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𑌮𑍁𑌚𑍁𑌕𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌦 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌤𑌿

Mucukunda Stuti in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 Morning or evening contemplation; during Srimad Bhagavata study and on Ekadashi·📜 Srimad Bhagavata Purana, Canto 10, Chapter 51, verses 46–57 (Mucukunda-stuti)

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Origin & Story

Srimad Bhagavata Purana, Canto 10, Chapter 51, verses 46–57 (Mucukunda-stuti) · Sage Veda-Vyasa (as spoken by King Mucukunda) · Classical Puranic era

When the barbarian king Kalayavana attacked Mathura, Lord Krishna lured him into a dark mountain cave where the ancient king Mucukunda lay sleeping. Long ago Mucukunda had aided the demigods in war and, exhausted, was granted the boon of undisturbed sleep, with the power to reduce to ashes anyone who woke him. Kalayavana, mistaking the sleeping king for Krishna, kicked him; Mucukunda awoke, and his angry glance burned the demon to ashes. Then the king beheld the effulgent form of Lord Krishna and, recognizing Him as the Supreme Lord, offered this heartfelt prayer of detachment and surrender. The Lord blessed him to perform austerity and attain Him in his next life.

✦ As told in scripture

By the boon recorded in the Bhagavata, the mere glance of the awakened Mucukunda instantly reduced the mighty demon Kalayavana to ashes — accomplishing what whole armies could not, and showing that the Lord arranges even a sleeping devotee's awakening for a divine purpose. Mucukunda then walked out of the cave a transformed soul, his ages of kingship dissolved into longing for God alone.

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Verse 1

𑌲𑌬𑍍𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌜𑌨𑍋 𑌦𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌲𑌭𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌷𑌂 𑌕𑌥𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌦𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌨𑌤𑍋𑌽𑌨𑌘 । 𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌨 𑌭𑌜𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌤𑌿- 𑌰𑍍𑌗𑍃𑌹𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌕𑍂𑌪𑍇 𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌤𑍋 𑌯𑌥𑌾 𑌪𑌶𑍁𑌃 ॥ ௪௬ ॥

labdhvā jano durlabham atra mānuṣaṃ kathañcid avyaṅgam ayatnato 'nagha | pādāravindaṃ na bhajaty asan-matir gṛhāndha-kūpe patito yathā paśuḥ || 46 ||

Meaning:O sinless Lord, having obtained this rare and complete human form without any effort, the foolish person who does not worship Your lotus feet is like a beast fallen into the blind well of household life.

Verse 2

𑌮𑌮𑍈𑌷 𑌕𑌾𑌲𑍋𑌽𑌜𑌿𑌤 𑌨𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌫𑌲𑍋 𑌗𑌤𑍋 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑍋𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌮𑌦𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌭𑍂𑌪𑌤𑍇𑌃 । 𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌬𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑍇𑌃 𑌸𑍁𑌤𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌕𑍋𑌶𑌭𑍂𑌷𑍍𑌵𑍍 𑌆𑌸𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌦𑍁𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌚𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌯𑌾 ॥ ௪௭ ॥

mamaiṣa kālo 'jita niṣphalo gato rājya-śriyonnaddha-madasya bhū-pateḥ | martyātma-buddheḥ suta-dāra-kośa-bhūṣv āsajjamānasya duranta-cintayā || 47 ||

Meaning:O unconquerable one, this lifetime of mine has been wasted; for as a king puffed up with the pride of royal fortune, identifying this mortal body as the self, ever attached to sons, wife, treasury and lands, I was consumed by endless anxiety.

Verse 3

𑌕𑌲𑍇𑌵𑌰𑍇𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌘𑌟𑌕𑍁𑌡𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌭𑍇 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍂𑌢𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍋 𑌨𑌰𑌦𑍇𑌵 𑌇𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌹𑌮𑍍 । 𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍋 𑌰𑌥𑍇𑌭𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌪𑌦𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍀𑌕𑌪𑍈- 𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌟𑌂𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌗𑌣𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌸𑍁𑌦𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌦𑌃 ॥ ௪௮ ॥

kalevare 'smin ghaṭa-kuḍya-sannibhe nirūḍha-māno nara-deva ity aham | vṛto rathebhāśva-padāty-anīkapair gāṃ paryaṭaṃs tvāgaṇayan su-durmadaḥ || 48 ||

Meaning:Thinking 'I am a king, a god among men,' falsely proud of this body which is no better than a clay pot or a mud wall, surrounded by chariots, elephants, horses and infantry and their commanders, I roamed the earth in arrogant folly, taking no account of You.

Verse 4

𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍁𑌚𑍍𑌚𑍈𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌿𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌚𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌯𑌾 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑍃𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌲𑍋𑌭𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌯𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌲𑌾𑌲𑌸𑌮𑍍 । 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌃 𑌸𑌹𑌸𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌪𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍇 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍇𑌲𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌨𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌿𑌰𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌖𑍁𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌕𑌃 ॥ ௪௯ ॥

pramattam uccair iti-kṛtya-cintayā pravṛddha-lobhaṃ viṣayeṣu lālasam | tvam apramattaḥ sahasābhipadyase kṣul-lelihāno 'hir ivākhum antakaḥ || 49 ||

Meaning:While a man is thus heedless, intent on his schemes, swollen with greed and hankering after sense objects, You, ever vigilant, suddenly fall upon him — just as a hungry serpent, licking its fangs, seizes a mouse, so does death seize him.

Verse 5

𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌾 𑌰𑌥𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌹𑍇𑌮𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌰𑌨𑍍 𑌮𑌤𑌂𑌗𑌜𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌨𑌰𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌸𑌂𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌿𑌤𑌃 । 𑌸 𑌏𑌵 𑌕𑌾𑌲𑍇𑌨 𑌦𑍁𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌯𑍇𑌨 𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑌲𑍇𑌵𑌰𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌟𑍍𑌕𑍃𑌮𑌿𑌭𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌸𑌂𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌿𑌤𑌃 ॥ ௫௦ ॥

purā rathair hema-pariṣkṛtaiś caran mataṃ-gajair vā nara-deva-saṃjñitaḥ | sa eva kālena duratyayena te kalevaro viṭ-kṛmi-bhasma-saṃjñitaḥ || 50 ||

Meaning:The very body that once moved about in gold-bedecked chariots and on mighty elephants, bearing the title of 'king', is by Your insurmountable time reduced to that which is called stool, worms, or ashes.

Verse 6

𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯 𑌦𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌵𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍋 𑌵𑌰𑌾𑌸𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌃 𑌸𑌮𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌿𑌤𑌃 । 𑌗𑍃𑌹𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌮𑍈𑌥𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍁𑌖𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌯𑍋𑌷𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌡𑌾𑌮𑍃𑌗𑌃 𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍁𑌷 𑌈𑌶 𑌨𑍀𑌯𑌤𑍇 ॥ ௫௧ ॥

nirjitya dik-cakram abhūta-vigraho varāsana-sthaḥ sama-rāja-vanditaḥ | gṛheṣu maithunya-sukheṣu yoṣitāṃ krīḍā-mṛgaḥ pūruṣa īśa nīyate || 51 ||

Meaning:Having conquered all directions and freed himself of foes, seated on a royal throne and praised by equal kings, a man is yet led about like a pet animal for the pleasures of women in the privacy of his home, O Lord.

Verse 7

𑌕𑌰𑍋𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌣𑌿 𑌤𑌪𑌃𑌸𑍁𑌨𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌿𑌤𑍋 𑌨𑌿𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌭𑍋𑌗𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌦𑌪𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌦𑌤𑍍 । 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌭𑍂𑌯𑌾𑌸𑌮𑌹𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑌾𑌡𑌿𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑍃𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌷𑍋 𑌨 𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌾𑌯 𑌕𑌲𑍍𑌪𑌤𑍇 ॥ ௫௨ ॥

karoti karmāṇi tapaḥ-suniṣṭhito nivṛtta-bhogas tad-apekṣayādadat | punaś ca bhūyāsam ahaṃ sva-rāḍ iti pravṛddha-tarṣo na sukhāya kalpate || 52 ||

Meaning:Striving in fruitive work, firmly fixed in austerity, renouncing enjoyment for the sake of future gain, thinking 'may I become a self-ruler again and again' — with ever-swelling thirst, he never attains happiness.

Verse 8

𑌭𑌵𑌾𑌪𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌗𑍋 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌤𑍋 𑌯𑌦𑌾 𑌭𑌵𑍇- 𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌹𑍍𑌯𑌚𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌗𑌮𑌃 । 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑍋 𑌯𑌰𑍍𑌹𑌿 𑌤𑌦𑍈𑌵 𑌸𑌦𑍍𑌗𑌤𑍗 𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌵𑌰𑍇𑌶𑍇 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌿 𑌜𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌮𑌤𑌿𑌃 ॥ ௫௩ ॥

bhavāpavargo bhramato yadā bhavej janasya tarhy acyuta sat-samāgamaḥ | sat-saṅgamo yarhi tadaiva sad-gatau parāvareśe tvayi jāyate matiḥ || 53 ||

Meaning:When a wandering soul is at last destined for release from material existence, O Acyuta, he gains the company of saintly devotees; and the very moment such association comes, his mind turns toward You, the goal of the saints, the Lord of all higher and lower beings.

Verse 9

𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌯𑍇 𑌮𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹 𑌈𑌶 𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍋 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌬𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌾𑌪𑌗𑌮𑍋 𑌯𑌦𑍃𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌯𑌾 । 𑌯𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌸𑌾𑌧𑍁𑌭𑌿𑌰𑍇𑌕𑌚𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌯𑌾 𑌵𑌨𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌵𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌦𑍍𑌭𑌿𑌰𑌖𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌭𑍂𑌮𑌿𑌪𑍈𑌃 ॥ ௫௪ ॥

manye mamānugraha īśa te kṛto rājyānubandhāpagamo yadṛcchayā | yaḥ prārthyate sādhubhir eka-caryayā vanaṃ vivikṣadbhir akhaṇḍa-bhūmi-paiḥ || 54 ||

Meaning:I consider, O Lord, that You have shown me Your grace, for by Your own will my entanglement with kingdom has been removed — that very freedom which saintly kings of unbroken sovereignty pray for when they wish to retire alone to the forest.

Verse 10

𑌨 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌯𑍇𑌽𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌤𑌵 𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌸𑍇𑌵𑌨𑌾- 𑌦𑌕𑌿𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌨𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌮𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌰𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍋 । 𑌆𑌰𑌾𑌧𑍍𑌯 𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌂 𑌹𑍍𑌯𑌪𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌦𑌂 𑌹𑌰𑍇 𑌵𑍃𑌣𑍀𑌤 𑌆𑌰𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌵𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌬𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌨𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௫௫ ॥

na kāmaye 'nyaṃ tava pāda-sevanād akiñcana-prārthyatamād varaṃ vibho | ārādhya kas tvāṃ hy apavarga-daṃ hare vṛṇīta āryo varam ātma-bandhanam || 55 ||

Meaning:I desire no benediction other than the service of Your feet, O almighty Lord — the boon most prized by those who are free of all material desire. What noble soul, having worshipped You, the giver of liberation, O Hari, would ask of You a boon that only binds him further to material life?

Verse 11

𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍃𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌶𑌿𑌷 𑌈𑌶 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍋 𑌰𑌜𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌮𑌃𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌗𑍁𑌣𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌬𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌨𑌾𑌃 । 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌨𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌗𑍁𑌣𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌂 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷𑌂 𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌜𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌹𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௫௬ ॥

tasmād visṛjyāśiṣa īśa sarvato rajas-tamaḥ-sattva-guṇānubandhanāḥ | nirañjanaṃ nirguṇam advayaṃ paraṃ tvāṃ jñāpti-mātraṃ puruṣaṃ vrajāmy aham || 56 ||

Meaning:Therefore, O Lord, casting aside all blessings that are bound up with the modes of passion, ignorance and goodness, I come to You — the unblemished, attributeless, non-dual, supreme Person, who are pure consciousness alone.

Verse 12

𑌚𑌿𑌰𑌮𑌿𑌹 𑌵𑍃𑌜𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍋𑌽𑌨𑍁𑌤𑌾𑌪𑍈- 𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍃𑌷𑌷𑌡𑌮𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌽𑌲𑌬𑍍𑌧𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌕𑌥𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍 । 𑌶𑌰𑌣𑌦 𑌸𑌮𑍁𑌪𑍇𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌦𑌾𑌬𑍍𑌜𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍍 𑌅𑌭𑌯𑌮𑍃𑌤𑌮𑌶𑍋𑌕𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌹𑌿 𑌮𑌾𑌪𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌮𑍀𑌶 ॥ ௫௭ ॥

ciram iha vṛjinārtas tapyamāno 'nutāpair avitṛṣa-ṣaḍ-amitro 'labdha-śāntiḥ kathañcit | śaraṇa-da samupetas tvat-padābjaṃ parātman abhayam ṛtam aśokaṃ pāhi māpannam īśa || 57 ||

Meaning:Long have I suffered in this world, scorched by remorse and afflicted by my six unconquered enemies, never anywhere finding peace. O shelter-giving Supreme Soul, I have now come to Your lotus feet — fearless, true and free of sorrow. O Lord, protect me, who has taken refuge in You.

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𑌲𑌬𑍍𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌜𑌨𑍋 𑌦𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌲𑌭𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌷𑌮𑍍🔊labdhvā jano durlabham atra mānuṣamhaving obtained this rare human birth

𑌅𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌨𑌤𑌃🔊avyaṅgam ayatnataḥcomplete and unimpaired, without effort

𑌅𑌨𑌘🔊anaghaO sinless one

𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌨 𑌭𑌜𑌤𑌿🔊pādāravindaṃ na bhajatidoes not worship Your lotus feet

𑌗𑍃𑌹𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌕𑍂𑌪𑍇 𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌤𑍋 𑌯𑌥𑌾 𑌪𑌶𑍁𑌃🔊gṛhāndha-kūpe patito yathā paśuḥlike an animal fallen into the dark well of household (material) life

𑌮𑌮𑍈𑌷 𑌕𑌾𑌲𑍋𑌽𑌜𑌿𑌤 𑌨𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌫𑌲𑍋 𑌗𑌤𑌃🔊mamaiṣa kālo 'jita niṣphalo gataḥthis time of mine, O unconquerable one, has passed fruitlessly

𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑍋𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌮𑌦𑌸𑍍𑌯🔊rājya-śriyonnaddha-madasyaof one puffed up with pride in royal opulence

𑌕𑌲𑍇𑌵𑌰𑍇𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌘𑌟𑌕𑍁𑌡𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌭𑍇🔊kalevare 'smin ghaṭa-kuḍya-sannibhein this body, comparable to a clay pot or a wall (of earth)

𑌨𑌰𑌦𑍇𑌵 𑌇𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌹𑌮𑍍🔊nara-deva ity aham(thinking) 'I am a king (god among men)'

𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍇𑌲𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌨𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌿𑌰𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌖𑍁𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌕𑌃🔊kṣul-lelihāno 'hir ivākhum antakaḥas a hungry, tongue-flicking serpent seizes a mouse, so death seizes (the heedless)

𑌕𑌲𑍇𑌵𑌰𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌟𑍍𑌕𑍃𑌮𑌿𑌭𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌸𑌂𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌿𑌤𑌃🔊kalevaro viṭ-kṛmi-bhasma-saṃjñitaḥthe body (finally) named stool, worms, or ashes

𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌡𑌾𑌮𑍃𑌗𑌃 𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍁𑌷 𑌈𑌶 𑌨𑍀𑌯𑌤𑍇🔊krīḍā-mṛgaḥ pūruṣa īśa nīyatethe man is led about, O Lord, like a pet animal (toy)

𑌭𑌵𑌾𑌪𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌃🔊bhavāpavargaḥthe end (cessation) of material existence

𑌅𑌚𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌗𑌮𑌃🔊acyuta sat-samāgamaḥO infallible one, (then comes) the association of saintly devotees

𑌸𑌦𑍍𑌗𑌤𑍗 𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌵𑌰𑍇𑌶𑍇 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌿🔊sad-gatau parāvareśe tvayiin You, the goal of the saints, the Lord of higher and lower beings

𑌜𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌮𑌤𑌿𑌃🔊jāyate matiḥthe mind (devotional attraction) arises

𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌯𑍇 𑌮𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹 𑌈𑌶 𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌃🔊manye mamānugraha īśa te kṛtaḥI consider that You have shown me Your grace, O Lord

𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌬𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌾𑌪𑌗𑌮𑌃🔊rājyānubandhāpagamaḥthe removal of my entanglement with kingdom

𑌨 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌯𑍇𑌽𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌤𑌵 𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌸𑍇𑌵𑌨𑌾𑌤𑍍🔊na kāmaye 'nyaṃ tava pāda-sevanātI desire nothing other than the service of Your feet

𑌅𑌕𑌿𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌨𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍🔊akiñcana-prārthyatamātmost sought after by those free of material desire

𑌅𑌪𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌦𑌂 𑌹𑌰𑍇🔊apavarga-daṃ hareO Hari, the bestower of liberation

𑌨𑌿𑌰𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌨𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌗𑍁𑌣𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑍍🔊nirañjanaṃ nirguṇam advayaṃ paramthe unblemished, qualityless, non-dual, supreme (Lord)

𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷𑌂 𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌜𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌹𑌮𑍍🔊jñāpti-mātraṃ puruṣaṃ vrajāmy ahamI take refuge in You, the Person who is pure consciousness alone

𑌶𑌰𑌣𑌦🔊śaraṇa-daO bestower of shelter

𑌅𑌭𑌯𑌮𑍃𑌤𑌮𑌶𑍋𑌕𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌹𑌿 𑌮𑌾𑌪𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌮𑍍🔊abhayam ṛtam aśokaṃ pāhi māpannamO fearless, true and sorrowless one, protect me who has surrendered

Benefits of Chanting Mucukunda Stuti

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A profound hymn of detachment (vairagya) that reveals the emptiness of wealth, power and worldly ambition.

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Teaches that loss and adversity may be the hidden grace of the Lord, freeing the soul for devotion (verse 54).

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The famous verse 'bhavapavargo bhramato' shows that liberation begins with the association of saints (sat-sanga).

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Inspires the prayer for pure, motiveless devotion — desiring nothing but service to the Lord's feet (verse 55).

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Awakens sober remembrance of death and the impermanence of the body, redirecting the mind to the eternal.

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Held to grant fearlessness, peace and shelter at Krishna's lotus feet for the surrendered soul.

How to Chant Mucukunda Stuti

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Best TimeMorning or evening contemplation; during Srimad Bhagavata study and on Ekadashi

Recite the verses slowly and reflectively before an image of Lord Krishna, meditating on Mucukunda's realization of the vanity of worldly power and his turning fully to the Lord. This stuti is best chanted as a meditation on detachment and surrender; pause over the verses on death and on the grace hidden in misfortune. Conclude with the final prayer for shelter, offering the mind to Krishna as the one fearless, sorrowless refuge.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Mucukunda Stuti written in the Grantha script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

The Mucukunda Stuti is the prayer offered by King Mucukunda to Lord Krishna when he met the Lord in a cave after awakening from an age-long sleep. It is found in the Srimad Bhagavata Purana (Canto 10, Chapter 51, verses 46 to 57) and is renowned as a great hymn of detachment and surrender.

Mucukunda was an ancient, righteous king of the Ikshvaku dynasty who fought on behalf of the demigods against the demons. Granted a boon to sleep undisturbed, he slept for ages in a mountain cave. He awoke to burn the fleeing demon Kalayavana to ashes by a glance, and then beheld Lord Krishna, to whom he offered this prayer.

Its central message is detachment (vairagya): royal power, wealth and bodily identity are ultimately worthless, and death overtakes the heedless like a serpent seizing a mouse. True fortune is the association of saints and pure devotion to the Lord, and even the loss of a kingdom can be the Lord's grace in disguise.

Rejecting all blessings bound to the material modes, Mucukunda asks for nothing but the service of Krishna's lotus feet and shelter at them. His closing verse begs the Lord — the fearless, sorrowless Supreme Soul — to protect him, the surrendered soul who has at last found peace.