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.
विदुराक्रूरवरदो विश्वरूपप्रदर्शकः
The bestower of boons to Vidura and Akrūra, the revealer of the universal form.
सुभद्रापूर्वजो विष्णुर्भीष्ममुक्तिप्रदायकः
The elder brother of Subhadrā, Viṣṇu, the giver of liberation to Bhīṣma.
वृषभासुरविध्वंसी बकारिर्बाणबाहुकृत्
The destroyer of the demon Vṛṣabha, the enemy of Baka, the one who made Bāṇa's arms.
पार्थसारथिरव्यक्तो गीतामृतमहोदधिः
The charioteer of Pārtha, the unmanifest, the great ocean of the nectar of the Gītā.
दामोदरो यज्ञभोक्ता दानवैद्रविनाशनः
Dāmodara, the enjoyer of sacrifices, the destroyer of the pride of the generous.
जलक्रीडासमासक्तगोपीवस्त्रापहारकः
Absorbed in water play, the taker of the garments of the cowherd maidens.
सर्वतीर्थान्मकः सर्वग्रहरूपी परात्परः
The essence of all sacred places, the embodiment of all planets, the supreme beyond the supreme.
कृष्णोन कृष्णभक्तेन श्रुत्वा गीतामृतं पुरा
Kṛṣṇa, having heard the nectar of the Gītā from a devotee of Kṛṣṇa in ancient times.
कृष्णप्रेमामृतं नाम परमानन्ददायकम्
The nectar of love for Kṛṣṇa, which bestows supreme bliss.
दानं व्रतं तपस्तीर्थं यत्कृतं त्विह जन्मनि
Charity, vows, austerity, pilgrimage—whatever has been performed in this life.