कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय हरये परमात्मने
प्रणतः क्लेशनाशाय गोविंदाय नमोनमः
प्रणतः क्लेशनाशाय गोविंदाय नमोनमः
- कृष्णाय (kṛṣṇāya)to Kṛṣṇa
- वासुदेवाय (vāsudevāya)to Vāsudeva – the son of Vasudeva, and also the indweller of all beings (from √vas, to dwell)
- हरये (haraye)to Hari, the remover of sin
- परमात्मने (paramātmane)to the Supreme Self (parama:supreme | ātmane:to the Self)
- प्रणतः (praṇataḥ)of those who bow in surrender (read with the next word as praṇata-kleśa-nāśāya)
- क्लेशनाशाय (kleśanāśāya)to the destroyer of sorrows (kleśa:sorrow, suffering | nāśāya:to the destroyer)
- गोविंदाय (govindāya)to Govinda
- नमोनमः (namo namaḥ)repeated salutations (namaḥ:salutation | namaḥ:salutation)