Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 30
Nimi Questions the Yogendras: Varṇāśrama’s Purpose, Ritualism’s Fall, and Yuga-Avatāras with Kali-yuga Saṅkīrtana
नमस्ते वासुदेवाय नम: सङ्कर्षणाय च । प्रद्युम्नायानिरुद्धाय तुभ्यं भगवते नम: ॥ २९ ॥ नारायणाय ऋषये पुरुषाय महात्मने । विश्वेश्वराय विश्वाय सर्वभूतात्मने नम: ॥ ३० ॥
namas te vāsudevāya namaḥ saṅkarṣaṇāya ca pradyumnāyāniruddhāya tubhyaṁ bhagavate namaḥ
Ehrerbietung Dir, o höchster Herr Vāsudeva, und Deinen Gestalten Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna und Aniruddha. O Bhagavān, höchste Persönlichkeit Gottes, ich verneige mich vor Dir. O Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi, Mahāpuruṣa, Herr des Universums, das Universum selbst und innere Seele aller Wesen—Dir sei mein Gruß.
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains that although Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared at the end of Dvāpara-yuga, great sages chanted this verse from the beginning of that age in expectation of His appearance.
FAQs
They are the Lord’s celebrated fourfold manifestations (catur-vyūha), honored here as divine forms of the one Bhagavān, worshiped through distinct names and functions.
While instructing about the Supreme Lord and pure devotion, Nārada glorifies the Lord’s personal expansions to establish worship of Bhagavān as the ultimate shelter.
By regularly offering respectful salutations to the Lord and remembering His names and forms, one strengthens devotion and keeps the mind anchored in divine remembrance.