The Thousand Holy Names Of Lord Visnu

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"Bhīśma said: “The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the controller of all moving and nonmoving beings in the universe, and He is the worshipable master of all the demigods. His transcendental forms and qualities are unlimited, and He is the best of all persons. One should always

glorify Him by enthusiastically chanting His Thousand Holy Names (Viṣṇusahasranāma)."

oṁ viśvaṁ viṣṇur vaṣatkāro
bhūta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuḥ
bhūta-kṛd bhūta-bhṛd bhāvo
bhūtātmā bhūta-bhāvanaḥ

● oṁ – I offer my respectful obeisances;
● viśvaṁ viṣṇur – unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead who pervades the entire universe;
● vaṣatkāra – He is worshiped in the Vedic sacrifices;
● bhūta-bhavyabhavat-prabhu – He is the supreme controller in all phases of time: past, present and future;
● bhūta-kṛt – He is the creator of the cosmic manifestation;
● bhūta-bhṛt – He maintains the cosmic manifestation;
● bhāva – He is the master of all spiritual and material potencies;
● bhūtātmā – He is the creator of all living entities;
● bhūta-bhāvana – He is the supreme well-wisher who promotes everyone’s ultimate welfare.

15. pūtātmā paramātmā ca
muktānāṁ paramā gatiḥ
avyayaḥ puruṣaḥ sākṣī
kṣetrajño ’kṣara eva ca

● pūtātmā – Lord Kṛṣṇa is supremely pure;
● paramātmā – He is the Supreme Soul;
● ca – and;
● muktānāṁ paramā gatiḥ – He is the ultimate goal and the destination of the liberated souls;
● avyayaḥ – He is eternal;
● puruṣaḥ – He is the Supreme Person;
● sākṣī – He is the witness of everything;
● kṣetrajño – He knows everything that happens to all living entities;
● akṣara – He is infallible; eva ca – even so.

16. yogo yoga-vidāṁ netā
pradhāna-puruṣeśvaraḥ
narasiṁha-vapuḥ śrīmān
keśavaḥ puruṣottamaḥ

● yogo – Lord Kṛṣṇa is the auspicious reservoir of yogic perfection, and success in yoga practice depends on Him;
● yoga-vidāṁ netā – He is the leader of those advanced in yoga;
● pradhāna-puruṣeśvara – He is the supreme controller of the material universe and all living entities;
● narasiṁha-vapu – He appeared in a half-man, half-lion incarnation;
● śrīmān – He is extremely handsome;
● keśava – He is the Father of Brahmā and Śiva;
● puruṣottama – He is the Supreme Person.

17. sarvaḥ śarvaḥ śivaḥ sthānur
bhūtādir nidhir avyayaḥ
saṁbhavo bhāvano bhartā
prabhavaḥ prabhur īśvaraḥ

● sarva – Lord Kṛṣṇa is present everywhere and therefore He is, in one sense, everything;
● śarva – His association is supremely beneficial;
● śiva—He is the most auspicious personality;
● sthānu – He is always very merciful;
● bhūtādi – He is the creator of all living entities;
● nidhi – He gives happiness to all;
● avyaya – He is imperishable;
● saṁbhava – He descends to this material world to protect His devotees;
● bhāvana – He always considers how to protect His devotees;
● bhartā – He is the maintainer of the devotees;
● prabhava – He is the origin of everything;
● prabhu – He is the supreme spiritual master who can perform feats impossible even for Brahmā or Śiva;
● īśvara – He is the supreme controller of all living entities.

18. svayambhūḥ śambhur ādityaḥ
puṣkarākṣo mahāsvanaḥ
anādi-nidhano dhātā
vidhātā dhatur uttamaḥ

● svayambhū – Lord Kṛṣṇa is the self-effulgent Lord;
● śambhu – His auspicious transcendental qualities bring great happiness to the devotees;
● āditya – He appears in a splendid golden form among the demigods;
● puṣkarākṣa – He is all-pervading;
● mahāsvana – He is the supreme object of worship;
● anādi-nidhana – He was never born and will never die;
● dhātā – He is the original creator, before Brahmā or anyone else;
● vidhātā – He is the original author of all Vedic injunctions;
● dhatur uttama – He is the Supreme Person.

19. aprameyo hṛṣīkeśaḥ
padma-nābho ’mara-prabhuḥ
viśva-karmā manus tvaṣṭā
sthaviṣṭhaḥ sthaviro dhruvaḥ

● aprameya – Lord Kṛṣṇa is unlimited and cannot be measured by the finite senses of Brahmā and the other demigods;
● hṛṣīkeśa – He is the master of the senses;
● padma-nābha – Lord Brahmā took birth from His lotus navel;
● amara-prabhu – He is the master of the demigods who gives them jurisdiction over the affairs of creation and maintenance of the material universe;
● viśva-karmā – seated within the hearts of Brahmā and the other demigods, He gives them the ability to create and maintain the universe;
● manu – He knows everything;
● tvaṣṭā – His form is very handsome and splendid;
● sthaviṣṭha – He creates innumerable universes by His inconceivable potency;
● sthavira – He is ever-existing;
● dhruva – He is eternal.

20. agrāhyaḥ śāśvataḥ kṛṣṇo
lohitākṣaḥ pratardanaḥ
prabhūtas trikakud-dhāma
pavitraṁ maṅgalaṁ param

● agrāhya – Lord Kṛṣṇa is the non-material cause of the material manifestation;
● śāśvata – He is ever-existing;
● kṛṣṇa – He has an eternal, all-attractive form;
● lohitākṣa – His handsome eyes are reddish;
● pratardana – He removes the distresses in the hearts of His devotees;
● prabhūta – He is the supreme monarch;
● trikakud-dhāma – He resides in the spiritual world, which is three-fourths of the entire existence;
● pavitram – He is the supreme pure, free from all material contamination, and He is the supreme purifier;
● maṅgalam param – He is the supreme auspiciousness.

21. īśānaḥ prānadaḥ prāno
jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ prajāpatiḥ
hiraṇyagarbho bhūgarbho
mādhavo madhusūdanaḥ

● īśāna – Lord Kṛṣṇa is the creator of everything;
● prānada – in His form as the first puruṣa-avatāra Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, He gives life and functions of the mind and senses to the living entities;
● prāna – as the second puruṣa-avatāra Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, He is the life force that maintains the living entities;
● jyeṣṭha – He is the oldest person;
● śreṣṭha—He is the best person, full of excellent transcendental qualities;
● prajāpati – He is the master of Garuḍa and other eternally liberated souls;
● hiraṇyagarbha – His spiritual realm is as splendid as gold;
● bhūgarbha – He is the maintainer of the Earth planet;
● mādhava – He is the husband of the Goddess of Fortune, Lakṣmī-devī;
● madhusūdana – remembering Him ends the repetition of birth and death in the material world.

22. īśvaro vikramī dhanvī
medhāvī vikramaḥ kramaḥ
anuttamo durādharṣaḥ
kṛtajñaḥ kṛtir ātmavān

● īśvara – Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Controller;
● vikramī – He is unlimitedly powerful;
● dhanvī – He wields the transcendental Śārṅga bow;
● medhāvī – He is supremely intelligent and expert;
● vikrama krama – He can travel anywhere immediately, even without the help of Garuḍa;
● anuttama – no one is superior or equal to Him;
● durādharṣa – the non-devotees cannot approach Him;
● kṛtajña – He is grateful to anyone who offers even a small tulasī leaf or forest flower with sincere devotion;
● kṛti – the conditioned souls engage in fruitive activities under the influence of His illusory potency māyā;
● ātmavān – He maintains an eternal loving relationship with the liberated souls.

23. sureśaḥ śaraṇaṁ śarma
viśva-retāḥ prajā-bhavaḥ
ahaḥ samvatsaro vyālaḥ
pratyayaḥ śarva-dārśanaḥ

● sureśa – Lord Kṛṣṇa is the master of the demigods and the benefactor of the worthy devotees;
● śaraṇa – He is the shelter that removes the distresses of those who approach Him;
● śarma – He is full of transcendental bliss;
● viśva-retā – He is complete in spiritual prowess;
● prajā-bhava – He is the Father of all living entities;
● ahar – He is the daylight that causes the conditioned souls to awaken from the long night of material ignorance;
● samvatsara – He rescues the devotees from the fearsome ocean of birth and death;
● vyāla – everything enters into Him at the time of universal devastation, and He is the dear friend of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Tārakā and Pālī;
● pratyaya – He is the only person in whom one can completely place one’s trust;
● śarvadārśana—He reveals His form, qualities, and everything about Himself to pure devotees who have full confidence in the instructions of the spiritual master and the statements of the Vedic literature.

24. ajaḥ sarveśvaraḥ siddhaḥ
siddhiḥ sarvādir acyutaḥ
vṛṣākapir ameyātmā
sarva-yoga-viniḥsṛtaḥ

● aja – Lord Kṛṣṇa does not take birth in a material body forced by the law of karma like an ordinary living entity, nevertheless He appears in this material world in the abode of Vṛndāvana, just to give transcendental bliss to His devotees;
● sarveśvara – He is the master of Brahmā, all the demigods and all living entities;
● siddha – He knows everything in the past, present and future;
● siddhi – He is full of unlimited powers;
● sarvādi – He is the origin of everything;
● acyuta – He protects His devotees from falling down;
● vṛṣākapir – He fulfills the desire of the devotees and strikes fear into the hearts of the demons;
● ameyātmā – His form and intelligence are unlimited and immeasurable, and He is supremely dear to the devotees;
● sarva-yogaviniḥsṛta—He is always free from material contact.

25. vasur vasumanāḥ satyaḥ
samātmā sammitaḥ samaḥ
amoghaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣo
vṛṣakarmā vṛṣākṛtiḥ

● vasu – Lord Kṛṣṇa always resides in the hearts of the devotees who relish hearing and chanting His glories;
● vasumanā – He meditates on how to increase the transcendental opulences of the pure devotees who consider Him their only wealth;
● satya – He never speaks a lie, and is very dear to the truthful devotees;
● samātmā – He accepts the role of being equal to devotees who approach Him in friendship;
● sammita – He magnanimously presents Himself as equal to His devotee;
● sama – He presents Himself as equal to the devotees related to Him in friendship, parenthood and conjugal love to glorify them;
● amogha – He grants His own supremely valuable devotional service to those who become attached to Him;
● puṇḍarīkākṣa – He is always manifest in the lotus-like hearts of the pure devotees;
● vṛṣakarmā – He fulfills the desires of His pure devotees;
● vṛṣākṛti – His transcendental form is supremely handsome.

26. rudro bahu-śirā babhrur
viśva-yoniḥ śuci-śravāḥ
amṛtaḥ śāśvataḥ sthānur
varāroho mahā-tapāḥ

● rudra – Lord Kṛṣṇa cures the disease of material existence afflicting the conditioned souls;
● bahu-śirā – He appears as the thousandheaded Lord Anantadeva;
● babhru – He is the maintainer of the universe;
● viśva-yoni – He is the creator of millions of universes;
● śuciśravā—He is supremely pure, and He cleanses whatever impurity may contaminate the hearts of His genuine devotees;
● amṛta – His handsomeness is as sweet as nectar, and He rescues the devotees from the cycle of repeated birth, old age and death;
● śāśvata – He is deathless;
● sthānu – He eternally appears before the pure devotees and grants them transcendental bliss;
● varāroha – He always remains in His eternal abode, Goloka Vṛndāvana, and He rescues His devotees from the cycle of birth and death;
● mahā-tapā – He is Himself the cause of the multiple distresses of material existence.

27. sarvagaḥ sarva-vid bhānur
viṣvakseno janārdanaḥ
vedo veda-vid avyaṅgo
vedāṅgo veda-vit kaviḥ

● sarvaga – Lord Kṛṣṇa is present everywhere in the material manifestation, and He personally reciprocates the loving service rendered by His devotees;
● sarva-vit – He knows everything auspicious and inauspicious, and He knows all the spiritual and material worlds;
● bhānu – He is like a brilliant sun shining in this world;
● viṣvaksena – His associates are like a host of armies stationed in every part of the universe for its protection;
● janārdana – He crushes the demons who seek to destroy the world, and He protects the saintly devotees by removing all their sufferings;
● veda – He is manifest as the Vedic hymns;
● veda-vit – He alone is the true knower of the Vedas;
● avyaṅga—the Vedic literature is comprised of His instructions;
● vedāṅga – He is indirectly described by the six Vedāṅgas, which explain grammar, astronomy and similar subjects;
● veda-vit kavi – He is the most expert Vedic theologian, philosopher and poet.

28. lokādhyakṣaḥ surādhyakṣo
dharmādhyakṣaḥ kṛtākṛtaḥ
catur-ātmā catur-vyūhaś
catur-daṁṣṭraś catur-bhujaḥ

● lokādhyakṣa – Lord Kṛṣṇa is the master of the Vaiṣṇavas who engage in His devotional service, and He is also the master of the vaidika-brāhmaṇas who worship Him by performance of agnihotra-yajña;
● surādhyakṣa – He is the master of all the demigods;
● dharmādhyakṣa – He is the superintendent of religious principles and the final judge of all living entities;
● kṛtākṛta – He is completely free from all material contact;
● catur-ātmā – He manifests innumerable four-fold plenary expansions;
● catur-vyūha – He expands Himself as Lord Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha;
● catur-daṁṣṭra – He has all the characteristics of an exalted personality;
● catur-bhuja – He manifests as Lord Viṣṇu, who holds a conch, disk, club and lotus in His four hands.

29 bhrājiṣṇur bhojanaṁ bhoktā
sahiṣṇur jagad-ādijaḥ
anagho vijayo jetā
viśva-yoniḥ punar-vasuḥ

● bhrājiṣṇu – Lord Kṛṣṇa is effulgent;
● bhojana – He supplies the necessities of life to all living entities;
● bhokta – He relishes the food and other articles offered to Him with devotion, and He is the protector of the gentle devotees;
● asahiṣṇu – He is intolerant of the demons;
● sahiṣṇu – He tolerates the offenses accidentally committed by His devotees;
● jagad-ādijaḥ – He is the Father of Lord Brahmā, the first created entity in the universe;
● anagha – Although He appears in the material world, He remains always pure, full of transcendental bliss, and free from material contamination;
● vijaya – He is allvictorious;
● jetā – He can defeat any demon, demigod or living entity, therefore He is the Supreme Person;
● viśva-yoni – He is the original creator of all universes;
● punar-vasu – He appears again and again within the creation to protect His devotees.

30. upendro vāmanaḥ prāṁśur
amoghaḥ śucir ūrjitaḥ
atīndraḥ saṅgrahaḥ sargo
dhṛtātmā niyamo yamaḥ

● upendra – Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as Indra’s younger brother;
● vāmana—He appeared as a brahmacārī brāhmaṇa to help Indra defeat Bali Mahārāja;
● prāṁśu – In the Vāmana incarnation the Lord became so tall He could step over the entire universe;
● amogha – His activities are always successful;
● śuci – He is supremely pure;
● ūrjita – He is so powerful that He easily defeated Bali’s whole army;
● atīndra – His strength in battle surpasses that of Indra;
● saṅgraha – He accepts all those who become devoted to Him;
● sarga – He created the demigods and everything else;
● dhṛtātmā – He enchants and delights the hearts and minds of Indra and all the other devotees;
● niyama – He controls the devotees;
● yama – He resides always in the devotees’ hearts and minds.

31. vedyo vaidyaḥ sadā-yogī
viraho mādhavo madhuḥ
atīndriyo mahā-māyo
mahotsāho mahā-balaḥ

● vedya – Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as Kūrma-avatāra to deliver nectar to the demigods and remove their poverty;
● vaidya – He also appeared as Lord Dhanvantari, the original physician, who cures people’s diseases simply by the expansion of His fame, and gave nectar to the demigods;
● sadā-yogī – He always acts for the welfare of the demigods;
● viraha – He killed the powerful demons eager to fight for the nectar churned from the celestial Ocean of Milk;
● mādhava – He is the husband of Lakṣmi-devī, who appeared from the Ocean of Milk;
● madhu – He enchanted Lakṣmi-devī and all the pious demigods with His handsomeness and charm;
● atīndriya – He disappeared from the demigods along with the nectar, because He always remains invisible to those without pure devotion to Him;
● mahā-māya – He then appeared in the attractive female form of Mohihī-mūrti, bewildering the demons and also Lord Śiva;
● mahotsāha – He acts to make the demigods successful;
● mahā-bala – His great prowess can thwart or bewilder anyone.

32. mahā-buddhir mahā-vīryo
mahā-śaktir mahā-dyutiḥ
anirdeśya-vapuḥ śrīmān
ameyātmā mahādri-dhṛk

● mahā-buddhi – Lord Kṛṣṇa is supremely intelligent;
● mahā-vīrya – He is supremely powerful;
● mahā-śakti – He is the master of all transcendental potencies;
● mahā-dyuti – He is supremely splendid;
● anirdeśya-vapu – His transcendental form cannot be seen with material eyesight;
● śrīmān – He is supremely handsome;
● ameyātmā – no living entity or demigod can measure His unlimited nature;
● mahādri-dhṛk – as Lord Kūrma, He held up the Mandara Mountain while He and the demigods churned the Ocean of Milk.

33. maheṣvāso mahī-bhartā
śrī-nivāsaḥ satāṁ gatiḥ
aniruddhaḥ surānando
govindo govindāṁ patiḥ

● maheṣvāsa – Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as the celebrated archer Lord Rāmacandra;
● mahī-bhartā – He is the maintainer of the Earth;
● śrīnivāsa—He is the husband of Sītā the Goddess of Fortune;
● satāṁ gati—He is the master and destination of the devotees;
● aniruddha – He cannot be controlled by anything except pure devotional service;
● surānanda – He gives transcendental bliss to the devotees and demigods;
● govinda – He gives pleasure to the cows, land and senses;
● govindām pati – He removes all obstacles from the path of His devotees with His spiritual effulgence.

34. marīcir damano haṁsaḥ
suparno bhujagottamaḥ
hiraṇya-nābhaḥ sutapāḥ
padma-nābhaḥ prajā-patiḥ

● marīci – Lord Kṛṣṇa is effulgent;
● damana – He removes the distress of His devotees;
● haṁsa – He appeared as a transcendental swan to enlighten Brahmā and the four Kumāras;
● suparna – He is carried by Garuḍa;
● bhujagottama – His Viṣṇu form reclines on Ananta-śeṣa;
● hiraṇya-nābha – His beautiful navel is as splendid as gold;
● sutapā – He appears before the pure devotees who worship Him with great austerities;
● padma-nābha – His navel is as beautiful as a lotus flower, and He appears before the pure devotees who worship His lotus feet;
● prajā-pati – He is the protector and master of Brahmā, Śiva and all other living entities.

35. amṛtyuḥ sarva-dṛk siṁhaḥ
sandhātā sandhimān sthiraḥ
ajo durmarṣaṇaḥ śāstā
viśrutātmā surārihā

● amṛtyu – Lord Kṛṣṇa is deathless, and also frees His devotees from death;
● sarva-dṛk – He sees everything, including the devotional activities of His servants;
● siṁha – He sprinkles the nectar of His merciful glance upon His pure devotees, and He becomes like a ferocious lion to attack the demons;
● sandhātā – He is the creator of innumerable universes, and He appeared as Lord Rāmacandra, the most expert archer;
● sandhimān – in His plan to kill Rāvaṇa and rescue Sītā, He became the ally of Sugrīva;
● sthira – He is the constant friend of Vibhīṣanā and all who approach to take shelter of Him;
● aja – He never takes birth in a material body, and He never abandons His friend;
● durmarṣaṇa – He is merciful;
● śāstā – He is expert at punishing the demons;
● viśrutātmā – He is famous as Lord Rāma, the killer of Rāvaṇa, who is very merciful to His devotees;
● surārihā – He kills the demons who are always inimical to the demigods and devotees.

36. gurur gurutamo dhāma
satyaḥ satya-parākramaḥ
nimiṣo ’nimiṣaḥ sragvī
vācaspatir udāra-dhīḥ

● guru – Lord Kṛṣṇa empowers the instructing and initiating spiritual masters to benefit the residents of the material world with His devotional service;
● gurutama – He is Himself the best of spiritual masters, who taught Brahmā and other great devotees;
● dhāma – He is the shelter and resting place of everything;
● satya – He is the benefactor of Viśvāmitra and other saintly devotees, and He is always truthful;
● satya-parākrama – His extraordinary prowess is supremely auspicious;
● nimiṣa – He blinks, not recognizing the sinful actions of His devotees;
● animiṣa – He never blinks in His continual recognition of the auspicious activities of devotional service;
● sragvī – He wears a vaijayantī garland;
● vācaspati – He is the protector of Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning;
● udāra-dhī – He is very generous.

37. agraṇīr grāmaṇīḥ śrīmānnyāyo
netā samīraṇaḥ
sahasra-mūrdhā viśvātmā
sahasrākṣaḥ sahasra-pāt

● agraṇī – Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as Matsya-avatāra and rescued the Vedas, which were tied to His horn by the rope of Vasuki-nāga;
● grāmaṇī – Lord Matsya enjoyed pastimes on the waters of devastation as He pulled Lord Manu and other sages in a golden boat;
● śrīmān-nyāya – Lord Matsya spoke the message of the Vedas and protected them at the time of devastation;
● netā – He is the leader of all living entities;
● samīraṇa – He moves with consummate grace;
● sahasra-mūrdhā – He has uncountable thousands of heads;
● viśvātmā – He is the Supreme Soul who pervades the entire universe;
● sahasrākṣa – He has uncountable thousands of eyes;
● sahasra-pāt – He has uncountable thousands of feet.

38. āvarttano nivṛttātmā
saṁvṛtaḥ sampratardanaḥ
ahaḥ samvartako vahnir
anilo dharaṇī-dharaḥ

● āvarttana – Lord Kṛṣṇa causes the conditioned souls to experience the cycle of birth and death;
● nivṛttātmā – He is full of spiritual opulences and resides in the eternal spiritual world, free from material contact;
● saṁvṛta – He always remains invisible to the conditioned souls who are very eager to experience the tiny happiness of material existence;
● sampratardana – He causes distress to the demons who are opposed to Him, even if they pose as scholars, saintly persons or demigods;
● aha – He is the succession of days, and He speaks very eloquently and sweetly;
● samvartaka – He is time itself;
● vahnir – with a part of Himself He carries the weight of the entire universe;
● anila – He is supremely independent, nevertheless at intervals He descends to this material world for the welfare of the conditioned souls;
● dharaṇī-dhara – He is the maintainer of the Earth.

39. suprasādaḥ prasannātmā
viśva-dhṛg viśva-bhug vibhuḥ
sat-kartā sat-kṛtaḥ sādhur
jahnur nārāyaṇo naraḥ

● suprasāda – Lord Kṛṣṇa is very merciful;
● prasannātmā – His desires are always fulfilled, and His heart and mind are always clear and pure;
● viśva-dhṛk – He maintains innumerable material universes;
● viśva-bhuk – He protects the material universes;
● vibhu – He is the allpervading, all-powerful, unlimited and fearless Supreme Controller;
● sat-kartā – He is the benefactor of the demigods, pitās, brāhmaṇas and devotees;
● sat-kṛta – the demigods, pitās, brāhmaṇas and devotees worship Him;
● sādhu – He is the benefactor of all living entities and His transcendental form is free from any touch of matter;
● jahnu – He defeats the enemies of His devotees;
● nārāyaṇa – He is the shelter within whom all living entities rest, and He is the destroyer of ignorance;
● nara – He is the Supersoul who resides in the hearts of all beings.

40. asaṅkhyeyo ’prameyātmā
viśiṣṭaḥ śiṣṭa-kṛc chuciḥ
siddhārthaḥ siddha-saṅkalpaḥ
siddhidaḥ siddhi-sādhanaḥ

● asaṅkhyeya – Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental attributes are uncountable;
● aprameyātmā – His patience is unlimited;
● viśiṣṭa – His opulences are unlimited;
● śiṣṭa-kṛt – He gives His devotees great faith in the message of the Vedas, transforming them into the most elevated of peaceful saintly persons;
● śuci – simply by hearing about Him or remembering Him, all living entities become purified and the entire world becomes auspicious;
● siddhārtha siddha-saṅkalpa – all His desires are automatically fulfilled by His internal potency;
● siddhida – He alone fulfills the desires of all living entities;
● siddhi-sādhana – The saintly devotees become free from all impediments and attain success in their devotional activities simply by remembering Him.

41. vṛṣāhī vṛṣabho viṣṇur
vṛṣaparvā vṛṣodaraḥ
vardhano vardhamānaś ca
viviktaḥ śruti-sāgaraḥ

● vṛṣāhī – Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental qualities eclipse the glory of Indra;
● vṛṣabha – Lord Kṛṣṇa illuminates and protects the entire world by teaching the principles of devotional service;
● viṣṇu – He is all-pervading, present in every atom of the cosmic manifestation;
● vṛṣaparvā – He is a jubilant festival for Indra and the best of the yogīs;
● vṛṣodara – He protects Indra like a mother protects her child;
● vardhana – He causes the prajāpatis to prosper;
● vardhamāna – He considers even the smallest gift given by His pure devotee to be very great;
● ca – and;
● vivikta – He remains always free from contact with the modes of material nature although He is present everywhere throughout the cosmic manifestation;
● śruti-sāgara – He is the great ocean into which all the rivers of Vedic knowledge converge.

42. subhujo durdharo vāgmī
mahendro vasudo vasuḥ
naika-rūpo bṛhad-rūpaḥ
śipi-viṣṭaḥ prakāṣanaḥ

● subhuja – Lord Kṛṣṇa grants fearlessness to the devotees and protects the Vedas with His strong arms;
● durdhara – He cannot be defeated by Madhu, Kaiṭabha or any other demon;
● vāgmī – He is supremely eloquent and is the proper object of eloquent prayers;
● mahendra – He is the supreme monarch who possesses all opulence;
● vasuda – He defeats the demons, gives shelter to the living entities, and grants nectarean ecstatic devotional emotions to the pure devotees;
● vasu – He appears before those who understand His transcendental glories, becoming their only wealth;
● naika-rūpa – He appears in many different forms to satisfy the desires of His devotees;
● bṛhad-rūpa – His transcendental form is greater than everything;
● śipi-viṣṭa – He enters the waters of devastation and causes the inundation at the end of the universe;
● prakāṣana – He is the original cause of the cosmic manifestation, and He rescued the Vedas from the demons Madhu and Kaiṭabha.

43. ojas tejo dyuti-dharaḥ
prakāśātmā-pratāpanaḥ
ṛddhaḥ spaṣṭākṣaro mantraś
candrāṁśur bhāskarā-dyutiḥ

● oja – Lord Kṛṣṇa is supremely powerful;
● teja – He is the source of all power;
● dyuti-dhara – He is handsomely effulgent;
● prakāśātmā – He personally appears before His pure devotees;
● pratāpana – He gives trouble to the demons;
● ṛddha – He is full of all transcendental opulence;
● spaṣṭākṣara – He teaches the message of the Vedas;
● mantra – He reveals the truth of His confidential pastimes to His most exalted and intimate devotees;
● candrāṁśu – He is as splendid as the moon;
● bhāskarā-dyuti – He defeated the demons Madhu and Kaiṭabha with the supreme power of His effulgence.

44. amṛtāṁśūdbhavo bhānuḥ
śaśabinduḥ sureśvaraḥ
auṣadhaṁ jagataḥ setuḥ
satya-dharma-parākramaḥ

● amṛtāṁśūdbhava – Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Father of the moon;
● bhānu – He is very powerful and splendid;
● śaśabindu – He defeats the atheists;
● sureśvara – He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead understood by the theists;
● auṣadham – pure devotional service to Him is the nectar-medicine that counteracts the poisonous snakebite of material existence;
● jagata setu – He is the eternal enemy of all demons;
● satyadharma-parākramaḥ – He defeats the speculative impersonalist philosophers and establishes the actual truth of spiritual variety within oneness.

45. bhūta-bhavya-bhavan-nātha
pavanaḥ pāvano ’nalaḥ
kāmahā kāmakṛt kāntaḥ
kāmaḥ kāma-pradaḥ prabhuḥ

● bhūta-bhavya-bhavan-nātha – Lord Kṛṣṇa always has been, is, and always will be the supreme master of all living entities;
● pavana – He rescues the living entities from material existence with His merciful sidelong glance;
● pāvana – He purifies the devotees;
● anala – He appears in many forms to protect the devotees;
● kāmahā kāmakṛt – He kills the material desires of His devotees, tearing them into pieces;
● kānta – He is the supreme handsomeness, the object of the aspirations of the saintly paramahaṁsas;
● kāma – He is the source of all that is desirable, even for the bewildered living beings;
● kāmaprada –He grants sense gratification, liberation or whatever is desired by the conditioned souls;
● prabhu – He is omnipotent.

46. yugādi-kṛd yugāvarto
naika-māyo mahāśanaḥ
adṛśyo vyakta-rūpaś ca
sahasra-jid ananta-jit

● yugādi-kṛt – Lord Kṛṣṇa inaugurates the four yugas by appearing as the yuga-avatāras;
● yugāvarta – He causes the succession of the four yugas;
● naika-māya – He teaches the specific process of spiritual realization intended for each yuga;
● mahāśana – He is full of transcendental knowledge, opulence and renunciation;
● adṛśya – He is invisible to the uncivilized and demonic;
● vyakta-rūpa – His form is unlimited;
● ca – and;
● sahasra-jit – He defeats thousands of uncivilized atheists;
● ananta-jit – He defeats unlimited numbers of atheists.

47. iṣṭo viśiṣtaḥ śiṣṭeṣṭaḥ
śikhaṇḍī nahuṣo vṛṣaḥ
krodhahā krodha-kṛt kartā
viśva-bāhur mahī-dharaḥ

● iṣṭa – Lord Kṛṣṇa is worshiped and glorified by Brahmā, Śiva and all demigods and saintly persons;
● viśiṣta – He is splendidly manifest in the abode of Mathurā, holding the sudarṣana-cakra, club, lotus and conch, and decorated with the Kaustubha jewel and other ornaments;
● śiṣṭeṣṭa – He is worshiped by those who know the purpose of the Vedas;
● śikhaṇḍī – in His Vṛndāvana pastimes He is crowned with a peacock feather;
● nahuṣa – His handsomeness enchanted the minds of the residents of Vrajabhūmi;
● vṛṣa – He showered a rain of transcendental nectar of bliss and pure love of Godhead upon the residents of Vraja;
● krodhahā – When His mother Yaśodā became angry upon hearing the description of His naughty childhood pranks, He pacified her with sweet words;
● krodha-kṛt – when Yaśodā interrupted feeding Him to tend to the overflowing pot of boiling milk, He became angry and broke the butter-pot;
● kartā – He killed the host of demons Kaṁsa sent to Vṛndāvana;
● viśva-bāhu – He protects the entire universe with His powerful arms;
● mahī-dhara – He lifted Govardhana Hill to protect the residents of Vrajabhūmi.

48. acyutaḥ prathitaḥ prāṇaḥ
prāṇado vāsavānujaḥ
apāṁ-nidhir adhiṣṭānam
apramattaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ

● acyuta – Lord Kṛṣṇa is eternal and unchanging, and He is the protector of the residents of Vraja;
● prathita – He is famous throughout the entire universe, but especially in Vrajabhūmi;
● prāṇa – He is the object of the pure love of the residents of Vraja;
● prāṇada – He is the source of the strength and very life of the residents of Vraja;
● vāsavānuja – even though Indra offended Him by trying to flood Vṛndāvana with rain, Kṛṣṇa kindly appeared before him;
● apāṁ-nidhi – after He forgave Indra’s offense, He was bathed by the milk of the surabhi cows, who proclaimed that Kṛṣṇa was their Indra;
● adhiṣṭānam – Lord Kṛṣṇa is personally manifest as the transcendental abode of Mathurā and other places where He performed pastimes;
● apramatta – He protects the residents of Vrajabhūmi with great care and attention;
● pratiṣṭhita – all the cowherd men respect Him because He is the son of Nanda Mahārāja, the king of Vraja.

49. skandaḥ skanda-dharo dhuryo
varado vāyu-vāhanaḥ
vāsudevo bṛhad-bhānur
ādi-devaḥ purandaraḥ

● skanda – Lord Kṛṣṇa causes demons like Kaṁsa to wither away;
● skanda-dhara – He grants strength to Kārttikeya, the general of the demigod armies;
● dhurya – the burden of the entire universe rests on Him;
● varada – He grants the benedictions desired by Sudāmā and all other devotees;
● vāyu-vāhana – He is the source of life for all living entities, and His chariot moves faster than the wind;
● vāsudeva – He is the son of King Vasudeva;
● bṛhad-bhānu – He is greatly effulgent;
● ādideva– He is the original Supreme Godhead;
● purandara – He is the destroyer of the demons.

50. aśokas tāraṇas tāraḥ
śuraḥ śaurir janeśvaraḥ
anukūlaḥ śatāvartaḥ
padmī padma-nibhekṣaṇaḥ

● aśoka – Lord Kṛṣṇa removed the lamentation of the Earth planet;
● tāraṇa – He also removed the devotees’ fear of the demonic rulers who were actually thieves disguised as kings;
● tāra – He removes the devotees’ fear of repeated birth, old age, disease and death;
● śura – He is very powerful and heroic;
● śauri – He appeared in the dynasty of the great devotee and powerful King Devamīḍa;
● janeśvara – He ruled over Mathurā as king, delighting the citizens with transcendental bliss, and He is also the supreme ruler of all living entities in the material and spiritual worlds;
● anukūla – He is the dearmost wellwisher of the residents of Mathurā, and everyone else as well;
● śatāvarta – His transcendental opulence and prowess bewilder both the demons headed by Kaṁsa and the devotees headed by Nārada;
● padmī – He playfully holds a lotus flower;
● padma-nibhekṣaṇa – His eyes are as beautiful as lotus flowers, and His eternal abode
Gokula appears like a great lotus flower.

51. padma-nābho ’ravindākṣaḥ
padma-garbhaḥ śarīra-bhṛt
maharddhir ṛddho vṛddhātmā
mahākṣo garuḍa-dhvajaḥ

● padma-nābha – Lord Kṛṣṇa’s navel is like a lake from which has sprouted the lotus flower where Lord Brahmā takes birth;
● aravindākṣa – His eyes are like fully blossomed lotus flowers;
● padmagarbha – He always resides in the lotus-like hearts of the gopīs and other intimate devotees;
● śarīra-bhṛt – He always protects the devotees who meditate on Him seated on the lotus of their hearts;
● maharddhi – He is full of all transcendental opulences;
● ṛddha – He is endowed with omniscience and other inconceivable transcendental powers and qualities;
● vṛddhātmā – He pervades all the universes and enjoys innumerable transcendental pastimes;
● mahākṣa – His handsome eyes are very large, and His transcendental form cannot be understood with the limited material senses;
● garuḍa-dhvaja – His chariot carries a battle-flag marked with the emblem of Garuḍa.

52. atulaḥ śarabho bhīmaḥ
samayajño havir-hariḥ
sarva-lakṣaṇa-lakṣaṇyo
lakṣmīvān samitiñjayaḥ

● atula – Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental form is incomparable;
● śarabha – He is like a ferocious śarabha beast that destroys the demons;
● bhīma – He liberates the fortunate demons He kills;
● samayajña – understanding His servants’ devotion, He gives them the result earned by their efforts at the appropriate time;
● havir-hari – as the Supersoul within the hearts of His representatives the demigods, He personally accepts the ghī offered to them in the agnihotra-yajña;
● sarva-lakṣaṇa-lakṣaṇya – He is endowed with all the auspicious signs and characteristics that identify a great personality;
● lakṣmīvān – His original form in Gokula is endowed with all transcendental handsomeness and opulence;
● samitiñjaya – He is always victorious in battle.

53. vikśaro rohito mārgo
hetur dāmodaraḥ sahaḥ
mahī-dharo mahā-bhāgo
vegavān amitāśanaḥ

● vikśara – Lord Kṛṣṇa is always affectionate to those who take shelter of Him;
● rohita – He becomes angry at those who try to harm those who take shelter of Him;
● mārga – inspired by His ever-fresh transcendental qualities, His devotees always search for Him, and He reveals the path of enlightenment to them;
● hetu – He inspires great love in the hearts of His devotees, and He is the source of everything;
● dāmodara – He allowed Mother Yaśodā to tie His waist with a rope;
● saha – He patiently tolerated Mother Yaśodā’s chastisement, which was inspired by pure parental love;
● mahī-dhara – His birthday is a great celebration in Gokula, where His transcendental names, pastimes, qualities and forms are glorified;
● mahā-bhāga – devotional service to Him is the best of all spiritual activities;
● vegavān – He can run faster than anyone, and is thus always ahead of everyone else, and He runs quickly in His pastimes of transcendental friendship with the cowherd boys of Vrṇdāvana;
● amitāśana – He assumed a gigantic form and ate all the cakes, condensed-milk products and other offerings the cowherd men made to Govardhana Hill.

54. uddhavaḥ kṣobhaṇo devaḥ
śrī-garbhaḥ parameśvaraḥ
karaṇaṁ kāranaṁ kartā
vikartā gahano guhaḥ

● uddhava – Lord Kṛṣṇa liberated the sons of Kuvera by dragging a heavy mortar between the two yamala-arjuna trees;
● kṣobhaṇa – the devotees become agitated with transcendental bliss by hearing His qualities, pastimes, names and forms;
● deva – He enjoys transcendental pastimes;
● śrī-garbha – He is the proprietor of all the opulence in the universe, and He revealed that opulence to Mother Yaśodā when she looked in His mouth to see if He had eaten clay;
● parameśvara – He is the master of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, the supreme Goddess of Fortune;
● karaṇam – He is the master of the devotees, helping them attain perfection in bhakti-yoga;
● kāranam – He created the material world using His three internal potencies, hlādinī, sandiṇī, and saṁvit;
● kartā – He is the ultimate creator; vikartā – He is the actual creator, situated in the heart of the secondary creator Brahmā;
● gahana – His intelligence is very subtle and only the most wise can understand His thoughts and intentions;
● guha – He desires to perform confidential pastimes with the residents of Vrajabhūmi.

55. vyavasāyo vyavasthānaḥ
saṁsthānaḥ sthānado dhruvaḥ
pararddhiḥ parama-spaṣṭaḥ
tuṣṭaḥ puṣṭaḥ śubhekṣaṇaḥ

● vyavasāya – the final conclusion of all Vedic literature is that Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
● vyavasthāna – He is endowed with innumerable eternal transcendental qualities;
● saṁsthāna – He is eternally youthful, and the entire cosmic manifestation enters into Him at the time of annihilation;
● sthānada – He gives His devotees the most desirable destination of eternal residence in the spiritual world;
● dhruva – He even becomes the submissive follower of His pure devotee;
● pararddhi – He is endowed with all transcendental opulence;
● parama-spaṣṭa – all Vedic literature glorifies Him;
● tuṣṭa – He is always full of transcendental bliss;
● puṣṭa – the devotees always try to please Him by offering fragrant incense, palatable food and other pleasing substances;
● śubhekṣaṇa – His merciful glance is the beginning of all auspiciousness.

56. rāmo virāmo virajomārgo
neyo nayo ’nayaḥ
vīraḥ śaktimatāṁ śreṣṭho
dharmo dharmavid-uttamaḥ

● rāma – Lord Kṛṣṇa delights the hearts of the yogīs, and He enjoys transcendental pastimes with Śrīmatī Rādhārānī and the gopīs of Vṛndāvana;
● virāma – He is the ultimate boundary within which everything exists;
● viraja-mārga – the devotees attain Him by following the supreme path of devotional service;
● neya – He is submissive to the devotees who approach Him in friendship;
● naya – He carries out the orders of His pure devotees;
● anaya – those who ignore His orders cannot attain an auspicious destination;
● vīra – He is the unequalled hero who casually severed Śiśupāla’s head and killed many other demons;
● śaktimatām śreṣṭha – He is the best of all powerful demigods and yogīs;
● dharma – He is the sustainer of all planets and all living entities;
● dharmavid-uttama – He is the maintainer of Manu and all others who know the truth of spiritual life.

57. vaikuṇṭhaḥ puruṣaḥ prānaḥ
prāṇadaḥ praṇavaḥ pṛthuḥ
hiraṇya-garbhaḥ śatrughno
vyāpto vāyur adhokśajaḥ

● vaikuṇṭha – Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as the son of Vaikuṇṭha-devī, the wife of Śubhra;
● puruṣa – He is the Supreme Person;
● prāna – He is as dear as life to the devotees;
● prāṇada – He purifies the devotees’ senses;
● praṇava – He is eternally young, and He is worthy of the respectful obeisances of all living entities;
● pṛthu – He generously considers His devotees equal to Himself;
● hiraṇya-garbha – He is knowledge, He is the goal of knowledge, and He is approached by cultivation of transcendental knowledge;
● śatrughna – He kills lust, greed and all other enemies of His devotees;
● vyāpta – attracted by the love of His devotees, He remains forever within their hearts;
● vāyu – He defeated Jarāsandha, the King of Magadha, many times;
● adhokśaja – He is beyond the reach of blunt material senses, and He killed the demon Śakaṭāsura while resting beneath a cart.

58. ṛtuḥ sudarṣanaḥ kālaḥ
parameṣṭhī parigrahaḥ
ugraḥ saṁvatsaro dakṣo
viśrāmo viśva-dakṣinaḥ

● ṛtu – Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is endowed with all wonderful transcendental qualities, enters the hearts of His pure devotees, who are full of love for Him;
● sudarṣana – He is supremely handsome;
● kāla – He is the time factor that destroys all material things;
● parameṣṭhī – He removed the burden of the Earth;
● parigraha – the demigods are not supreme, but Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
● ugra – He assumes a terrible feature to kill the demons;
● saṁvatsara – He always remains with His devotees;
● dakṣa – His supreme handsomeness is revealed to the residents of Vṛndānava;
● viśrāma – He removes the devotees’ fatigue, as He removed the gopīs’ fatigue during the rāsa dance;
● viśva-dakṣina – He gives the entire world, and even Himself, to His pure devotee.

59. vistāraḥ sthāvaraḥ sthāṇuḥ
pramāṇaṁ bījam avyayam
artho ’nartho mahā-kośo
mahā-bhāgo mahā-dhanaḥ

● vistāra – Lord Kṛṣṇa engages in many different loving relationships with His devotees;
● sthāvara – He restored the Earth to a peaceful condition by removing the unnecessary armies of the demonic kings;
● sthāṇu – He appears at the end of Kali-yuga as Lord Kalki to reestablish the Vedic principles;
● pramāṇam – He always speaks the truth;
● bījam avyayam – He is the imperishable seed of all existence;
● artha – pure devotees who are free from material desires strive to attain Him;
● anartha – those who are filled with material desires cannot strive to attain Him, but prefer to worship the demigods to attain heavenly sense gratification in the svarga planets;
● mahā-kośa – He is the master of an unlimited treasury;
● mahā-bhāga – He is full of all transcendental opulence;
● mahā-dhana – He is the master of all wealth and the greatest giver.

60. anirviṇṇaḥ sthaviṣṭho bhūr
dharma-yūpo mahā-makhaḥ
nakṣatra-nemir nakṣatrī
kṣamaḥ kṣāmaḥ samīhanaḥ

● anirviṇṇa – Lord Kṛṣṇa is not discouraged by the rebelliousness of the conditioned souls, but always acts for their welfare and protection;
● sthaviṣṭha – His form is larger than the śiśumāra-cakra star cluster;
● bhū – He appears as the Dhruvaloka planet, about which the other planets revolve;
● dharma-yūpa – He is the pillar upon which all religious principles rest;
● mahā-makha – all the great Vedic sacrifices are meant for His satisfaction;
● nakṣatra-nemi – He causes the motions of all the planets;
● nakṣatrī – He is the ruler of all stars and planets;
● kṣama – He controls the movement of the planets;
● kṣāma – He is situated within all planets;
● samīhana – pious and intelligent persons aspire to attain Him.

61. yajña ijyo mahejyaś ca
kratuḥ satraṁ satāṁ gatiḥ
sarva-darśī vimuktātmā
sarvajño jñānam uttamam

● yajña – Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as the Yajña-avatāra, the son of Prajāpati Ruci and Akūtidevī;
● ijya – He is the supreme object of worship;
● mahejya – He should be worshiped with all grandeur and all royal paraphernalia;
● ca – and;
● kratu – the ritualistic ceremonies prescribed in the Vedas are intended for glorifying Him;
● satram – He is the protector of the devotees, and they value Him as their only wealth;
● satām gati – only the pure devotees are able to attain His association;
● sarva-darśī – He sees everything, and He pays special attention to the activities of His devotees;
● vimuktātmā – He is free from any material contact;
● sarvajña – He knows everything;
● jñānam uttamam – He is the supreme object of knowledge.

62. suvrataḥ sumukhaḥ sūkṣmaḥ
sughoṣaḥ sukhadaḥ suhṛt
manoharo ’jita-krodho
vīra-bāhur vidāraṇaḥ

● suvrata – Lord Kṛṣṇa is pleased with the devotees who faithfully keep their vows to serve Him;
● sumukha – His smiling face reveals His bliss;
● sūkṣma – His spiritual form is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss;
● sughoṣa – He charms and pleases the minds and hearts of all living entities by expertly playing His flute;
● sukhada – He delights everyone;
● suhṛt – He is the well-wishing friend of the devotees;
● manohara – the handsomeness of His three-fold bending form captures the devotees’ minds;
● ajita-krodha – He did not become angry when attacked by the Kāliya serpent, but was merciful to His adversary;
● vīra-bāhu – He can crush the greatest hero with His powerful arms;
● vidāraṇa – He easily split Bakāsura’s beak as if it was a blade of grass, even though Bakāsura was as big as a mountain.

63. svāpanaḥ svavaśo vyāpī
naikātmā naika-karma-kṛt
vatsaro vatsalo vatsī
ratna-garbho dhaneśvaraḥ

● svāpana – Lord Kṛṣṇa devotedly massages the lotus feet of Lord Balarāma, fatigued with the day’s playing in the groves of Vṛndāvana, and makes Him fall asleep;
● svavaśa – He is supremely independent, and by His own wish He convinced the residents of Vraja to worship Govardhana Hill instead of Indra;
● vyāpī – He is present everywhere at every moment;
● naikātmā – He expands His original form into innumerable viṣṇu-tattva forms;
● naika-karma-kṛt – He enjoys various wonderful transcendental pastimes to accommodate the varieties of spiritual love of different devotees;
● vatsara – He personally calls each calf by its own name;
● vatsala – He is very affectionate to His calves;
● vatsī – He is the master of innumerable calves;
● ratna-garbha – He is the most precious jewel born of Yaśodā-devī;
● dhaneśvara – He is the master of numberless surabhi cows.

64. dharma-gup dharma-kṛd dharmī
sad asat kṣaram akṣaram
avijñātā sahasrāṁśur
vidhātā kṛta-lakṣaṇaḥ

● dharma-gup – Lord Kṛṣṇa protects the religious principles taught in the Vedas;
● dharma-kṛt – He teaches the principles of religion for the welfare of all living entities;
● dharmī – He sets the perfect example of following religious principles;
● sat – He exists eternally in the past, present and future;
● asat – He is always free from lamentation and death;
● kṣaram – His lotus feet are the supreme object of worship for all living entities, and He protects the devotees from the demons;
● akṣaram – He is the sacred syllable oṁ;
● avijñātā – He excuses the offenses of those who take shelter of Him;
● sahasrāṁśu – He is omniscient;
● vidhātā – He forgives the offenses of the surrendered souls;
● kṛta-lakṣaṇa – He reveals His original form to the most exalted devotees.

65. gabhasti-nemiḥ sattva-sthaḥ
siṁho bhūta-maheśvaraḥ
ādi-devo mahā-devo
deveśo deva-bhṛd guruḥ

● gabhasti-nemi – Lord Kṛṣṇa holds the effulgent sudarṣana-cakra to protect the devotees from the messengers of Yamarāja;
● sattvastha – He remains always situated in the hearts of the pure devotees;
● siṁha – He appears like a ferocious lion to protect the devotees from any Yamadūta who attempts to take them into custody;
● bhūta-maheśvara – He is the absolute monarch who controls Yamarāja and his followers;
● ādi-deva – He is the original spiritual master, the teacher of Yamarāja and his followers;
● mahādeva – He relishes the pastimes performed with His devotees, and He yearns to crush whoever would harm His devotees;
● deveśa – He relishes His pastimes of childhood play with His cowherd-boy friends, and He forgives any offenses they may commit in the course of playing;
● deva-bhṛt guru – He is the teacher and maintainer of Brahmā, Śiva and all the demigods.

66. uttaro gopatir goptā
jñāna-gamyaḥ purātanaḥ
śarīra-bhūta-bhṛd bhoktā
kapīndro bhūri-dakṣiṇaḥ

● uttara – Lord Kṛṣṇa is the best person because He possesses unlimited wonderful potencies;
● gopati – Sūrya the sun-god considers Him to be his supreme master;
● goptā – He is the protector of all living entities;
● jñāna-gamya – He is understood by spiritual enlightenment;
● purātana – He expands Himself as paramātmā, the Supersoul in the bodies of all conditioned souls, and He is the oldest person;
● śarīrabhūta- bhṛt – the transcendental abode of Vṛndāvana is a manifestation of His personal form;
● bhoktā – He eternally relishes pastimes in that spiritual land of Vṛndāvana;
● kapīndra – He is the master of the monkeys of Vṛndāvana who participate in His childhood pastimes;
● bhūri-dakṣiṇa – on His birthday celebration He gives abundant charity to the brāhmaṇas.

67. somapo ’mṛtapaḥ somaḥ
purujit puru-sattamaḥ
vinayo jayaḥ satya-sandho
dāśārhaḥ sātvatāṁ patiḥ

● somapa – Lord Kṛṣṇa protects the demigod Śiva;
● amṛtapa – He protects all the demigods;
● soma – He is very famous and handsome, like a transcendental moon shining over Gokula;
● purujit – He is very powerful and defeats all His enemies;
● puru-sattama – He is the best of all living entities;
● vinaya – the members of the Yadu dynasty humbly serve Him, and He reciprocates by humbly rendering similar service to them;
● jaya – the affection the Yadus bear for Him has defeated and controlled Him;
● satya-sandha – He promises to always protect His devotees;
● dāśārha – He appeared in the dynasty of King Daśārha, and He is the most valuable thing in existence;
● sātvatām pati – He is the protector of the Yadus, and the Lord and master of the great souls who preach the truth about Him for the benefit of the conditioned souls.

68. jīvo vinayitā sākṣī
mukundo ’mita-vikramaḥ
ambho-nidhir anantātmā
mahodadhi-śayo ’ntakaḥ

● jīva – Lord Kṛṣṇa gives life to the devotees distressed by His absence by giving them His nectarean spiritual association;
● vinayitā – He protects His devotees as if they were His own children;
● sākṣī – He is perfectly aware of how distressed they are by not being able to associate with Him directly;
● mukunda – His smiling face is as beautiful as a kunda flower;
● amita-vikrama – He uses His unlimited prowess to protect His devotees;
● ambhonidhi – the Garbhodaka ocean emanated from Him;
● anantātmā – He takes rest by reclining on Lord Anantadeva as if on a couch;
● mahodadhi-śaya – He peacefully reclines on Ananta-naga even when there is a great inundation at the time of universal devastation;
● antaka – even during the destruction of the universe, He is splendidly handsome.

69. ajo mahārhaḥ svabhāvyo
jitāmitraḥ pramodanaḥ
ānando nandano nandaḥ
satya-dharmā tri-vikramaḥ

● aja – Lord Kṛṣṇa appears to take birth within this material world, although He is unborn;
● mahārha – He is the supreme object of worship;
● svabhāvya – the devotees meditate on Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
● jitāmitra – He easily defeats lust, anger and all other enemies of His devotees;
● pramodana ānanda nandana nanda – He makes His pure devotees jubilant, their eyes filled with tears of joy;
● satya-dharmā – His transcendental form is eternal;
● tri-vikrama – He is the supreme goal described in the three Vedas.

70. maharṣiḥ kapilācāryo
kṛtajño medinī-patiḥ
tri-padas tri-daśādhyākṣo
mahā-śrṅgaḥ kṛtānta-kṛt

● maharṣi – Lord Kṛṣṇa is the greatest philosopher and scholar of Vedic knowledge;
● kapila – He sometimes appears in a form with reddish-brown complexion;
● ācārya – He is the original teacher of pure spiritual knowledge;
● kṛtajña – He was fully aware of the pious deeds performed by Mahārāja Bhagīratha;
● medinī-pati – He is the Lord and maintainer of the Earth planet;
● tri-pada – He is manifest as the sacred syllable oṁ, consisting of the three letters a-u-ṁ;
● tridaśādhyākṣa – He is the friend of the demigods and He rescues them in times of calamity;
● mahā-śrṅga – He carries the Earth on His great tusks in His incarnation as Lord Varāha;
● kṛtānta-kṛt – He was as formidable as eternal time when He killed the demon Hiraṇyākṣa.

71. mahā-varāho govindaḥ
suśenaḥ kanakāṅgadī
guhyo gabhīro gahano
guptaś cakra-gadādharaḥ

● mahā-varāha – Lord Kṛṣṇa manifested a form as a gigantic boar as large as a mountain;
● govinda – He found the Earth at the bottom of the rasātala ocean and rescued her;
● suśena – He is accompanied by a splendid and invincible army;
● kanakāṅgadī – He is decorated with golden armlets, crown and ornaments;
● guhya – it is very difficult to understand the truth about His eternal transcendental form;
● gabhīra gahanaHe is very difficult to approach or understand;
● gupta – He protects His devotees with His transcendental potencies;
● cakra-gadādhara – He carries the sudarṣana-cakra and the kaumodakī club.

72. vedhaḥ svaṅgo ’jitaḥ kṛṣṇo
dṛdhaḥ saṅkarṣano ’cyutaḥ
varuṇo vāruṇo vṛkṣaḥ
puśkarākṣo mahā-manāḥ

● vedha – Lord Kṛṣṇa appointed the various demigods and gave them their respective duties;
● svaṅga – He is the original teacher of Vedic knowledge;
● ajita – He is invincible;
● kṛṣṇa – His complexion is dark like a blue lotus flower;
● dṛdha – He is extremely powerful;
● saṅkarṣana – He defeated the demon Hiraṇyākṣa;
● acyuta – He is infallible;
● varuṇa – only those He chooses can attain Him;
● vāruṇa – He remains always near His devotees;
● vṛkṣa – He accepted the goddess Bhūmi as His wife;
● puśkarākṣa – He entered the waters of the Garbhodaka Ocean to rescue the Earth, and He sees everything;
● mahā-manā – He grants liberation to His devotees.

73. bhagavān bhagahā nandī
vana-mālī halāyudhaḥ
ādityo jyotir-ādityaḥ
sahiṣṇur gati-sattamaḥ

● bhagavān – Lord Kṛṣṇa possesses all wealth, strength, fame, knowledge, beauty and renunciation;
● bhagahā – He kills the sinful;
● nandī – He is the dear son of Mahārāja Nanda;
● vana-mālīHe wears a garland of forest flowers given to Him by His friends;
● halāyudha – His immediate expansion is Lord Balarāma, who holds a club;
● āditya – He also appeared as Lord Vāmana, the son of Aditi;
● jyotir-āditya – He is as splendid as the sun, His splendor is brighter than thousands of demigods, and those who remember Him become like demigods;
● sahiṣṇu – He is very tolerant, and forgives the offenses of those who take shelter of Him;
● gati-sattama – He gives the most valuable spiritual destination to those who take shelter of Him.

74. sudhanvā khaṇḍa-paraśur
dāruṇo dravina-pradaḥ
diva-spṛk sarva-dṛg vyāso
vācaspatir ayonijaḥ

● sudhanvā – Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as Paraśurāma, carrying a splendid bow;
● khaṇḍa-paraśu – Lord Paraśurāma also carried a sharp axe that He used to kill the impious kṣatriyas;
● dāruṇa – Paraśurāma was merciless to the kṣatriyas;
● dravina-prada – after killing all the kṣatriyas, Paraśurāma performed a sacrifice in which He gave the entire world in charity to the brāhmaṇas;
● diva-spṛk – He also appeared as Śrīla Vyāsadeva, the divine Vedic author who explained the truth of the spiritual world;
● sarva-dṛg vyāsa – Vyāsadeva divided the one original Veda;
● vācaspati – He is the eloquent author of the Purāṇas and Mahābhārata;
● ayonija – Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning, personally appeared in His words.

75. trisāmā sāmagaḥ sāma
nirvāṇaṁ bheṣajaṁ bhiṣak
sannyāsa-kṛc chamaḥ śānto
niṣṭhā-śānti-parāyaṇaḥ

● trisāmā – Lord Kṛṣṇa, in His appearance as Śrīla Vyāsadeva, divided the original Veda into three parts;
● sāmaga – Śrīla Vyāsadeva took pleasure in singing the Vedic hymns;
● sāma – He taught those hymns to His disciples;
● nirvāṇam – He freed them from ignorance and liberated them from material bondage;
● bheṣajam – He administered the medicine of pure devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, which freed the devotees from the disease of material existence;
● bhiṣak – He is the greatest physician;
● sannyāsa-kṛt – in His appearance as Lord Caitanya, He accepts the renounced order of life, sannyāsa;
● sama – Lord Caitanya is equiposed;
● śānta – He is peaceful;
● niṣṭhā-śāntiparāyaṇa – He is the abode of the highest peace and devotion, for He silences

76. śubhāṅgaḥ śāntidaḥ sraṣṭā
kumudaḥ kuvaleśayaḥ
gohito gopatir goptā
vṛśabhākṣo vṛśāpriyaḥ

● śubhāṅga – the handsome features of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body charm the minds and hearts of the residents of Vṛndāvana;
● śāntida – His gentle smile pacifies their hearts and inspires great feelings of love for Him;
● sraṣṭā – He creates at every moment a treasure-house of transcendental bliss, which becomes the property of the residents of Vṛndāvana;
● kumuda – He becomes happy enjoying pastimes with His brother Balarāma in the forests of Vṛndāvana;
● kuvaleśaya – He enchanted the residents of Vṛndāvana by causing them to continually drink the nectar of the sound of His flute;
● gohita – He is the well-wisher and benefactor of the cows;
● gopati – He is the master and controller of the cows;
● goptā – He is the protector of the cows;
● vṛśabhākṣa – He killed the Ariṣṭāsura demon, who assumed the form of a bull to attack the residents of Vṛndāvana;
● vṛśāpriya – after Ariṣṭāsura was killed, He carefully protected the cows and bulls of Vṛndāvana, which are very dear to Him.

77. anivartī nivṛttātmā
saṅkṣeptā kṣema-kṛc chivaḥ
śrīvatsa-vakṣāḥ śrīvāsaḥj
śrīpatiḥ śrīmatāmbaraḥ

● anivartī – Lord Kṛṣṇa bravely faced the Ariṣṭāsura demon and rebuked the fleeing cowherd men, calling them cowards;
● nivṛttātmā – seeing that all the cowherd men had fled, He faced the demon alone;
● saṅkṣeptā – He easily killed Ariṣṭāsura, grasping the demon’s horns with His hand;
● kṣema-kṛt – by killing Ariṣṭāsura He returned the land of Vṛndāvana to an auspicious condition;
● śiva – when the gopīs heard that Kṛṣṇa had killed a demon in the form of a bull, they rejected His association because He had become sinful. To satisfy the gopīs, Kṛṣṇa then called all sacred rivers and bathed in them all at once to return Himself to a pure and auspicious condition;
● śrīvatsa-vakṣā – His chest is decorated with the mark of śrīvatsa, the resting place of the Goddess of Fortune;
● śrīvāsa – He is very attached to His residence in the beautiful land of Vraja, at the foot of Govardhana Hill;
● śrī-pati – He protected the gopīs from the wrath of Indra;
● śrīmatāmbara – He is the best of all eloquent orators and the best of the cowherd boys of Vraja.

78. śrīdaḥ śrīśaḥ śrīnivāsaḥ
śrīnidhiḥ śrīvibhāvanaḥ
śrīdharaḥ śrīkaraḥ śreyaḥ
śrīmān lokatrayāśrayaḥ

● śrīda – Lord Kṛṣṇa generously gives opulent gifts to His friends and relatives;
● śrīśa – He is the controller of all opulence, nevertheless He prevents His devotees from attaining material opulence that might hinder their spiritual progress;
● śrīnivāsa – He always resides in the land of Gokula, which is full of unparalleled spiritual opulence;
● śrīnidhi – all transcendental beauty and opulence are stored up in Him, as jewels in a jewelbox;
● śrīvibhāvana – He manifests all beauty and opulence;
● śrīdhara – He is supremely handsome, and He maintains the gopīs of Vṛndāvana and the Goddesses of Fortune;
● śrīkara – all spiritual opulence resides within His lotus hand;
● śreya – He is very handsome and He always remains by the side of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, His internal pleasure potency;
● śrīmān – He is the Master of the Goddess of Fortune;
● lokatrayāśraya – He is the shelter of Gokula Vṛndāvana and all the three worlds.

79. svakṣaḥ svaṅgaḥ śatānando
nandir jyotir-gaṇeśvaraḥ
vijitātmā vidheyātmā
satkīrtiś chinna-saṁśayaḥ

● svakṣa – Lord Kṛṣṇa is supremely charming, handsome and gentle;
● svaṅga – His transcendental form is full of all opulence;
● śatānanda – He delights the 108 gopīs;
● nandi – He relishes transcendental bliss by enjoying pastimes in association with the gopīs;
● jyoti-gaṇeśvara – He is the master of innumerable pure devotees