Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram (Garuda Purane)
Shree vishnu sahasranaama stotram' (garud'apuraane)
Rudra uvaacha |
Sam'saarasaagaraadghoraanmuchyate kim' japan prabho |
Narastanme param' japyam' kathaya tvam' janaardana || 1 ||
Hariruvaacha |
Pareshvaram' param' brahma paramaatmaanamavyayam' |
Vishnum' naamasahasrena stuvanmukto bhavennarah' || 2 ||
Yatpavitram' param' japyam' kathayaami vri'shadhvaja |
Shri'nushvaavahito bhootvaa sarvapaapavinaashanam' || 3 ||
Om || vaasudevo mahaavishnurvaamano vaasavo vasuh' |
Baalachandranibho baalo balabhadro balaadhipah' || 4 ||
Balibandhanakri'dvedhaa varenyo vedavit kavih' |
Vedakartaa vedaroopo vedyo vedapariplutah' || 5 ||
Vedaangavettaa vedesho balaadhaaro balaardanah' |
Avikaaro vareshashcha varuno varunaadhipah' || 6 ||
Veerahaa cha bri'hadveero vanditah' parameshvarah' |
Aatmaa cha paramaatmaa cha pratyagaatmaa viyatparah' || 7 ||
Padmanaabhah' padmanidhih' padmahasto gadaadharah' |
Paramah' parabhootashcha purushottama eeshvarah' || 8 ||
Padmajanghah' pund'areekah' padmamaalaadharah' priyah' |
Padmaakshah' padmagarbhashcha parjanyah' padmasam'sthitah' || 9 ||
Apaarah' paramaarthashcha paraanaam' cha parah' prabhuh' |
Pand'itah' pand'ited'yashcha pavitrah' paapamardakah' || 10 ||
Shuddhah' prakaasharoopashcha pavitrah' parirakshakah' |
Pipaasaavarjitah' paadyah' purushah' prakri'tistathaa || 11 ||
Pradhaanam' pri'thiveepadmam' padmanaabhah' priyapradah' |
Sarveshah' sarvagah' sarvah' sarvavit sarvadah' surah' || 12 ||
Sarvasya jagato dhaama sarvadarshee cha sarvabhri't |
Sarvaanugrahakri'ddevah' sarvabhootahri'disthitah' || 13 ||
Sarvapoojyashcha sarvaadyah' sarvadevanamaskri'tah' |
Sarvasya jagato moolam' sakalo nishkalo'nalah' || 14 ||
Sarvagoptaa sarvanisht'hah' sarvakaaranakaaranam' |
Sarvadhyeyah' sarvamitrah' sarvadevasvaroopadhri'k || 15 ||
Sarvaadhyakshah' suraadhyakshah' suraasuranamaskri'tah' |
Dusht'aanaam' chaasuraanaam' cha sarvadaa ghaatako'ntakah' || 16 ||
Satyapaalashcha sannaabhah' siddheshah' siddhavanditah' |
Siddhasaadhyah' siddhasiddhah' saadhyasiddho hri'deeshvarah' || 17 ||
Sharanam' jagatashchaiva shreyah' kshemastathaiva cha |
Shubhakri'chchhobhanah' saumyah' satyah' satyaparaakramah' || 18 ||
Satyasthah' satyasankalpah' satyavit satyadastathaa |
Dharmo dharmee cha karmee cha sarvakarmavivarjitah' || 19 ||
Karmakartaa cha karmaiva kriyaa kaaryam' tathaiva cha |
Shreepatirnri'patih' shreemaan sarvasya patiroorjitah' || 20 ||
Sadevaanaam' patishchaiva vri'shneenaam' patireed'itah' |
Patirhiranyagarbhasya tripuraantapatistathaa || 21 ||
Pashoonaam' cha patih' praayo vasoonaam' patireva cha |
Patiraakhand'alasyaiva varunasya patistathaa || 22 ||
Vanaspateenaam' cha patiranilasya patistathaa |
Analasya patishchaiva yamasya patireva cha || 23 ||
Kuberasya patishchaiva nakshatraanaam' patistathaa |
Oshadheenaam' patishchaiva vri'kshaanaam' cha patistathaa || 24 ||
Naagaanaam' patirarkasya dakshasya patireva cha |
Suhri'daam' cha patishchaiva nri'paanaam' cha patistathaa || 25 ||
Gandharvaanaam' patishchaiva asoonaam' patiruttamah' |
Parvataanaam' patishchaiva nimnagaanaam' patistathaa || 26 ||
Suraanaam' cha patih' shresht'hah' kapilasya patistathaa |
Lataanaam' cha patishchaiva veerudhaam' cha patistathaa || 27 ||
Muneenaam' cha patishchaiva sooryasya patiruttamah' |
Patishchandramasah' shresht'hah' shukrasya patireva cha || 28 ||
Grahaanaam' cha patishchaiva raakshasaanaam' patistathaa |
Kinnaraanaam' patishchaiva dvijaanaam' patiruttamah' || 29 ||
Saritaam' cha patishchaiva samudraanaam' patistathaa |
Sarasaam' cha patishchaiva bhootaanaam' cha patistathaa || 30 ||
Vetaalaanaam' patishchaiva kooshmaand'aanaam' patistathaa |
Pakshinaam' cha patih' shresht'hah' pashoonaam' patireva cha || 31 ||
Mahaatmaa mangal'o meyo mandaro mandareshvarah' |
Merurmaataa pramaanam' cha maadhavo malavarjitah' || 32 ||
Maalaadharo mahaadevo mahaadevena poojitah' |
Mahaashaanto mahaabhaago madhusoodana eva cha || 33 ||
Mahaaveeryo mahaapraano maarkand'eyarshivanditah' |
Maayaatmaa maayayaa baddho maayayaa tu vivarjitah' || 34 ||
Munistuto munirmaitro mahaanaaso mahaahanuh' |
Mahaabaahurmahaadaanto maranena vivarjitah' || 35 ||
Mahaavaktro mahaatmaa cha mahaakaayo mahodarah' |
Mahaapaado mahaagreevo mahaamaanee mahaamanaah' || 36 ||
Mahaagatirmahaakeertirmahaaroopo mahaasurah' |
Madhushcha maadhavashchaiva mahaadevo maheshvarah' || 37 ||
Makhejyo makharoopee cha maananeeyo makheshvarah' |
Mahaavaato mahaabhaago mahesho'teetamaanushah' || 38 ||
Maanavashcha manushchaiva maanavaanaam' priyankarah' |
Mri'gashcha mri'gapoojyashcha mri'gaanaam' cha patistathaa || 39 ||
Budhasya cha patishchaiva patishchaiva bri'haspateh' |
Patih' shanaishcharasyaiva raahoh' ketoh' patistathaa || 40 ||
Lakshmano lakshanashchaiva lambosht'ho lalitastathaa |
Naanaalankaarasam'yukto naanaachandanacharchitah' || 41 ||
Naanaarasojjvaladvaktro naanaapushpopashobhitah' |
Raamo ramaapatishchaiva sabhaaryah' parameshvarah' || 42 ||
Ratnado ratnahartaa cha roopee roopavivarjitah' |
Mahaaroopograroopashcha saumyaroopastathaiva cha || 43 ||
Neelameghanibhah' shuddhah' kaalameghanibhastathaa |
Dhoomavarnah' peetavarno naanaaroopo hyavarnakah' || 44 ||
Viroopo roopadashchaiva shuklavarnastathaiva cha |
Sarvavarno mahaayogee yajnyo yajnyakri'deva cha || 45 ||
Suvarnavarnavaam'shchaiva suvarnaakhyastathaiva cha |
Suvarnaavayavashchaiva suvarnah' svarnamekhalah' || 46 ||
Suvarnasya pradaataa cha suvarneshastathaiva cha |
Suvarnasya priyashchaiva suvarnaad'hyastathaiva cha || 47 ||
Suparnee cha mahaaparnee suparnasya cha kaaranam' |
Vainateyastathaaditya aadiraadikarah' shivah' || 48 ||
Kaaranam' mahatashchaiva pradhaanasya cha kaaranam' |
Buddheenaam' kaaranam' chaiva kaaranam' manasastathaa || 49 ||
Kaaranam' chetasashchaiva ahankaarasya kaaranam' |
Bhootaanaam' kaaranam' tadvatkaaranam' cha vibhaavasoh' || 50 ||
Aakaashakaaranam' tadvatpri'thivyaah' kaaranam' param' |
And'asya kaaranam' chaiva prakri'teh' kaaranam' tathaa || 51 ||
Dehasya kaaranam' chaiva chakshushashchaiva kaaranam' |
Shrotrasya kaaranam' tadvatkaaranam' cha tvachastathaa || 52 ||
Jihvaayaah' kaaranam' chaiva praanasyaiva cha kaaranam' |
Hastayoh' kaaranam' tadvatpaadayoh' kaaranam' tathaa || 53 ||
Vaachashcha kaaranam' tadvatpaayoshchaiva tu kaaranam' |
Indrasya kaaranam' chaiva kuberasya cha kaaranam' || 54 ||
Yamasya kaaranam' chaiva eeshaanasya cha kaaranam' |
Yakshaanaam' kaaranam' chaiva rakshasaam' kaaranam' param' || 55 ||
Nri'paanaam' kaaranam' shresht'ham' dharmasyaiva tu kaaranam' |
Jantoonaam' kaaranam' chaiva vasoonaam' kaaranam' param' || 56 ||
Manoonaam' kaaranam' chaiva pakshinaam' kaaranam' param' |
Muneenaam' kaaranam' shresht'ha yoginaam' kaaranam' param' || 57 ||
Siddhaanaam' kaaranam' chaiva yakshaanaam' kaaranam' param' |
Kaaranam' kinnaraanaam' cha gandharvaanaam' cha kaaranam' || 58 ||
Nadaanaam' kaaranam' chaiva nadeenaam' kaaranam' param' |
Kaaranam' cha samudraanaam' vri'kshaanaam' kaaranam' tathaa || 59 ||
Kaaranam' veerudhaam' chaiva lokaanaam' kaaranam' tathaa |
Paataala kaaranam' chaiva devaanaam' kaaranam' tathaa || 60 ||
Sarpaanaam' kaaranam' chaiva shreyasaam' kaaranam' tathaa |
Pashoonaam' kaaranam' chaiva sarveshaam' kaaranam' tathaa || 61 ||
Dehaatmaa chendriyaatmaa cha aatmaa buddhestathaiva cha |
Manasashcha tathaivaatmaa chaatmaahankaarachetasah' || 62 ||
Jaagratah' svapatashchaatmaa mahadaatmaa parastathaa |
Pradhaanasya paraatmaa cha aakaashaatmaa hyapaam' tathaa || 63 ||
Pri'thivyaah' paramaatmaa cha rasasyaatmaa tathaiva cha |
Gandhasya paramaatmaa cha roopasyaatmaa parastathaa || 64 ||
Shabdaatmaa chaiva vaagaatmaa sparshaatmaa purushastathaa |
Shrotraatmaa cha tvagaatmaa cha jihvaatmaa paramastathaa || 65 ||
Ghraanaatmaa chaiva hastaatmaa paadaatmaa paramastathaa |
Upasthasya tathaivaatmaa paayvaatmaa paramastathaa || 66 ||
Indraatmaa chaiva brahmaatmaa rudraatmaa cha manostathaa |
Dakshaprajaapateraatmaa satyaatmaa paramastathaa || 67 ||
Eeshaatmaa paramaatmaa cha raudraatmaa mokshavidyatih' |
Yatnavaam'shcha tathaa yatnashcharmee khad'gee muraantakah' || 68 ||
Hreepravartanasheelashcha yateenaam' cha hite ratah' |
Yatiroopee cha yogee cha yogidhyeyo harih' shitih' || 69 ||
Sam'vinmedhaa cha kaalashcha ooshmaa varshaa matistathaa |
Sam'vatsaro mokshakaro mohapradhvam'sakastathaa || 70 ||
Mohakartaa cha dusht'aanaam' maand'avyo vad'avaamukhah' |
Sam'vartah' kaalakartaa cha gautamo bhri'gurangiraah' || 71 ||
Atrirvasisht'hah' pulahah' pulastyah' kutsa eva cha |
Yaajnyavalkyo devalashcha vyaasashchaiva paraasharah' || 72 ||
Sharmadashchaiva gaangeyo hri'sheekesho bri'hachchhravaah' |
Keshavah' kleshahantaa cha sukarnah' karnavarjitah' || 73 ||
Naaraayano mahaabhaagah' praanasya patireva cha |
Apaanasya patishchaiva vyaanasya patireva cha || 74 ||
Udaanasya patih' shresht'hah' samaanasya patistathaa |
Shabdasya cha patih' shresht'hah' sparshasya patireva cha || 75 ||
Roopaanaam' cha patishchaadyah' khad'gapaanirhalaayudhah' |
Chakrapaanih' kund'alee cha shreevatsaankastathaiva cha || 76 ||
Prakri'tih' kaustubhagreevah' peetaambaradharastathaa |
Sumukho durmukhashchaiva mukhena tu vivarjitah' || 77 ||
Ananto'nantaroopashcha sunakhah' suramandarah' |
Sukapolo vibhurjishnurbhraajishnushcheshudheestathaa || 78 ||
Hiranyakashiporhantaa hiranyaakshavimardakah' |
Nihantaa pootanaayaashcha bhaaskaraantavinaashanah' || 79 ||
Keshino dalanashchaiva musht'ikasya vimardakah' |
Kam'sadaanavabhettaa cha chaanoorasya pramardakah' || 80 ||
Arisht'asya nihantaa cha akroorapriya eva cha |
Akroorah' krooraroopashcha akroorapriyavanditah' || 81 ||
Bhagahaa bhagavaan bhaanustathaa bhaagavatah' svayam' |
Uddhavashchoddhavasyesho hyuddhavena vichintitah' || 82 ||
Chakradhri'k chanchalashchaiva chalaachalavivarjitah' |
Ahankaaropamashchittam' gaganam' pri'thivee jalam' || 83 ||
Vaayushchakshustathaa shrotram' jihvaa cha ghraanameva cha |
Vaakpaanipaadajavanah' paayoopasthastathaiva cha || 84 ||
Shankarashchaiva sarvashcha kshaantidah' kshaantikri'nnarah' |
Bhaktapriyastathaa bhartaa bhaktimaan bhaktivardhanah' || 85 ||
Bhaktastuto bhaktaparah' keertidah' keertivardhanah' |
Keertirdeeptih' kshamaakaantirbhaktashchaiva dayaa paraa || 86 ||
Daanam' daataa cha kartaa cha devadevapriyah' shuchih' |
Shuchimaan sukhado mokshah' kaamashchaarthah' sahasrapaat || 87 ||
Sahasrasheershaa vaidyashcha mokshadvaaram' tathaiva cha |
Prajaadvaaram' sahasraakshah' sahasrakara eva cha || 88 ||
Shukrashcha sukireet'ee cha sugreevah' kaustubhastathaa |
Pradyumnashchaaniruddhashcha hayagreevashcha sookarah' || 89 ||
Matsyah' parashuraamashcha prahlaado balireva cha |
Sharanyashchaiva nityashcha buddho muktah' shareerabhri't || 90 ||
Kharadooshanahantaa cha raavanasya pramardanah' |
Seetaapatishcha vardhishnurbharatashcha tathaiva cha || 91 ||
Kumbhendrajinnihantaa cha kumbhakarnapramardanah' |
Naraantakaantakashchaiva devaantakavinaashanah' || 92 ||
Dusht'aasuranihantaa cha shambaraaristathaiva cha |
Narakasya nihantaa cha trisheershasya vinaashanah' || 93 ||
Yamalaarjunabhettaa cha tapohitakarastathaa |
Vaaditram' chaiva vaadyam' cha buddhashchaiva varapradah' || 94 ||
Saarah' saarapriyah' saurah' kaalahantri'nikri'ntanah' |
Agastyo devalashchaiva naarado naaradapriyah' || 95 ||
Praano'paanastathaa vyaano rajah' sattvam' tamah' sharat |
Udaanashcha samaanashcha bheshajam' cha bhishak tathaa || 96 ||
Koot'asthah' svachchharoopashcha sarvadehavivarjitah' |
Chakshurindriyaheenashcha vaagindriyavivarjitah' || 97 ||
Hastendriyaviheenashcha paadaabhyaam' cha vivarjitah' |
Paayoopasthaviheenashcha marutaapavivarjitah' || 98 || [mahaataapa]
Prabodhena viheenashcha buddhyaa chaiva vivarjitah' |
Chetasaa vigatashchaiva praanena cha vivarjitah' || 99 ||
Apaanena viheenashcha vyaanena cha vivarjitah' |
Udaanena viheenashcha samaanena vivarjitah' || 100 ||
Aakaashena viheenashcha vaayunaa parivarjitah' |
Agninaa cha viheenashcha udakena vivarjitah' || 101 ||
Pri'thivyaa cha viheenashcha shabdena cha vivarjitah' |
Sparshena cha viheenashcha sarvaroopavivarjitah' || 102 ||
Raagena vigatashchaiva aghena parivarjitah' |
Shokena rahitashchaiva vachasaa parivarjitah' || 103 ||
Rajovivarjitashchaiva vikaaraih' shad'bhireva cha |
Kaamena varjitashchaiva krodhena parivarjitah' || 104 ||
Lobhena vigatashchaiva dambhena cha vivarjitah' |
Sookshmashchaiva susookshmashcha sthoolaatsthoolatarastathaa || 105 ||
Vishaarado balaadhyakshah' sarvasya kshobhakastathaa |
Prakri'teh' kshobhakashchaiva mahatah' kshobhakastathaa || 106 ||
Bhootaanaam' kshobhakashchaiva buddheshcha kshobhakastathaa |
Indriyaanaam' kshobhakashcha vishayakshobhakastathaa || 107 ||
Brahmanah' kshobhakashchaiva rudrasya kshobhakastathaa |
Agamyashchakshuraadeshcha shrotraagamyastathaiva cha || 108 ||
Tvachaa na gamyah' koormashcha jihvaa'graahyastathaiva cha |
Ghraanendriyaagamya eva vaachaa'graahyastathaiva cha || 109 ||
Agamyashchaiva paanibhyaam' padaagamyastathaiva cha |
Agraahyo manasashchaiva buddhyaa'graahyo haristathaa || 110 ||
Aham' buddhyaa tathaa'graahyashchetasaa'graahya eva cha |
Shankhapaanishchaavyayashcha gadaapaanistathaiva cha || 111 ||
Shaarngapaanishcha kri'shnashcha jnyaanamoortih' parantapah' |
Tapasvee jnyaanagamyo hi jnyaanee jnyaanavideva cha || 112 ||
Jnyeyashcha jnyeyaheenashcha jnyaptishchaitanyaroopakah' |
Bhaavo bhaavyo bhavakaro bhaavano bhavanaashanah' || 113 ||
Govindo gopatirgopah' sarvagopeesukhapradah' |
Gopaalo gogatishchaiva gomatirgodharastathaa || 114 ||
Upendrashcha nri'sim'hashcha shaurishchaiva janaardanah' |
Aaraneyo bri'hadbhaanurbri'haddeeptistathaiva cha || 115 ||
Daamodarastrikaalashcha kaalajnyah' kaalavarjitah' |
Trisandhyo dvaaparam' tretaa prajaadvaaram' trivikramah' || 116 ||
Vikramo dand'ahastashcha hyekadand'ee tridand'adhri'k |
Saamabhedastathopaayah' saamaroopee cha saamagah' || 117 ||
Saamavedo hyatharvashcha sukri'tah' sutaroopanah' |
Atharvavedavichchaiva hyatharvaachaarya eva cha || 118 ||
Ri'groopee chaiva ri'gveda ri'gvedeshu pratisht'hitah' |
Yajurvettaa yajurvedo yajurvedavidekapaat || 119 ||
Bahupaachcha supaachchaiva tathaiva cha sahasrapaat |
Chatushpaachcha dvipaachchaiva smri'tirnyaayo yamo balee || 120 ||
Sannyaasee chaiva sannyaasashchaturaashrama eva cha |
Brahmachaaree gri'hasthashcha vaanaprasthashcha bhikshukah' || 121 ||
Braahmanah' kshatriyo vaishyah' shoodro varnastathaiva cha |
Sheeladah' sheelasampanno duh'sheelaparivarjitah' || 122 ||
Moksho'dhyaatmasamaavisht'ah' stutih' stotaa cha poojakah' |
Poojyo vaakkaranam' chaiva vaachyam' chaiva tu vaachakah' || 123 ||
Vettaa vyaakaranam' chaiva vaakyam' chaiva cha vaakyavit |
Vaakyagamyasteerthavaasee teerthasteerthee cha teerthavit || 124 ||
Teerthaadibhootah' saankhyashcha niruktam' tvadhidaivatam' |
Pranavah' pranaveshashcha pranavena pravanditah' || 125 ||
Pranavena cha lakshyo vai gaayatree cha gadaadharah' |
Shaalagraamanivaasee cha shaalagraamastathaiva cha || 126 ||
Jalashaayee yogashaayee sheshashaayee kusheshayah' |
Maheebhartaa cha kaaryam' cha kaaranam' pri'thiveedharah' || 127 ||
Prajaapatih' shaashvatashcha kaamyah' kaamayitaa viraat' |
Samraat' pooshaa tathaa svargo rathasthah' saarathirbalam' || 128 ||
Dhanee dhanaprado dhanyo yaadavaanaam' hite ratah' |
Arjunasya priyashchaiva hyarjuno bheema eva cha || 129 ||
Paraakramo durvishahah' sarvashaastravishaaradah' |
Saarasvato mahaabheeshmah' paarijaataharastathaa || 130 ||
Amri'tasya pradaataa cha ksheerodah' ksheerameva cha |
Indraatmajastasya goptaa govardhanadharastathaa || 131 ||
Kam'sasya naashanastadvaddhastipo hastinaashanah' |
Shipivisht'ah' prasannashcha sarvalokaartinaashanah' || 132 ||
Mudro mudraakarashchaiva sarvamudraavivarjitah' |
Dehee dehasthitashchaiva dehasya cha niyaamakah' || 133 ||
Shrotaa shrotraniyantaa cha shrotavyah' shravanam' tathaa |
Tvak-sthitashcha sparshayitvaa spri'shyam' cha sparshanam' tathaa || 134 ||
Roopadrasht'aa cha chakshuh'stho niyantaa chakshushastathaa |
Dri'shyam' chaiva tu jihvaastho rasajnyashcha niyaamakah' || 135 ||
Ghraanastho ghraanakri'dghraataa ghraanendriyaniyaamakah' |
Vaak-stho vaktaa cha vaktavyo vachanam' vaangniyaamakah' || 136 ||
Praanisthah' shilpakri'chchhilpo hastayoshcha niyaamakah' |
Padavyashchaiva gantaa cha gantavyam' gamanam' tathaa || 137 ||
Niyantaa paadayoshchaiva paadyabhaak cha visargakri't |
Visargasya niyantaa cha hyupasthasthah' sukham' tathaa || 138 ||
Upasthasya niyantaa cha tadaanandakarashcha ha |
Shatrughnah' kaartaveeryashcha dattaatreyastathaiva cha || 139 ||
Alarkasya hitashchaiva kaartaveeryanikri'ntanah' |
Kaalanemirmahaanemirmegho meghapatistathaa || 140 ||
Annaprado'nnaroopee cha hyannaado'nnapravartakah' |
Dhoomakri'ddhoomaroopashcha devakeeputra uttamah' || 141 ||
Devakyaanandano nando rohinyaah' priya eva cha |
Vasudevapriyashchaiva vasudevasutastathaa || 142 ||
Dundubhirhaasaroopashcha pushpahaasastathaiva cha |
At't'ahaasapriyashchaiva sarvaadhyakshah' ksharo'ksharah' || 143 ||
Achyutashchaiva satyeshah' satyaayaashcha priyo varah' |
Rukminyaashcha patishchaiva rukminyaavallabhastathaa || 144 ||
Gopeenaam' vallabhashchaiva punyashlokashcha vishrutah' |
Vri'shaakapiryamo guhyo mukulashcha budhastathaa || 145 ||
Raahuh' keturgraho graaho gajendramukhamelakah' |
Graahasya vinihantaa cha graamanee rakshakastathaa || 146 ||
Kinnarashchaiva siddhashcha chhandah' svachchhanda eva cha |
Vishvaroopo vishaalaaksho daityasoodana eva cha || 147 ||
Anantaroopo bhootastho devadaanavasam'sthitah' |
Sushuptisthah' sushuptishcha sthaanam' sthaanaanta eva cha || 148 ||
Jagatsthashchaiva jaagartaa sthaanam' jaagaritam' tathaa |
Svapnasthah' svapnavitsvapnasthaanam' svapnastathaiva cha || 149 ||
Jaagratsvapnasushupteshcha viheeno vai chaturthakah' |
Vijnyaanam' vedyaroopam' cha jeevo jeevayitaa tathaa || 150 ||
Bhuvanaadhipatishchaiva bhuvanaanaam' niyaamakah' |
Paataalavaasee paataalam' sarvajvaravinaashanah' || 151 ||
Paramaanandaroopee cha dharmaanaam' cha pravartakah' |
Sulabho durlabhashchaiva praanaayaamaparastathaa || 152 ||
Pratyaahaaro dhaarakashcha pratyaahaarakarastathaa |
Prabhaa kaantistathaa hyarchih' shuddhasphat'ikasannibhah' || 153 ||
Agraahashchaiva gaurashcha sarvah' shuchirabhisht'utah' |
Vashat'kaaro vashad'vaushat' svadhaa svaahaa ratistathaa || 154 ||
Paktaa nandayitaa bhoktaa boddhaa bhaavayitaa tathaa |
Jnyaanaatmaa chaiva dehaatmaa bhoomaa sarveshvareshvarah' || 155 ||
Nadee nandee cha nandeesho bhaaratastarunaashanah' |
Chakrapah' shreepatishchaiva nri'paanaam' chakravartinaam' || 156 ||
Eeshashcha sarvadevaanaam' dvaarakaasam'sthitastathaa |
Pushkarah' pushkaraadhyakshah' pushkaradveepa eva cha || 157 ||
Bharato janako janyah' sarvaakaaravivarjitah' |
Niraakaaro nirnimitto niraatanko niraashrayah' || 158 ||
Iti naamasahasram' te vri'shabhadhvaja keertitam' |
Devasya vishnoreeshasya sarvapaapavinaashanam' || 159 ||
Pat'han dvijashcha vishnutvam' kshatriyo jayamaapnuyaat |
Vaishyo dhanam' sukham' shoodro vishnubhaktisamanvitah' || 160 ||
Iti shreegaarud'e mahaapuraane aachaarakaand'e shree vishnu sahasranaama stotram' naama panchadasho'dhyaayah' ||
Meaning
The Vishnu Sahasranama — the thousand names of Vishnu — is not merely a litany of divine titles but a layered map of ultimate reality, a lived theology and a spiritual practice rolled into one. Found in the Garuda Purana (as in other Purāṇic and Mahābhārata sources), each name discloses a facet of the supreme being: his essence, functions, qualities, relationships, and the way he engages the cosmos. Approached devotionally, the Sahasranama is both lamp and path: it lights the devotee’s inner darkness and, step by step, guides the seeker toward union with the Divine.
At its heart the Sahasranama proclaims the unity of Vishnu’s transcendence and immanence. Names like “Parameshvara”, “Paramatma”, and “Brahman” assert his absolute, formless, boundless reality — the substratum of being that pervades and transcends all. Names such as “Pādānāmbiha” (support of the worlds) and “Jagatdhāra” (sustainer of the universe) emphasize his immanent role as preserver, the one who holds the play of creation in balance. This dual vocabulary avoids abstract metaphysics alone and insists that the Absolute is at once intimately available and supremely beyond—what the tradition calls saguna and nirguna aspects.
The Sahasranama is organized organically rather than randomly: gods and sages in the Purāṇic frame pronounce the names to reveal how the Lord manifests in cosmic functions and in personal, salvific relationships. Many names point to Vishnu’s role as remover of ignorance and dispensers of grace — appellations that comfort the afflicted and instruct the aspirant. For instance, appellations like “Pāpa-nāśana” (destroyer of sins), “Duhkha-nivāraṇa” (reliever of sorrow), and “Prabhava” (source of auspicious power) directly promise moral and spiritual healing to those who approach with faith.
Psychologically, the recitation and reflection on these names realigns the mind. Names that describe virtues and powers — “Satyakāma” (lover of truth), “Kṛtājña” (grateful), “Jñānādhipa” (lord of wisdom) — function as antidotes to the inner poisons of desire, anger, and ignorance. Repeating or meditating on these names cultivates the corresponding states in the aspirant. Thus the Sahasranama is simultaneously therapeutic and transformative: not merely praise, but a discipline of character formation.
The cosmological sweep of the hymn is vast. It names Vishnu as the Lord of the elements, the deities, the worlds, kings, and sages; as the shelter for animals, plants, mountains, seas, and inner faculties. This exhaustive inclusivity signals an important theological point: the divine presence animates every layer of reality — social, natural, psychic, and spiritual. To acclaim Vishnu as “Pati of the stars,” “Guardian of the rivers,” or “Lord of the speech” is to sanctify those spheres and to invite a devotional attitude toward all life. In a practical sense, this vision fosters reverence for the world rather than contempt for it: devotion becomes a mode of relating to creation as sacrament.
The Sahasranama’s ethical import is also central. Names of Vishnu as the protector of the righteous, destroyer of the wicked, and the dispenser of justice (karma) affirm a moral order woven into the fabric of existence. Chanting the names is therefore not a magic formula to bypass responsibility; rather, the stotra works by reorienting will and action toward dharma. Devotion awakens right conduct, and right conduct bears fruit in the life of the devotee. The Purāṇic promise that the hymn destroys sins and grants liberation functions in this moral-theological frame: sincere recitation presupposes repentance, ethical striving, and a turning away from harmful patterns.
Soteriologically, the stotra is a method: by invoking the Lord’s thousand names, devotees secure multiple entry points into the Divine. Some names address Vishnu’s majesty and cosmic authority, others his tenderness and accessibility (Lakshmi’s companion, refuge of devotees). Thus different kinds of hearts — the philosopher, the repentant sinner, the anxious household worker, the renunciate — all find a resonant name. The final stanza’s assurance that the reciter attains Vishnu’s supreme realm is not an abstract promise; classically it is conditioned by devotion, right upāya (means), and sincere inner turning. The hymn therefore supports the Vaishnava emphasis on prapatti or surrender: vocal praise becomes the doorway to handing over the self entirely to the Lord.
Ritually and practically, the Sahasranama has multiple applications. It is recited in temple liturgies, private puja, and therapeutic settings (to mitigate fear, to purify, to mark rites of passage). The text’s Purāṇic context often pairs it with narrative frames — dialogues among gods and sages — that reinforce the hymn’s authority and illustrate exemplary devotion. The recitation can be slow and contemplative (where each name is meditated upon), melodic in congregational chanting (which creates a field of devotional energy), or used as a background for silent meditation on the meaning. Across these modes the repetition establishes a rhythm that calms attention, reduces mental fragmentation, and settles the conscience.
Theologically, the Sahasranama consolidates several strands of Hindu thought: Vedic sacramentality (as shown in its liturgical use), Purāṇic devotionalism (its narratives and personal tone), and classical theism (its emphasis on God’s providential roles). It harmonizes bhakti (devotion), jñāna (knowledge of God’s names and nature), and karma (right action) without reducing any to the other. The names act as mirrors: they reflect back to the seeker both the Lord’s face and the aspirant’s potentiality to embody the Lord’s virtues.
Finally, the transformational promise of the Sahasranama depends crucially on interior disposition. Mere mechanical repetition without reverence yields little; but repetition suffused with remembrance, repentance, and longing yields profound change. The thousand names are therefore a generous divine pedagogy: whether one can remember many names or only a few, each sincere utterance draws the heart closer. Over time, the chorus of names becomes a continual presence in the devotee’s life — a moral compass, a refuge in distress, and ultimately a bridge to the vision of the Lord.
In summary, the Vishnu Sahasranama is both scripture and sacrament: an exhaustive hymn that maps the Lord’s glory, heals the human heart, guides ethical action, and opens the path to liberation. Practiced with faith and sincerity, it nurtures calm, courage, and eventual union with the Divine, and hence stands as one of the most beloved and efficacious devotional resources in the Vaishnava tradition.
Benefits:
- Erasure of sins and karmic burdens
- Protection from danger, fear and negative influences
- Mental peace, spiritual clarity, and devotion deepening
- Material and familial well-being (prosperity, harmony)
- Support on the path to moksha (liberation)
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