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Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 45

Kāliya-damana: Kṛṣṇa Subdues the Serpent and Purifies the Yamunā

नम: कृष्णाय रामाय वसुदेवसुताय च । प्रद्युम्नायानिरुद्धाय सात्वतां पतये नम: ॥ ४५ ॥

namaḥ kṛṣṇāya rāmāya vasudeva-sutāya ca pradyumnāyāniruddhāya sātvatāṁ pataye namaḥ

我们顶礼于主奎师那与主罗摩——瓦苏德瓦之子——亦顶礼于普拉迪尤姆那与阿尼鲁达。我们恭敬礼拜那位萨特瓦塔(毗湿奴圣 भक्त)之主。

नमःsalutation
नमः:
सम्बोधन-प्रयोग (Salutation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (निपात/particle); नमस्कारार्थक
कृष्णायto Krishna
कृष्णाय:
सम्प्रदान (चतुर्थी/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन
रामायto Rama (Balarama)
रामाय:
सम्प्रदान (चतुर्थी/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootराम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन
वसुदेवसुतायto the son of Vasudeva
वसुदेवसुताय:
सम्प्रदान (चतुर्थी/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootवसुदेव + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वसुदेवस्य सुतः)
and
:
समुच्चय (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
प्रद्युम्नायto Pradyumna
प्रद्युम्नाय:
सम्प्रदान (चतुर्थी/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन
अनिरुद्धायto Aniruddha
अनिरुद्धाय:
सम्प्रदान (चतुर्थी/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootअनिरुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन
सात्वताम्of the Sātvatas (devotees/VR̥ṣṇis)
सात्वताम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसात्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन
पतयेto the lord
पतये:
सम्प्रदान (चतुर्थी/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन
नमःsalutation
नमः:
सम्बोधन-प्रयोग (Salutation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक
K
Krishna
B
Balarama
V
Vasudeva
P
Pradyumna
A
Aniruddha

FAQs

It is a prayer of surrender offering obeisances to the Supreme Lord as Kṛṣṇa, as Rāma (Balarāma), and specifically as the son of Vasudeva—acknowledging His personal, approachable form and divine identity.

While pleading for mercy, they praise the Lord in His well-known divine expansions—Pradyumna and Aniruddha—recognizing Kṛṣṇa as the supreme master worshiped by devotees in many manifestations.

By cultivating humility and remembrance of the Lord through respectful obeisances, chanting His names, and recognizing that sincere praise and surrender invite divine mercy even in difficult situations.