Shri Mukunda Mala Stotram

Verse 1

Ghiryati Jīvanaṃ Yaśo Nayati Parām-Riddhim
Harati Sakala-Pāpaṃ Snānam-Apy-Artha-Pāpām ।
Bhajati Sakala-Kāmān-Svargadaṃ Mokṣadaṃ Ca
Jayati Jayatu Devī Devakī-Nandano 'yam ॥ 1 ॥

Verse 2

Jayamatu Mukundaḥ Siddhi-Mānanda-Kandaḥ
Kalyāṇāt-Mā Kāruṇyā-Sāramayāḥ ।
Hṛdaya-Kuhara-Madhyāt-Samyag-Uttīrya Nityaṃ
Sphuratu Mama Mukunde Bhakti-Ravyāhatai-Vā ॥ 2 ॥

Verse 3

Kṛṣṇa Tvadīya-Pada-Paṅkaja-Pañjarāntam
Adyaiva Me Viśatu Mānasa-Rājahāṃsaḥ ।
Prāṇa-Prayāṇa-Samaye Kapha-Vāta-Pittalaiḥ
Kaṇṭhārodhana-Vidhau Smaraṇaṃ Kutaste ॥ 3 ॥

Verse 4

Mā Bhīr-Manda-Mano Vicintya Bahudhā Vande Yaśodā-Sutaṃ
Kā-Tekṣyā Bhava-Bhītim-Artika-Damanaṃ Prahlāda-Rākṣā-Karam ।
Gopālaṃ Puruṣottamaṃ Tri-Jagatāṃ Nāthaṃ Harim-Anantam
Vande Vandya-Maśeṣa-Loka-Varadaṃ Śrīmad-Vāsudevaṃ Bhaje ॥ 4 ॥

Verse 5

Mekṣayaṃ Karma-Phalaṃ Mumukṣubhir-Anāvṛttir-Nṛbhiḥ Prārthyate
Vainateya-Rathaṃ Vinā Viṣaya-Rāsāt-Paśyantu Veda-Jnānaiḥ ।
Smṛtvā Vishnu-Pada-Dvayaṃ Sugahanaṃ Samsāra-Pathi-Prakramaṃ
Kṣemaṃ Yāti Narottamo Na Hi Punar-Gārhastya-Bandhaṃ Vrajet ॥ 5 ॥

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Verse 40

Kulaśekhara-Rājña-Stotraṃ Kṛtaṃ Mukunda-Mālā-Ākhyam ।
Yaḥ Paṭhati Bhakti-Yuktaḥ Sa Vaikuṇṭha-Lokam-Avāpnuyāt ॥ 40 ॥

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Whoever recites this sacred Mukunda Mala Stotram composed by King Kulasekhara Alwar with pure devotion will have all sins destroyed and attain the supreme realm of Lord Vishnu (Vaikuntha Loka).

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Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya!
Krishna Tvadiya Pada Pankaja Panjarantam Adyaiva Me Visatu Manasa Rajahamsah |
Prana Prayana Samaye Kapha Vata Pittai Kantharodhana Vidhau Smaranam Kutaste ||

O Lord Krishna! May the swan of my mind enter the cage of Your lotus feet today itself, before old age and disease impair my memory.

Om Shanti! Shanti! Shanti!

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