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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.9.33

ॐ नमस्तेऽस्तु भगवन्नारायण वासुदेवादिपुरुष महापुरुष महानुभाव परममङ्गल परमकल्याण परमकारुणिक केवल जगदाधार लोकैकनाथ सर्वेश्वर लक्ष्मीनाथ परमहंसपरिव्राजकै: परमेणात्मयोगसमाधिना परिभावितपरिस्फुटपारमहंस्यधर्मेणोद्‌घाटिततम:कपाट द्वारे चित्तेऽपावृत आत्मलोके स्वयमुपलब्धनिजसुखानुभवो भवान् ॥ ३३ ॥
oṁ namas te ’stu bhagavan nārāyaṇa vāsudevādi-puruṣa mahā-puruṣa mahānubhāva parama-maṅgala parama-kalyāṇa parama-kāruṇika kevala jagad-ādhāra lokaika-nātha sarveśvara lakṣmī-nātha paramahaṁsa-parivrājakaiḥ parameṇātma-yoga-samādhinā paribhāvita-parisphuṭa-pāramahaṁsya-dharmeṇodghāṭita-tamaḥ-kapāṭa-dvāre citte ’pāvṛta ātma-loke svayam upalabdha-nija-sukhānubhavo bhavān.
[om namas te ’stu bhagavan naaraayana vaasudevaadi-purusha mahaa-purusha mahaanubhaava parama-mangala parama-kalyaana parama-kaarunika kevala jagad-aadhaara lokaika-naatha sarveshvara lakshmee-naatha paramahamsa-parivraajakaih paramenaatma-yoga-samaadhinaa paribhaavita-parisphuta-paaramahamsya-dharmenodghaatita-tamah-kapaata-dvaare chitte ’paavrita aatma-loke svayam upalabdha-nija-sukhaanubhavo bhavaan.]
om — O Lord namaḥ — respectful obeisances te — unto You astu — let there be bhagavan — O Supreme Personality of Godhead nārāyaṇa — the resort of all living entities, Nārāyaṇa vāsudeva — Lord Vāsudeva, Śrī Kṛṣṇa ādi-puruṣa — the original person mahā-puruṣa — the most exalted personality mahā-anubhāva — the supremely opulent parama-maṅgala — the most auspicious parama-kalyāṇa — the supreme benediction parama-kāruṇika — the supremely merciful kevala — changeless jagat-ādhāra — the support of the cosmic manifestation loka-eka-nātha — the only proprietor of all the planetary systems sarva-īśvara — the supreme controller lakṣmī-nātha — the husband of the goddess of fortune paramahaṁsa-parivrājakaiḥ — by the topmost sannyāsīs wandering all over the world parameṇa — by supreme ātma-yoga-samādhinā — absorption in bhakti-yoga paribhāvita — fully purified parisphuṭa — and fully manifested pāramahaṁsya-dharmeṇa — by executing the transcendental process of devotional service udghāṭita — pushed open tamaḥ — of illusory existence kapāṭa — in which the door dvāre — existing as the entrance citte — in the mind apāvṛte — without contamination ātma-loke — in the spiritual world svayam — personally upalabdha — experiencing nija — personal sukha-anubhavaḥ — perception of happiness bhavān — Your Lordship.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
oṁ namas te ’stu bhagavan nārāyaṇa vāsudevādi-puruṣa mahā-puruṣa mahānubhāva parama-maṅgala parama-kalyāṇa parama-kāruṇika kevala jagad-ādhāra lokaika-nātha sarveśvara lakṣmī-nātha paramahaṁsa-parivrājakaiḥ parameṇātma-yoga-samādhinā paribhāvita-parisphuṭa-pāramahaṁsya-dharmeṇodghāṭita-tamaḥ-kapāṭa-dvāre citte ’pāvṛta ātma-loke svayam upalabdha-nija-sukhānubhavo bhavān.
om
O Lord
namaḥ
respectful obeisances
te
unto You
astu
let there be
bhagavan
O Supreme Personality of Godhead
nārāyaṇa
the resort of all living entities, Nārāyaṇa
vāsudeva
Lord Vāsudeva, Śrī Kṛṣṇa
ādi-puruṣa
the original person
mahā-puruṣa
the most exalted personality
mahā-anubhāva
the supremely opulent
parama-maṅgala
the most auspicious
parama-kalyāṇa
the supreme benediction
parama-kāruṇika
the supremely merciful
kevala
changeless
jagat-ādhāra
the support of the cosmic manifestation
loka-eka-nātha
the only proprietor of all the planetary systems
sarva-īśvara
the supreme controller
lakṣmī-nātha
the husband of the goddess of fortune
paramahaṁsa-parivrājakaiḥ
by the topmost sannyāsīs wandering all over the world
parameṇa
by supreme
ātma-yoga-samādhinā
absorption in bhakti-yoga
paribhāvita
fully purified
parisphuṭa
and fully manifested
pāramahaṁsya-dharmeṇa
by executing the transcendental process of devotional service
udghāṭita
pushed open
tamaḥ
of illusory existence
kapāṭa
in which the door
dvāre
existing as the entrance
citte
in the mind
apāvṛte
without contamination
ātma-loke
in the spiritual world
svayam
personally
upalabdha
experiencing
nija
personal
sukha-anubhavaḥ
perception of happiness
bhavān
Your Lordship.
O Supreme Personality of Godhead, O Nārāyaṇa, O Vāsudeva, original person! O most exalted person, supreme experience, welfare personified! O supreme benediction, supremely merciful and changeless! O support of the cosmic manifestation, sole proprietor of all planetary systems, master of everything and husband of the goddess of fortune! Your Lordship is realized by the topmost sannyāsīs, who wander about the world to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness, fully absorbed in samādhi through bhakti-yoga. Because their minds are concentrated upon You, they can receive the conception of Your personality in their fully purified hearts. When the darkness in their hearts is completely eradicated and You are revealed to them, the transcendental bliss they enjoy is the transcendental form of Your Lordship. No one but such persons can realize You. Therefore we simply offer You our respectful obeisances.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead has numerous transcendental names pertaining to different grades of revelation to various grades of devotees and transcendentalists. When He is realized in His impersonal form He is called the Supreme Brahman, when realized as the Paramātmā He is called antaryāmī, and when He expands Himself in different forms for material creation He is called Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. When He is realized as Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha — the Caturvyūha, who are beyond the three forms of Viṣṇu — He is the Vaikuṇṭha Nārāyaṇa. Above realization of Nārāyaṇa is realization of Baladeva, and above that is realization of Kṛṣṇa. All these realizations are possible when one engages fully in devotional service. The covered core of one’s heart is then completely open to receiving an understanding of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His various forms.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Lord with six complete qualities! O Nārāyaṇa, form of the puruṣāvatāras! O Vāsudeva, source of the puruṣāvatāras! O Lord of Vaikuṇṭha! O revealer of splendors to the devotees! O Lord who manifests most auspicious spiritual forms! O Lord with devotees beyond time! O most merciful Lord who give bliss to the devotees! Sole support of the universe! Sole Lord of the planets! Lord of all beings! Lord of Lakṣmī! We offer respects to you, who appear along with your uncovered abode in the heart whose door of ignorance has been opened by clearly manifested and established bhakti-yoga through intense concentration using rules and regulations practiced by devotees detached from material life. The devatās have already said that the Lord is invoked by many names in verses 31. Now they praise him by addressing him with these many names. O Lord, complete in six great qualities (bhagavān)! They then describe his completeness. O Nārāyaṇa, by your expansions, acting as the antaryāmī of the totality of prakṛti, of each universe and the jīvas, you are Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī, Garbhodaśāyī and Kṣirodaśāyī! But you are more complete than that as Vāsudeva, the source of the expansions. But you are more complete than that as the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha, O original person (ādi-puruṣa). “How is that form understood?” You have many great splendors suitable for your devotees (mahā-puruṣa-mahānubhāva). “But what happens to my devotees, abode and my form at the time of devastation?” Material things may be auspicious, but spiritual things are most auspicious. You have the most auspicious, spiritual, eternal devotees and abode. You have devotees who are the most proper since they are not controlled by time (parama-kalyāṇa). Having external perception and being devoured by time, let us take shelter of mercy of you, who are an ocean of powers and sweetness. O most merciful Lord! You are realized as bliss itself by those who see internally rather than externally. “When will this happen?” You exist as an experience of bliss in Vaikuṇṭha (ātma-loke), without covering (apāvṛte), in the temple of the heart, whose door of deceptive ignorance has been unlocked by bhakti-yoga, (pāramahaṁsya-dharmeṇa) clearly manifested and completely established (paribhāvita) by intense concentration through yama and niyama (ātma-yoga). You appear along with Vaikuṇṭha when the heart has such qualities.
The demigods invoke Him by names: Nārāyaṇa, Vāsudeva, original person, supreme experience, welfare itself, supreme benediction, most merciful, unchanging. The names are not adornment; they are the relationship.
Reflection Questions
  • Which name of the Lord most fits the help I need today?
  • Could I learn to address Him through a specific name rather than a general one?
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