madhuram madhurebhyo ’pi
mangalebhyo ’pi mangalam
pavanam pavanebhyo ’pi
harer namaiva kevalam (1)

More sweet than all sweet things, more auspicious than all auspicious things, the greatest purifier of all purifying things – The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything.


abrahma-stamba-paryantam
sarvam maya-mayam jagat
satyam satyam puna satyam
harer namaiva kevalam (2)

The entire universe, from exalted Brahma down to the small grass, is a product of the illusionary energy of the Supreme Lord. The only thing that is reality, reality, reality, again I say reality – The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything.


sa guru sa pita capi
sa mata bandhavo ’pi sa
siksayec cet sada smartum
harer namaiva kevalam (3)

That person is a true preceptor, or a true father, a true mother, and a true friend only if they teach to always remember – The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything.


nihsvase nahi visvasa
kada ruddho bhavisyati
kirtaniya mato balyad
harer namaiva kevalam (4)

There is no certainty when the last breath will come and put an abrupt end to all one’s material plans; therefore it is wise to always practice chanting from the very childhood – The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything.


hari sada vaset tatra
yatra bhagavata jana
gayanti bhakti-bhavena
harer namaiva kevalam (5)

Sri Hari eternally dwells in the place where truly exalted souls sing with pure devotion– The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything.


aho duhkham maha-duhkham
duhkhad duhkhataram yata
kacartham vismrtam ratna-
harer namaiva kevalam (6)

Aho! What a sorrow, what a great sorrow! More painful than any other misery in the world! Mistaking it as a mere piece of glass, the people have forgotten this jewel– The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything.


diyatam diyatam karno
niyatam niyatam vaca
giyatam giyatam nityam
harer namaiva kevalam (7)

He should be heard again and again with one’s ears, be uttered over and over with one’s voice, perpetually sung anew– The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything.


trni-krtya jagat sarvam
rajate sakalopari
cid-ananda-mayam suddham
harer namaiva kevalam (8)

He makes the entire universe seem insignificant as a blade of grass, he splendorously reigns supreme over all, he is full of eternally conscious divine ecstasy, he is supremely pure ­– The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything.