Prayers from a saintly king beseeching Kṛṣṇa to grant him His service The saintly king Kulaśekhara lived more than a millennium ago in India, yet his Mukunda-mālā-stotra speaks to us today with the fresh voice of truth. It is the voice of a realized soul beseeching the Lord—and us—with the utmost sincerity. He calls to all people to hear of the treatment for the disease of birth and death. The Mukunda-mālā-stotra is a simple expression of King Kulaśekhara’s devotion to Kṛṣṇa and his eagerness to share his good fortune with everyone else.