Namo Namaha — Jahnavi Harrison [OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO]

‘Namo Namaha’ is an arrangement of an ancient prayer spoken by the saintly Queen Kunti, over 5000 years ago.

The verses selected for this arrangement come from the Srimad Bhagavata Purana (1.8.18-22)

In a moment of intimate exchange, Queen Kunti addresses her beloved Lord with words of praise and love. The refrain ‘Namo Namaha’ means ‘With deepest humility, love and respect, I bow to you’.

The song invites us to go within our own hearts, to the sacred space where the Beloved friend, guide and witness eternally resides, and connect in loving dialogue.


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TRANSLATION:
8.18 - Śrīmatī Kuntī said: O Kṛṣṇa, I offer my obeisances unto You because You are the original personality and are unaffected by the qualities of the material world. You are existing both within and without everything, yet You are invisible to all.

8.19 - Being beyond the range of limited sense perception, You are the eternally irreproachable factor covered by the curtain of deluding energy. You are invisible to the foolish observer, exactly as an actor dressed as a player is not recognized.

8.20 - You Yourself descend to propagate the transcendental science of devotional service unto the hearts of the advanced transcendentalists and mental speculators, who are purified by being able to discriminate between matter and spirit. How, then, can we women know You perfectly?

8.21 - Let me therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto the Lord, who has become the son of Vasudeva, the pleasure of Devakī, the boy of Nanda and the other cowherd men of Vṛndāvana, and the enlivener of the cows and the senses.

8.22 - My respectful obeisances are unto You, O Lord, whose abdomen is marked with a depression like a lotus flower, who are always decorated with garlands of lotus flowers, whose glance is as cool as the lotus and whose feet are engraved with lotuses.


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Music composed by Jahnavi Harrison
Produced by Shammi Pithia
Lyric Video directed by Sri Nitai Dasa - IG:@post_monk
Illustration by Kaveri Dasi - IG: @hi_iamkaveri
Calligraphy by Nikunja Vilasini Devi Dasi - IG @graphoyogi
Lotus Animation by Sri Nitai Dasa and Matthew Seremet




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