|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||
“ Oh !
Sages, kindly listen to the Dhvadhashanama Sthavam/twelve sacred names of Lord
Gopala who is illustrious, righteous, beyond description and eternal. Long ago it was described to Arjuna by Lord
Gopala who was with Yasodha, in the city of Dwaraka. Sri Krishna Dhvadhashanama Sthothram is
highly propitious, recited by Phalguna Rishi, it has Anushutp as meter, Sri
Krishnaparamathma as presiding deity, Om as Bheejamanthra, Swaha as Shakthi,
and it is recited to please Lord Gopalakrishna.”
Dhyanam
–
“In the
early morning hours I shall meditate upon Lord Gopala/savior of cows, he is
charismatic and dark complexioned and he has powerful knees and arms, he is
decked in magnificent ear stud. I shall
meditate and recite Lord Hari/who has the complexion of dark clouds as
Prathamam/first sacred chant, Lord Keshava/who has beautiful curly hair locks
as Dhvitheeyam/second, Lord Padmanabha/who has lotus flower on his navel as
Thritheeyam/ third, Lord Vamana/one of
the incarnation as dwarf as Chathurtham/ fourth, Vedagarbha/who is the
personification of Veda as Panchamam/ fifth, Lord Madhusoodhana/slayer of demon
Madhu as Shashtamam/ sixth, Lord Vasudeva/great illusionist as Sapthamam/
seventh, Lord Varaha/one of the incarnation as wild boar as Ashtamam/ eighth,
Lord Pundarikaksha/lotus eyed as Navamam/ ninth, Lord Janardhana/savior of
Universe and its living beings as Dashamam/ tenth, Lord Krishna/dark
complexioned as Ekadasham/ eleventh, and Lord Sridhara/who carries Goddess Sri
on his chest as Dhvadhasham/ twelveth.”
Oh!
Arjuna whoever recites or listens to these twelve sacred names during dawn,
noon and dusk would be blessed with abundance of devout act, it brings the
meritorious rewards of performance of thousands of Chandrayana, performance of
marriage of girl child to a deserving
bride groom, performance of thousands of Ashwamedha Yagam etc..”
Shrunuthvam Munayasarve
Gopalasya Mahathmana|
Ananthasyaprameyasya
Nama Dhvadhashakam Sthavam ||
Arjunaya
Pura Githam Gopalena Mahathmana: |
Dwarakayam
Prarthayathe Yasodhascha Sannidhou ||
|| Asya
Sri Krishnadhvadhasha Nama Sthothra Mahamanthrasya: Phalguna Rishi: Anushtup Chandha: Sri Krishna
Paramathma Devatha: Om Bheejam Swahethi Shakthi: Sri Gopalakrishna Preethyarthe
Jape Viniyoga: ||
Dhyanam
–
Janubhyam
Abhidhvantham Bahubhyam Athi Sundaram |
Sakundalalakam
Balam Gopalam Chinthayeth Usha: ||
Sri
Krishna Uvacha –
Kim
The Nama Sahasrena Vijjathena Thavarjuna |
Thani
Namani Vijjaya Nara: Papai: Pramucchyathe ||
Prathame
Thu Harim Vidhyath Dhvitheeyam Keshavam
Thatha |
Thritheeyam
Padhmanabham Cha Chathurtham Vamanam Smareth ||
Panchamam
Vedagarbham Cha Shashtam Cha Madhusoodhanam |
Sapthamam
Vasudevam Cha Varaham Chashtamam Thatha
||
Navamam
Pundarikaksham Dhashamam Hi Janardhanam
|
Krishnam
Ekadasham Viddhath Dhvadhasham Sridharam Thatha ||
Dhvadhashaithani
Namani Vishnu Prokthanyanekasha: |
Sayam
Pratha: Padennnithyam Thasya Punyaphalam Shrunu ||
Chandrayana
Sahasrani Kanyadhana Shathani Cha |
Ashwamedha
Sahasrani Phalam Prapnothya Samshaya: ||
Amayam Pournamasyam Cha Dhvadhashyam Thu
Visheshatha: |
Pratha:
Kale Padennithyam Sarvapapai:
Pramuchyathe ||
|| Ithi
Srikrishna Dhvadhashanama Sthothram Sampoornam ||
|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||
