Stōtram
1
shreekrishnah kamalaanaatho vaasudevah sanaatanah
vasudevaatmajah punyo leelaamaanushavigrahah
2
shreevatsakaustubhadharo yashodaavatsalo harih
caturbhujaattacakraasigadaashankhaadyudaayudhah
3
devakeenandanah shreesho nandagopapriyaatmajah
yamunaavegasamhaaree balabhadrapriyaanujah
4
pootanaajeevitaharah shakataasurabhanjanah
nandavrajajanaanandee saccidaanandavigrahah
5
navaneetaviliptaango navaneetanato:'naghah
navaneetanavaahaaro mucukundaprasaadakah
Phalaśruti
26
putrapautraih parivritah sarvasiddhisamriddhimaan
nirvishya bhogaanante:'pi krishnasaayujyamaapnunaat
26
iti shreenaaradapaancaraatre jnaanaamritasaare umaamaheshvara samvaade dharanee shesha samvaade shree krishnaashtottarashatanaama stotram
A simple place to start
This is the Krishna Ashtottara Shatanama, a hundred and eight names of Krishna, written in plain English letters with no accent marks, for first-time readers and children. Each name is a little window onto Krishna: the baby who stole butter, the boy who played the flute, the friend who taught the Gita. The names come from an old text called the Narada Pancharatra. A hundred and eight names is not too many; you can learn a handful at a time, or chant the whole garland on Krishna Janmashtami, his birthday. People all over the world love Krishna and chant his names, in temples like Udupi and Dwarka and through movements like ISKCON, and in ordinary homes, for calm, for courage, and simply out of love. You do not need to know Sanskrit to begin. So start small and go at your own pace.