Damodar is the 367th name of Vishnu

Vishnu

Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....

 from the Vishnu sahasranama

Vishnu sahasranama

The Vishnu sahasranama is a list of 1,000 names of Vishnu, one of the main forms of God in Hinduism and the personal supreme God for Vaishnavas . It is also one of the most sacred and commonly chanted stotras in Hinduism...

. The various meanings of the name are given as follows:

• "The Lord when He was tied with a cord (daama) around His waist (udara)", denoting a divine pastime in which Krishna's mother Yasoda
  Yasoda
  Yasoda/Yashoda was wife of Nanda within the Puranic texts of Hinduism. Within the Bhagavata Purana it is described that Yasoda later became the foster-mother to Krishna, who was born to Devaki but was given to Yashoda and Nanda in Gokul, by Krishna's father Vasudeva on the night of his birth, for...
  
   bound Krishna for being mischievous. (Used by various Vaishnava adherents.)
• "One who is known through a mind which is purified (Udara) by means of self-control (dama)".
• "One in whose bosom rests the entire universe."

Celebration of Krishna as Damodar

A popular bhajan

Bhajan

A Bhajan is any type of Indian devotional song. It has no fixed form: it may be as simple as a mantra or kirtan or as sophisticated as the dhrupad or kriti with music based on classical ragas and talas. It is normally lyrical, expressing love for the Divine...

 that celebrates Krishna as Damodara is the Damodarashtakam (found in the Padma Purana

Padma Purana

Padma Purana , one of the major eighteen Puranas, a Hindu religious text, is divided into five parts.In the first part of the text, sage Pulastya explains to Bhishma about religion and the essence of the religion. The second part describes in detail Prithvi...

 of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa

Vyasa

Vyasa is a central and revered figure in most Hindu traditions. He is also sometimes called Veda Vyasa , or Krishna Dvaipayana...

, spoken by Satyavrata Muni in a conversation with Narada

Narada

Narada or Narada Muni is a divine sage from the Vaisnava tradition, who plays a prominent role in a number of the Puranic texts, especially in the Bhagavata Purana, and in the Ramayana...

 and Shaunaka

Shaunaka

Shaunaka is the name applied to teachers, and to a Shakha of the Atharvaveda. It is especially the name of a celebrated Sanskrit grammarian, author of the , the , the and five Anukramaṇīs to the Rigveda. He is claimed as the teacher of Katyayana and especially of Ashvalayana, and is said to have...

.). It is often sung by devotees during the month of Kaartika, and is very popular amongst the Vaishnavas of ISKCON..

External links

• http://www.srimadbhagavatam.org/music/text/damodarastaka.htmlSri Damodarastaka lyrics and RealAudio
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