Sri Vishnu Hridaya Stotram
shree vishnu hri'daya stotram
asya shree vishnu hri'daya stotrasya sankarshana ri'shih', anusht'up trisht'up gaayatree cha yathaayogam' chhandah', shreemahaavishnuh' paramaatmaa devataa, bhagavatpreetyarthe jape viniyogah'
sankarshanah' uvaacha –
mamaagratassadaa vishnuh' pri'sht'hatashchaapi keshavah' |
govindo dakshine paarshve vaame cha madhusoodhanah' ||1||
uparisht'aattu vaikunt'ho varaahah' pri'thiveetale |
avaantaradisho yaassyuh' taasu sarvaasu maadhavah' ||2||
gachchhatastisht'hato vaapi jaagratassvapnato'pi vaa |
narasim'hakri'taa guptih' vaasudevamayo hyaham ||3||
avyaktam' chaivaasya yonau vadanti
vyaktam' te'ham' deerghamaayurgatim' cha |
vahnim' vaktram' chandrasooryau cha netre
dishashshrotre praanamaahushcha vaayum ||4||
vaacham' vedaa hri'dayam' vai nabhashcha
pri'thvee paadau taarakaa romakoopaah' |
saangopaangaa hyadhidevataa cha vidyaa
hyupastham' te sarva ete samudraah' ||5||
tam' devadevam' sharanam' prajaanaam'
yajnyaatmakam' sarvaloka pratisht'ham |
yajnyam' varenyam' varadam' varisht'ham'
brahmaanameesham' purusham' namaste ||6||
aadyam' purushameeshaanam' puruhootam' purusht'utam |
ri'temekaaksharam' brahma vyaktaavyaktam' sanaatanam ||7||
mahaabhaaratakaakhyaanam' kurukshetram' sarasvateem |
keshavam' gaancha gangaancha keertayannaavaseedati ||8||
om bhooh' purushaaya purusharoopaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om bhuvah' purushaaya purusharoopaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om suvah' purushaaya purusharoopaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om bhoorbhuvassuvah' purushaaya purusharoopaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om pradyumnaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om aniruddhaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om bhavodbhavaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om keshavaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om naaraayanaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om maadhavaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om govindaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om vishnave purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om madhusoodanaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om trivikramaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om vaamanaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om shreedharaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om hri'sheekeshaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om padmanaabhaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om daamodaraaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om satyaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om eeshaanaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om tatpurushaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om satpurushaaya purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
om pranavendra vishno shatasahasranetre purushaaya vaasudevaaya namo namah' |
ya idam' vishnuhri'dayamadheeyate brahmahatyaayaah' pooto bhavati patitasambhaashanaatpooto bhavati
suraapaanaatpooto bhavati suvarnasteyaatpooto bhavati asatyabhaashanaatpooto bhavati agamyaagamanaatpooto bhavati vri'shaleegamanaatpooto bhavati abhakshyabhakshanaatpooto bhavati brahmachaaree subrahmachaaree bhavati aneka kratusahasrenesht'am' bhavati gaayatryaah' shasht'isahasraani japtaani bhavanti chatvaaro vedaashchaadheetaa bhavanti sarvavedeshu jnyaato bhavati sarvateertheshu snaato bhavati. yadi kasyachinnabrooyaachchhvitree bhavati. asht'au braahmanaag graahayitvaa vishnulokamaapnoti maanasena gatirbhavati na nashyati mantrah' yatra yatrechchhettatra tatropajaayate smarati chaatmaanam' bhagavaanmahaavishnurityaaha |
iti shree vishnuhri'dayastotram |
Meaning
1️⃣ Protection in All Directions:
Let Vishnu guard me in front, Keshava behind, Govinda on my right, and Madhusudana on my left.
Vaikuntha above, Varaha below — and in all directions, may Madhava protect me.
2️⃣ Divine Protection:
Whether walking, sleeping, or waking, may Narasimha’s protection surround me — for I am pervaded by Vasudeva Himself.
3️⃣ Cosmic Form:
The unmanifest is His womb, the manifest His form.
Fire is His mouth, sun and moon His eyes, directions His ears, wind His breath, Vedas His speech, space His heart, earth His feet, stars His hair — and oceans His very being.
4️⃣ Salutations:
Salutations to the Lord of all beings, the sacrifice Himself, the refuge of the worlds —
the Supreme Brahman, ancient, formless yet manifest, eternal.
5️⃣ Mantric Recitation:
Each verse of this hymn praises Vishnu’s 24 divine forms —
Keshava, Narayana, Madhava, Govinda, Vishnu, Madhusudana, Trivikrama, Vamana, Sridhara, Hrishikesha, Padmanabha, Damodara, etc. —
each addressed as “Purushāya Vāsudevāya Namo Namah.”
6️⃣ The Power of Recitation:
He who chants this Vishnu Hridaya —
• Becomes purified from all sins, even the gravest.
• Attains the merit of thousands of sacrifices.
• Gains the fruit of countless Gayatri japas and Vedic study.
• Is freed from rebirth and attains Vishnuloka.
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Essence:
This hymn is a meditation on the heart of Vishnu — the source of all existence, pervading the entire universe.
It affirms that wherever one remembers Him, He is present.
The devotee who recites it becomes pure, fearless, and inwardly illumined by divine realization.
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