Hare Krishna Hare Rama mantra meaning (Shodasha / 16 Names)
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Just before moving towards to know about “Hare Krishna Hare Rama Mantra Meaning (Shodasha / 16 Names)“, let us know few basic and important information.
First of all let us know the full Shodasha (16) nama / names mantra of Sri Hari / Sri Krishna / Sri Rama in Sanskrit, Kannada and English languages:
हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे |
हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे…
ಹರೇ ರಾಮ ಹರೇ ರಾಮ ರಾಮ ರಾಮ ಹರೇ ಹರೇ |
ಹರೇ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಹರೇ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಹರೇ ಹರೇ…
harē rāma harē rāma rāma rāma harē harē |
harē kr̥ṣṇa harē kr̥ṣṇa kr̥ṣṇa kr̥ṣṇa kr̥ṣṇa harē harē…
In the above Shodasa (16) Nama Mantra there are 16 Divine names of the Sarvottama / Supreme God Sri Hari / Vishnu (Hare) repeated 8 times and Rama & Krishna repeated 4 times each. Let’s know the meaning of all those 16 names.
But, why Hare Krishna mantra is so famous and great? Why do many people keep on chanting this Hare Krishna mantra? What is the inner meaning of this Hare Krishna mantra?
(Now let us understand, how to contemplate them while chanting?) – One must contemplate and remember the following Rupas (divine forms) of the Sarvottama / Supreme God Vishnu while reciting ‘Hari’ names as given below:
Meaning of Hare Krishna Hare Rama mantra (16 names) is as given below:
‘Vishnu’ – The Hari Sarvottama – ‘Pancha niyamaka Bhagawad rupa’ (five divine names / forms of Vishnu), that is,
‘Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Sankarshana, Vasudeva and Narayana’ are the plenary expansions of Bhagavan Lord Sri Vishnu. All these are same, but with different forms and names.
‘Narasimha’ – Bhagavan Lord Sri Narasimha – Narasimha = Nara + Simha = Divine human form + Divine Lion form (Hari also means Lion).
Bhagavan Lord Sri Narasimha is called as ‘Prahlada-Varada’, as Bhagavan Lord Sri Narasimha came to this earth to save Prahlada Maharaja.
‘Sri Hari (Lakshmi Narayana)’ – Both Bhagavan Lord Sri Narayana and Goddess Sri Lakshmi Devi always live together, they are inseparable.
Where Goddess Sri Lakshmi Devi is not present then Sri Hari / Vishnu will not be there and where Sri Hari / Vishnu is not there, Goddess Sri Lakshmi Devi does not stay.
‘Karirajavarada’ (Gajendra Moksha story) – Here Bhagavan Lord Sri Hari (Vishnu) comes to the rescue of Gajendra (divine elephant) from the clutches of ‘graha’ (crocodile) in the Tapasa (Tapas) form (Another name of Lord Sri Vishnu).
‘Hare Srinivasa’ (Bhagavan Lord Sri Venkateswara / Balaji) who is sakshat (directly) – Bhagavan Lord Sri Vishnu the Hari Sarvottama / Supreme.
Both Bhagavan Lord Sri Venkateshwara and Bhagavan Lord Sri Vishnu are one and the same, but with different names.
‘Hayagriya’ – He is the Supreme Bhagavan (God) of Knowledge and destroyer of all the ignorance. Bhagavan Lord Sri Hari (Vishnu) also means Horse.
Bhagavan Lord Sri Hari (Vishnu) the one who has taken incarnation as Bhagavan Lord Sri Hayagriva to safeguard the ‘Great Vedas’ from the clutches of two asuras (demons) named ‘Madhu’ and ‘Kaitabha’.
‘Savitru’ naAmaka (named) Suryanarayana – Dhyeyassada Savitrumandala madhyavarthi……
Bhagavan Lord Sri Hari (Vishnu) also means Sun who is also known as ‘arka’ one of the Ashta Vasus whose Antaryami (divinely present inside) is Lord Sri Hari (Vishnu). But Lord Sun is different than Bhagavan Lord Sri Hari (Vishnu).
‘Krishna’ – ‘प्रथमं तु हरिं विंद्यात्’ – Bhagavan Lord Sri Krishna Dwadasha Nama Stotram (Mahabharata-Aranya Parva) – Lord Sri Krishna UvaAcha…
One should also contemplate on NAHAM KARTA HARIH KARTA… “This means, nothing is done by me, whatever is happening is as per the divine wishes of Bhagavan Lord Sri Hari (Vishnu / Krishna)”.
‘Rama‘ to be contemplated as…
‘Moola Rama’ (Original Rama – But there is no difference between the Rama who took avatar on this earth and the original Rama. But are one and the same.) / ‘Dasharatha Rama’ (Son of King Dasharatha) / ‘Sita Rama’ (Husband of Sita Devi) / ‘Bhargava Rama’ (Parashu Rama).
‘Krishna‘ to be contemplated as…
‘Hari Krishna’ / ‘Vasudeva Krishna’ (Son of Vasudeva) / Yashoda Krishna (Son of Yashoda) / ‘Vaashistha Krishna’ (Sri Veda Vyasa Ji – He is an avatar of Bhagavan Vishnu. Both Sri Krishna and Sri Veda Vyasa Ji are same, but with different avatars and names).
Few of the important terminologies associated with Bhagavan Sri Hari are as given below:
Hari-Dina – (Day of Bhagavan Sri Hari) | Harivasara – (Time associated with Ekadashi) | Harivamsha Purana | Harikatha etc.
“Satyesam SatyaSankalpam Satyam SatyaVratam Harim…. | “Harim Hamsam Krushnam NaraHariMaNantam Madhuripum…
Hari is Taapatraya NIvaraka (Tapatraya Haaraka) – This means, someone who removes / eliminates the worry, anxiety, difficulty, trouble… of his devotees.
‘Hari’ refers to: ‘Hari Sarvottama’, that is, the ever green Supreme God Sri Vishnu (Hari / Krishna / Rama), he is the giver of ‘Moksha Karaka’ (giver of Moksha / Final Liberation);
‘Hari’ is the one who destroys (Hari) the cycle of birth and death. ‘Hari’ also means the one who steals (destroys) our ignorance, etc.
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