1. Library
  2. Mantras
  3. The fourteen names of Yamraj

Mantra · Shri Krishna

The fourteen names of Yamraj

यमराज के चौदह नाम

4 lines · about 1 min to say · The Yama tarpan of the Skanda Purana, Kartik Mahatmya, as Gita Press prints it

Shri Krishna

Shri Krishna

The flute, the butter, the Gita

यमाय धर्मराजाय मृत्यवे चान्तकाय च।

yamāya dharmarājāya mr̥tyave cāntakāya ca.

To Yama, to Dharmaraja, to Mrityu and to Antaka;

वैवस्वताय कालाय सर्वभूतक्षयाय च॥

vaivasvatāya kālāya sarvabhūtakṣayāya ca.

to Vaivasvata, to Kala, and to Sarvabhutakshaya, who brings every being to its end;

औदुम्बराय दध्नाय नीलाय परमेष्ठिने।

audumbarāya dadhnāya nīlāya parameṣṭhine.

to Audumbara, to Dadhna, to Nila and to Parameshthi;

वृकोदराय चित्राय चित्रगुप्ताय वै नमः॥

vr̥kodarāya citrāya citraguptāya vai namaḥ.

to Vrikodara, to Chitra and to Chitragupta — my salutations.