[ATHA DHYANAM]
śuklāṁ baradharaṁ viṣṇuṁ śaśivarṇaṁ caturbhujam |
prasanna vadanaṁ dhyāyet sarva - vighnōpaśāṁtaye ||1.1
vyāsam vasiṣṭha - naptāraṁ śakteḥ pautram akalmaṣam |
parāśarāt-majaṁ vaṁde śuka-tātaṁ tapō-nidhim ||1.2
namō vai brahma-nidhaye vāsiṣṭhāya namō namaḥ ||1.3
vyāsāya viṣṇu rūpāya vyāsa rūpāya viṣṇave |
avikārāya śuddhāya nityāya paramātmane |
sadaika - rūpa - rūpāya viṣṇave sarva - jiṣṇave ||1.4
yasya smaraṇa - mātreṇa janma - saṁsāra - baṁdhanāt |
vimu - cyate namas - tasmai viṣṇave prabha - viṣṇave
ōṁ namō viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave || 1.5
Bow I before Him,
The all-powerful Vishnu,
The mere thought of whom.
Releases one forever,
Of the ties of birth and life.
śrī vaiśaṁ-pāyana uvāca
Sri Vaisampayana, the narrator to Dhritirashtra said
śrutvā dharmā-naśeṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ |
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁta-navaṁ puna-revābhya-bhyāṣata || 1.6
Yudhishthira, as a righteous man ("dharamana") of spiritual inclination, with the mortal integrity ("paavanaani") of a careful mortal, asks ("bhaashatha") Bhishma ("shaantanavam") an interesting set of questions which the heart of seekers will always ask.
śrī yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
kim ekaṁ daivataṁ lōke kim vāpye-kam parāyaṇam |
stuvaṁtaḥ kam kamar-caṁtaḥ prāpnu-yur mānavāḥ śubham || 1.7
Who ("kim") is the greatest ("ekam") Lord ("daivatam") in the world ("loke")?
Who is the one ("ekam") refuge ("paraayanam") for all?
By glorifying ("sthuvantah") whom ("kam") can man ("manavah") reach the Auspiciousness ("shubam") (peace and prosperity)?
By worshipping (“archatah”) whom can a man reach auspiciousness (peace & prosperity)?
kō dharmaḥ sarva - dharmāṇāṁ bhavataḥ paramō mataḥ |
kiṁ japan mucyate jaṁtur janma - saṁsāra - baṁdhanāt || 1.8
What ("ko") is, in thy opinion, the Greatest Dharma?
By ("kim") doing japa of what can “creatures” (jantu) go beyond ("mutchyate") the bonds ("bandhanaath") of samsara?
śrī bhīṣma uvāca
jagat - prabhuṁ deva devam anaṁtaṁ puruṣōttamam |
stuvan nāma- sahasreṇa puruṣaḥ satatōt-thitaḥ || 1.9
tameva cār - cayan - nityaṁ bhaktyā puruṣam avyayam |
dhyāyan stuvan namas - yaṁśca yaja-mānas - tameva ca || 1.10
anādi nidhanaṁ viṣṇuṁ sarvalōka - maheśvaram |
lōkā - dhyakṣaṁ stuvan - nityaṁ sarva- duḥkhā tigō bhavet || 1.11
brahma-ṇyaṁ sarva - dharmajñaṁ lōkā-nāṁ kīrti vardhanam |
lōka-nāthaṁ mahad-bhūtaṁ sarva-bhūta bhavōdh bhavam || 1.12
eṣa-me sarva - dharmā - ṇāṁ dharmō- adhika tamō mataḥ
yad - bhaktyā puṁḍarī - kākṣaṁ stavair - arcen naraḥ-sadā || 1.13
paramaṁ-yō mahat - tejaḥ paramaṁ-yō mahat - tapaḥ |
paramaṁ-yō mahad-brahma paramaṁ-yaḥ parā - yaṇam || 1.14
pavitrāṇāṁ pavitraṁ-yō maṁgalā - nāṁ ca -maṁgalam |
daivataṁ devatā - nāṁ-ca bhūtā - nāṁ yō avyayaḥ - pitā || 1.15
yataḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni bhavaṁt- yādi yugā - game |
yas - miṁśca pralayaṁ yāṁti punareva yugak - ṣaye || 1.16
tasya lōka pradhā - nasya jagan - nāthasya bhūpate |
viṣṇō nāma - sahasram me śruṇu -pāpa bhayā - baham || 1.17
yāni -nāmāni gau-ṇāni vikhyā - tāni mahāt - manaḥ |
ṛiṣibhiḥ pari - gītāni tāni vakṣ-yāmi bhūtaye || 1.18
r̥iṣi nām-nāṁ sahasrasya veda - vyāsō mahā - muniḥ |
chandah- anuṣṭup tathā devō bhagavān devakī- sutaḥ || 1.19
amr̥tāṁ - śūdbhavō bījaṁ śaktir - devaki - nandana |
trisāmā hr̥dayaṁ tasya śāṁt - yarthe vini- yujyate || 1.20
viṣṇuṁ jiṣṇuṁ mahā - viṣṇuṁ prabha - viṣṇuṁ maheśvaram |
aneka - rūpa daityāṁ - taṁ namāmi puruṣōttamam || 1.21
[Anga-Nyaasa]
asya śrī viṣṇor divya sahasranāma stotra mahā-mantrasya || 2.1
śrī veda-vyāso bhagavān ṛṣhiḥ | anuṣṭup chandaḥ || 2.2
śrī mahā viṣṇuḥ paramātmā śrīman-nārāyaṇo devatā || 2.3
amṛitām śūdbhavo bhānuriti bījam
devakī nandanaī sraṣṭeti śaktiḥ || 2.4
udbhavah kṣhobaṇo devo iti paramo mantraḥ |
śankha-bhṛn nandakī cakrīti kīlakam ..2.5
śārNga-dhanvā gadā-dhara iti - astram ..2.6
ratāNga-pāni rakṣhobhya iti-netram ..2.7
trisāmā sāmagah sāmeti kavacham ..2.8
ānandaṁ para-brahmeti yoniḥ ..2.8
ātuḥ sudarśanah kāla iti digbandhaḥ ..2.9
śrī viśvarūpa iti dhyānam ..2.10
śri mahā-viṣṇu-prītyarthe sahasranāma stotra-jīpe viniyogaḥ ..2.12
DHYANAM:
kṣīro - danvant pradeśe śuchimaṇi vilasat saikate maukti-kānāṁ ..3.1
mālā-klrp tāsanasthaḥ sphtika-maṇi nibhair mauti-kair maṇdit-āNgaḥ 3.2
śubhrai -rabhrair- adabhrair rupari virachitair mukta-pīyūṣa-varūaiḥ ||3.3
ānandī naḥ punīyadari nalina - gadā śankhapāni mukundaḥ ||3.4
bhūh pādau yasya nābhir viyada suranila ścandra - sūryau ca-netre..3.5
karṇāḥ-vaśā śiro dyaur-mukha-mapi dahano yasya vāste-yamab-dhiḥ | 3.6
antasthaṁ yasya viśwaṁ suranara khagago bhogi gandharva dhaithyeḥ | 3.7
citraṁ raṁ-ramyate taṁ tribhuvana vapuṣaṁ viṣṇu-miśaṁ namāmi !! | 3.8
Om namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya || 3.9
[MEDITATION]
śāntākāram bhujaga śayanaṁ padmanābhaṁ sureśaṁ
viśvādhāraṁ gagana-sadṛśaṁ megha-varṇaṁ śubhāNgaṁ
lakṣmīkāntaṁ kamalanayanaṁ yogibhir-dhyāna-gamyaṁ
vande viṣṇum bhava-bhaya-haraṁ sarva-lokaika-nātham..4.1
megha śyāmaṁ pīta-kauśeya-vāsaṁ
śrivatsāN-kaṁ kaustubhod-bhāsi-tāNgaṁ |
punyo-petaṁ puṇdarī-kāya-tākṣaṁ
viṣṇuṁ vande sarva-lokaikanātam
Namah samasta bhutanam adi bhutaya bhubrite
Aneka rupa rupaya vishnave prabha vishnave
saśaNkha-cakraṁ sakirita-kuṇdalaṁ
sapīta-vastraṁ sarasī-ruhek-ṣaṇam
sahāra-vakṣḥas-thala kaustubha-śriyaṁ
namāmi viṣnuṁ śirasā caturbhujam
chāyā-yāṁ pārijātasya hema- siṁhā sano - pari
āsīnamam budaśyam amāya-tākṣam alan-kṛtam
chandrā- nanaṁ catur - bāhuṁ śrivatsāN-kita vakṣasaṁ
rukmiṇi satyabhāma bhyāṁ sahitam kṛṣna māśraye
[VISHNU SAHASRANAMA STOTRAM – 1008 Names]
Om viśvaṁ viṣṇur vaṣaṭkārō bhūta - bhavya bhavat - prabhuḥ |
bhūta- kṛd bhūta - bhṛd - bhāvō bhūt - ātmā bhūta - bhāvanaḥ || 1
pūt - ātmā paramātmā ca muktā - nāṁ paramā-gatiḥ |
avyayaḥ puruṣaḥ - sākṣī kṣetra - jñō akṣara -eva -ca || 2
yōgō yōga - vidāṁ netā pradhāna - puruṣeś-varaḥ |
nārasiṁha-vapuḥ śrīmān keśavaḥ puruṣōttamaḥ ||3
sarvaḥ śarvaḥ -śivaḥ sthāṇur bhūtādir - nidhir - avyayaḥ
saṁbhavō bhāvanō bhartā prabha- vaḥ prabhur- īśvaraḥ || 4
svayaṁ - bhūḥ śaṁbhur-ādityaḥ puṣkarākṣō mahās - vanaḥ
Anādi-nidhanō dhātā vidhātā dhāturut - tamaḥ ..5.
Aprameyō hṛṣīkeśaḥ Padma - nābhō amara - prabhuḥ
Viśva - karmā manu - svtaṣṭā sthaviṣ-ṭhah stha-virō dhruvaḥ ..6
agrāhyaḥ śāś- vatah krsnō lōhi - tākṣa pratar- danaḥ
Prabhū- tas trika kub - dhāma pavitraṁ maṁgalaṁ -param ..7
īśānaḥ prāṇadaḥ prāṇō jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ prajā - patiḥ
hiraṇya - garbhō bhū - garbhō mādhavō madhu - sūdanaḥ ..8
īśhvarō vikramī dhanvī medhā vikramaḥ kramaḥ
anut - tamō durā - dharṣaḥ kṛuta - jñaḥ kṛtir - ātmavān..9
sureśaḥ śaraṇaṁ śarma viśva - retāḥ prajā - bhavaḥ
ahas saṁ - vatsarō vyālaḥ prat-yas sarva - darśana..10
ajsa sarve-śvaraḥ siddhaḥ siddhiḥ sarvā - dir - acyutaḥ
vṛṣā - kapir ameyātmā sarva - yōga vini - sṛtaḥ..11
Vasu vasu - manās satya. samātmā sammitaḥ samaḥ
amōghaḥ puṇḍarī - kākṣō vṛuṣa - karmā vṛuṣā - kṛutiḥ ..12
rudrō bahu - śirā babh - rur viśva - yōniḥ śhuchi śravāḥ
amṛutaḥ śāś - vataḥ sthāṇur varārōhō mahā - tapā ..13
sarvagas sarva - vid - bhānur viṣvak - senō janārdanaḥ
vedō veda vid - avyaṅgō vedāṅgō veda - vit -kaviḥ..14
Lōkā - dhyakṣaḥ surā - dhyakṣō
dharma - dhyakṣaḥ kṛtā-kṛta.
Catur - ātmā catur-vyūhas
catur-daṁṣṭraś catur-bhujaḥ..15
Bhrā - jiṣhṇur bhōja - naṁ bhōktā
sahiṣhṇur - jagad - ādijaḥ |
anaghō vijayō jetā
viśva - yōniḥ punar - vasuḥ ..16
upendrō vāmanaḥ prāṁśur
amōghas śucir - ūrjitaḥ
Atīndraḥ saṅgrahas sargō
dhṛt - ātmā niyamō yama.h.17
vedyō vaidyaḥ sadā-yōgī
vīrahā mādhavō madhuḥ
atīn - driyō mahā - māyō
mahōt - sāhō mahā - balaḥ ..18
mahā - buddhir mahā - vīryō
mahā - śaktir mahā - dyutiḥ |
anir - deśya - bapuḥ śrīmān
ameyātmā mahā - dri-dhṛk || 19
Maheshvaso mahibharta
srinivasa satam gatih
Anirudhah suranando
govindo govidam patih ..20
Marichir-damano hamsah
suparno bhuja-gottamah
Hiranya-nabha sutapah
padmanaba praja-patih ..21
Amrutyuh sarva-druk simhah
sandhata sandhi-man sthirah
Ajo durmarshanas shasta
vishrut-atma surariha ..22
gurur - gurutamō dhāmaḥ
satyaḥ satya - parākramaḥ |
nimiṣō nimiṣaḥ sragvī
vācas - pati - rudā-radhīḥ || 23 ||
agraṇīr - grāmaṇīḥ śrīmān
nyāyō netā samī-raṇaḥ |
sahasra - mūrdhā viśvātmā
sahas - rākṣaḥ sahas - rapāt || 24 ||
āvartanō nivṛtt - ātmā
saṁvṛtaḥ saṁ-pramardanaḥ |
ahaḥ saṁ - vartakō vahnir
anilō dharaṇī - dharaḥ || 25 ||
supra - sādaḥ prasannātmā
viśva - dhṛg viśva - bhug vibhuḥ |
sat - kartā sat - kṛtaḥ
sādhur-jahnur nārāyaṇō naraḥ || 26 ||
asaṅ-khyeyō aprameyātmā
viśiṣṭaḥ śiṣṭa-kṛc-chuciḥ |
siddhārthaḥ siddha-saṅkalpaḥ
siddhidaḥ siddhi-sādhanaḥ || 27 ||
vṛṣāhī vṛṣabhō viṣṇur
vṛṣa-parvā vṛṣōdaraḥ |
vardhanō vardha-mānaśca
viviktaḥ śruti-sāgaraḥ || 28 ||
subhujō durdharō vāgmī
mahendrō vasudō vasuḥ |
naika-rūpō bṛhad-rūpaḥ
śipi-viṣṭaḥ prakā-śanaḥ || 29 ||
ōjas-tejō dyuti-dharaḥ
prakāś-ātmā pratā-panaḥ |
vṛddhaḥ spaṣṭāk-ṣarō mantraś
candrāṁ-śur bhāskara-dyutiḥ || 30 ||
amṛtāṁ-śūdbhavō bhānuḥ
śaśabinduḥ sureś-varaḥ |
auṣadhaṁ jagataḥ setuḥ
satya-dharma parākramaḥ || 3
bhūta-bhavya bhavan-nāthaḥ
pavanaḥ pāvanō-anala |
kāmahā kāma-kṛt kāntaḥ
kāmaḥ kāma-pradaḥ prabhuḥ || 32 ||
yugādi-kṛd yugā-vartō
naika-māyō mahā-śanaḥ |
adṛukś-yō vyakta-rūpaś ca
sahasra-jid anantajit || 33 ||
iṣṭō’viśiṣṭaḥ śiṣṭeṣṭaḥ
śikhaṇḍī nahuṣō vṛṣaḥ |
krōdhahā krōdha-kṛt-kartā
viśva-bāhur mahī-dharaḥ || 34 ||
acyutaḥ prathitaḥ prāṇaḥ
prāṇadō vāsa-vānujaḥ |
apāṁ-nidhir adhiṣ-ṭhānam
apra-mattaḥ pratiṣ-ṭhitaḥ || 35 ||
skandaḥ skanda-dharō dhuryō
varadō vāyu-vāhanaḥ |
vāsudevō bṛhad-bhānur
ādidevaḥ purandaraḥ || 36 ||
aśōkas tāraṇas-tāraḥ
śūraḥ śaurir janeśvaraḥ |
anukūlaḥ śatā-vartaḥ padmī
padma nibheṣaṇaḥ || 37 ||
padmanābhō aravind-ākṣaḥ
padma-garbhaḥ śarīra-bhṛt |
maharddhir ṛddhō vṛddh-ātmā
mahākṣō garuḍa-dhvajaḥ || 38 ||
atulaḥ śarabhō bhīmaḥ
sama-yajñō havir-hariḥ |
sarva-lakṣaṇa lakṣaṇyō
lakṣmīvān samitiñ-jayaḥ || 39 ||
viṣarō rōhitō mārgō
hetur-damodara-sahaḥ |
mahīdharō mahābhāgō
vega-vāna mitāśanaḥ || 40 ||
udbhavaḥ kṣōbhaṇō devaḥ
śrī-garbhaḥ parameśvaraḥ |
karaṇaṁ kāraṇaṁ kartā
vikartā gahanō guhaḥ || 41 ||
vya - vasāyō vya - vas-thānaḥ
saṁsthānaḥ sthānadō dhruvaḥ |
pararddhiḥ parama- spaṣṭas
tuṣṭaḥ puṣṭaḥ śubhek - ṣaṇaḥ || 42 ||
rāmō virāmō viradō
mārgō neyō nayō - nayaḥ |
vīraḥ śakti - matāṁ śreṣṭhō
dharmō dharma vid - uttamaḥ || 43 ||
vaikuṇṭa puruṣaḥ prāṇaḥ
prāṇadaḥ praṇavaḥ pṛuthuḥ |
hiraṇya - garbhaḥ śatrughnō
vyāptō vāyur - adhōk - ṣajaḥ || 44 ||
ṛtuḥ sudarśanaḥ kālaḥ
para - meṣṭhī pari - grahaḥ |
ugraḥ saṁ - vatsarō dakṣō
viśrāmō viśva - dakṣiṇaḥ || 45 |
vistāraḥ sthāvaraḥ - sthāṇuḥ
pramāṇaṁ bījam - avyayam |
arthō - anarthō mahā - kōśō
mahā - bhōgō mahā - dhanaḥ|| 46 ||
anir-viṇṇaḥ stha-viṣṭhō abhūr
dharma-yūpō mahā-mahaḥ |
nakṣatra-nemir nakṣatrī kṣamaḥ
kṣāmaḥ samī-hanaḥ || 47 ||
yajña ijyō mahej-yaśca
kra-tuḥ-satraṁa satāṁ-gatiḥ |
sarvadarśī vimukt-ātmā
sarvajñō jñāna-umuttamam || 48 ||
suvrataḥ sumukhaḥ sūkṣmaḥ
sughōṣaḥ sukhadaḥ suhṛt |
manōharō jita-krōdhō
vīra-bāhur vidāraṇaḥ || 49 ||
svāpanas svavaśō vyāpī
naik-ātmā naika-karmakṛt |
vatsarō vatsalō vatsī
ratna-garbhō dhaneśvaraḥ || 50 ||
dharma-gub dharma-kṛd - dharmī
sada sat akṣaram-akṣaram |
avijñātā sahasrāṁ-śur
vidhātā kṛta-lakṣaṇaḥ || 51 ||
gabhasti-nemiḥ satt-vasthaḥ
siṁhō bhūta-maheśvaraḥ |
ādi-devō mahā-devō
deveśō deva-bhṛd-guruḥ || 52 ||
uttarō gōpatir gōptā
jñāna-gamyaḥ purātanaḥ |
śarīra-bhūta-bhṛd bhōktā
kapīndrō bhūri-dakṣiṇaḥ || 53 ||
sōmapō-amṛtapaḥ sōmaḥ
purujit purusattamaḥ |
vinayō jayaḥ satya-sandhō
dāśārhas sātvatāṁ-patiḥ || 54 ||
jīvō vinayitā-sākṣī
mukundō-amita-vikramaḥ |
ambhō nidhir-anant-ātmā
mahe-dadhi-śayō antakaḥ || 55 ||
ajō mahārhaḥ svābhāvyō
jitā-mitraḥ pramōdanaḥ |
ānandō nandanō nandaḥ
satyadharmā tri-vikrama || 56 ||
maharṣiḥ kapilācāryaḥ
kṛtajñō medinī-patiḥ |
tripadas-tridaśā dhyakṣō
mahā-śṛṅgaḥ kṛtānta-kṛt || 57 ||
mahā-varāhō gōvindaḥ
suṣeṇaḥ kanakāṅ-gadī |
guhyō gabhīrō gahanō
guptaś cakra-gadādharaḥ || 58 ||
vedhāḥ svāṅgo’ajitaḥ kṛṣṇo
dṛḍhaḥ saṅkar-ṣaṇo acyutaḥ |
varuṇo vāruṇo vṛukṣaḥ
puṣka-rākṣo mahā-manāḥ || 59 ||
bhagavān bhagah-ānandī
vanamālī halā-yudhaḥ |
ādityō jyōtir ādityaḥ
sahiṣṇur gati-sattamaḥ || 60 ||
sudhanvā khaṇḍa - para - śur dā - ruṇō draviṇa - pradaḥ |
diva-spṛk sarva - dṛg vyāsō vācaspati arayōnijaḥ || 61 ||
trisāmā sāmagaḥ - sāma nirvā- ṇaṁ bheṣa - jaṁ bhiṣak |
saṁnyāsa - kṛc chama-śyāntō niṣṭhā - śāntiḥ parāyaṇam || 62 ||
śubhāṅgaḥ śāntidaḥ sraṣṭā kumudaḥ kuvale - śayaḥ |
gōhitō - gōpatir - gōptā vṛṣa - bhākṣō vṛṣa - priyaḥ || 63 ||
anivartī nivṛtt-ātmā saṁk-ṣeptā kṣemakṛcc-hivaḥ |
śrīvatsa-vakṣāḥ śrīvāsaḥ śrīpatiḥ śrīmatāṁ varaḥ || 64 ||
śrīdaḥ śrīśaḥ śrīnivāsaḥ śrīnidhiḥ śrī-vibhāvanaḥ |
śrīdharaḥ śrīkaraḥ śreyaḥ śrīmān lōka- trayā - śrayaḥ || 65 ||
svakṣaḥ svaṅgaḥ śatā-naṅdō naṅdir-jyōtir-gaṇeśvaraḥ |
vijit - ātmā vidhey - ātmā satkīrti - chinna-saṁśayaḥ || 66 ||
udīrṇaḥ sarva - taś cak - ṣuranīśaḥ śāśvatas-thiraḥ |
bhūśayō bhūṣaṇō bhūtir - viśōkaḥ śōkanā - śanaḥ || 67 ||
arciṣmān-arcitaḥ kuṁbhō viśuddh - ātmā viśō - dhanaḥ |
aniruddhō apra-tirathaḥ pradyum - nō amita - vikramaḥ || 68 ||
kāla - ne - minihā vīraḥ śauriḥ śūra - janeśvaraḥ |
trilōk - ātmā trilō - keśaḥ keśavaḥ keśihā hariḥ || 69 ||
kāma - devaḥ kāma - pālaḥ kāmī kāntaḥ kṛtā - gamaḥ |
anir - deśya - vapur - viṣṇur - vīrō - anantō dhanañ jayaḥ || 70 ||
brahmaṇ - yō brahma - kṛd brahmā brahma brahma - vivardhanaḥ |
brahma - vid brāhmaṇō brahmī brahma - jñō brāhmaṇa - priyaḥ || 71 ||
mahākramō mahākarmā mahātejā mahō-ragaḥ |
mahā-kratur mahā-yajvā mahā-yajñō mahā-haviḥ || 72 ||
stavyaḥ stava - priyaḥ stōtraṁ stutiḥ stōtā raṇa - priyaḥ |
pūrṇaḥ pūrayitā -puṇyaḥ puṇya - kīrti ranā - mayaḥ || 73 ||
manōja - vas tīrthakarō vasu - retā vasu - pradaḥ |
vasupradō vāsudevō vasur-vasumanā haviḥ || 74 |
sadgatiḥ satkṛtiḥ sattā sad - bhūtiḥ sat - parāyaṇaḥ |
śūra - senō yadu - śreṣṭhaḥ sanni - vāsaḥ suyā - munaḥ || 75 ||
bhūtā - vāsō vāsudevaḥ sarvā - su - nilayō - analaḥ |
darpahā darpadō dṛptō durdharō th- āparājitaḥ || 76 ||
viśva - mūrtir - mahā - mūrtir - dīpta - mūrtir - amūrti - mān |
aneka - mūrtir - avyaktaḥ śata - mūrtiḥ śatā - nanaḥ || 77 ||
ekō naikaḥ savaḥ kaḥ - kiṁ yat- tat padam - anut - tamam |
lōka - bandhur lōka - nāthō mādhavō bhakta - vatsalaḥ || 78 ||
suvarṇa - varṇō hemāṅgō varāṅga - chandanāṅgadī |
vīrahā viṣamaḥ śūnyō ghṛtā - śīr acalaś- calaḥ || 79 ||
amānī māna - dō -mānyō lōka - svāmī trilōka-dhṛt |
sumedhā medhajō dhanyaḥ satya - medhā dharā - dharaḥ
tejō - vṛṣō dyuti - dharaḥ sarva - śastra - bhṛtāṁ varaḥ |
pragrahō nigrahō vyagrō naika - śṛṅgō gadā - grajaḥ || 81 ||
catur - mūrtiś catur - bāhuś catur - vyūhaś catur - gatiḥ |
catur - ātmā catur - bhāvaś catur - veda vide - kapāt || 82 ||
samā-vartō nivaṛt-ātmā durjayō durati-kramaḥ |
durlabhō durgamō durgō durā-vāsō durā-rihā || 83 ||
śubhāṅgō lōka-sāraṅgaḥ sutantus-tantu-vardhanaḥ |
indra-karmā mahā-karmā kṛta-karmā kṛtā-gamaḥ || 84 ||
udbhavaḥ sundaraḥ sundō ratna-nābhaḥ sulōcanaḥ |
arkō vāja-sanaḥ śṛṅgī jayantaḥ sarva-vijjayī || 85 ||
suvarṇabindu rakṣōbhyaḥ sarva vāgī -śvareśvaraḥ |
mahā-hradō mahā-gartō mahā-bhūtō mahā-nidhiḥ || 86 ||
kumudaḥ kundaraḥ kundaḥ parjan-yaḥ pāvanō-anilaḥ |
amṛtāśō amṛta - vapuḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvatō-mukhaḥ || 87 ||
sulabhaḥ suvratas siddhaḥ śatrujit chatrutāpanaḥ |
nyagrōdhō udumbarō- aśvatthaś-cāṇūrāndhra-niṣūdanaḥ || 88 ||
sahasrārciḥ saptajihvaḥ saptaidhāḥ sapta-vāhanaḥ |
amūrtir-anaghō-acintyō bhaya-kṛd bhaya-nāśanaḥ || 89 ||
aṇur-bṛhat kṛśaḥ sthūlō guṇabhṛn nirguṇō mahān |
adhṛta-svadhṛta-svāsyaḥ prāga-vaṁśō vaṁśa-vardhanaḥ || 90 |
bhārabhṛt kathitō yōgī yōgīśaḥ sarva-kāmadaḥ |
āśramaḥ śramaṇaḥ, kṣāmaḥ suparṇō vāyu-vāhanaḥ || 91 ||
dhanur-dharō dhanur-vedō daṅḍō damayitā damaḥ |
aparājitas sarvasahō niyantā niyamō yamaḥ || 92 ||
sattvavān sāttvikaḥ satyaḥ satya dharma parāyaṇa |
abhi-prāyaḥ priyār-hōrhaḥ priya-kṛt priti-vardhanaḥ || 93 ||
vihāya-sagatir jyōtiḥ suru-cir-huta-bhug-vibhuḥ |
ravir virōcanaḥ sūryaḥ savitā ravi-lōcanaḥ || 94 ||
anantō huta- bhug-bhōktā sukhadō naikajō-agrajaḥ |
anir-viṇṇaḥ sadā-marṣī lōkā-dhiṣṭhā-nam-adbhutaḥ || 95 ||
sanāt sanātana-dhamaḥ kapilaḥ kapir-avyayaḥ |
svastidaḥ svasti-kṛt svasti svasti-bhuk svasti-dakṣiṇaḥ || 96 ||
araudraḥ kunḍalī cakrī vikram-yūr jita-śāsanaḥ |
śabdātigaḥ śabda-sahaḥ śiśi-raḥ śarvarī-karaḥ || 97 ||
akrūraḥ peśalō dakṣō dakṣiṇaḥ, kṣami-ṇāṁ varaḥ |
vidvat-tamō vīta-bhayaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ || 98 ||
uttāraṇō duṣ-kṛtihā puṇyō duḥ-svapna-nāśanaḥ |
vīrahā rakṣaṇas-santō jīvanaḥ parya-vasthitaḥ || 99 ||
ananta - rūpō - ananta - śrīr - jita - manyur - bhayā - pahaḥ |
catu-raśrō gabhīr-ātmā vidiśō vyādiśō diśaḥ || 100 ||
anādir-bhūr-bhuvō lakṣmīs suvīrō rucirāṅ-gadaḥ |
jananō jana-janmādir bhīmō bhīma-parākramaḥ || 101 ||
ādhāra-nilayō-dhātā puṣpa-hāsaḥ prajā-garaḥ |
ūrdhvagas-satpathā-cāraḥ prāṇadaḥ praṇavaḥ paṇaḥ || 102 ||
pramā-ṇaṁ prāṇa-nilayaḥ prāṇabhṛt prāṇa-jīvanaḥ |
tattvaṁ tattva-videk-ātmā janma-mṛtyu-jarātigaḥ || 103 ||
bhūrbhuvaḥ svasta-rus-tāraḥ savitā prapitā-mahaḥ |
yajñō yajña-patir yajvā yajñ-āṅgō yajña-vāhanaḥ || 104 ||
yajña - bhṛd yajña - kṛd yajñī yajña - bhug yajña - sādhanaḥ |
yajñā-anta-kṛd yajña-guhya manna mannāda eva-ca || 105 || 2x
ātma-yōniḥ svayaṁ-jātō vaikhānaḥ sāma-gāyanaḥ |
devakī - nandanaḥ sraṣṭā kṣitīśaḥ pāpa - nāśanaḥ || 106 ||
śaṅkha-bhṛn nandakī cakrī śārṅga-dhanvā gadā-dharaḥ |
rathāṅga-pāṇi rakṣō-bhyaḥ sarva-prahara-ṇāyudhaḥ || 107 ||
vanamālī gadī śārṅgī
śaṅkhī cakrī ca nandakī |
śrīmān nārāyaṇō viṣṇur
vāsudevō- abhi - rakṣatu || (3x)
Sree Sarva-praharanaayudhah Om Namah iti
[Phala Struthi Concluding Verses:]
itīdaṁ kīrtanīyasya keśavasya mahātmanaḥ |
nāmnāṁ sahasraṁ divyānāmaśeṣeṇa prakīrtitam || 1 ||
ya idaṁ śṛṇuyānnityaṁ yaścāpi parikīrtayet |
nāśubhaṁ prāpnuyāt kiñcit sōmutreha ca mānavaḥ || 2 ||
vedāntagō brāhmaṇaḥ syāt kṣatriyō vijayī bhavet |
vaiśyō dhanasamṛddhaḥ syāt śūdrassukhamavāpnuyāt || 3 ||
dharmārthī prāpnuyāddharmam arthārthī cārthamāpnuyāt |
kāmānavāpnuyāt kāmī prajārthī cāpnuyāt prajām || 4 ||
bhaktimān yaḥ sadōtthāya śucistadgatamānasaḥ |
sahasraṁ vāsudevasya nāmnāmetat prakīrtayet || 5 ||
yaśaḥ prāpnōti vipulaṁ yāti prādhānyameva ca |
acalāṁ śriyamāpnōti śreyaḥ prāpnōtyanuttamam || 6 ||
na bhayaṁ kvacidāpnōti vīryaṁ tejaśca viṁdati | 84
bhavatyarōgō dyutimān balarūpaguṇānvitaḥ || 7 ||
rōgārtō mucyate rōgādbaddhō mucyeta bandhanāt |
bhayānmucyeta bhītastu mucyetāpanna āpadaḥ || 8 ||
durgāṇyatitaratyāśu puruṣaḥ puruṣōttamam |
stuvannāmasahasreṇa nityaṁ bhaktisamanvitaḥ || 9 ||
vāsudevāśrayō martyō vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ |
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā yāti brahma sanātanam || 10 ||
na vāsudevabhaktānāmaśubhaṁ vidyate kvacit |
janmamṛtyujarāvyādhibhayaṁ naivōpajāyate || 11 ||
imaṁ stavamadhīyānaḥ śraddhābhaktisamanvitaḥ |
yujyetātmāsukhakṣāmtiśrīdhṛtismṛtikīrtibhiḥ || 12 ||
na krōdhō na ca mātsaryaṁ na lōbhō nāśubhā matiḥ |
bhavanti kṛtapuṇyānāṁ bhaktānāṁ puruṣōttame || 13 ||
dyaussacandrārkanakṣatrā khaṁ diśō bhūrmahōdadhiḥ |
vāsudevasya vīryeṇa vidhṛtāni mahātmanaḥ || 14 ||
sasurāsuragandharvaṁ sayakṣōragarākṣasam |
jagadvaśe vartatedaṁ kṛṣṇasya sacarācaram || 15 ||
indriyāṇi manō buddhiḥ sattvaṁ tejō balaṁ dhṛtiḥ |
vāsudevātmakānyāhuḥ, kṣetraṁ kṣetrajña eva ca || 16 ||
sarvāgamānāmācāraḥ prathamaṁ parikalypate |
ācāraprabhavō dharmō dharmasya prabhuracyutaḥ || 17 ||
ṛṣayaḥ pitarō devā mahābhūtāni dhātavaḥ |
jaṅgamājaṅgamaṁ cedaṁ jagannārāyaṇōdbhavam || 18 ||
yōgō jñānaṁ tathā sāṁkhyaṁ vidyāḥ śilpādikarma ca |
vedāśśāstrāṇi vijñānametatsarvaṁ janārdanāt || 19 ||
ekō viṣṇurmahadbhūtaṁ pṛthagbhūtānyanekaśaḥ |
trīn–lōkānvyāpya bhūtātmā bhuṅkte viśvabhugavyayaḥ || 20 ||
imaṁ stavaṁ bhagavatō viṣṇōrvyāsena kīrtitam |
paṭhedya icchetpuruṣaḥ śreyaḥ prāptuṁ sukhāni ca || 21 ||
viśve-śvara-majaṁ devaṁ jagataḥ prabha-vāpyayam |
bhajanti ye puṣka-rākṣaṁ na te yānti parābhavam || 22 ||
|| na tē yāṁti parābhavam ōṁ nama iti ||
arjuna uvāca
padma-patra viśā-lākṣa padmanābha surōttama |
bhaktānā manu-raktānāṁ trātā bhava janārdana || 23 ||
śrī bhagavānuvāca
yō māṁ nāma sahasrēṇa stōtu-micchati pāṁḍava |
sōha mēkēna ślōkēna stuta ēva na saṁśayaḥ || 24 ||
|| stuta ēva na saṁśaya ōṁ nama iti ||
vyāsa uvāca
vāsanād vāsu-dēvasya vāsitaṁ tē jaga-trayam |
sarva-bhūtani vāsōsi vāsudēva namōstu tē || 25 ||
|| śrī-vāsudēva namōstuta ōṁ nama iti ||
Pārvati Uvāca
kēnō-pāyēna laghunā viṣṇōr-nāma-sahasrakam |
paṭhyatē paṁḍitair-nityaṁ śrōtumicchāmyahaṁ prabhō || 26 ||
īśvara uvāca
srī rāma rāma rāmēti ramē rāmē manōramē |
sahasranāma tattulyaṁ rāma nāma varānanē || 27 ||
(Chant this shloka 3 times)
|| śrī rāmanāma varānana ōṁ nama iti || (2x)
Brahmō uvāca
namō stvanaṁtāya sahasra-mūrtayē sahasrapādākṣiśirōrubāhavē |
sahasranāmnē puruṣāya śāśvatē
sahasrakōṭiyugadhāriṇē namaḥ || 28 ||
|| sahasrakōṭiyugadhāriṇē nama ōṁ nama iti ||
sanjaya uvāca
yatra yōgēś-varaḥ kr̥ṣṇō yatra pārthō dhanur-dharaḥ |
tatra śrīrvijayō bhūtirdhruvā nītirmatirmama || 29 ||
Śrī bhagavān uvāca
ananyāściṁtayaṁtō māṁ yē janāḥ paryupāsatē |
tēṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yōgakṣēmaṁ vahāmyaham || 30 ||
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkr̥tām |
dharmasaṁsthāpanārthāya saṁbhavāmi yugē yugē || 31 ||
ārtā viṣaṇṇāḥ śithilāśca bhītāḥ ghōrēṣu ca vyādhiṣu vartamānāḥ |
saṁkīrtya nārāyaṇaśabdamātraṁ vimuktaduḥkhāḥ sukhinō
bhavaṁti || 32 ||
Kayena vaachha mana-sendhriyerva
Buddhyatma-naavaa prakrute-svabha-vaat
Karomi yadyat sakalam parasmai
Naaraa-yanayeti samarpayami
Sarvam shree-krishnar-panamastu
Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam
Vishnu Sahasranamam contains 1008 names of Sri Maha Vishnnu. It is a response by Bhismacharya, the grandsire of the Kurus, to questions posed by Yudhishtira, the eldest of the Pandavas, on matters relating to Dharma and Karma.
Bhishmacharya was acknowledged to be one of the 12 most knowledgeable people. The other eleven being Brahma , Narada, Siva, Subramanya , Kapila , Manu, Prahlada , Janaka , Bali, Suka and Yama.
In the Mahabharatha war, as Bhishma awaited the sacred hour to depart from his physical body, Sri Krishna, who senses Yudhishtira’s uneasy mind, guides him to Bhishma to gain insight into this precious knowledge.
Yudhistira presented Bhisma with 6 questions.
Question 1. Kim ekam daivatam loke?
Who ("kim") is the greatest ("ekam") Lord ("daivatam") in the world ("loke")?
Answer 1.
Pavitraanaam pavitram yo mangalanaam cha mangalam
Daivatam devatanam cha Bhootaanam yo avyahah pitaa
He who is ("yo") the very sanctity ("pavitram") that sanctifies all sacred things ("pavitraanaam"); he who is most auspicious ("mangalam"); he who is the god ("devataa") of gods ("daivatam"); he who is the eternal ("avyayah") father ("pitaa") of all creatures ("bhootaanaam") is the one god – VISHNU.
Question 2.
Kim vaapyekam paraayanam?
Who is the one ("ekam") refuge ("paraayanam") for all?
Answer 2.
Paramam yo mahat-tejah Paramam yo mahat-tapah
Paramam yo mahat-brahma Paramam yah paraayanam.
He who is the great ("mahat") effulgence ("tejah"); He who is the Great controller ("tapah"); He who is the Supreme All-Pervading Truth; ("brahma") he who is the Highest (Param) Goal (Ayanam)-the Lord Vishnu.
Question 3.
Stuvantah kam praapnuyuh Maanavah subham
By glorifying ("sthuvantah") whom ("kam") can man ("manavah") reach the Auspiciousness ("shubam") (peace and prosperity)?
Answer 3.
Jagat-prabhum deva-devam Anantam purushottamam
Stuvan naama-sahasrena Purushah satatotthitah.
The supreme ("uttamam") Purusha, who is ever up and dong for the welfare of all, the Lord ("prabhum") of the world ("jagat") the endless ("anantam") – Sri Maha Vishnu.
Question 4.
(Kam archantah) praapnuyuh Maanavaah subham?
By worshipping ("archantah") whom can a man reach auspiciousness (peace and prosperity)?
Answer 4.
Tameva cha archayan nityam Bhaktyaa purusham avyayam
Stuvan naama-sahasrena Purushah satatthitah.
By meditating upon ("sthuvan naama"), by ("cha") worshipping ("archayan") and by prostrating at the same Purusha, man can reach true Auspiciousness.
Question 5.
Ko dharmah sarva-dharmaanaam Bhavatah paramo matah?
What ("ko") is, in thy opinion, the Greatest Dharma?
Question 6.
Kim japan muchyate jantuh Janma-samsaara-bandhaaat?
By ("kim") doing japa of what can “creatures” (jantu) go beyond ("mutchyate") the bonds ("bandhanaath") of samsara?
Answers 5 & 6.
Anaadi-nidhanam vishnum Sarvaloka-maheshvaram
Lokaadhyaksham stuvan nityam Sarva-duhkha-atigo bhavet.
Both questions are answered here: - the greatest Dharma is the one Vishnu, who has neither a beginning (Aadi) nor an end (Nidhanam), the supreme Lord ("maheshwaram") of the world. All creatures can go beyond the bonds of samsar, “and he goes beyond all sorrows” who daily ("nityam") chants ("stuvan") the sahasranaamas and within glorifies “the knower of the world” (Lokaadhyaksha).
The supreme is described as that from which the whole world of names and forms had risen in the beginning of the creation, that in which the world continues to exit, that into which alone the world can merge back during the ‘Dissolution’ (Pralaya); this supreme is VISHNU.
After answering the questions, Bhisma recites the Vishnu Sahasranama or the 1000 names of the Lord, and reminds him that by meditating on these names or by invoking the names through Archana (offering), our minds can be lifted to higher consciousness.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam was compiled and written by Saint Vyasa Mahamuni after the Mahabharatha War. Vishnu Sahasranamam consists of 142 slokas. Excepting 13 slokas at the beginning and 22 at the end, the remaining 107 slokas contain the thousand names of God
There are exactly 1,031 single “Names” of the Lord in the 1000-Name-Chant (Sahasranaama). The extra 31 Names are to be considered each as an adjective qualifying (Viseshana) the immediately following noun. When one makes Archanaa to the Lord the correct dative case is to be used. There are 20 double-names in the first 500 Names and 11 double-names in the second half of the chant. There is one indeclinable (Avyaya) word used, and it (896th) should be used in the dative for Archanaa as Sanaat Namah; so too the 929th Name in the chant, being a plural noun, should be used in Archanaa as Sadbhyo Namah.
Wherever Vyassa employs the masculine gender, it denotes Vishnu, the Lord of Lakshmi. When it is feminine it is indicative of His Might, Glory or power (devataa) that is manifest everywhere. When the term is in neuter gender, it means Pure Brahman, the infinite Reality.
In the Kali-Santarana Upanishad, which is one of the minor Upanishads, Naarada approaches Brahmaa to enquire what is the way out for man to evolve in these hard days of extrovertedness, which is unavoidable in the Kali yuga. ”Repetition of the names of Naaraayana is sufficient enough”, was the reply given.