Mantra

हरे कृष्ण महामंत्र

Hare Krishna Mahamantra

The well-known sixteen-name Vaishnava mantra of Krishna and Rama.

Dedicated toकृष्णः
Sacred textOriginal Sanskrit

हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे।

हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे ॥

Meaning

Meaning & context

A devotional repetition of the divine names Hare, Krishna and Rama, used for nama-japa and congregational chanting.