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
顶礼至上主瓦苏戴瓦，并顶礼于祂的形相：桑卡尔沙那、普拉丢姆那与阿尼鲁达。噢薄伽梵，至上人格神，我向您致敬。噢那罗延那圣仙、摩诃补鲁沙、宇宙之主、宇宙之体、万有众生之内在灵——我悉皆顶礼。
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.