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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 25.64
"haraye namaḥ kṛṣṇa yādavāya namaḥ
gopāla govinda rāma śrī-madhusūdana"
SYNONYMS
haraye — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; namaḥ — obeisances; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; yādavāya — to the descendant of the Yadu family; namaḥ — obeisances; gopāla — Gopāla; govinda — Govinda; rāma — Rāma; śrī-madhusūdana — Śrī Madhusūdana.
TRANSLATION
They chanted, "Haraye namaḥ kṛṣṇa yādavāya namaḥ, gopāla govinda rāma śrī-madhusūdana."
PURPORT
This is another way of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. The meaning is as follows: "I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. He is the descendant of the Yadu family. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Gopāla, Govinda, Rāma and Śrī Madhusūdana."
Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness