THE 108 NAMES OF LORD SRI KRISHNA

Archana  (Personal archana)
Homa
108 names of Krishna

1. om sri-krsnaya namah

2. om kamala-nathaya namah

3. om vasudevaya namah

4. om sanatanaya namah

5. om vasudevatmajaya namah

6. om punyaya namah

7. om lila-manusa-vigrahaya namah

8. om srivatsa-kaustubha-dharaya namah

9. om yasoda-vatsalaya namah

10. om haraye namah

11. om caturbhujatta-cakrasi-gada-sankhambujayudhaya namah

12. om devaki-nandanaya namah

13. om srisaya namah

14. om nanda-gopa-priyatmajaya namah

15. om yamuna-vega-samharine namah

16. om balabhadra-priyanujaya namah

17. om putana-jivita-haraya namah

18. om sakatasura-bhanjanaya namah

19. om nanda-vraja-jananandine namah

20. om sac-cid-ananda-vigrahaya namah

21. om navanita-viliptangaya namah

22. om navanita-nataya namah

23. om anaghaya namah

24. om navanita-navaharaya namah

25. om mucukunda-prasadakaya namah

26. om sodasa-stri-sahasresaya namah

27. om tribhangi-madhurakrtaye namah

28. om suka-vag-amrtabdhindave namah

29. om govindaya namah

30. om yoginam pataye namah

31. om vatsa-palana-sancarine namah

32. om anantaya namah

33. om dhenukasura-mardanaya namah

34. om trni-krta-trnavartaya namah

35. om yamalarjuna-bhajanaya namah

36. om uttala-tala-bhetre namah

37. om tamala-syamalakrtaye namah

38. om gopa-gopisvaraya namah

39. om yogine namah

40. om koti-surya-sama-prabhaya namah

41. om ilapataye namah

42. om parasmai jyotise namah

43. om yadavendraya namah

44. om yadu-dvahaya namah

45. om vanamaline namah

46. om pita-vasase namah

47. om parijatapaharakaya namah

48. om govardhanacaloddhartre namah

49. om gopalaya namah

50. om sarva-palakaya namah

51. om ajaya namah

52. om niranjanaya namah

53. om kama-janakaya namah

54. om kanja-locanaya namah

55. om madhughne namah

56. om mathura-nathaya namah

57. om dvaraka-nayakaya namah

58. om baline namah

59. om vrndavananta-sancarine namah

60. om tulasi-dama-bhusanaya namah

61. om syamantaka-maner hartre namah

62. om nara-narayanatmakaya namah

63. om kubjakrstambara-dharaya namah

64. om mayine namah

65. om parama-purusaya namah

66. om mustikasura-canura-malla-yuddha-visaradaya namah

67. om samsara-vairine namah

68. om kamsaraye namah

69. om muraraye namah

70. om narakantakaya namah

71. om anadi-brahmacarine namah

72. om krsnavyasana-karsakaya namah

73. om sisupala-siras-chetre namah

74. om duryodhana-kulantakaya namah

75. om vidurakrura-varadaya namah

76. om visvarupa-pradarsakaya namah

77. om satya-vace namah

78. om satya-sankalpaya namah

79. om satyabhama-rataya namah

80. om jayine namah

81. om subhadra-purvajaya namah

82. om visnave namah

83. om bhisma-mukti-pradayakaya namah

84. om jagad-gurave namah

85. om jagannathaya namah

86. om venu-nada-saradaya namah

87. om vrsabhasura-vidhvamsine namah

88. om banasura-karantakaya namah

89. om yudhisthira-pratisthatre namah

90. om barhi-varhavatamsakaya namah

91. om parthasarathaye namah

92. om avyaktaya namah

93. om gitamrta-mahodadhaye namah

94. om kaliya-phani-manikya-ranjita-sri-padambujaya namah

95. om damodaraya namah

96. om yajna-bhoktre namah

97. om danavendra-vinasakaya namah

98. om narayanaya namah

99. om para-brahmane namah

100. om pannagasana-vahanaya namah

101. om jala-kridasamasakta-gopi-vastrapaharakaya namah

102. om punya-slokaya namah

103. om tirtha-karaya namah

104. om veda-vedyaya namah

105. om daya-nidhaye namah

106. om sarva-bhutatmakaya namah

107. om sarva-graha-rupine namah

108.  om parat-paraya namah



Archana:
One may perform Puspanjali as a part of daily deity worship that is performed many
times as part of daily puja. In South India it is called doing
"Arcana" and is done by the pujari (archaka) on behalf of visitors to
the temple accompanied by the recitation of the Holy Names of the
deity involved. It can MOST CERTAINLY be performed on any occasion as
an offering to the deity.

The process of offering puspanjali can be performed in a number of ways.

1. Taking some flowers or flower petals in the right hand and
chanting the mantra idam puspam or esah puspanjali plus the mula
mantra of the deity while ringing a bell held in the left hand offer
the flower or flowers at the feet of the deity. (They may also be
offered arati style 4 time to the feet before being placed there.)

2. Same as above, but offered while chanting the 108 or 1008 Holy
Names of the deity in namavali style. (Namavali style involves the
chanting of OM then the deities name in the dative case then folloed
by the word NAMAH e.g. OM KESHAVAYA NAMAH, OM NARAYANAYA NAMAH, etc.

Method 2 is recommended for special occasions but may be performed daily also.

ys, Gaura Keshava das



Personal Archana for guests who come to the temple or before the Deity, as done by the temple priest:

Prayog for Personal Archanai – blessings -  (Ashirvadam)

Sri Govinda Sri Govinda Sri Govinda

Om tat sat
…….the yajuman’s family lineage if known....….... gotrobhavasya
 ..…..the yajuman’s astrological birth nakshatra ….. nakshatra jatasya
........the yajuman’s name …………...... namedheyasya yajamanah sa-kutumbanama, sa-mitranama, kshema sthairya dhairya, virya, vijaya, arogya, abhaya, aishvaryanama praptyartham, sri sri radha-krishna (or name of Deity) purna kripa kataksha siddhyartham * ashtottara shata nama (or sodasa nama - if twelve names) archanam karishye.

If the yajumans are Vaishnavas then we recite the gotra and nakshatra and name and say - * bhagavad ajnaya bhagavad kainkarya rupena ashotottara shata nama archanam karishye.

Taking some flowers or flower petals in the right hand and chanting the mantra idam pushpam plus the mula mantra of the deity while ringing a bell held in the left hand offer the flower or flowers at the feet of the deity. (They may also be offered arati style 4 times to the feet before being placed there.)

Mula mantras:
Radha Krishna =  srim klim radha-krishnabhyam namah
Krishna =  klim krsnaya govindaya gopijana vallabhaya svaha
Radha =  srim ram radhikayai svaha
Gaura – Nitai =   klim gauraya namah
                           klim nityanandaya namah
Jagannath-Baladev-Subhadra =  klim krsnaya govindaya gopijana vallabhaya svaha
                                                 srim subhadrayai namah
                                                 klim balarAmAya namah
Sita-Rama =  srim ram sita-ramabhyam namah
Nrsimha =  klim nrsimhaya namah or kshraum nrsimhaya namah
Lakshmi-Nrisimha =  srim klim lakshmi-nrisimhabhyam namah or srim kshraum lakshmi-nrisimhabhyam namah
Prahlada-Nrisimha =  pram klim prahlada-nrisimhabhyam namah ( or kshraum  instead of klim )
Shalagram Thakur = om namo bhagavate vasudevaya
 

idam pushpam ….( mula mantra of Deity ) pushpam samarpayami

om Keshavaya namah
om Narayanaya namah
om Madhavaya namah
om Govindaya namah
om Vishnave namah
om Madhusudanaya namah
om Trivikramanaya namah
om Vamanaya namah
om Shridharaya namah
om Hrishikeshaya namah
om Padmanabhaya namah
om Damodaraya namah
 


Homa - Yajna

One may also perform the recitation of these Holy names of the Lord as an ahuti oblation into the fire.

Call the fire as normal, and when one changes the ahuti by Udakanjali Seka (pouring water around the fire) as follows:

Placing his right knee on the earth and his left knee raised, he should pour water from his cupped hands from west to east on the south side of the fire, saying:

om ananta anumanyasva  (Please allow this rite, ananta.)
He should pour on the west side from south to north, saying:

om acyuta anumanyasva
He should pour on the north side from west to east saying:

Om sarasvaty anumanyasva

VYASTA SAMASTA MAHAVYHUTI HOMA:
The yajuman should offer four oblation's of ghee:

OM BHUH SVAHA ---------------------IDAM VISNAVE IDAN NA MAMA
OM BHUVAH SVAHA -----------------IDAM ACYUTANAYA IDAN NA MAMA
OM SVAH SVAHA ---------------------IDAM NARAYANAYA IDAN NA MAMA
OM BHUR BHUVAH SVAH SVAHA  -  IDAM ANANTAYA IDAN NA MAMA

Amantrika Homa  (silent homa)
He should throw ghee-soaked wood of pradesa length with flowers and gandha into the fire silently.

This is the point where one can choose your ahuti:
OFFER EITHER 8, 28, 54, 108, or 1008 AHUTIS (oblations in the fire in the name of Gaura)

Klim Gauraya  Swaha - Idam Gauraya idan na mama
Srim Radhikaya Swaha, Radhikaya idan na mama ..........etc.

or as in this case  om sri-krishnaya swaha-a idam krishnaya idan na mama

(you can say ....swaha-a idam krishnaya idan na mama after each one or
om kamala-nathaya swaha-a idam kamala-nathaya idam na mama )

Then again continue as before...change the ahuti:

PARISESHANA ........VISHNU SHUKTA
    om idam vishnuh vicakrame
    tredha nidadhe padam
    samudham asya pamsule

"Vishnu has stridden here.  He has placed three pure steps on this earth."

om ananta anumanyasva  (Please allow this rite, ananta.)
He should pour on the west side from south to north, saying:

om acyuta anumanyasva
He should pour on the north side from west to east saying:

Om sarasvaty anumanyasva

VYASTA SAMASTA MAHAVYHUTI HOMA:
The yajuman should offer four oblation's of ghee:

OM BHUH SVAHA ---------------------IDAM VISNAVE IDAN NA MAMA
OM BHUVAH SVAHA -----------------IDAM ACYUTANAYA IDAN NA MAMA
OM SVAH SVAHA ---------------------IDAM NARAYANAYA IDAN NA MAMA
OM BHUR BHUVAH SVAH SVAHA  -  IDAM ANANTAYA IDAN NA MAMA