Santana Gopala Stotram
Santana Gopala Stotram
Santana Gopala Stotram
santāna gopāla stotram
oṃ gopālāya vidmahe gopījana vallabhāya dhīmahi |
tanno gopālaḥ pracodayāt ||
oṃ śrīṃ hrīṃ klīṃ glauṃ devakī suta govinda vāsudeva jagatpate
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ ||
bhūrbhuvassuvarom | iti digvimokaḥ ||
śrīśaṃ kamalapatrākṣaṃ devakīnandanaṃ harim |
sutasamprāptaye kṛṣṇaṃ namāmi madhusūdanam || 1 ||
namāmyahaṃ vāsudevaṃ sutasamprāptaye harim |
yaśodāṅkagataṃ bālaṃ gopālaṃ nandanandanam || 2 ||
asmākaṃ putralābhāya govindaṃ munivanditam |
namāmyahaṃ vāsudevaṃ devakīnandanaṃ sadā || 3 ||
gopālaṃ ḍimbhakaṃ vande kamalāpatimacyutam |
putrasamprāptaye kṛṣṇaṃ namāmi yadupuṅgavam || 4 ||
putrakāmeṣṭi phaladaṃ kañjākṣaṃ kamalāpatim |
devakīnandanaṃ vande sutasamprāptaye tvaham (mama) || 5 ||
padmāpate padmanetra padmanābha janārdana |
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa vāsudeva jagatpate || 6 ||
yaśodāṅkagataṃ bālaṃ govindaṃ munivanditam |
ananta (asmākaṃ) putralābhāya namāmi śrīśamacyutam || 7 ||
bhūtakṛt-bhūtabhṛdbhāvo bhutātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ (śrīpate devadeveśa dīnārtirharaṇācyuta) |
govinda me sutaṃ dehi namāmi tvāṃ janārdana || 8 ||
bhaktakāmada govinda bhaktarakṣa śubhaprada |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa rukmiṇīvallabha prabho || 9 ||
rukmiṇīnātha sarveśa dehi me tanayaṃ sadā |
bhaktamandāra padmākṣa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 10 ||
devakīsuta govinda vāsudeva jagatpate |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 11 ||
vāsudeva jagadvandya śrīpate puruṣottama |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 12 ||
kañjākṣa kamalānātha parakāruṇikottama |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 13 ||
lakṣmīpate padmanābha mukunda munivandita |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 14 ||
kāryakāraṇarūpāya vāsudevāya te sadā |
namāmi putralābhārthaṃ sukhadāya budhāya te || 15 ||
rājīvanetra śrīrāma rāvaṇāre hare kave |
tubhyaṃ namāmi deveśa tanayaṃ dehi me hare || 16 ||
ananta (asmākaṃ) putralābhāya bhajāmi tvāṃ jagatpate |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa vāsudeva ramāpate || 17 ||
śrīmāninī mānahāri (śrīmāninī mānacora) gopīvastrāpahāraka |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa vāsudeva jagatpate || 18 ||
asmākaṃ putrasamprāptiṃ kuruṣva yadunandana |
ramāpate vāsudeva mukunda munivandita || 19 ||
vāsudeva sutaṃ dehi tanayaṃ dehi mādhava |
putraṃ me dehi śrīkṛṣṇa vatsaṃ dehi mahāprabho || 20 ||
ḍimbhakaṃ dehi śrīkṛṣṇa ātmajaṃ dehi rāghava |
bhaktamandāra me dehi tanayaṃ nandanandana || 21 ||
nandanaṃ dehi me kṛṣṇa vāsudeva jagatpate |
kamalānātha govinda mukunda munivandita || 22 ||
anyathā śaraṇaṃ nāsti tvameva śaraṇaṃ mama |
sutaṃ dehi śriyaṃ dehi śriyaṃ putraṃ pradehi me || 23 ||
yaśodāstanyapānajñaṃ pibantaṃ yadunandanam |
vande'haṃ putralābhārthaṃ kapilākṣaṃ hariṃ sadā || 24 ||
nandanandana deveśa nandanaṃ dehi me prabho |
ramāpate vāsudeva śriyaṃ putraṃ jagatpate || 25 ||
putraṃ śriyaṃ śriyaṃ putraṃ putraṃ me dehi mādhava |
asmākaṃ dīnavākyaṃ ca (dīnavākyasya) avadhāraya śrīpate || 26 ||
gopāla ḍimbha govinda vāsudeva ramāpate |
asmākaṃ ḍimbhakaṃ dehi śriyaṃ dehi jagatpate || 27 ||
madvāñchitaphalaṃ dehi devakīnandanācyuta |
mānda (mama) putrārthitaṃ dhanyaṃ kuruṣva yadunandana || 28 ||
yāce'haṃ tvāṃ śriyaṃ putraṃ dehi me putrasampadam |
bhaktacintāmaṇe rāma kalpavṛkṣa mahāprabho || 29 ||
ātmajaṃ nandanaṃ putraṃ kumāraṃ ḍimbhakaṃ sutam |
arbhakaṃ tanayaṃ dehi sadā me raghunandana || 30 ||
vande santānagopālaṃ mādhavaṃ bhaktakāmadam |
asmākaṃ putrasamprāptyai sadā govindamacyutam || 31 ||
oṅkārayuktaṃ gopālaṃ śrīyuktaṃ yadunandanam |
klīṃyuktaṃ devakīputraṃ namāmi yadunāyakam || 32 ||
vāsudeva mukundeśa govinda mādhavācyuta |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa ramānātha mahāprabho || 33 ||
rājīvanetra govinda kapilākṣa hare prabho |
samasta kāmyavarada dehi me tanayaṃ sadā || 34 ||
padmanābha śyāmapadma bṛndarūpa jagadpate (abjapadmanibha padmavṛndarūpa jagatpate) |
satputraṃ (varasatputraṃ) dehi me deva ramānāyaka (rūpanāyaka) mādhava || 35 ||
nandapāla dharāpāla govinda yadunandana |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa rukmiṇīvallabha prabho || 36 ||
dāsamandāra govinda mukunda mādhavācyuta |
gopāla puṇḍarīkākṣa dehi me tanayaṃ śriyam || 37 ||
yadunāyaka padmeśa nandagopavadhūsuta |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa śrīrādha (śrīdhara) prāṇanāyaka || 38 ||
asmākaṃ vāñchitaṃ dehi dehi putraṃ ramāpate |
stuvadām (bhagavan) kṛṣṇa sarveśa vāsudeva jagatpate || 39 ||
ramāhṛdayasambhāra satyabhāmāmanaḥpriya |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa rukmiṇīvallabha prabho || 40 ||
candrasūryākṣa govinda puṇḍarīkākṣa mādhava |
asmākaṃ bhāgyasatputraṃ dehi deva jagatpate || 41 ||
kāruṇyarūpa padmākṣa padmanābha-samarcita |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa devakīnandanandana || 42 ||
devakīsuta śrīnātha vāsudeva jagatpate |
samastakāmaphalada dehi me tanayaṃ sadā || 43 ||
bhaktamandāra gambhīra śaṅkarācyuta mādhava |
dehi me tanayaṃ gopa-bālavatsala ramāpate (śrīpate) || 44 ||
śrīpate vāsudeveśa devakīpriyanandana |
bhaktamandāra me dehi tanayaṃ jagatāṃ prabho || 45 ||
jagannātha ramānātha bhūminātha dayānidhe |
vāsudeveśa sarveśa dehi me tanayaṃ prabho || 46 ||
śrīnātha kamalapatrākṣa vāsudeva jagatpate |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 47 ||
dāsamandāra govinda bhaktacintāmaṇe prabho |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 48 ||
govinda puṇḍarīkākṣa ramānātha mahāprabho |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 49 ||
śrīnātha kamalapatrākṣa govinda madhusūdana |
satputraphala (matputraphala)-siddhyarthaṃ bhajāmi tvāṃ janārdana || 50 ||
stanyaṃ pibantaṃ jananīmukhāmbujaṃ
vilokya mandasmitamujjvalāṅgam |
spṛśantamanyastanamaṅgulībhiḥ
vande yaśodāṅkagataṃ mukundam || 51 ||
yāce'haṃ putrasantānaṃ bhavantaṃ padmalocana |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 52 ||
asmākaṃ putrasampatte-ścintayāmi jagatpate |
śīghraṃ me dehi dātavyaṃ bhavatā munivandita || 53 ||
vāsudeva jagannātha śrīpate puruṣottama |
kuru māṃ putradattaṃ ca kṛṣṇa devendrapūjitaḥ || 54 ||
kuru māṃ putradattaṃ ca yaśodāpriyanandana |
mahyaṃ ca putrasantānaṃ dātavyaṃ bhavatā hare || 55 ||
vāsudeva jagannātha govinda devakīsuta |
dehi me tanayaṃ rāma kausalyāpriyanandana || 56 ||
padmapatrākṣa govinda viṣṇo vāmana mādhava |
dehi me tanayaṃ sītā-prāṇanāyaka rāghava || 57 ||
kañjākṣa kṛṣṇa devendra-maṇḍita munivandita |
lakṣmaṇāgraja śrīrāma dehi me tanayaṃ sadā || 58 ||
dehi me tanayaṃ rāma daśarathapriyanandana |
sītānāyaka kañjākṣa mucukundavaraprada || 59 ||
vibhīṣaṇāya yā laṅkā bhavatā valīyatā prabho (vibhīṣaṇasyayā laṅkā pradattā bhavatā purā) |
asmākaṃ tatprakāreṇa tanayaṃ dehi mādhava || 60 ||
bhavadīyapadāmbhoje cintayāmi nirantaram |
dehi me tanayaṃ sītā-prāṇavallabha rāghava || 61 ||
rāma matkāmyavarada putrotpattiphalaprada |
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa kamalāsanavandita || 62 ||
rāma rāghava sīteśa lakṣmaṇānuja dehi me |
bhāgyavatputrasantānaṃ daśarathātmaja śrīpate || 63 ||
devakīgarbhasañjāta yaśodāpriyanandana |
dehi me tanayaṃ rāma kṛṣṇa gopāla mādhava || 64 ||
kṛṣṇa mādhava govinda vāmanācyuta śaṅkara |
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa gopabālakanāyaka || 65 ||
gopabāla mahādhanya govindācyuta mādhava |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa vāsudeva jagatpate || 66 ||
diśatu diśatu putraṃ devakīnandano'yaṃ
diśatu diśatu śīghraṃ bhāgyavatputralābham |
diśatu diśatu śrīśo rāghavo rāmacandro
diśatu diśatu putraṃ vaṃśavistārahetoḥ || 67 ||
dadātu māṃ vāsudevohī (dīyatāṃ vāsudevena) tanayomatpriyaḥ sutam (sutaḥ) |
kumāro nandanaḥ sītā-nāyakò-viśadā mama (nāyakena sadā mama) || 68 ||
rāma rāghava govinda devakīsuta mādhava |
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa gopabālakanāyaka || 69 ||
vaṃśavistārakaṃ putraṃ dehi me madhusūdana |
sutaṃ dehi sutaṃ dehi tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 70 ||
mamābhīṣṭasutaṃ dehi kaṃsāre mādhavācyuta |
sutaṃ dehi sutaṃ dehi tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 71 ||
candrārka-kalpaparyantaṃ tanayaṃ dehi mādhava |
sutaṃ dehi sutaṃ dehi tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 72 ||
vidyāvantaṃ buddhimantaṃ śrīmantaṃ tanayaṃ sadā |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa devakīnandanaṃ sadā (devakīnandana prabho) || 73 ||
namāmi tvāṃ padmanetra sutalābhāya kāmadam |
mukundaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ govindaṃ madhusūdanam || 74 ||
bhagavan kṛṣṇa govinda sarvakāmaphalaprada |
dehi me tanayaṃ svāmin tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 75 ||
svāmin tvaṃ bhagavan rāma kṛṣṇa mādhava kāmada |
dehi me tanayaṃ nityaṃ tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 76 ||
tanayaṃ dehi govinda kañjākṣa kamalāpate |
sutaṃ dehi sutaṃ dehi tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 77 ||
padmāpate padmanetra padmajanaka mādhava (pradyumnajanaka prabho) |
sutaṃ dehi sutaṃ dehi tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 78 ||
śaṅkhacakragadākhaḍga śārṅgapāṇe ramāpate |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 79 ||
nārāyaṇa ramānātha rājīvapatralocana |
sutaṃ me dehi deveśa padmapadmānuvandita || 80 ||
rāma mādhava govinda devakīvaranandana |
rukmiṇīnātha sarveśa nāradādisurārcita || 81 ||
devakīsuta govinda vāsudeva jagatpate |
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa gopabālakanāyaka || 82 ||
munivandita govinda rukmiṇīvallabha prabho |
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa (kṛṣṇa) gopabālakanāyaka (tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ) || 83 ||
gopikā lūnapuṣpaṇāṃ makaranda rathapriya (gopikārjitapaṅkejamarandāsaktamānasa)|
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa (kṛṣṇa) gopabālakanāyaka (tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ )|| 84 ||
rramā hṛdaya rājīva lolamādhava kāmada | (ramāhṛdaya paṅkejalola mādhava kāmada)
mamābhīṣṭasutaṃ dehi tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 85 ||
vāsudeva ramānātha dāsānāṃ maṅgalaprada |
dehi me tanayaṃ kṛṣṇa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 86 ||
kalyāṇaprada govinda murāre munivandita |
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa (kṛṣṇa) gopabālakanāyaka (tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ) || 87 ||
putraprada mukundeśa rukmiṇīvallabha prabho |
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa (kṛṣṇa) gopabālakanāyaka (tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ) || 88 ||
puṇḍarīkākṣa govinda vāsudeva jagatpate |
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa (kṛṣṇa) gopabālakanāyaka (tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ) || 89 ||
dayānidhe vāsudeva mukunda munivandita |
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa (kṛṣṇa) gopabālakanāyaka (tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ) || 90 ||
putrasampatpradātāraṃ govindaṃ devapūjitam |
vandāmahe sadā kṛṣṇaṃ putralābhapradāyinam || 91 ||
kāruṇyanidhaye gopīvallabhāya murāraye |
namaste putralābhārthaṃ dehi me tanayaṃ vibho || 92 ||
namastasmai rameśāya rukmiṇīvallabhāya te |
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa gopabālakanāyaka || 93 ||
namaste vāsudevāya nityaśrīkāmukāya ca |
putradāya ca sarpendra....śāyine raṅgaśāyine || 94 ||
raṅgaśāyin ramānātha maṅgalaprada mādhava |
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa gopabālakanāyaka || 95 ||
dāsasya me sutaṃ dehi dīnamandāra rāghava |
sutaṃ dehi sutaṃ dehi putraṃ dehi ramāpate || 96 ||
yaśodātanayābhīṣṭa putradānarataḥ sadā |
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa (kṛṣṇa) gopabālakanāyaka (tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ) || 97 ||
madiṣṭadeva govinda vāsudeva janārdana |
dehi me tanayaṃ śrīśa (kṛṣṇa) gopabālakanāyaka (tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ) || 98 ||
nītimān dhanavān putro vidyāvāṃśca prajāpate |
bhagavaṃstvatkṛpāyāśca vāsudevendrapūjita || 99 ||
yaḥ paṭhet putraśatakaṃ so'pi satputravān bhavet |
śrīvāsudevakathitaṃ stotraratnaṃ sukhāya ca || 100 ||
japakāle paṭhennityaṃ putralābhaṃ dhanaṃ śriyam |
aiśvaryaṃ rājasammānaṃ sadyo yāti na saṃśayaḥ || 101 ||
About This Stotram
Overview
The Santana Gopala Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of 101 verses dedicated to Lord Krishna in his form as Santana Gopala, the bestower and protector of children. It is traced to the Narada Purana (Uttara Khanda, Chapter 43), where it is presented as a teaching from Brahma to Narada for the benefit of those seeking progeny. The text belongs to the Vaishnava devotional tradition.
What are the benefits of chanting Santana Gopala Stotram?
- Removal of obstacles to conception
- Protection and well-being of children
- Fulfillment of prayers for healthy progeny
- Strengthening of family bonds through devotional practice
When is the best time to recite this?
Morning and evening recitation are both practiced. The stotram is recited especially by couples seeking children and during auspicious occasions such as Krishnashtami, Rohini Nakshatra days, and other days associated with Krishna.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The stotram is sourced from the Narada Purana, one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, which places it within Puranic textual tradition. Its narrative frame attributes the hymn to Brahma as a gift to humanity through the sage Narada. Santana Gopala as a form of Krishna has been worshipped in both North and South Indian traditions, and this stotram has been incorporated into domestic and temple rituals for progeny. The Gopala form of Krishna, associated with the divine child, provides the conceptual basis for the stotram's specific focus.
Available scripts
This text is available in 14 scripts: devanagari, tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, gujarati, bengali, iast, gurmukhi, oriya, assamese, sinhala, itrans, hk. Use the script selector above to switch between them.
Related Texts
- Santhana Ganapathi Stotram — a parallel hymn seeking the boon of progeny, addressed to Ganesha rather than Krishna
- Sankshepa Ramayanam — another Vaishnava text in this collection from the Puranic devotional tradition