Sri Krishna (Krikaaraadi) Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Krishnaaya Namah
2. Om Kritine Namah
3. Om Kripaasheetaaya Namah
4. Om Kritajnyaaya Namah
5. Om Krishnamoorthajaaya Namah
6. Om Krishnaavyasanasamhartre Namah
7. Om Krishnaambudharavigrahaaya Namah
8. Om Krishnaabjavadanaaya Namah
9. Om Krishnaaprakrityangaaya Namah
10. Om Kritaakhilaaya Namah
11. Om Kritageetaaya Namah
12. Om Krishnageetaaya Namah
13. Om Krishnagopeejanaambaraaya Namah
14. Om Krishnasvaraaya Namah
15. Om Krittajishnugarvaaya Namah
16. Om Krishnottarasrajaaya Namah
17. Om Kritalokeshasammohaaya Namah
18. Om Kritadaavaagnipaaranaaya Namah
19. Om Krishtolookhalanirbhinna Yamalaarjunabhooruhaaya Namah
20. Om Kritagovardhanachchhatraaya Namah
21. Om Kritaahiphanataandavaaya Namah
22. Om Krittaaghaaya Namah
23. Om Krittabhaktaaghaaya Namah
24. Om Kritadaivatamangalaaya Namah
25. Om Kritaantasadanaaneetaguruputraaya Namah
26. Om Kritasmitaaya Namah
27. Om Kritaantabhagineevaari Vihaarine Namah
28. Om Kritavitpriyaaya Namah
29. Om Kritagovatsasanttraanaaya Namah
30. Om Kritaketarasauhridaaya Namah
31. Om Krittabhoomibharaaya Namah
32. Om Krishnabandhave Namah
33. Om Krishnamahaagurave Namah
34. Om Krishnapriyaaya Namah
35. Om Krishnasakhaaya Namah
36. Om Krishneshaaya Namah
37. Om Krishnasaaradhaye Namah
38. Om Kritaraasotsavaaya Namah
39. Om Krishnagopeejanamanodhanaaya Namah
40. Om Krishnagopeekataakshaali Poojitendeevaraakritaye Namah
41. Om Krishnaprataapaaya Namah
42. Om Krishnaaptaaya Namah
43. Om Krishnamaanaabhirakshanaaya Namah
44. Om Kripeetadhikritaavaasaaya Namah
45. Om Kripeetaruhalochanaaya Namah
46. Om Krishaanuvadanaadheeshaaya Namah
47. Om Krishaanuhutakhaandavaaya Namah
48. Om Krittivaasassmayaahartre Namah
49. Om Krittivaasojjvaraardanaaya Namah
50. Om Krittabaanabhujaabrindaaya Namah
51. Om Kritabrindaarakaavanaaya Namah
52. Om Kritaadiyugasamsthaakrite Namah
53. Om Kritadharmapaalanaaya Namah
54. Om Kritachittajanapraanaaya Namah
55. Om Kritakandarpavigrahaaya Namah
56. Om Krishodareebrindabandeemochakaaya Namah
57. Om Kripanaavanaaya Namah
58. Om Kritsnavide Namah
59. Om Kritsnadurnjeyamahimne Namah
60. Om Kritsnapaalakaaya Namah
61. Om Kritsnaantaraaya Namah
62. Om Kritsnayantre Namah
63. Om Kritsnahane Namah
64. Om Kritsnadhaarakaaya Namah
65. Om Kritsnaakritaye Namah
66. Om Kritsnadrishtaye Namah
67. Om Krichchhalabhyaaya Namah
68. Om Kritaadbhutaaya Namah
69. Om Kritsnapriyaaya Namah
70. Om Kritsnaheenaaya Namah
71. Om Kritsnaatmane Namah
72. Om Kritsnabhaasakaaya Namah
73. Om Krittikaanantarodbhootaaya Namah
74. Om Krittarukmikachavrajaaya Namah
75. Om Kripaattarukmineekaantaaya Namah
76. Om Kritadharmakriyaavanaaya Namah
77. Om Krishnapakshaashtameechandraphaalabhaagamanoharaaya Namah
78. Om Krityasaakshine Namah
79. Om Krityapataye Namah
80. Om Kritsnakratuphalapradaaya Namah
81. Om Krishnavarmalasachchakraaya Namah
82. Om Kripeetajavibhooshanaaya Namah
83. Om Kritaakhyaaroopanirvaahaaya Namah
84. Om Kritaardheekritabaadabaaya Namah
85. Om Kritavanyasrajaabhooshaaya Namah
86. Om Kripeetajalasatkaaraaya Namah
87. Om Kripeetajaalayaavakshase Namah
88. Om Kritapaadaarchanaambujaaya Namah
89. Om Kritimetarasaundaryaaya Namah
90. Om Kritimaashayadurlabhaaya Namah
91. Om Kritataarkshyadhvajaaradhaaya Namah
92. Om Kritamokshaabhidheyakaaya Namah
93. Om Kriteekritadvaaparakaaya Namah
94. Om Kritasaubhaagyabhootalaaya Namah
95. Om Kritalokatrayaanandaaya Namah
96. Om Kriteekritakalipradhaaya Namah
97. Om Kritottaraagarbharakshaaya Namah
98. Om Kritadhiye Namah
99. Om Kritalakshanaaya Namah
100. Om Kritatrijagateemohaaya Namah
101. Om Kritadevadrumaahritaye Namah
102. Om Kritsnaanandaaya Namah
103. Om Kritsnaduhkhadooraaya Namah
104. Om Kritsnavilakshanaaya Namah
105. Om Kritsnaamshaaya Namah
106. Om Kritsnajeevaamshaaya Namah
107. Om Kritsnasattaaya Namah
108. Om Kritipriyaaya Namah
Iti Krikaaraadi Shreekrishnaashtottarashatanaamaavalih
Meaning
Every one of the hundred and eight names in this list begins with the same sound, Kri, the first syllable of Krishna's own name. That is what krikaradi means. The list opens Om Krishnaya namah, Om Kritine namah, Om Kripashitaya namah, Om Kritajnaya namah, and the composer never once breaks the rule, which makes the namavali a small marvel of Sanskrit word-craft. To keep the syllable going he uses kri-words in every sense: krita, done, for the deeds Krishna performed; kripa, compassion; kritsna, whole and entire; and krishna itself, which also means dark, so that he is Krishnambudharavigraha, his body dark as a rain cloud.
The names
Many names are tiny summaries of the Bhagavata stories, each built on krita. He is the one who uprooted the twin arjuna trees with the mortar he was tied to, who made Govardhana hill his umbrella (Kritagovardhanachchhatra), who danced on the serpent's hoods (Kritahiphanatandava), who drank up the forest fire, who held the rasa festival, and who brought his teacher's son back from the house of Yama. Other names play on the fact that Draupadi is also called Krishna: he ends Krishna's distress and guards Krishna's honour. He is Krishnasarathi as well, charioteer to Arjuna, who also bears that name. One name even places his birth in the star that follows Krittika, that is, Rohini.
How and when to chant
Krishna Janmashtami, called Gokulashtami in Karnataka, is the day for it, recited during the midnight puja when the cradle is rocked. Ekadashis and the monthly Rohini star day are also good. As at Udupi, tulasi is the offering he loves most, so place a tulasi leaf at each name, with butter, milk sweets or avalakki as naivedya. The steady return of the Kri sound gives the list the feel of a rhythmic chant, and tradition holds that it calms the mind, strengthens devotion, and makes the chanter loved by others, as Krishna's name draws everyone to him.
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