सनकाद्या नारदश्च गौतमो जाजलिःक्रतुः
Sanaka and others, Nārada, Gautama, Jājali, and Kratu,
एते ऽन्ये च महासिद्धा वात्स्यायनमुखा द्विज
These and other great siddhas, headed by Vātsyāyana, O twice-born,
तं नमस्कृत्य नागैन्द्रैः सह सिद्धैर्महात्मभिः
Having bowed to him, together with the Nāga Indras and the great-souled siddhas,
येयं भूमिर्महाभाग भूतधात्री स्वरूपिणी
This earth, O greatly fortunate one, is the bearer of beings and has her own form.
यद्यत्पृच्छति सा भूमिः शेषं साक्षान्महीधरम्
Whatever that earth asks, she directly questions Mahīdhara, Śeṣa.
मया तत्र श्रुतं वत्स कृष्णप्रेमामृतं शुभम्
There, O child, I heard the auspicious nectar of love for Kṛṣṇa.
वाराहाद्यवताराणां चरितं पापनाशनम्
The deeds of the incarnations beginning with Varaha destroy sin.
श्रुत्वा सर्वं धरा वत्स प्रत्दृष्टा तं धराधरम्
Having heard everything, O child, the earth beheld that lord of the earth.
अलङ्कृतं जन्म पुंसामपि नन्दव्रजौकसाम्
Even the birth of men, adorned, is among the dwellers of Nanda's Vraja.
जयोपाधिनियुक्तानि संति नामान्यनेकशः
There are many names, each associated with the title of victory.
तत्तानि ब्रूहि नामानि वासुदेवस्य वासुके
Tell me those names of Vasudeva, O Vasuki.
वसुंधरे वरारोहे जनानामस्ति मुक्तिदम्
O beautiful one, on the earth, there is that which grants liberation to people.
महापातककोटिघ्न सर्वतीर्थफलप्रदम्
It destroys millions of great sins and bestows the fruits of all sacred places.
शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि नाम्नामष्टोतरं शतम्
Listen, O goddess, I will declare the one hundred and eight names.
एकावृत्त्या तु कृष्णस्य नामैकं तत्प्रयच्छति
With a single recitation, one grants a single name of Krishna.
नाम्नामष्टोत्तरशतस्याहमेव ऋषिः प्रिये
Of the one hundred and eight names, I myself am the seer, dear one.
श्रीकृष्णः कमलानाथो वासुदेवः सनातनः
Sri Krishna, lord of lotuses, Vasudeva, eternal.
श्रीवत्सकौस्तभधरो यशोदावत्सलो हरिः
Bearer of Srivatsa and Kaustubha, beloved of Yashoda, Hari.
देवकीनन्दनः श्रीशो नन्दगोपप्रियात्मजः
Son of Devaki, lord of fortune, beloved son of Nanda Gopa.
पूतनाजीवितहरः शकटासुरभञ्जनः
Destroyer of Putana's life, breaker of the demon Shakata.
नवनीतविलिप्ताङ्गो नवनीतनटो ऽनघः
His limbs smeared with butter, dancer with butter, sinless.
षोडशस्त्रीसहस्रेशस्त्रिभङ्गी मधुराकृतिः
Lord of sixteen thousand women, threefold-bent, of sweet form.
वत्सपालनसंचारी धेनुकासुरमर्द्दनः
Wandering as a calf-herder, crusher of the demon Dhenuka.
उत्तालतालभेत्ता च तमालश्यामला कृतिः
Breaker of tall palm trees, his form dark as the Tamala tree.
इलापतिः परञ्ज्योतिर्यादवेन्द्रो यदूद्वहः
The lord of Ilā, the supreme light, the chief of the Yadus, the best among the Yadus.
गोवर्द्धनाचलोद्धर्त्ता गोपालः सर्वपालकः
The lifter of Mount Govardhana, the protector of cows, the guardian of all.
मधुहा मथुरानाथो द्वारकानाथको बली
The slayer of Madhu, the lord of Mathurā, the lord of Dvārakā, the mighty one.
स्यमन्तकमणेर्हर्त्ता नरनारायणात्मकः
The taker of the Syamantaka jewel, the one whose essence is Nara and Nārāyaṇa.
मुष्टिकासुरचाणूरमल्लयुद्धविशारदः
The expert in wrestling with the demons Muṣṭika and Cāṇūra.
अनादि ब्रह्मचारी च कृष्णाव्यसनकर्षकः
The beginningless celibate, the remover of Kṛṣṇā's sorrow.