Hare Krishna Maha Mantra
The Maha Mantra, sung at kirtans and on Janmashtami.
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Quick facts
- Type
- Mantra
- Deity
- Krishna
- When it is sung
- The Maha Mantra, sung at kirtans and on Janmashtami.
- Languages
- Roman and Devanagari here; ten scripts in the app
Verse (Devanagari)
हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण
कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे
हरे राम हरे राम
राम राम हरे हरे
Transliteration
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
What it means
A call to Hari, to Krishna and to Rama: a chant of names, sung to remember the Lord rather than to ask for anything.
Read it in your language
In the Muhurtha app you can read Hare Krishna Maha Mantra in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil and Telugu, count it on a japa mala, and open a link to hear it sung — all offline, with no account and no ads.