BALINE NAMAHA

To the all-powerful Lord


OM BRINDAVANANTA SANCARINE NAMAHA

To the Lord who roamed around Vrindavana


OM TULASIDAMA BHUSHANAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who adorns Himself with tulasi leaf garlands


OM SYAMANTAKA MANER HARTRE NAMAHA

To the Lord who stole the Syamantaka gem


OM NARA NARAYANATMAKAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who has the twin forms of Nara and Narayana


OM KUBJA KRISHTAMBARADHARAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who wore the ointment offered by Kubja, the hunchbacked lady


OM MAYINE NAMAHA

To the Lord of Maya (the illusion)


OM PARAMAPURUSHAYA NAMAHA

To the Supreme Person


OM MUSHTIKASURA CHANURA MALLAYUDHA-VISHARADAYA NAMAHA

To the expert wrestler who wrestled with the two demons, Mushtika and Chanura


OM SAMSARA VAIRINE NAMAHA

To the enemy of Samsara (the cycle of births and deaths)


OM KAMSARAYE NAMAHA

To the enemy of King Kamsa (who wanted to kill Krishna)


OM MURARAYE NAMAHA

To the enemy of the demon Mura


OM NARAKANTAKAYA NAMAHA

To the destroyer of the demon Naraka


OM ANADI BRAHMACHARINE NAMAHA

To the beginningless Absolute


OM KRISHNA VYASANA KARSHAKAYA NAMAHA

To the One who removed Draupadi's distress


OM SHISHUPALA SHIRASCETTRE NAMAHA

To the Lord who removed Sisupala's head


OM DURYODHANA KULANTAKAYA NAMAHA

To the destroyer of the dynasty of Durodhana


OM VIDURAKRURA VARADAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who gave boons to Vidura and Akrura


OM VISHVARUPA PRADARSHAKAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who revealed His Viswarupa (the Universal Form)


OM SATYAVACHE NAMAHA

To the Lord who utters only truth


OM SATYA SANKALPAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord of true resolve


OM SATYABHAMA RATAYA NAMAHA

To the Lover of Satyabhama


OM JAYINE NAMAHA

To the Lord who is ever victorious


OM SUBHADRA PURVAJAYA NAMAHA

To the elder brother of Subhadra


OM VISHNAVA NAMAHA

To Lord Vishnu


OM BHISHMA MUKTI PRADAYAKAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who bestowed salvation on Bhishma


OM JAGADGURAVE NAMAHA

To the Lord who is Guru to the whole world


OM JAGANNATHAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord of the whole world


OM VENUNADA VISHARADAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who is an expert in playing flute music


OM VRISHABHASURA VIDHVAMSINE NAMAHA

To the Lord who destroyed the demon Vrishaba


OM BANASURA KARANTAKAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who chopped off the hands of the demon Banasura


OM YUDHISTHIRA PRATISHTHATRE NAMAHA

To the Lord who established Yudhisthir (as the king)


OM BARHI BARHAVATAMSAKAYA NAMAHA

To the One who is adorned with effulgent peacock feathers


OM PARTHASARATHAYE NAMAHA

To Partha Sarathi, the chariot driver of Arjuna


OM AVYAKTAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who is difficult to comprehend


OM GITAMRITA MAHODADHAYE NAMAHA

To the Ocean containing the nectar of the Bhagavad-gita


OM KALIYAPHANI MANIKYA RANJITA SHRI PADAMBHUJAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord whose lotus feet are adorned with the gems from the hoods of the serpent Kaliya


OM DAMODARAYA NAMAHA

To the One who was tied with a grinding stone around His waist


OM YAJNABHOKTRE NAMAHA

To the Lord who consumes sacrificial offerings


OM DANAVENDRA VINASHAKAYA NAMAHA

To the destroyer of the Lord of Asuras


OM NARAYANAYA NAMAHA

To Lord Narayana


OM PARABRAHMANE NAMAHA

To the Supreme Brahman


OM PANNAGASHANA VAHANAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who has a serpent (Adisesha) as His seat


OM JALAKRIDASAMASHAKTA GOPI VASTRAPAHARAKAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord who (playfully) hid the clothes (left on the shore) of the Gopis who were engrossed in playing in the waters of the Yamuna river


OM PUNYA-SHLOKAYA NAMAHA

To the Lord whose praises bestow merit


OM TIRTHAPADAYA NAMAHA

To the One whose feet are holy


OM VEDAVEDYAYA NAMAHA

To the source of the Vedas


OM DAYANIDHAYE NAMAHA

To the Treasure of compassion


OM SARVA BHUTATMAKAYA NAMAHA

To the Soul of the elements


OM SARVAGRAHA RUPINE NAMAHA

To the All-formed One


OM PARATPARAYA NAMAHA

To the One who is highest than the highest