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Müla Mantras - Hare Krishna Cultural Center
Müla Mantras - Hare Krishna Cultural Center
The standard müla-mantras for the Deities worshiped in ISKCON are given below. They should be
chanted only by devotees duly initiated by a bona fide spiritual master into the chanting of païcarätrika
Gäyatré mantras. See the Supplement for a further explanation of mantras used in Deity worship.
Guru:
the second of the seven guru-given mantras
Previous guru:
oà parama-gurave namaù
Previous guru:
oà paratpara-gurave namaù
Previous guru:
oà parameñöhi-gurave namaù
Vaiñëavas:
oà sarva-vaiñëavebhyo namaù
Lord Caitanya:
the fourth of the seven guru-given mantras
Lord Nityänanda:
kléà nityänandäya namaù or kléà devé-jähnavä-vallabhäya namaù
Advaita Äcärya:
kléà advaitäya namaù
Çré Gadädhara:
çréà gadädharäya namaù
Çré Çréväsa:
çréà çréväsäya namaù
Çrématé Rädhäräëé:
çréà räà rädhikäyai svähä or çréà rädhäyai namaù
Rädhä-Kåñëa:
çréà kléà rädhä-kåñëäbhyäm namaù
Lalitä-Viçäkhä:
çréà çréà lalitä-viçäkhäbhyäà namaù
Çrématé Tulasé-devé:
oà tulasyai namaù
Lord Balaräma:
kléà balarämäya namaù
Çrématé Subhadrä:
çréà subhadräyai namaù
Çré Sudarçana:
oà sudarçanäya namaù
Lord Rämacandra:
kléà rämäya namaù or räà rämäya namaù
Çrématé Sétä:
çréà sétäyai svähä or çréà sétäyai namaù
Sétä-Räma:
çréà räà sétä-rämäbhyäà namaù
Çré Lakñmaëa:
kléà saìkarñaëäya namaù or laà lakñmaëäya namaù
Çré Hanumän:
huà hanumate namaù
Viñëu Çalagräma-çilä:
oà namo bhagavate väsudeväya or oà namo näräyaëäya
Lord Nåsiàha:
kléà nåsiàhäya namaù or kñrauà nåsiàhäya namaù
Lakñmé-Nåsiàha:
çréàkléà lakñmé-nåsiàhäbhyäà namaù or çréà kñrauà lakñmé-nåsiàhäbhyäà namaù
Prahläda:
praà prahlädäya namaù
Prahläda-Nåsiàha:
praà kléà prahläda-nåsiàhäbhyäà namaù or praà kñrauà prahläda-nåsiàhäbhyäà namaù
All the müla-mantras for viñëu-tattva Deities may use the béja syllable kléà, since these Deities are
expansions of Kåñëa. If you are worshiping a deity who is not a viñëu-mürti and who has no specific müla-
mantra, simply chant oà, the name of the deity in the dative case, and then namaù. For example, the
müla-mantra for the cowherd boy Subala would be oà subaläya namaù. Alternatively, take the first syllable
of the personality’s name and add anusvära to form the béja. Example: praà prahlädäya namaù.
Note: If you have been worshiping a particular Deity with a müla-mantra other than the one listed here
for that Deity, you may continue using that mantra.
PP 4.6: Upacära Names