🕉️ Stotram · Vishnu
Vishnu Sahasranama (Opening)
1,000 names of Vishnu from the Mahabharata — opening verses.
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Best occasion
Ekadashi, Vaikuntha Ekadashi, every Thursday
🕉️ Sanskrit / Devanagari
ॐ शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुं शशिवर्णं चतुर्भुजम्। प्रसन्नवदनं ध्यायेत् सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये॥ यस्य द्विरदवक्त्राद्याः पारिषद्याः परः शतम्। विघ्नं निघ्नन्ति सततं विष्वक्सेनं तमाश्रये॥ विश्वं विष्णुर्वषट्कारो भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः। भूतकृद्भूतभृद्भावो भूतात्मा भूतभावनः॥
Roman Transliteration
Om shuklambaradharam Vishnum shashi-varnam chatur-bhujam Prasanna-vadanam dhyayet sarva-vighnopashantaye Yasya dvirada-vaktradyah parishadyah parah shatam Vighnam nighnanti satatam Vishvaksenam tam-ashraye Vishvam Vishnur-vashatkaro bhuta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuh Bhutakrid-bhuta-bhrid-bhavo bhutatma bhuta-bhavanah
English
Om — clad in white, Vishnu, moon-hued, four-armed, Of pleasant countenance, I meditate — to still all obstacles. Whose retinue of elephant-faced Ganas number more than a hundred, Ever destroying obstacles — I take refuge in Vishvaksena. Vishwam (Universe), Vishnu, Vashatkara, Lord of the past-present-future, Creator of beings, Bearer of beings, Existence itself, Soul of beings, Nourisher of beings.
Meaning & Significance
The Vishnu Sahasranama — 1,008 names sung by Bhishma to Yudhishthira in the Mahabharata. Reciting it daily is said to purify the mind and grant liberation.
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