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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 25.64
"haraye namah krishna yādavāya namah
gopāla govinda rāma śrī-madhusūdana"
SYNONYMS
haraye — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; namah — obeisances; krishna — Lord Krishna; yādavāya — to the descendant of the Yadu family; namah — obeisances; gopāla — Gopāla; govinda — Govinda; rāma — Rāma; śrī-madhusūdana — Śrī Madhusūdana.
TRANSLATION
They chanted, "Haraye namah krishna yādavāya namah, gopāla govinda rāma śrī-madhusūdana."
PURPORT
This is another way of chanting the Hare Krishna mahā-mantra. The meaning is as follows: "I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna. He is the descendant of the Yadu family. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Gopāla, Govinda, Rāma and Śrī Madhusūdana."
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