Sri Krishna Sthothram
Aum, Namo Bhagavathe Vaasudevaayah
Guidelines for pronunciation are in the footnotes
shree krishnasthothram
vande navaghanashyaamam peethakauseyavaasam
saunandam
sundaram shuddham skrishnam prakrute varam
raadhesham raadhikaa praanavallabham pallaveesutham
radhaasevithapaadaabjam
radhaavakshahsthalasthitham
raadhaanugam raadhikeshtam raadhaapahrtamaanasam
raadhaadhaaram
bhavaadhaaram sarvaadhaaram namaami tham
raadhaahrthpadamadhye cha vasantham sathatham shubham
radhaasacharam shashva dradhaajnaparipaalakam
dhyaanthe yogino yogaan siddhaa siddhesvararaashchayam
tham dhyaaye sathatham shuddham bhagavantham sanaathanam
sevanthe sathatham santho'asesha brahmesha sanjnakaah
sevanthe nirgunam brahma bhagavantham sanaathanam
nirliptham cha nireeham cha paramaathmaana meeshvaram
nithyam sathyam cha paramam bhagavntham sanaathanam
yam srshte raadhibhuutham cha sarva beejam paraathparam
yoginstham prapadyanthe bhagavantham sanaathanam
beejam nanavatharaanaam sarvakaaranakaaranam
vedavedyam
vedabeejam vedakaaranakaarakam
yoginastham prapadyanthe bhagavantham sanaathanam
ithyena
mukthvaa gandharvah papaatha dharaneethale
pranaamadandava dbhuumau devadevam paraathparam
ithi thena
krtham sthothram yah pattheth-prayatha sshuchih
ihaiva jeevanmukthascha varam yaathi varaam gathim
haribhaktim
harerdaasyam goloke cha niraamayaha
paarshadapravarthvam
cha labhathe nathra samsayah:
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Guidelines to pronunciation: Sanskrit is essentially a language of sounds and sound vibrations. The efficacy of Sanskrit prayers depends upon the vibrations that are produced during chanting. It is difficult to transliterate Sanskrit words into English with full justification to the original sounds. In the above stated transliteration we followed a simple approach to make it easier even for those who are not familiar with English or Sanskrit. Wherever you find repeat vowels (aa, uu, ee) please stretch the vowel sound (for ex., aa as in vast or path, uu as in cool or root, ee as in eel or feel). Similarly, "ai" should be pronounced as in gait, fight, or tight. Th should be pronounced as in think or thick, but when t alone is used, it should be pronounced as in two, top or tip.