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Sri Damodara-ashtakam

In the Padma Purana of Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa, spoken by SatyavrataMuni in a conversation with Narada Muni and Saunaka Rsi)"In the month of Kartika one should worship Lord Damodara and daily recitethe prayer known as Damodara-ashtakam, which has been spoken by the sageSatyavrata and which attracts Lord Damodara. (Sri Hari-bhakti-vilasa2:16:198)

In Iskcon temples, centres, and devotees homes world wide devotees gatherfor the entire month of Damodar (Kartika) to offer lamps (candles - dipas,etc) and in ecstacy sing the glories of Sri Damodar. Check locally for thetimings of that ceremony - usually it is done in the evening, but sometemples and communities perform the ceremony morning and evening.

Jai Yashoda-Damodar Bhagwan

Sri Damodara-ashtakam

1.
namamisvaram sac-cid-ananda-rupam
lasat-kundalam gokule bhrajamanam
yasoda--bhiyolukhalad dhavamanam
paramrstam atyantato drutya gopya

1) To the Supreme Lord, whose form is the embodiment of eternal existence,knowledge, and bliss, whose shark-shaped earrings are swinging to and fro,who is beautifully shining in the divine realm of Gokula, who I (due to theoffence of breaking the pot of yogurt that His mother was churning intobutter and then stealing the butter that was kept hanging from a swing) isquickly running from the wooden grinding mortar in fear of mother Yasoda,but who has been caught from behind by her who ran after Him with greaterspeed-to that Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, I offer my humble obeisances

2.
rudantam muhur netra-yugmam mrjantam
karambhoja-yugmena satanka-netram
muhuh svasa-kampa-trirekhanka-kantha-
sthita-graivam damodararm bhakti-baddham

2) (Seeing the whipping stick in His mother's hand,) He is crying andrubbing His eyes again and again with His two lotus hands. His eyes arefilled with fear, and the necklace of pearls around His neck, which ismarked with three lines like a conch shell, is shaking because of His quickbreathing due to crying. To this Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, whose belly isbound not with ropes but with His mother's pure love, I offer my humbleobeisances.

3.

itidrk sva-lilabhir ananda-kunde

sva-ghosam nimajjantam akkyapayantam

tadiyesita-jnesu bhaktair jitatvam

punah prematas tam satavrtti vande

(3) By such childhood pastimes as this He is drowning the inhabitants ofGokula in pools of ecstasy, and is revealing to those devotees who areabsorbed in knowledge of His supreme majesty and opulence that He is onlyconquered by devotees whose pure love is imbues with intimacy and is freefrom all conceptions of awe and reverence. With great love I again offer myobeisances to Lord Damodara hundreds and hundreds of times.

4

varam deva moksam na moksavadhim va

na canyam vrne 'ham varesad apiha

idam te vapur natha gopala-balam

sada me manasy avirastam kim anyaih

4) 0 Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I donot pray to You for the boon of impersonal liberation, nor the highestliberation of eternal life in Vaikuntha, nor any other boon (which may beobtained by executing the nine processes of bhakti). O Lord, I simply wishthat this form of Yours as Bala Gopala in Vrndavana may ever be manifest inmy heart, for what is the use to me of any other boon besides this?

5

idam te mukhambhojam atyanta-nilair

vrtam kuntalaih snigdha-raktais' ca gopya

muhus cumbitam bimba-raktadharam me

manasy avirastam alam laksa-labhaih

5) O Lord, Your lotus face, which is encircled by locks of soft black hairtinged with red, is kissed again and again by mother Yasoda, and Your lipsare reddish like the bimba fruit. May this beautiful vision of Your lotusface be ever manifest in my heart. Thousands and thousands of otherbenedictions are of no use to me.

6
namo deva damodarananta visno
prasida prabho duhkha jalabdhi-magnam
krpa-drsti-vrsyati-dinam batanu-
grhanesa mam ajnam edhy aksi-drsyah

6) O Supreme Godhead, I offer my obeisances unto You. O Damodara! O Ananta!O Vishnu! O master! O my Lord, be pleased upon me. By showering Your glanceof mercy upon me, deliver this poor ignorant fool who is immersed in anocean of worldly sorrows, and become visible to my eyes.

7.
kuveratmajau baddha-murtyaiva yadvat
tvaya mocitau bhakti-bhajau krtau ca
tatha prema-bhaktim svakam me prayaccha
na mokse graho me 'sti damodareha

(7) 0 Lord Damodara, just as the two sons of Kuvera-Manigriva andNalakuvara--were delivered from the curse of Narada and made into greatdevotees by You in Your form as a baby tied with rope to a wooden grindingmortar, in the same way, please give to me Your own prema-bhakti. I onlylong for this and have no desire for any kind of liberation.

8.
namas te 'stu damne sphurad-dipti-dhamne
tvadiyodarayatha visvasya dhamne
namo radhikayai tvadiya-priyayai
namo 'nanta-lilaya devaya tubhyam

8) 0 Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantlyeffulgent rope which binds Your belly. I then offer my obeisances to Yourbelly, which is the abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to Yourmost beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, theSupreme Lord, who displays unlimited pastimes.

Sri Damodar astakam ki jaya

Narsingh Avtar

Names of Sri Krishna

Different Names of Sri Krishna


Krishna
One in the transport of joy

Jagannath
Lord of the whole World

Parampurush
The supreme one

Dwarkadhish
King of Dwarka City

Vasudev
Son of Vasudev

Devki Nandan
Mother Devki's son

Govinda
Lord Of Cows

Gopal
Protector of Cows

Parthasarthi
Chariot driver of Arjuna

Muralidhar
One with a flute

Mathura Naresh
King of Birth city Mathura

Damodar
One tied with a grinding Stone

Niranjan
One who is honorable

Sanatan
The eternal one

Anant
The infinite

Ajay
All victorious God

Murari
Enemy of demon Mura

KamalNath
Kamla (Goddess Lakshmi's) Husband

Punya
Meritorious

Lila-Manush-Vigraha
Assuming human form to perform pastimes

Shrivastav Kausthuba-Dharya
Wearing Shri Vatsa and Kausthubha Gem

Yashoda-Vatsalya
Mother Yashoda's darling child

Hari
Shri Hari

Chaturbuja-Chakra-gada-Shankhadhyay
Four armed one carrying weapons of Disc, Club and Conch

Shrisay
Abode of Shri (Lakshmi)

Nandgopa Priyatmaj
Nanda Gopa's darling child

Yamuna Vega Samhar
Destroyer of speed of River yamuna

Balbhadra Pariyanuj
Balram's younger brother

Putana Jivit haraya
Destroyer of demoness Putana

Shakatsura Bhanjanaya
Destroyer of demon Shakatasur

Nandvraja jana nandin
One bringing joy to Nand and people of Braj

Sachidanand Vigraha
Embodiment of existence, Awareness and bliss

Navanit Viliptanga
Lord whose body is smeared with butter

Ananghaya
The sinless one

Navanit navaharaya
Inventor of new form of food- Butter

Muchukunda Prasadkaya
Lord who blessed king Muchukund

Shodasha sthri sahasreshaya
Lord of 16,000 wives

Tribhanji lalitakritaye
Lord who poses bent in 3 places

Sukavag Amritabhdhindave
Ocean of nectar according to Sukadev

Yogi Pataye
Lord of yogis

Avyaktaya
One who is difficult to comprehend

Punya-Shlokaya
Lord whose praise bestows meritorious

Tirthapadaya
One whose feet are holy

Vedvedayaya
Souce of Vedas

Yagnabhoktre
One who consumes sacrificial offerings

Paratpataya
One who is highest of the highest

Gopa Gopishvaraya
Lord of gopas and gopis

Yogine
Greatest Yogi

Koti surya samaprabha
One who is as lustrous as a million suns

Ilapataye
Lord of Earth

Vanamaline
One wearing a sylven garland

Parasmai jyotish
One with a supreme light

Yadavendraye
Lord of Yadavs

Yadudvataya
Leader of Yadus

Pita vasase
One wearing yellow robes

Parijatapa Harakaya
One who removes Parijath Flower

Govardhanchalo Dhartreya
Lifter of Govardhan Hill

Sarva palakaya
Protector of all beings

Niranjan
The untainted one

Kama janakaye
One generating desires in worldly mind

Kancha lochanaya
One with beautiful eyes

Madhughne
Killer of demon Madhu

Mathuranath
King of birth city Mathura

Brindavane sancarine
One roaming in Brindavan city

Dwarkanayak
Lord of Dwarka

Baline
All powerful Lord

Syamantake maner hartre
One who stole Syamantaka Gem

Nara Narayanatmakaya
One who has twin form of nar and Narayan

Kubja Krishtambharadharya
One who applied ointment by Kubja the hunchbacked woman

Mayine
Lord of maya

Mushtikasura Chanura mallayudha-visharadaya
One who is an expert wrestler, killed two demons Mushtikasura and Chanura

Sansara vaitine
One who is enemy of sansara

Kamsaraye
Enemy of king Kansa

Narakantakaya
Destroyer of demon Naraka

Anadi Brahmacharine
Beginning less absolute

Krishna Vyasana Karshakaya
Remover of Draupadi's distress

Shishupala Shirascratte
Remover of Shishupal's head

Duryodhana Kulantakaya
Destroyer of Duryodhana's dynasty

Vidurakrura Varadaya
Giver of boon to Vidur and Akrur

Vishwarupa Pradarshakaya
Revealer of Vishwasrup (Universal form)

Satyavacha
Speaker of truth

Satya sankalp
Lord of true resolve

Satyabhama Rataya
Lover of Satyabhama

Jayine
The ever victorious Lord

Subhadra purvajaya
Brother of Subhadra

Vishnava
To Lord Vishnu

Bhishma mukti Pradayakaya
One who bestowed salvation to Bhishma

Jagadguruve venunada visharad
One expert in playing of flute music

Vrishabhasura vidhvamsine
Destoyer of demon Vrishbasura

Yudhishthira pratishthatre
One who established Yudhisthira as a king

Sarvagraha Rupine
To all-formed one

Dayanidhaye
One who is treasure of compassion

Sarvabhutat makaya
Soul of elements

Jalakrida samashaka gopi vastra pararakaya
Lord who hid gopi's clothes while they were playing in river Yamuna

Parabrahmane
A supreme brahman

Barhi Barhavatamsakaye
One who adorns peacock feathers

Pannagashana vahanaya
Having serpent Adishesha as his seat

Danavendra Vinashak
Destroyer of Lord of Asuras

Gitamrita Mahodadhaye
An ocean containing nectar of Bhagwad Gita

Hare Krsna

Yashodha -Damodar

Yashodha -Damodar

Yashodha -Damodar

This month(Kartik) is very special

Chant Hare Krsna mahamantra..

&

Chant Yashodha-Damodar

You will feel eternal bliss ...

Yashodha -Damodar

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