22 June 2024
Sahasranama
The Vishnu Sahasranamam Stotram is one of the most significant and widely revered hymns in Hinduism, dedicated to Lord Vishnu, the preserver and protector of the universe in the Hindu Trinity (Trimurti). The term "Sahasranama" means "a thousand names," and the Vishnu Sahasranamam comprises 1,000 names of Lord Vishnu, each glorifying his various attributes, qualities, forms, and deeds.
Dhyanam
Shuklāmbaradharam Vishnum Shashivarnam Chaturbhujam,
Prasannavadanam Dhyāyet Sarvavighnopaśāntaye ॥1॥
Yasya Dviradavaktrādyāh Pāriṣadyāh Parah Shatam,
Vighnam Nighnanti Satatam Vishvaksenam Tamāshraye ॥2॥
Sri Bhishma Uvacha
Jagatprabhum Devadevam Anantam Purushottamam,
Stuvan Nāmnā-Sahasrena Purushah Satatotthitah ॥
Tameva Chārcayan Nityam Bhaktyā Purushamavyayam,
Dhyāyan Stuvan Namasyanśhcha Yajamānas Tam Evacha ॥
Anādhinidhanam Vishnum Sarvaloka Maheshvaram,
Lokādhyaksham Stuvan Nityam Sarvadhukhtigobhayāpaham ॥
Esha Me Sarvadharmanam Dharmodhikatamo Matah,
Yadbhaktyā Pundarīkāksham Stavairarchennarah Sadā ॥
Paramam Yo Mahattejah Paramam Yo Mahattapah,
Paramam Yo Mahadbrahma Paramam Yah Parāyanam ॥
Pavitranam Pavitram Yo Mangalanam Cha Mangalam,
Daivatam Devatānam Cha Bhūtānām Yo Vyayah Pitā ॥
Yatah Sarvāni Bhūtāni Bhavantyādiyugāgame,
Yasminścha Pralayam Yānti Punareva Yugakshaye ॥
Tasya Loka Pradhānasya Jagannāthasya Bhūpate,
Vishnor Nāmnā-Sahasram Me Shrunu Pāpabhayāpaham ॥
Yāni Nāmāni Gauṇāni Vikhyātāni Mahatmanah,
Rishibhih Parigītāni Tāni Vakshyāmi Bhūtaye ॥
Rishir Nāmnā-Sahasrasya Vedavyāso Mahāmunih,
Chando'nushtup Tathā Devah Bhagavān Devakīsutah ॥
Amritāmshūdbhavo Bhījam Shaktirdevakinandanah,
Trisāmā Hridayam Tasya Shāntyarthe Viniyujyate ॥
Vishnum Jishnum Mahāvishnum Prabhavishnum Maheshvaram,
Anekaroopadhrik Vishnum Namāmi Purushottamam ॥
Dhyanam
Kshirodanvatpradese Shuchimani Vilasatsaikate Maukthikānām,
Mālāk-Luptāsanasthaḥ Spatikamani Nibhair Mauktikair Mandithangah ॥
Shubhrai-Rabhrai-Rathabhrai Ruparivirachitair Muktha-Piyusha Varshaih,
Ānandhi Naḥ Punīyādari-Navaratnah Padyamuhan Vishnurishah ॥1॥
Meghashyamam Pitakauseya-Vasam Shrīvatsangam Kausthubodhbhāsitāngam,
Puneyopisavamakshaymangam, Vande Vishnum Sarvalokaika Nātham ॥2॥
Sāśankachakram Sakiritakundalam Sapita Vastram Sarasiruhekshanam,
Sahāravakshasthala Kausthubhasriyam Namami Vishnum Shirasā Chaturbhujam ॥3॥
Chhayā-Yām Parijathasya Heemasino Yashasvinah, Upamā Bhudhavishnor Jaya Lakshmīratāngatih ॥4॥
Sri Vyasa Uvacha
Vāsudevam Hrisheekesham Vāmanaṁ Jalaśāyinam,
Janārdhanam Hariṁ Krishnam Śrīnivāsaṁ Praṇamāmyaham ॥
Brahmanyam Sarvadharmajñam Lokānāṁ Kīrti Vardhanam,
Ādidevam Param Brahma Viṣṇuṁ Satyaṁ Praṇamāmyaham ॥
Sri Bhishma Uvacha
Om Vishvam Vishnur Vashatkaro Bhuta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuh,
Bhuta-krit Bhuta-bhrit Bhavo Bhutatma Bhuta-bhavanah ॥1॥
Putatma Paramatma Cha Muktanam Parama Gatih,
Avyayah Purushah Sakshi Kshetrajño'kshara Eva Cha ॥2॥
Yogo Yogavidam Neta Pradhana-purusheshvarah,
Narasimha-vapu Shriman Keshava Purushottamah ॥3॥
Sarvah Sharvah Shivah Sthanur Bhutadir Nidhiravyayah,
Sambhavo Bhavano Bharta Prabhavah Prabhurishvarah ॥4॥
Swayambhuh Shambhur Adityah Pushkaraksho Mahasvanah,
Anadi-nidhanah Dhata Vidhata Dhaturuttamah ॥5॥
Aprameyo Hrishikesha Padmanabho' Maraprabhu,
Vishvakarma Manustvashta Sthavishtah Sthaviro Dhruvah ॥6॥
Agrāhyah Shashvatah Krishno Lohitāksha Pratardanah,
Prabhutas Trikakud-dhama Pavitrah Mangalam Param ॥7॥
Ishānah Pranadah Prāno Jyeshthah Shreshthah Prajāpatih,
Hiranyagarbho Bhugarbho Madhavo Madhusudanah ॥8॥
Ishvaro Vikrami Dhanvi Medhavi Vikramah Kramah,
Anuttamo Durādharsha Kritajño Kritiratmavan ॥9॥
Sureshah Sharanam Sharama Vishvaretāh Prajābhavah,
Ahah Samvatsaro Vyalah Pratyayah Sarvadarshanah ॥10॥
Ajah Sarveshvarah Siddhah Siddhih Sarvādih Achyutah,
Vrishākapir Ameyātmā Sarvayoga-vinihshritah ॥11॥
Vasur Vasumanah Satyah Samātmā Sammitaḥ Samah,
Amoghah Pundarikāksho Vrishakarmā Vrishākritih ॥12॥
Rudro Bahushirā Babhrur Vishvayoniḥ Shuchiśravāḥ,
Amritah Shāshvata Sthānur Varāroho Mahātapāḥ ॥13॥
Sarvagah Sarvavid-bhānur Vishvaksenah Janārdanah,
Vedo Vedavid Avyango Vedango Vedavit Kavih ॥14॥
Lokādhyakshah Surādhyaksho Dharmādhyaksha Kritākritah,
Chaturātmā Chaturvyūhah Chaturdamstrāh Chaturbhujah ॥15॥
Bhrajiṣṇur Bhojanam Bhoktā Sahishnuh Jagadādhijah,
Anagho Vijayo Jetā Vishvayonih Punarvasuh ॥16॥
Upendro Vāmanah Prāmsur Amoghas Shuchir Urjitah,
Atindrah Samgrahah Sargo Dhritātmā Niyamo Yamah ॥17॥
Vedyo Vaidyah Sadāyogi Vīrahā Mādhavo Madhuh,
Atindriyo Mahāmāyo Mahotsāho Mahābalah ॥18॥
Mahābuddhir Mahāvīryo Mahāshaktir Mahādyutih,
Anirdeśya-vapur Shrīmān Ameyātmā Mahādridhrit ॥19॥
Maheshvāso Mahibhartā Shrīnivāsaḥ Satām Gatih,
Aniruddhah Surānando Govindo Govidām Patih ॥20॥
Mareechir Damano Hamsah Suparno Bhujagottamah,
Hiranyanābhah Sutapāh Padmanābhah Prajāpatih ॥21॥
Amrityuh Sarvadrik Simhah Sandhātā Sandhimān Sthirah,
Ajo Durmarshano Shāstā Vishrutātmā Surārihā ॥22॥
Guruh Gurutamo Dhāma Satyah Satya-parākramaḥ,
Nimisho Nimishah Sragvi Vāchaspatiḥ Udāradhih ॥23॥
Agranir Grāmanir Shrīmān Nyāyo Netā Samīranah,
Sahasramūrdhā Vishvātma Sahasrākshah Sahasrapāt ॥24॥
Āvartano Nivruttātmā Samvrutah Sampramardanah,
Ahah Samvartako Vahnih Anilo Dharanidharah ॥25॥
Suprasādah Prasannātmā Vishvadhrik Vishvabhug Vibhuḥ,
Satkartā Satkritah Sādhur Janeshah Narasimhavapuh ॥26॥
Shrimān Kesavah Purushottamah ॥27॥
Sarvah Sharvah Shivasthanur Bhutādhi Nidhiravyayah ॥28॥
Sambhavo Bhavano Bhartā Prabhavah Prabhurīshvarah ॥29॥
Swayambhūh Shambhurādityah Pushkarāksho Mahāsvanah ॥30॥
Anādi-nidhanah Dhātā Vidhātā Dhāturuttamah ॥31॥
Aprameyo Hrishikesha Padmanābho' Maraprabhu ॥32॥
Vishvakarma Manustvashtā Sthavishtah Sthaviro Dhruvah ॥33॥
Agrāhyah Shāsvatah Krishno Lohitāksha Pratardanah ॥34॥
Prabhūtah Strikakubdhāmah Pavitrah Mangalam Param ॥35॥
Eshanah Pranadah Prāno Jyeshthah Shreshthah Prajāpatih ॥36॥
Hiranyagarbho Bhugarbho Madhavo Madhusūdanah ॥37॥
Eshvaro Vikramī Dhanvī Medhāvī Vikramah Kramah ॥38॥
Anuttamo Durādharsho Kritajño Kritirātmavān ॥39॥
Suresha Saranam Sarmah Vishvaretāh Prajābhavah ॥40॥
Ahah Samvatsaro Vyālah Pratyayah Sarvadarshanah ॥41॥
Ajah Sarveshvarah Siddhah Siddhih Sarvādir Achyutah ॥42॥
Vrishākapir Ameyātmā Sarvayoga-vinihritah ॥43॥
Vasur Vasumanāh Satyah Samātmā Sammitaḥ Samah ॥44॥
Amoghaḥ Pundarīkāksha Vrishakarma Vrishākritih ॥45॥
Rudro Bahushirā Babhrur Vishvayoniḥ Shuchiśravāḥ ॥46॥
Amritah Shāshvata Sthānur Varāroho Mahātapāḥ ॥47॥
Sarvagah Sarvavid-bhānur Vishvaksenah Janārdanah ॥48॥
Vedo Vedavid Avyango Vedango Vedavit Kavih ॥49॥
Lokādhyaksha Surādhyaksho Dharmādhyaksha Kritākritah ॥50॥
Chaturātmā Chaturvyūhah Chaturdamstrah Chaturbhujah ॥51॥
Bhrajiṣṇur Bhojanam Bhoktā Sahishnuh Jagadādhijah ॥52॥
Anagho Vijayo Jetā Vishvayonih Punarvasuh ॥53॥
Upendro Vāmanah Prāmsur Amoghas Shuchir Urjitah ॥54॥
Atindrah Samgrahah Sargo Dhritātmā Niyamo Yamah ॥55॥
Vedyo Vaidyah Sadāyogi Vīrahā Mādhavo Madhuh ॥56॥
Atindriyo Mahāmāyo Mahotsāho Mahābalah ॥57॥
Mahābuddhir Mahāvīryo Mahāshaktir Mahādyutih ॥58॥
Anirdeśya-vapur Shrīmān Ameyātmā Mahādridhrit ॥59॥
Maheshvāso Mahibhartā Shrīnivāsaḥ Satām Gatih ॥60॥
Aniruddhah Surānando Govindo Govidām Patih ॥61॥
Mareechir Damano Hamsah Suparno Bhujagottamah ॥62॥
Hiranyanābhah Sutapāh Padmanābhah Prajāpatih ॥63॥
Amrityuh Sarvadrik Simhah Sandhātā Sandhimān Sthirah ॥64॥
Ajo Durmarshano Shāstā Vishrutātmā Surārihā ॥65॥
Guruh Gurutamo Dhāma Satyah Satya-parākramaḥ ॥66॥
Nimisho Nimishah Sragvi Vāchaspatiḥ Udāradhih ॥67॥
Agranir Grāmanir Shrīmān Nyāyo Netā Samīranah ॥68॥
Sahasramūrdhā Vishvātma Sahasrākshah Sahasrapāt ॥69॥
Āvartano Nivruttātmā Samvrutah Sampramardanah ॥70॥
Ahah Samvartako Vahnih Anilo Dharanidharah ॥71॥
Suprasādah Prasannātmā Vishvadhrik Vishvabhug Vibhuḥ ॥72॥
Satkartā Satkritah Sādhur Janeshah Narasimhavapuh ॥73॥
Shrimān Kesavah Purushottamah ॥74॥
Sarvah Sharvah Shivasthanur Bhutādhi Nidhiravyayah ॥75॥
Sambhavo Bhavano Bhartā Prabhavah Prabhurīshvarah ॥76॥
Swayambhūh Shambhurādityah Pushkarāksho Mahāsvanah ॥77॥
Anādi-nidhanah Dhātā Vidhātā Dhāturuttamah ॥78॥
Aprameyo Hrishikesha Padmanābho' Maraprabhu ॥79॥
Vishvakarma Manustvashtā Sthavishtah Sthaviro Dhruvah ॥80॥
Agrāhyah Shāsvatah Krishno Lohitāksha Pratardanah ॥81॥
Prabhūtah Strikakubdhāmah Pavitrah Mangalam Param ॥82॥
Eshanah Pranadah Prāno Jyeshthah Shreshthah Prajāpatih ॥83॥
Hiranyagarbho Bhugarbho Madhavo Madhusūdanah ॥84॥
Eshvaro Vikramī Dhanvī Medhāvī Vikramah Kramah ॥85॥
Anuttamo Durādharsho Kritajño Kritirātmavān ॥86॥
Suresha Saranam Sarmah Vishvaretāh Prajābhavah ॥87॥
Ahah Samvatsaro Vyālah Pratyayah Sarvadarshanah ॥88॥
Ajah Sarveshvarah Siddhah Siddhih Sarvādir Achyutah ॥89॥
Vrishākapir Ameyātmā Sarvayoga-vinihritah ॥90॥
Vasur Vasumanāh Satyah Samātmā Sammitaḥ Samah ॥91॥
Amoghaḥ Pundarīkāksha Vrishakarma Vrishākritih ॥92॥
Rudro Bahushirā Babhrur Vishvayoniḥ Shuchiśravāḥ ॥93॥
Amritah Shāshvata Sthānur Varāroho Mahātapāḥ ॥94॥
Sarvagah Sarvavid-bhānur Vishvaksenah Janārdanah ॥95॥
Vedo Vedavid Avyango Vedango Vedavit Kavih ॥96॥
Lokādhyaksha Surādhyaksho Dharmādhyaksha Kritākritah ॥97॥
Chaturātmā Chaturvyūhah Chaturdamstrah Chaturbhujah ॥98॥
Bhrajiṣṇur Bhojanam Bhoktā Sahishnuh Jagadādhijah ॥99॥
Anagho Vijayo Jetā Vishvayonih Punarvasuh ॥100॥
Phalasruthi
Om Namah Iti ॥
This text has been divided according to the "Uvacha" sections where there are dialogical interludes, specifically as spoken by Bhishma and Vyasa. This division helps in understanding the flow of the hymn in the context of its narrative from the Mahabharata.