Sri Gayatri Namashtavimsati

1. Brahmā speaks: the collection of a hundred (here framed as శతాక్షరాత్మకం) names is ancient, secret and powerful — hear and know this tradition.
 2. The names describe Gayatri as giver of earth, speech, motherly being, and ascetic energy — multifaceted cosmic Mother.
 3. She is milk-nurturer, chaste one, truth-heroine, the supreme fourth/turiya — manifesting day-night and beyond.
 4. Other epithets show Gayatri as knower of cows, river, bird, wisdom — emphasizing her manifold powers.
 5. Titles describe martial, auspicious, lyrical and sinless qualities — her forms suit many life-contexts.
 6. She is giver of all desires, beyond ego, adopting many locomotions and life-forms — universal in reach.
 7. The hymn is rooted in the Savitri/Gayatri tradition and characterized by many syllables and forms.
 8. Whoever hears, teaches or reads these names gains freedom from mortal fears and dread.
 9. The names confer liberation to seekers, prosperity to aspirants, victory, health and long life.
 10. They can attract devotion, learning, wealth, and pacify sin — a comprehensive practical litany.
 11. For debaters and poets the names bring verbal mastery; for those desiring heaven they are effective.
 12. They aid cattle-keepers, progeny-seekers, and reduce grief and the fear of enemies.
 13. The names place the devotee under royal favor, and grant internal presence of Viṣṇu for devotees.
 14. For devotees without desire, steady liberation becomes their constant state.
 15. It is especially fit for householders (gṛhastha) with threefold benefits, and for renunciates for jñāna.
 16. One may recite the hymn standing in moonlight, or in natural quiet, with purity of body and mind.
 17. In Viṣṇu’s presence the hymn grants all desires and enhances devotion; it fosters inner growth.
 18. For the sick, the hymn prescribes use of a kusha blade for application — alleviating jaundice, skin-diseases when properly used.
 19. Recitation purifies the sacred circle and rescues those near death; barren women receive support.
 20. Childless women who worship thus may attain offspring and long life for progeny.
 21. Even if childbirth fails, recitation can reestablish fertility and heal marital estrangement.
 22. Devotion to Gayatri, practiced at sacred trees and roots, is traditionally held to bring marital harmony and royal favor.
 23. Specific places (palash root, bilva root, temple corners) are named as propitious for different aims.
 24. Different aims (health, liberation, prosperity) recommend different locations—mountain-tops, gardens, temples.
 25. When starting japa, recite the heart-mantra first and at the end read the kavach for completion.
 26. Nārada’s closing principle: whatever a person contemplates regularly, that he will assuredly attain.

Summary:
Sri Gayatri Namashtavimsati is a devotional catalogue of Gayatri’s many names and forms, each name entitling the sadhaka to particular blessings — progeny, health, victory, wealth, poetic skill, liberation and more. The hymn functions both as devotional praise and practical manual: it prescribes how, where and for whom the names are efficacious, and it closes with the classical spiritual maxim that habitual thought begets corresponding destiny. Intended for regular, pure recitation under proper observances, it is a compact aid for both householders and seekers.