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Monday, November 25, 2019

Kalkunte Agraharam (Lord Ranganatha) is located in South of Bangalore in Hoskote Taluk and Bangalore Rural District

Monday, November 25, 2019 0
Kalkunte Agraharam (Lord Ranganatha) is located in South of Bangalore in Hoskote Taluk and Bangalore Rural District

Kalkunte Agraharam (Lord Ranganatha) 

Kalkunte Agraharam is located in South of Bangalore in Hoskote Taluk and Bangalore Rural District on NH-207,about 35km away from Bangalore city.This village has a mix of population speaking  Kannada,Telugu and Tamil due to the confluence of 3 States, though the education medium is Kannada.

 

Kalkunte Agraharam (Lord Ranganatha) is located in South of Bangalore in Hoskote Taluk and Bangalore Rural District

 Historically Kalkunte has been under the Vijayanagaram Empire later ruled by Magadi Kempegowda and subsequently passed onto the then Maharaja of Mysore.

Kalkunte Agraharam has an old temple dating back to at least 2 Centuries.

The presiding diety in this temple is Lord Sri Ranganatha with his consorts

Sri Ranga Nayaki (Sri Maha Lakshmi) and Sri Andaal popularly called Thaayaars.

This Agraharam was once densely populated by a large Sri Vaishnava community, also known as Iyengaars (until about 60-70 years ago). And a vast of this community has left the village now and are settled all over the World with a majority f them in Bangalore.

The Communities arrival to Kalkunte :

The forefathers of the current generation of the Sri Vaishnava community have hailed from many parts of Tamilnadu. The documented original migrated family is that of the three sons and one daughter of Annadaanam Sri.Venkateshacharya from another Agraharam called DUSI located near Kanchipuram.This place is about 8km away on the Kanchipuram -Tiruvannamalai Road. This migration  must have occurred about 230-270 years ago after the fall of Gingee (Senjy in Tamil) to Hyderali. The then Maharaja of Mysore gave them this village as grant and thus an Agraharam was settled here.

There is a well documented 10 Generations of genealogy-Family Tree of all the three sons of Annadaanam Venkateshacharya.The current Generation is the 10 generation from Annadaanam Venkateshacharya.

Then there were others moving into this village due to relationship by marriage like the Chakravarthis, the Kidaambis now called the Cadaambis in Kalkunte of Kanchipuram. They were joined by the Perumaal Iyengaar family from Sri Rangam – Perumal in the Srivaishnava lingo is Lord Sri Ranganatha of Sri Rangam – the Thogare family from Thogur , there was others like the Gomatam family who were early settlers. Apart from this there is also a group migrated from Torepalli near Hosur with 5-6 generations genealogy since migration.

All of these families have a genealogy of 7-8 generations. Apart from this there were other two families who settled in another village now in Tamil Nadu near Sarjapur called Chicchurakanahalli and Sampangere in Kolar District.These families also had marital relationship with the Kalkunte families and are now settlers of Kalkunte itself.They also have a Genealogy of 8-9 generations.

The early settlers were proficient Vedic Scholars and were dedicated to God.

The Lord Sri Ranganatha :

After settlement in the Agraharam they had established a small Temple for daily worship and the then presiding deity is known to be Lord Srinivasa.Once about 200 years ago the Lord Sri Ranganatha appeared in the dreams of a member of the Perumaal Iyengaar family and instructed to bring him from another nearby village about 15km away called Vokkaleri located in Malur Taluk,Kolar District.It is said that the Lord also appeared in the dream of the Vokkaleri Village head and instructed them to hand over the deity.

The Vokkaleri village was once ruled by Pallava kings and date back to 800A.D with copper plate inscription of that period.The close study of the iconography of the presiding deity Lord Ranganatha indicates this belonging to the Pallava architecture.

This movement of Lord Ranganatha from Vokkaleri to Kalkunte Agrahaaram must have occurred around 200 years back. The Temple was constructed right in the middle of their homes and from a small Sanctum Sanctorum was expanded into the current structure.The Raja Gopuram was built recently during nineteen seventies.

The name of the village Kalkunte is a deformed version of Kalkand ( Kallu Sakkare) According to some and another origin says Kenavil Kanda Perumaal ( The Lord seen in the Dreams).There is also a third origin where there was a Kunte a small water body totally surrounded by Kallu (Stones) located at the entrance of the village.

Today this has been land filled (about 60-70 years ago ) and is behind the Vahana Mantapam. Agraharams in the then Mysore State are the villages granted by the Maharaja for Brahmins to settle down to pursue their Vedic studies and teach spirituality to the entire community. The grant is documented in Venkatagiri Shasanam as per say.

There is a 6 line documentation about Kalkunte Agrahaaram in the Mysore Gazetteer then published by C.Hayavadan Rao in 1923 who had personally visited this village to collect the details.

The other facilities like Paakashala and the Dining Hall was added later as and when these were donated by the families migrating away from the village.

The Poojas in the Temple are conducted as per the PANCHARATRA AAGAMA method and also as per the Vadakalai Sampradayam taught by Sri Vedantha Desikan.

There is a separate sanctum for the Alwar and Aachaaryas consisting of Nammalwaar,

Sri Bhagavad Raamanujacharya and Sri Vedantha Desikan collectively called desikan Sannidhi.

The Phalashruthi for conducting Garudotsavam in Kalkunte Agraharam :

The specialty of this deity is like that of SriRama and Krishna who went in search of their devotees. Sri Rama went to seek devotees like Shabari,Hanumantha,and Vibheeshana etc to the places where they stayed. Similarly Sri Krishna went to seek his devotees like Kubja, Vidhura,Pandavaas etc.Lord SriRanganatha in Kalkunte is also special for his Chaturbhuja Avataaram with Brahma in the Nabhi Kamalam.

The presence of Garuda has a Great significance.Those who are having Sarpa Dosham / Kuja Dosham / Ashlesha Dosham  (Also called Maangalik Dosh in Hindi)  etc can be ridden of all these Dosham completely by performing an Abhishekam to Moolavar  with Garudotsava Sevas.

There is Nithya Pooja conducted in this temple managed by the Sri Ranganatha Swamy Sabha,Regd,Kaklunte – a Trust founded to manage this temple about 100 years ago.


Friday, November 22, 2019

Shirdi Sai Baba - शिरडी के सांई बाबा

Friday, November 22, 2019 0
Shirdi Sai Baba  - शिरडी के सांई बाबा

Sai Baba of Shirdi, also known as Shirdi Sai Baba, was an Indian spiritual master who is regarded by his devotees as a saint and a fakir. He is revered by both his Hindu and Muslim devotees during, as well as after his lifetime. 

 


Born: 28 September 1838

Died: 15 October 1918, Shirdi

Nationality: Indian

Buried: Sai Baba Samadhi Mandir, Shirdi

Shirdi is located about 270 kms from Mumbai in India .Shird is called the Land of Sai. Long time ago, at the beginning of eighteenth century a young bearded man ( Shirdi Sai baba) with sparkling eyes took shelter in a mosque, in Shirdi Village (of Maharshtra State, In India) . Nobody knew from where this stranger had come who hardly spoke a word and stayed there.


Gradually the curious villagers started offering food to the man, but he never asked anything from them. Sometimes he shared his food with the animals. Soon the young fakir, as he was started to be addressed, started expressing his view points with few elderly villagers. His simple language of expression and his special power of solving the problems of poor needy and destitutes soon made this less known fakir, known as Shri Sai Baba. As the days passed, devotees started streaming into Shirdi in ever growing numbers. The village was fast becoming a centre of pilgrimage. As gifts and presentations flowed in, the pomp and ceremony of Sai worship were evolving. Everyday Sai Baba would be a pauper having distributed all among the needy and the poor. But Sai Baba's life of a Fakir remained calm, undisturbed, unaltered and therein is the saint's Spiritual glory.


People also realized that this "Baba" was no ordinary person but a person with extraordinary godly powers. Such powers are not known or present in normal human beings. Baba preached his principle of love and faith in humanity to all his disciples. He always felt anguished over the fact that all those who came to him were more for their own personal problems and not for attaining the ultimate goal of reaching God which he felt could be attained only by true servicing of humanity.


Sai baba strongly believed in uniformity of religion and he never distinguished anyone on the basis of caste, creed or religion. He always made it a point not to return empty handed those who had come to him in their hour of need and grief. He performed miracles to alleviate the suffering of poor people. On one occasion he restored the eyes of a blind elderly and in another occasion he lighted a lantern with water when there was no oil to burn it.


As all good things have to end ultimately "Baba" also left his body on his own will on 15th Oct. 1918, leaving his millions of believers and followers crying. His body was laid in the Samadhi Mandir called "Booty", which he had asked his disciple to built before his death.


Sai Baba was Unique, in that, he lived his message through the Essence of his Being. His life and relationship with the common man was his teaching. The lmmense Energy that was manifest in the body of Sai was moving and is still moving in a mysterious way, creating and recreating itself everywhere, beyond the comprehension of time and space.Yet, he lived with the common folk as a penniless fakir, wearing a torn kafni, sleeping over a mat while resting his head on a brick, begging for his food. He radiated a mysterious smile and a deep inward look, of a peace that passeth all understanding. He was always and ever aware of what transpired within the hearts and minds of everyone, whether they be, His devotees or not. This Omnipresent and Omniscient Sri Sai Baba who left his mortal body in 1918, is the living spiritual force that is drawing people from all walks of life, from all parts of the world, into his fold, today.Sri Sai Baba lived, acted and behaved as only a "God descended on Earth" can. He came to serve mankind, to free them from the clutches of fear.


His most concise message for one and all alike was "Why fear when I am here". To take refuge in Sai, is to enter into ajourney to reach the Divine Oasis of Love and drink deep from the Fountain of Life, the source of all Spiritual Energy.Wherever the devotee is, Baba makes him recognize within himself his highest aspirations and goal and at one stroke, his conduct and the attitude to fellow beings is touched with the awareness of love, understanding, patience and faith. This is the promise that Sri Sai Baba holds out to all who come to Him. Sri Sai Baba was beyond the limitations of Time and Space and thus caste, creed, position dogmas and doctrines were fundamentally unimportant to him. Nobody really knew his parentage, where he came from or which religion he practised. He claimed no possessions nor accepted any disciples or gave any specific teaching.


This anonymity lent a strange facet to his interaction with the people who came to him for guidance. To the Hindus he was an orthodox Brahmin, with a sacred fire, enjoining the worship of many gods and the devout study of various Hindu scriptures. He lived in a mosque but always referred to it as "Dwarkamay!" (Lord Krishna's birth place is Dwaraka). To the Moslems he was a fakir living in a mosque observing the disciplines of Islam, uttering "Allah Malik" (God is the master) guiding Muslim seekers along the lines c)f their own religion. To the Parsis he was the sacred rire worshipper. His life was a living manifestation c)f the Sermon of the Christ and of the Eight-fold path of the Buddha.


Sai Baba's attraction and appeal lie in this fact that he was a perfect model of the harmony of all religions, for whom this world - with all its sectarian and religious antagonism, had been waiting. Sai Baba lived to awaken and lead mankind to the varities of spiritual life. He set in motion a wave of spirituality, which is now spreading all over the globe. All his life's activities constituted the upliftment of mankind. By first conferring temporal benefits, he drew unto himself countless souls caught up in ignorance (darkness) and opened their eyes to the true meaning of life. The miracles which manifested through Sai Baba were just such as were needed to create faith in the people and to make his devotees ethically and spiritually better evolved. Baba did not purposefully perform miracles to show his powers. The very strength of his perfect realisation, in its interaction with nature, caused "the miracle" to take place. Thus he drew people from their deluded pursuits after earthly objects of a transitory nature and induced and inspired them to strive for self-realisation. He continued this glorious work until the last moment of his human embodiment in Shirdi.


Amazingly, there are a phenomenally large number of Instances in which Sai Baba has been literally physically appearing before his devotees, even decades after his passing out of the physical body.Sai Baba is constantly and simultaneously proving that he Is alive in spirit and responds to our sincere prayers. He Is the One Spirit of all existence. which is God in all the forms of God, in all the saints, in all the men and in all the creatures.All those who sincerely take to a life of inner development, Sai Baba lifts him to a higher level. Every one derives benefit according to the ripeness o f his soul and in accordance with his inner yearning.Baba assured his devotees by his saying "I am at Shirdi and everywhere. Whatever you do, wherever you may be, ever bear this in mind, that I am always aware of everything". Sai Baba does not belong to any single tradition but to all mankind on the path of goodness, love and understanding.

Thursday, November 07, 2019

Champakadhama Temple - Lord Champakadhama incarnation of Lord Vishnu

Thursday, November 07, 2019 0
Champakadhama Temple - Lord Champakadhama incarnation of Lord Vishnu

 Champakadhama Temple - Lord Champakadhama incarnation of Lord Vishnu

The Champakadhama Temple is located in a distance of 20 km from Bangalore in Bannerghatta. This historical Champakadhama temple at Bannerghatta is dedicated to Lord Champakadhama incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The temple attracts huge number of devotees from Bangalore city and surroundings.

 The Temple is maintained by Government of Karnataka. It houses unique stone scriptures. Champakadhama is another name of Lord Rama or Vishnu.


The history of the temple dates back to 12th century. As per the inscriptions found here, it is believed that the Champakadhama Temple was built in 1257 during Hoysala period under the ruler Tamilarasa. You can also see the writing which belongs to the 12th century as soon as you enter the temple premises.


The shrine houses idol of Lord Champakadhama along with Goddess Lakshmi and Goddess Bhoodevi. You can also visit temples dedicated to Lord Narasimha and Lord Sampangi on a hillock located behind the Champakadhama temple.


The three day annual fair is held here in the month of March or April every year. Temple is open for pooja from morning 6.00 AM to 12:00 PM and again later in the evening after 05:00 pm to 07:00 PM. Bannerghatta National Park is nearby attraction.

Champakadhama Temple

Near To Bannerghata National Park,

Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore - 560076

Narmada Shivling - नर्मदा शिवलिंग

Thursday, November 07, 2019 0
Narmada Shivling  - नर्मदा शिवलिंग

 Narmada Shivling  - नर्मदा शिवलिंग

It is a smooth ellipsoid stone. Banalinga is also called the Svayambhu Linga: (Sanskrit) "Self-existent mark or sign of God", as it is discovered in nature and not carved or crafted by human hands. 

 The Narmada Shivling are quite strong and the hardness is a 7 on the Mohs scale.

 

Narmada Stone are Swayambhu Shiva Lingas that have taken shape in the Sacred Narmada River. Sri Shiva Banalingams Blessings at your own home, healing place, meditation space, work place, Business Place, Corporate Houses. Narmada Lingam will bring and maintain peace and harmony. The Narmada Shivling is a most sacred symbol and divine energy tool, Enhanced Positive energy will be invoked in theplace where there is Banalingam of NarmadhaShiv Linga is holy symbol of Lord Shiva that is considered sacred by the devotees of Lord Shiva.'Lingum'in Sanskrit means, 'symbol'. Shiva Linga, therefore means symbol of Lord Shiva and is therefore considered most sacred.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Do's and Don’ts at Tirumala Tirupati Lord Venkateshwara (Balaji) Temple

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 0
Do's and Don’ts at Tirumala Tirupati Lord Venkateshwara (Balaji) Temple

 Do's and Don’ts at Tirumala Tirupati Lord Venkateshwara (Balaji) Temple

 
Do's and Don’ts at Tirumala Tirupati Lord Venkateshwara (Balaji) Temple

The Dress Code at Tirupati

The Tirupati temple is one of the most sacred Hindu sites in the world, and it is imperative that you respect the religious sentiments of the devotees while you are there. A dress code is strictly enforced by the temple management, and it is important that you abide by the rules of the Devasthanam. Light colours are preferred to dark, bright ones. Men are advised to wear dhotis or veshtis that are south Indian staples. You can also opt for kurta-pyjamas or long tunics. Avoid wearing shorts or capris. Jeans are also discouraged. Loose-fitting trousers and pants are allowed. Shirts and tees are also allowed but do not opt for gaudy prints. Men are not required to be shirtless within temple premises.


Women are advised to wear saris or long tunics. Kurtis is allowed as well. Chudidars, suits and shawls are also allowed. Women can opt for ankle-length skirts and blouses, or half-saris too. Sleeveless tops and knee-baring dresses are not allowed within the temple.  

Do's and Don’ts at Tirumala Tirupati Temple

  • For the best views of the deity on the tank, be sure to take a spot on the steps of the holy tank beforehand, as the region gets very crowded as time passes. If you want to accompany the procession as it makes its way around the mada streets, you may not get a good view of the final ceremony. It is advisable to plan your trip around the five days in such a way that you can witness both the procession and the concluding prayers. It is recommended that you get a good spot at the tank steps especially on the last day – Pournami – as the ritual is a must-watch!

  • Make sure to follow the dress code, as violations are viewed seriously. The weather is warm, so dress accordingly.

  • Most of the events are held at the sacred premises, which means that you will have to be barefoot. Avoid littering, and watch where you step.

  • Dispose of waste responsibly, especially prasadam leftovers and other offerings.

  • Take care of your valuables, especially wallets, mobile phones and jewellery. It is advised to not wear flashy jewellery or carry large amounts of cash while on the trip.

  • Take care of your children and keep sight of them at all times, as the crowds are quite overwhelming. It is better to give your children an identity tag with your contact information on it, in case of emergencies.

  • Carry an empty utensil to take the offerings home, as temple packaging may leak or tear. Avoid wasting food and prasadam.

  • Remember to book accommodation at Tirumala well in advance, as pilgrim influx is maximum during Teppotsavam season.

  • Smoking, drinking alcohol and consuming non-vegetarian food are prohibited inside temple premises. Respect the religious sentiments of the pilgrims during your visit.

  • All bookings done online are to be done through the official website of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam website.

  • Be wary of fake sites and quacks who may cheat you.

  • Electronic devices are allowed only minimally inside the temple. Use your phone minimally, and enjoy the wholesome spiritual experience at Tirumala.

Things to Keep in Mind

This is one of the most crowded times of the year at Tirupati, drawing in millions of devotees to the region. If you are looking to attend the regular prayers and rituals, keep in mind that some of them may be cancelled on account of the Teppotsavam. In particular, the Sahasra Deepalankara Seva is cancelled on all five days while the Arjitha Brahmotsavam and Vasanthotsavam pujas are not held on the last three days of the Teppotsavam. The Pournami Garuda Vahana Seva to be held on the day of the full moon is also cancelled. Morning prayers are held as scheduled, and there are not many changes to note.

Tirumala Temple Gopuram
Tirumala Temple GopuramSource

Teppotsavam 2020, Tirupati ,Andhra Pradesh, India.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 0
Teppotsavam 2020, Tirupati ,Andhra Pradesh, India.

Teppotsavam

Tirupati, Andhra, Pradesh India.

 Tirupati, Andhra, Pradesh India.

 Teppotsavam at Pushkarini

Time Required : February - March

Entry Fee : INR 500

Timings : 9th March 2020 - 13 March 2020

Teppotsavam, Tirupati Overview

Tirumala Tirupati Teppotsavam otherwise called as the float festival is one of the most popular boat festival held at the Krishna Temple at Tirupati. Falling every year in the month of Chaitra (March) according to the Hindu Calendar, the celebrations are held on a grand scale for five days. Amidst the chants hailing Lord Govinda, the Teppotsavam is a spectacular display of culture, religion, tradition and devotion of devotees. The festival takes place at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh and will be held on the 17th of March 2019.

Dates of Teppotsavam

In 2020 the event is slated to begin on 9th March and extend till 13th March. The Teppotsavam is a five-day festival held in the Hindu month of Phalguna or Chaitra (depending on the date), which occurs in February-March. The days leading up to Phalguna Pournami (full moon day) are hailed as the Teppotsavam days. The five days are according to the lunar calendar, as follows – Ekadasi, Dvadasi, Trayodashi, Chaturdashi and Pournami. The dates in the Gregorian calendar vary every year. In 2019 the festival was held between 17th March and 21st March.

The processions are held in the evening, usually between 7:00 PM and 8:00 PM. The hour-long event begins at the holy tank.

Teppotsavam Tickets

Day: INR 500

Arjitha Seva: INR 200

Devotees are expected to book the time of their darshan in advance, and online bookings on the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam website are preferred. You are expected to carry a proof of identity to the venue after booking your slot online. Bookings open 90 days before the commencement of the festival. You must assemble 40 minutes before the event begins, to verify credentials.

The Teppotsavam Seva is priced at INR 500 per person per day. Devotees are given offerings of silk garments, a blouse piece and prasadam as part of the Seva. The seva or prayer following the Teppotsavam is called Arjitha Seva. This includes prasadam too. The famed Tirupati laddu is lip-smackingly delicious! This sweet meat is made from ghee, sugar, raisins, cashews and gram flour, and is a must-have here!

On each day leading up to the grand finale, different floats are led to the Srivari Pushkarini, the divine tank. The idols of the deities are called Utsav Murtis, as they are specially designed to be brought outside the sanctum. The idols are carried around the temple complex through the mada streets, which lie just outside the main building. After circumambulating the tank, the Murtis are mounted on colourfully decorated floats and carried out to the middle of the tank to the Vasantha Mandapam. This Mandapam is a four-pillared structure built in the Pushkarini, where special prayers are held.

Teppotsavam decoation
Teppotsavam decoration
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On Ekadasi, the first day, a decorated float bearing Lord Rama, his divine consort Lady Sita and Lord Lakshmana and Lord Hanuman are taken out to the tank. As the procession completes three rounds around the mada streets, onlookers are treated to soothing chants of the Holy Scriptures and majestic music from local musicians. 

 On the second day – Dvadasi, another incarnation of Lord Vishnu – Lord Krishna and his consort Lady Rukmini, are taken out on a heavenly ride to the tank. As the invocations call on the Lords to bestow mercy and prosperity on the devotees, the sight is truly mesmerising to watch. After three rounds of the procession, the deities are taken to the pond. 

Krishna Idol
Krishna Idol
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On Trayodashi, Chaturdashi and Pournami – the third, fourth and final day -, finely decked floats carrying the presiding deity of Tirumala – Sri Malayappa Swami and his consorts Lady Sridevi and Lady Bhudevi are brought to the Srivari Pushkarini amidst much fanfare. Three, five and seven rounds are taken out respectively on the third, fourth and fifth days of the Teppotsavam.

As the days progress, the deities are taken out on more rounds around the temple complex. On the final day, Pournami, the floats are taken out seven times, much to the joy of the devotees. As the full moon shines divinely on the spectators, special prayers and rituals are observed in the tank. Spectacularly decorated with lights, colours, fragrant flowers and streamers, the structures are indeed a sight to behold. Nadaswaram, a traditional wind instrument, lends divine music as priests recite holy mantras and pray for the wellbeing of humanity. You are bound to be enthralled by the fabulous display!


Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Devotees offer cigarettes, alcoholic drinks to Lord Muneshwara in Karnataka

Tuesday, July 28, 2015 0
Devotees offer cigarettes, alcoholic drinks to Lord Muneshwara in Karnataka

Karwar (Karnataka) : Offering flowers, sweets and fruits to god has been a part of age-old tradition in Hinduism but in Karwar district of Karnataka, devotees offer alcohol and cigarettes to Lord Muneshwara. 

Scores of devotees from all over the country including Maharashtra and Goa visit this temple to get their wishes fulfilled by offering cigarettes and alcohol.ccording to Anand Raj Naik, a priest of Muneshwara temple, alcohol and cigarettes were liked by Him. Hence, it is been made a ritual here to offer as a religious offering to please and seek His blessings. 

Devotees offer cigarettes, alcoholic drinks to Lord Muneshwara in Karnataka

 

People pray to Lord Muneshwara for fulfilment of their wishes and once their wish is fulfilled, they come here to offer cigarette, non-vegetarian food and wine. These things were his favourite when He was alive. Hence we are still following this ritual to please him," said Naik. Every March, a fair is organized near the temple, where scores of devotees come to offer alcohol, goat and chicken.

 

 

 

  Lord Muneshwara has fulfilled all wishes of devotees, even if some is sick people, It's believed that lord will cure them. In return, In return they offer him cigarette and wine.


It is believed that lord Muneshwara also called "Khapri" by locals, came to Karwar 300 years ago and took to renunciation. He then served the poor and the needy. After his death, a temple was constructed at a place called Karwar.

Sunday, June 08, 2008

Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatham

Sunday, June 08, 2008 0
Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatham

Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatham


Lyrics of Suprabatham (wake up prayer to Lord Venkateshwara) and the English meaning.

Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatham


1. Kowsalya supraja Rama poorva sandhya pravarthathe
Uthishta narasardoola karthavyam daivamahnikam (Twice)

1. Sri Rama! Kausalya's endearing son! Wake up, dear;
You have to do Your day-to-day duties; Do wake up please.


2. Uthishtothishta Govinda uthishta garudadhwaja
Uthishta kamalakantha thrilokyam mangalam kuru (Twice)


2. Sri Govinda! All the three worlds are under Your rule; they have to prosper. Wake up, my child.

3. Mathassamasta jagatham madukaitabhare:
Vakshoviharini manohara divyamoorthe
Sree swamini srithajana priya danaseele
Sree Venkatesadayithe thava suprabhatham


3. Sri Lakshmi! You are in Venkateswara's's bosom, With Your lotus-eyes wide open to the world. Get up dear.

4. Thavasuprabhathamaravindalochane
Bhavathu prasanna mukhachandra mandale
Vidhisankarendra vanithabhirarchithe
Vrishasaila nathadavithel davanidhe


4. Sri Lakshmi! The celestials viz. Parvati, Saraswati, and Indrani stand in prayer to Thee. You have an endearing attachment to Your devotees.

5. Athriyadhi saptharushayssamupasyasandyam
Aakasa sindhu kamalani manoharani
Aadaya padhayuga marchayithum prapanna:
Seshadrisekhara vibho! Thava suprabhatham


5. Sri Srinivasa! Maharishis like Atri are forging ahead from far and near, for your darshan, Get up, dear.

6. Panchananabja bhava shanmukavasavadhya:
Tryvikramadhi charitham vibhudhasthuvanthi
Bhashapathipatathi vasara shuddhi marath
Seshadri sekhara vibho! thava subrabhatham


6. Aran, Ayan, Shanmuga and Devas are all anxious to adore You. The daily Panchangam is to be read and approved by You. Get up, Srinivasa, dear.

7. Eeshathprapulla saraseeruha narikela
Phoogadrumadi sumanohara Balikanam
Aavaathi mandamanilassaha divya gandhai:
Seshadri shekara vibho! thava suprabhatham


7. Dawn is ahead. Flowers are opening their petals. The morning breeze is bracing. Get up and bless Your devotees.

8. Unmeelya nethrayugamuththama panjarasthaa:
Paathraa vasishta kadhaleephala payasani Bhukthvaa
saleelamatha keli sukha: patanthi
Seshadri sekhara vibho! thava suprabhatham


8. Parrots are chanting Your celestial names repeatedly to the ecstasy of Your Bakthas. Get up, God, to hear the Sahasranamams of Your Divine Self.

9. Thanthreeprakarshamadhuraswanaya
vipanchyaa Gayathyanantha charitham
thava naradopi Bhashasamagrama sakruthkara sararammyam
Seshadri sekhara vibho! thava suprabhatham


9. Thumburu Narada is speeding up to You. His Veena is set to sing Your glory. Do hear these melodious songs of Narada.

10. Brungavaleecha makaranda rashanuvidda
Jhankara geetha ninadaissa sevanaya
Niryathyupaantha sarasee kamalodarebhyaha
Seshadri sekhara vibhol thava suprabhatham


10. Lotushidden bees, having come out in the open with the opening of the petals, are singing solemn hymns. Oh Srinivasa! You are omnipotent.

11. Yoshaganena varadhadni vimathyamaane
Ghoshalayeshu dhadhimanthana theevraghoshaaha
Roshaathkalim vidha-dhathe kakubhascha kumbhaha
Seshadri sekhara vibho! thava suprabhatham


11. Ayarpadi, ladies are singing their sweet melodies as they are churning butter. They announce the day-dawn. Get up, Oh Govinda! Bless these endearing Gopis.

12. Padmeshamithra sathapathra kathalivargha
Harthum shriyam kuvalayasya nijanga Lakshmya
Bheree ninadamiva bibrathi theevranadam
Seshadri sekhara vibho! thava suprabhatham


12. The humming black bees seem to sing that they are far more attractive than the black 'Kuvali' flowers from which they draw honey.All the three of you namely, bees, flowers and Your Holy Self form a holy Trinity in colour and splendour.

13. Sreemannabheeshta varadhakhila lookabandho
Sree Sreenivasa Jagadekadayaika sindho
Sree devathagruha bhujanthara divyamurthe
Sree Venkatachalapathe! thava suprabhatham


13. You have changed Your abode from Heaven to Venkatam to give boons to Your devotees. Do Hurry up! Venkatesa, to bless them.

14. Sree swamy pushkarinikaplava nirmalangaa
Sreyorthino hara viranchi sanadadhyaha
Dware vasanthi varavethra hathothamangaha:
Sree Venkatachalapathe! thava suprabhatham


14. Ayan, Aran and Celestials, after taking bath in Swami Pushkarini, are awaiting Your Grace to receive blessings.
15. Sree seshasaila garudachala venkatadri
Narayanadri vrishabhadri vrishadri mukhyam
Akhyam thvadeeyavasathe ranisam vadanthi
Sree Venkatachalapathe! thava suprabhatham

15. You have made Venkatam your permanent abode. Aran, and celestials are chanting the glory of the Sapthagiri.

16. Sevaaparaashiva suresa krusanudharma
Rakshombhunatha pavamana dhanadhi nathaha:
Bhaddanjali pravilasannija seersha deSaha:
Sree Venkatachalapathe! thava suprabhatham


16. The Dikpalakars, eight in number, are seeking Your grace in prayerful mood to take orders for their allotted work.

17. Dhateeshuthevihagaraja mrugadhiraja
Nagadhiraja gajaraja hayadhiraja:
Swaswadhikara mahimadhika marthayanthe
Sree Venkatachalapathe! thava suprabhatham


17. Garuda, lion, Anata, Gaja, Aswa, all these five are awaiting Your Command to improve their way of doing things to serve You better and more effectively.

18. Sooryendhubhouma bhudhavakpathi kavya souri
Swarbhanukethu divishathparishathpradanaa:
Twaddhasa dasa charamavadhidaasa daasa:
Sree Venkatachalapathe! thava suprabhatham


18. Navagrahas are awaiting Your pleasure. Please wake up

19. Thwathpadadhulibharita spurithothha manga:
Swargapavarga nirapeksha nijantharanga:
Kalpagamakalanaya kulatham labhanthe
Sree Venkatachalapathe! thava suprabhatham


19. Surya and the rest of the Navagrahas are steadfast in their dutiful obeissance to Your devotees. They await Your Command to serve you through your devotees.

20. Thvadgopuragra sikharani nireekshmana
Swargapavarga padaveem paramam shrayantha:
Marthyaa manushyabhuvane mathimashrayanthe
Sree Venkatachalapathe! thava Suprabhatham


20. Srinivasa! Mankind desires to be with you for ever and for ever in
Venkatam and to serve You life-long.

21. Sree bhoominayaka dayadhi gunammruthabdhe
Devadideva jagadeka saranya moorthe
Sreemannanantha garudadibhirarchithangre
Sree Venkatachalapathe! thava suprabhatham


21. Ananta and Garuda are eagerly standing at Your door. Their anxious to serve You at a moment's notice is telling.

22. Sree Padmanabha Purushothama Vasudeva
Vaikunta Madhava Janardhana chakrapane
Sree vathsachinha saranagatha parijatha
Sree Venkatachalapathe! thava suprabhatham


22. Bakthas are chanting Your names as Vasudeva, Madhava, Govinda, Janardhana, Chakrapani and other endearing names. Devotees are ever ready to obey Your Command.

23. Kandarpa darpa hara sundara divya murthe
Kanthaa kuchamburuha kutmialola drishte
Kalyana nirmala gunakara divyakeerthe
Sree Venkatachalapathe! thava suprabhatham


23. Sri Lakshmi is enchanted by Your beauty. She would not leave her Lord. For the sake of Bakthas get up please and afford them Dharshan.

24. Meenakruthe kamatakola Nrusimha varnin
Swamin parashvatha thapodana Ramachandra
Seshamsharama yadhunandana kalki roopa
Sree Venkatachalapathe! thava suprabhatham


24. Thy descent from Paramapada was heralded in Thy numerous avathars when You did immense good to Your devotees. Great God, do come to us to help us in our distress.

25. Elaa lavanga ghanasaara sugandhi theertham
Divyam viyathsarithi hemaghateshu poornam
Drutwadhya vaidika sikhamanaya: prahrushta:
Thishtanthi Venkatapathe! thava suprabhatham


25. Vedic Savants are in wait with Akasaganga theertham for Your morning Anushtanam. Vedic hymns sung by them are a delight to hear and cherish. Do get up Sri Srinivasa

26. Bhaswanudethi vikachani saroruhani
Sampoorayanthi ninadai: kakubho vihangha:
Sree vaishnavassathatha marthitha mangalasthe
Dhamasrayanthi thava Venkata! subrabhatham


26. The twitterings of birds on all sides proclaim the dawn of the day.
Devotees are gathered in numbers and they sing their vociferous adoration to You.

27. Bhramadayassuravarasamaharshayastthe
Santhassa nandana mukhastvatha yogivarya:
Dhamanthike thavahi mangala vasthu hasthaa:
Sree Venkatachalapathe! thava suprabhatham


27. Brahma and celestials are awaiting You with their choicest edibles to greet You, great God.

28. Lakshminivasa niravadya gunaika sindo:
Samsarasagara samuththaranaika setho
Vedanta vedya nijavaibhava bhakta bhogya
Sree Venkatachalapathe! thava suprabhatham


28. Devotees in ecstasy are at Your door in all eagerness. You are in duty bound to help them with your inimitable caress and affection; Great one!

29. ltnam vnsnacnala pamerlna suprabhatham
Ye manava: prathidinam patithum pravrutha:
Thesham prabhatha samaye smruthirangabhhajam
Pragnyam paraartha sulabham paramam prasoothe


29. Day-to-day prayers to You, Sri Vehkatesa! fetch untold
wealth of devotional culture and fervour. God, give us your grace.


Sri Venkatesa Sthotram


1. Kamalakucha choochuka kunkumatho
Niyatharunithathula neelathano
Kamalayatha lochana lokapathe
Vijayeebhava Venkatasaila pathe

1. Sri Sapthagiri-vasa! Your descent from Paramapadam


You are our leader and preceptor. Sri Padmavati, Your

heavenly spouse is our endearing refuge.

2. Sachadhurmukha shanmukha panchamukha
Pram ukakhila daivatha mouli mane
Saranagatha vathsala saranidhe
Paripalayamam vrishasailapathe

2. Superb Siva and ardent Ayan do adore You. Mortal

man appeals to you to dissipate his distress.

3. Athivelathaya thava durvishahai
Ranuvela Kruthairaparada sathai:
Paritham thvaritham vrishasailapathe
Paraya krupaya paripahi Hare

3. Many a fault have I committed. I am confident

You will extend Your grace to enable me to wade through this mire of misery.

4. Adhivenkata saila mudaramather
Janathabimathadhika danarathath Paradevathaya gathithannigamai:
Kamaladayithtanna param kalaye

4. Sri Lakshmi's Lord! Upanishads adore You.

There is none greater than you.

5. Kalavenuravavasa gopa vadhu
Sathakoti vrithath smarakoti samath
Prathivalla vikabhimathath sukhadhath
Vasudeva suthanna paramkalaye

5. Sri Venkatesa! You are Lord Krishna Himself. The

melody of Your flute enchants Gopis.

Your beauty is unassailable. You are brighter than brightness itself.

6. Abhirama gunakara dasarathe
Jagadeka danurdhara dheeramathe
Raghunayaka Rama Ramesa vibho
Varadho bhava deva daya jaladhe

6. Sri Srinivasa! You are Rama Himself, the dazzling

son off Dasaratha You have won our hearts

7. Avaneethanaya kamaneeyakaram
Rajaneechara charu mukhamburuham
Rajaneechara raja thamo mihiram
Mahaneeyamaham Raghuramamaye

7. Sri Sita, Your holy Spouse, laboured hard to share

your ordeals in the forest. You annihilated the

Ravana Race and restored confidence among the

Rishis who had all surrendered to you.

8. Sumukham Suhrudam Sulabham sukhadam
Swanujam cha Sukhayamamogha—
Saram Apahaya Raghudwaha manyamaham
Na kathnchana kanchana jathu bhaje

8. Valiant Rama! You gave succour with Your

brothers to humanity in distress. You are a beacon light to posterity.


9. Vinaa Venkatesam nanatho nanatha:
Sadaa Venkatesam smarami smarami
Hare Venkatesa Praseeda Praseeda
Priyam Venkatesa Prayachha Prayachha

9. Oh Rama! there is none equal to You. You are our

benefactor. You are ever in our thought and word.


10. Aham doorathasthe padamboja yugma



Pranamechaya gathya sevam karomi



Sakruthsevaya nithyasevapalam thvam



Prayachha prayachha prabho Venkatesa


10. Sri Venkatesa! I pray to You in abundant faith;

You hurried to my rescue. Pray, grant me

the favour of serving You till this life lasts.


11. Agnanina maya doshaanaseshan vihithan Hare



Kshamasvathm kshamasvathvam



Seshasailasikhamane


11. Great God! Many an error have I committed in

ignorance. Do take me out of this ocean of misery.

Your descent from the Heavens to Tirumala, the

Booloka vaikuntam is indeed for Humanity's sake.

Sri Venkatesa Prapathi


1. Eesanam jagothosya Venkatapathe: vishno:
paraam preyaseem—Thadhwakshasthala
nithyavasarasikam thath kshanthi samvardhineem
Padmalankrutha pani pallavayugam Padmasanasthaam
Sriyam—Vathsalyadi gunojwalam
Bhagavatheem vande jaganmatharam

1. Sri Srinivasa! Sri Lakshmi ever dwells in your broad

bosom. She appeals to you to excuse my errors

and to admit poor me in your rich presence.


2. Sreeman krupajaianidhe krithasarvaloka



Sarvagna Saktanathavathsala sarvaseshin



Swamin susheela sulabhasritha parijatha



Sree Venkatesa charanow saranam prapadhye



2. Sri Venkatesa! You are an ocean of Bliss. I am

Sri Lakshmi s endearing devotee. Pray allow me to you with my ardent prayers.


3. Aanupurarpitha sujatha sugandhi pushpa



Sowrabhya Sowrabhakarow samasannivesow



Sowmyow sadanubhavanepi navanu bhavyow



Sree Venkatesa charanow



saranam papadhye


3. Fragrant Flowers adorn your Holy Feet. I am

surrendering myself to these fragrant, flowerbedecked feet.


4. Sadyo vikasi samudithvara saandra raga



Sourabhya nirbhara saroruha soumya vaartham



Samyakshu sahasa padeshu vilekhayanthow



Sree Venkatesa charanow saranam prapadhye



4. Lotus, the queen of flowers, is more too equal

to Your dazzling Feet.


5. Rekamayadwaja sudhakala saathapatra



Vajraamkrusamburuha kalpaka sanka chakrai:



Bhawyai ralankruthathalow



parathathva chinnai: Sree Venkatesa



charanow saranam prapadhye


5. Sri Srinivasa! You are Supremely omniscient. Conch

and Chakra line the soles of your Holy Feet.


6. Thamrodara dyuthi parajitha padmaraagow



Baahyairmahobhi rabhi bhootha



mahendra neelow Udhyannakhamsu—



bhirudastha sasaanka bhasow



Sree Venkatessa charanow saranam prapadhye



6. The soles of your Feet are the most dazzling,

surpassing the precious Padmaraga.

The white nails in your beautiful toes exceed the

full-moon splendour.


7. Saprema bheethi kamalakara pallavabhyam



Samvahanepi sapadiklamamatha dhanow Kantha



vavaangmanasa gochara sowkumaryow



Sree Venkatesa charanow saranam prapadhye


7. As Tirivikrama, your feet measured the world. As

Sri Rama, you roamed in the Dandakaranya Forests.

Sri Sita s caress removed the toil off thy legs.


8. Lakshmeemaheetha dhanuroopa nljanubhava



Neeladi divyamahisheekara pallavanam



Aarunya sankramanatha: kila saandra raagow



Sree Venkatesa



charanow saranam prapadhye


8. The divine touch of Nappinnai, Thirumagal and

manamagal has rendered your feet attractively red

Your Holy feet have therefore become as

soft as flowers.


9. Nithyanamadvidhi sivadi kireetakoti



Prathyupthadeepta navarathna mahaprarohai:



Neerajanavidhi



mudaramupada dhanow



Sree Venkatesa charanow



saranam prapadhye


9. Ayan, Aran and Devas are constantly at your side,

praying incessantly for the general good.

Diamonds on the heads of celestials, and the brilliance from

the inset precious stones add lustre to thy feet.


10. Vishno: pade parama ithyuditha prasamsow



Yow madhwa uthsa ithi bhogyathayapyupaaththow



Bhooyasthathethi thava paanithala pradishtow Sree Venkatesa



charanow saranam prapadhye



10. Upanishads announce your greatness in

Venghadam. Your imposing Tiruvadi are being

pointed out by you for mortals to cherish.


11. Parthaaya thathsadrusa saarathina



thvayaiva Yow darshithow swacharanow saranam vrajethi Shoyopi



mahyamihathow karadarsithowthe



Sree Venkatesa charanow



saranam prapadhye


11. You are Kannan of the Gita. You then asked

Arjuna to surrender to your feet.

And in like manner you are directing mortals to surrender

unto your feet.


12. Manmoordhni kaaliyapane



vikataataveshu Sree Venkatadri sikhare sirasi srutheenaam



Chithepyananyamanasam samamahithowthe Sree Venkatesa



charanow saranam prapadhye


12. Sri Venkatesa! You were born as Sri Rama.

You then took an avathar as Sri Krishna.

Vedas proclaim you. We adore you forever.


13. Amiana hrushyadavaneethala



keernapushpow Sree Venkatadri



sikharabharanaya manow Aanandithaakila



manonayanow thavaithow Sree Venkatesa



charanow saranam prapadhye


13. Devas and others extol you at your flower-be the

decked feet. These flowers are of an unfading kind,

as they are in constant touch at your

Tiruvadi. Bakthas are in ecstasy as they visualise

the heads of flowers at your Tiruvadi.


14. Praya: prasanna janatha



prathamavagahyow Mathu:



sthanaviva sisoramrtuhayamanow



Prapthow parasparathulamathulantharowthe Sree Venkatesa



charanow saranam prapadhye


l4. Your Tiruvadi are invincible. Bakthas, drinking the

sweet sight of your endearing Tiruvadi, are ever

ready to serve you at your Holy Feet.


1 5. Sathvotharaissathathasevya



padambujena Samsaratharaka



dayadradruganchalena Soumyopayanthru



munina mamadarshithowthe Sree Venkatesa



charanow saranam prapadhye



l5. Manawala Mamuni, extolling your Tiruvadi,

announces to the devotee world that your Holy Feet should ever be in their

thoughts and words.


16. Sreesa sriya ghatikaya thvadupaya



bhave Prapye thvayi swayamu



peyathayaspuranthya ithyasrithaya



niravadya gunayathubhyam Syam



kinkaroo Vrishagireesanajathumahyam


16. Alarmelmangai, your Heavenly consort guides us all.

Oh, God Srinivasa! Help us to cross this sea of Samsara.

We are ever your slaves.


Sri Venkatesa Mangalasasanam


1. Sriyah kanthaya kalyana nidhaye nidhayerthinam

Sri Venkata nivasaya Srinivasaya Mangalam.

2. Lakshmi savibhramaloka-subhru vibhrama chakshushe

Chakshushe SarvaloKanam Venkatesaya Mangalam.


3. Sri Venkatadri Sringagra-Mangalaha bharananghraye

Mangalanam nivasaya Venkatesaya Mangalam.


4. Sarvavayava soundarya Sampadha Sarvachethasam

Sada sammohanayasthu Venkatesaya Mangalam.


5. Nithyaya niravadhyaya Sathyananda chidhathmane.

Sarvantharathmane Srimad Venkatesava Mangalam.


6. Swathassarvavide sarvasakthaye Sarvaseshine.

Sulabhaya Suseelaya Venkatesaya Mangalam.


7. Parasmai Brahmane Poorna Kamaya Paramathmane.

Prayunje Parathathvaya Venkatesaya Mangalam.


8. Akalathathva masrantha mathmanamanu-pasyatham.

Athripthya mritha rupaya Venkatesaya Mangalam.


9. Prayah swacharanow Pumsam Saranyathvena Panina.

Kripaya dhisathe Srimad-Venkatesava Mangalam.


10. Dhayamritha tharanginya-Stharangairiva Seethalaih.

Apagaissinchalhe viswam Venkatesava Mannalam.


11. Sragbhushambara hetheenam Sushamava hamurthaye.

Sarvarthi Samanavasthu Venkatesaya Mangalam.


12. Sri Vaikunta virakthaya Swami Pushkarineethate

Ramaya Ramamanaya Venkatesaya Mangalam.


13. Srimad sundarajamathru manimanasavasine.

Sarvaloka Nivasava Srinivasaya Mangalam.


14. Mangalasasana paraih madacharya Purogamaih.

Sarvaischa Purvairacharyaih Sathkrithayasthu, Mangalam.


The Trident & Snakes

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The Trident & Snakes

The Trident

 The trident is the weapon of Siva with which he destroys evils and restores order. The trident stands for the triple qualities of nature, namely, sattva, rajas and tamas. Siva is the master of maya and thereby master of these three qualities with which he controls the universe.

The trident is the weapon of Siva with which he destroys evils and restores order

The trident symbolically represents the fact that Siva is the controller of the universe and the controller of all illusion. The trident also represents the three aspects of time, the past, the present and the future.

Siva is master of Time, Kala Bhairava who determines the progress of the universe according to his will. The trident represents the three paths to self-realization, namely the path of knowledge, the path of action and the path of devotion.

With these three paths, Siva transforms his devotees and destroys the evil in them. The trident stands for the three primary evils which need to be destroyed in order to make progress towards the divine. They are the evil of anger, the evil of lust and the evil of pride

The damaru denotes his connection with the primal sound AUM, the creation of alphabets, languages, grammar and music. His long matted hair denotes his spiritual life and his great powers.The crescent moon adorns his hair like a silver diadem.

Symbolism of Snakes

He wears a garland of snakes around his neck. Sometimes we see more snakes; one across his body like a sacred thread and two acting as bracelets around his muscular hands. The snakes symbolically represent his control over desire and sensuality. Sometimes in his ferocious aspects, he is shown wearing a garland of skulls.

There is a deep symbolism hidden behind this. The snake stands for all the evil and demonical nature in the world. By wearing the snake around his neck, Lord Siva gives us the assurance that no evil can touch us or destroy us once we surrender to him, seek his protection and worship him with deep devotion.

The snake also stands for the power of kundalini, which is described as a coiled serpent lying dormant in the muladhara chakra of all human beings and descends upwards when one starts ones spiritual journey and becomes increasingly divine oriented.

The snake around the neck of Siva conveys the meaning that in him the kundalini not only has arisen fully but is also actively involved in the divine activity by keeping an eye on all the devotees who approach Siva with their individual problems.

The snake also stands for all passions and desires. By wearing the snakes around his neck, Lord Siva conveys the message to all his devotees that He has overcome all desires and is in full control of Prakriti, or maya and its various machinations.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam –Translation

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 1
Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam –Translation

Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam – Text and Translation

 
 Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam – Text and Translation

Prologue Hari Om

 shukla ambara dharaM  vishhNuM         shashi     varNaM   chatur bhujam |   

white cloth wearing Vishnu (who is) moon (the) color of (with) four hands

prasanna vadanaM dhyaayet sarva vighnopa. shaantaye || (1)

(with) placid expression on face We meditate on you all (my) obstructions (please) eradicate

yasya dvirada vaktrAdyAh pArisadyAh parassatam |

vighnam nighnanti satatam visvaksEnam tamAsrayE || (2)

One should resort to Visvaksena, whose assemblage of gajAnan and other nitya sUris ever ward off

the innumerable obstacles.

vyaasaM vasishhTha naptaaraM shakteH pautram akalmashham |

paraasharaatmajaM vande shukataataM taponidhim || (3)

vyAsa is the great grandson of Vasistha and the grandson of Sakti, son of ParAsara, and the father

of Suka. He is untainted by defects (akaimasa) of any kind and is a mine of austerities (tapO nidhi)

I offer my obeisance to Him.

vyaasaaya vishhNu-roopaaya vyaasa roopaaya vishhNave |

namo vai brahma nidhaye vaasishhThaaya namo namaH || (4)

Salutations, again and again, to VyAsa, a visible aspect of Lord Vishnu and to Lord Vishnu who, in

turn, is also a visible aspect of VyAsa, the sage descended from Vasistha and a veritable treasure of

vedik knowledge of Beahman.

avikaaraaya shuddhaaya nityaaya paramaatmane |

sadaika roopa roopaaya vishhNave sarva jishhNave || (5)

Salutation to Lord Vishnu who is immutable (unchangeable, not subject to any variation), who is inherently

pure and eternal, the Supreme soul who has a consistent undiversified form in all times and ages and is

the conqueror of one and all.

yasya smaraNa maatreNa janmasaM saara bandhanaat |

vimuchyate namastasmai vishhNave prabhavishhNave || (6)

My salutation to that all powerful deity, Visnu the mere contemplation of whose name frees all persons

from the bonds of samsara, the terrific cycle of birth and death.

|| oM namo vishhNave prabhavishhNave ||

Salutation to that all powerful Visnu denoted by Om

shrii vaishampaayana uvaacha -

shrutvaa dharmaan asheshheNa paavanaani cha sarvashaH |

yudhishhThiraH shaantanavaM punarevaa-bhyabhaashhata || (1)

Sri Vaisampayana said: Having heard all the dharmas, in their entirety, and all other purificatory acts;

Yudhishthira addressed again Santanu's son (Bhisma) as follows:

yudhishhThira uvaacha -

kim ekaM daivataM loke kiM va api yekaM paraayaNam |

Who (is) the one God (of the) world ?(q1) Who (is) the one refuge for all ?(q2)

stuvantaH kaM kam archantaH praapnuyur-maanavaaH shubham || (2)

(by) glorifying whom (and) whom (by) worshipping obtaineth man peace and prosperity ?(q3&4)

ko dharmaH sarva dharmaaNaaM bhavataH paramo mataH |

What dharma (of) all dharmas greatest ?(q5)

kin japan muchyate jantur-janma saM-saara- bandhanaat || (3)

(by) Which japa (do) , go beyond living creatures ,(from) samasara's bonds ?(q6)

shrii bhiishhma uvaacha -

jagatprabhuM devedevam anantaM purushhottamam |

King of the world God of Gods The end The supreme Man (a3)

stuvan naama sahasreNa purushhaH satatotthitaH || (4)

tameva cha archayannityaM bhaktyaa purushham avyayam |

dhyaayan stuvan namasyaM shcha yajamaanastameva cha || (5)

A person who is for ever engaged, through (the hymn of) the thousand names, in praising the Lord

of the Universe. the god of gods and the Highest Being whose glory is not curtailed or limited

in any manner and (engaged) in worshipping always with bhakti the supreme being, the eternal,

meditating on him singing his glory, prostrating before him and adorning him (will be released)

anaadi nidhanaM vishhNuM sarvaloka maheshvaram |

Without beginning without end Vishnu all the worlds The Supreme Lord

lokaa dhyakshaM stuvan nityaM sarva duHkha atigo bhavet || (6)

world knower (those who) chant daily (their) all sorrows go beyond .(a5&6)

brahmaNyaM sarvadharmaGYaM lokaanaaM kiirtivardhanam |

lokanaathaM mahadbhuutaM sarvabhuutabhavodbhavam || (7)

And engaged in praising him, the beginingless and the endless, the all-pervading, the sovereign

master of all the worlds, the great cognisor, bearing testimony to all that is going on in all

the worlds, nay, the very thought crossing the minds of everyone, the one to be cognized

through the vedas, the knower of all dharmas, the one who enhances the fame of the worlds,

the great one, the cause of all existence, such a worshipper tides over all the sorrows of the world.

eshha me sarva dharmaaNaaM dharmo adhikatamo mataH |

yadbhaktyaa puNDarii-kaakshaM stavairarchennaraH sadaa || (8)

(a5)This worship of the lotus eyed lord, by a person singing his praise, is hence regarded by me

as the greatest dharma.

paramaM yo mahat tejaH paramaM yo mahattapaH |

The Highest He (of) great effulgence The Highest He (the) great controller

paramaM yo mahad brahma paramaM yaH paraayaNam || (9)

The Highest He (the) great all-pervading truth The Highest He (who is) The Highest goal. (a2)

pavitraaNaaM pavitraM yo maNgaLaanaaM cha maNgalam |

sacred things (the) sactifier He most auspicious (of the) auspicious

daivataM devataanaaM cha bhuutaanaaM yo. avyayaH pitaa || (10)

of Gods The God (of) all creatures He (who is the) eternal father.(a1)

yataH sarvaaNi bhuutaani bhavantyaadi yugaagame |

yasmiM shcha pralayaM yaanti punareva yugakshaye || (11)

The god of gods and the eternal indestructible father of beings (unlike the evanescent type of

earthly fathers) from whom all beings originate at the commencement of the first yuga, and in

whom they all converge ultimately, that is, at the end of the yuga.

tasya loka pradhaanasya jagannaathasya bhuupate |

vishhNornaamasahasraM me shRuNu paapa bhayaapaham || (12)

Hear from me, O king ! the thousand names of Lord Vishnu, the dispeller of the fear of sin, the

sovereign master of the universe, lokkapradhAnasya - the pivot on which the entire universe,

with all its contents (things and beings) rests.

yaani naamaani gauNaani vikhyaataani mahaatmanaH |

RishhibhiH parigiitaani taani vakshyaami bhuutaye || (13)

For the good of all, I shall tell you the names of the supreme being, well-known and well-sung by the rishis

RishhirnaamnaaM sahasrasya vedavyaaso mahaamuniH |

chhando.anushhTup tathaa devo bhagavaan devakiisutaH || (14)

amRitaaM shoodbhavo biijaM shaktirdevakii nandanaH |

trisaamaa hrudayaM tasya shaantyarthe viniyujyate || (15)

The great veda vyasa is the rishi of these thousand names of vishnu, 'Anustup' is its meter, the presiding

deity is devaki's son, the seed (bijam) is "the one born in the lunar race", its power is "the darling of

devaki" it's heart (hrdayam) is the name "one who is lauded by the three sAma hymns", and its purpose is

the attainment of peace.

vishhNuM jishhNuM mahaa vishhNuM prabhavishhNuM maheshvaram |

anekaruupa daityaantaM namaami purushhottamam || (16)

I bow to visnu, the victorious, the all-pervading, the mighty, the lord of all, the enemy of daityas

(demons), posessed of many forms and the best of purusas.

above angas repeated in prose below.

asya shrii vishhNor divya sahasra naama stotra mahaamantrasya |

For this Shri Vishnu's sacred thousand name stotra great mantra

shrii vedavyaaso bhagavaanRishhiH |

Shri Veda Vyasa (is the) divine rishi

anushhThup chhandaH |

anushtup meter

shrii mahaavishhnuH paramaatmaa shriimannaaraayaNo devataa |

its Diety is sriman nArAyanA, the supreme soul, the All-pervader.

amrutaaM shuudbhavo bhaanur iti biijam |

Its seed is "amritAmSUdbhavo bhAnu".

devakii nandanaH srashhTeti shaktiH |

Its power is devakI's son.

udbhavaH kshobhaNo deva iti paramo mantraH |

The essential part of the mantra is "udbhavah: kshobhano devaH".

shaNkhabhRin.nandakii chakriiti kiilakam |

Its pin is "Sankha-bHrin nandakI cakrI".

shaarNga dhanvaa gadaadhara ityastrama |

Its weapon is "SArnga-dhanvA gadhA-dharaH".

rathaaNga paaNir akshobhya iti netrama |

Its eye is "rathAnga-pANiH:

trisaamaa saamagaH saameti kavacham |

aanandaM parabrahmeti yoniH |

RituH sudarshanaH kaala iti digbandhaH |

shriivishvaruupa iti dhyaanam |

shriimahaavishhNu priityarthe sahasranaamajape viniyogaH ||

(dhyaanam)

kshiirodhan.vatpradeshe shuchimaNi.vilasat saikate mauktikanaam

maalaa kLiptaa sanasthaH phaTika maNi nibhair mauktikair maNDitaaNgaH |

shubhrai.rabhrairadabhrai.rupari virachitair muktapiiyuushha varshhaiH

aanandii naH puniiyaadarinalinagadaa shaNkhapaaNir mukundaH || (17)

May Mukunda with the discus, mace, conch and lotus in his hands purify us - Mukunda who is seated on a

pedestal of garlands and pearls in the region of milk-ocean with the sands shining by the light of the

pure gems; who is adorned by pearls transparent like crystals and who is enjoying ecstatic bliss on

account of pure, white clouds overhead raining showers of nectar.

bhooH paadaoo yasya naabhirviyadasuranilash chandra sooryau cha netre

karNaavaashaaH shiro dyaurmukhamapi dahano yasya vaasteyamabdhiH |

antaHsthaM yasya vishvaM suranara khagago bhogi gandharva daityaiH

chitraM raMramyate taM tribhuvana vapushhaM vishhNumiishaM namaami || (18)

I bow to Lord Visnu who has the three worlds as His body, the earth as his feet and the sky as his navel,

the wind as his breath, the Sun and the moon as his eyes, the directions as his ears and the heavens as

his head, fire his face and the ocean his abdomen. In him is embodied the universe, with the diverse

things and beings of different genre, the gods, humans, birds, cattle, serpents (birds and beasts), the

gandharvas and daityas (asuras) - all sporting in a charming way.

AUM namo bhagavate vaasudevaaya |

shaantaakaaraM bhujaga-shayanaM padma naabhaM sureshaM

ever peaceful , lying on a serpent bed , lotus (from) navel (springs) , gods (the) controller of

viswaa dhaaram gagana sadrsam meghavarnam subhangam

universe form cloud hued good limbs

lakshmee-kaantaM kamala-nayanaM yogibhir- dhyaana- gamyaM

Lakshmi's Lord , lotus eyed , (in) yogi's heart (by) meditation approachable

vande vishhNuM bhava- bhaya-haraM sarva- lokaika-naatham || (19)

(we) pray to Vishnu samsara's fear remover all the world's ruler

Salutations to Lord Visnu, peace personified, residing on the serpent couch (Adisesa). From his navel

sprouts a lotus. He is the overlord of the celestials. The universe is but his form. He resembles the

sky and has the complexion of the clouds, with graceful limbs (of exquisite charm and perfect symmetry)

He is the consort of Laksmi. His eyes are like lotus. He resides in the heart region of the yogis

steeped in loving contemplation. He dispels (destroys) the dread of samsara. He is the peerless Lord

of the universe, the supreme monarch.

meghashyaamam peethakausheya- vaasam srivata-saangam kausthubhodh-bhaasithaangam |

cloud hued pure milk ocean dweller Laksmi on his chest

punyopeytham pundareekayathaksham vande vishnum sarva-lokaika-naatham || (20)

I prostrate before vishNu, the one Lord of the worlds, blue as the cloud and clothed in yellow robes. His chest

is marked by the mole known as srivatsa. His body is resplendent with kaustubha gem. He is surrounded by holy

persons. And he has wide eyes like lotoses.

namaH samasta bhuutaanaamaadibhuutaaya bhuubhR^ite .

aneka ruupa ruupaaya vishhNave prabhavishhNave

sashankha chakram sakireeda kundalam sapeetha vastram saraseeruhekshanam |

sahaaravakshah sthalakausthubhasriyam namaami vishnum shirsachaturbhujam ||

I bow down my head before the four-handed vishNu who sports in His hand the Sankha and the discuss,

who is adorned with a crown and ear-pendants, who wears a yellow cloth, whose eyes resemble

a lotus and whose chest is beautified by many necklaces and the kaustubha mark.

chaayaayaam paarijaathasya hemasimhasanopari aasinamambuda shyama maaya thakshamalankritham |

chandrananam chaturbaahum srivatsangitavakshasam rukmani satyabhaamaabhyam sahitam krishnam asrayei ||

Source: http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vsn/prolog.html

Invocation

Om vishvam vishnur-vashatkaro bhuta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuh
Bhutakrud bhutabhrud bhavo bhutatma bhuta-bhavanah ..1

Vishvam: The all or the Universe.Vishnur: He who pervades every thing.Vashatkara: For whom the sacrificial versus are uttered in the yagyas.Bhuta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuh: The one who is the master and beyond the past, present and the future.Bhutakrud: The creator and destroyer of all existences in the universe.Bhutabhrud: One who supports or sustains or governs the universe.Bhava: Pure existence.Bhutatma: The essence of all beings.Bhuta-bhavanah: He who originates and develops all Elements.

Putatma paramatma cha muktanam parama gatih
Avyayah purusha sakshi kshetrajno~kshara eva cha ..2

Putatma: One whose nature is purity/who is purityParamatma cha: He who is the supreme one and the Atman.Muktanam parama gatih: The highest goal of the liberated ones.Avyayah: One for whom there is no decay.Purusha: One who abides in the body or pura.Sakshi: One who witnesses everythingKshetrajno: The knower of the field or body.Akshara eva cha: He who is without destruction.

Yogo yogavidam neta pradhana-purushesvarah
Narasimha-vapu shriman kesavah purushottamah ..3

Yogo: One attainable through Yoga.Yogavidam neta: The master of those who are established in the above-mentioned Yoga.Pradhana-purushesvarah: The master of pradhana or Prakruti and Purusha or Jiva.Narasimha-vapu: One in whom the bodies of a man and a lion are combined.Shirman: One on whose chest the goddess Shri always dwells.Kesavah: One whose Kesa or locks are beautifulPurushottamah: The greatest among all Purushas

Sarvah sarvah sivah sthanur-bhutadir-nidhir-avyayah
Sambhavo bhavano bharta prabhavah prabhur-isvarah ..4

Sarvah: The omniscient source of all existence.Sarvah: Destroyer.Sivah: One pure.Sthanur: One who is steady, immovable and changeless.Bhutadir: Source of all elements or existing things.Avyayah nidhir: The changeless and indestructible Being in whom the whole universe becomes merged and remains in seminal condition at the time of Pralaya or cosmic dissolution.Sambhavo: One born out of His own will as incarnation.Bhavano: One who generates the fruits or Karmas of all Jivas for them to enjoy.Bharta: One who supports the universe as its substratum.Prabhavah: One from whom all the great elements have their birth. Or one who has exalted births as incarnations.Prabhur: One who is an adept in all rites.Ishvarah: One who has unlimited lordliness or power over all things.

Svayambhuh sambhur-adityah pushkaraksho mahasvanah
Anandi-nidhano dhata vidhata dhaturuttamah ..5

Svayambhuh: One who exists by Himself, uncaused by any other.Sambhur: One who bestows happiness on devotees.Adityah: The golden-hued person in the sun's orb.Pushkaraksho: One who has eyes resembling the petals of Pushkara or lotus.Mahasvanah: One from whom comes the great sound - the Veda.Anandi-nidhano: The one existence that has neither birth nor death.Dhata: One who is the support of the universe.Vidhata: He who generates Karmas and their fruits.Dhaturuttamah: The ultimate support of every thing.

Aprameyo hrishikesah padma-nabho~mara-prabhuh
Visvakarma manustvashta sthavishtah sthaviro-dhruvah ..6

Aprameyo: One who is not measurable or understandable by any of the accepted means of knowledge like sense, perception, inference etc.Hrishikesah: The master of the senses or He under whose control the senses subsist.Padma-nabho: He in whose navel (nabhi) the lotus (padma), the source of the universe, stands.Amara-prabhuh: The master of Amaras or the deathless ones, i.e. the Devas.Visvakarma: He whose Karma (work) has resulted in all that exists (Vishvam) or He whose power of creation is unique and wonderful.Manu: He who thinks.Stvashta: He who makes all beings shrunken (Tanukarana) at the time of cosmic dissolution.Sthavishtah: He who excels in everything in bulk or substantiality.Sthaviro-dhruvah: Eternal One, being the most ancient. It is taken as a single phrase, the name along with its qualification.

Agrahyah sasvatah krishno lohitakshah pratardanah
Prabhutas-trikakubdhama pavitram mangalam param ..7

Agrahyah: One who cannot be grasped by the organs or knowledge or conceived by the mind.Sasvatah: One who exists at all times.Krishno: The existence-Knowledge-Bliss.Lihitakshah: One whose eyes are tinged red.Pratardanah: Destroyer of all at the time of cosmic dissolution.Prabhutas: Great because of unique qualities like omnipotence, omniscience etc.Trikakubdhama: He who is the support (dharma) of the three regions above, below and in the middle.Pavitram: That which purifies everything.Mangalam param: Supremely auspicious.

Isanah pranadah prano jyeshthah sreshthah prajapatih
Hiranyagarbho bhugarbho madhavo madhusudanah .. 8

Isanah: He who controls and regulates everything.Pranadah: One who bestows or activates the Prana, the vital energy.Prano: The Supreme Being.Jyeshthah: The eldest of all; for there is nothing before Him.Sreshthah: One deserving the highest praise.Prajapatih: The master of all living beings, because He is Ishvara.Hiranyagarbho: One who is Atman of even Brahma the creator.Bhugarbho: One who has got the world within Himself.Madhavo: The Consort of Ma or Mahalakshmi or one who is fit to be known through Madhu-Vidya.Madhusudanah: The destroyer of the demon Madhu.

Ishvaro vikrami dhanvi medhavi vikramah kramah
Anuttamo duradharsah krutajnah krutiratmavan ..9

Ishvara: The Omnipotent Being.Vikrami: The courageous One.Dhanvi: One armed with bow.Medhavi: He who has great intelligence capable of grasping all texts.Vikramah: He who crosses (Karmana) i.e. transcends samsara. Or one who has Vih, bird i.e. Garuda as His mount.Kramah: Vishnu is called Kramah, because He is the cause of Kramana or crossing of the ocean of samsara by devotees, or because from Him all Krama or manifestation of the universe, has taken place.Anuttamo: He than whom there is none greater.Duradharsah: One whom none (Asuras) can overcome.Krutajnah: One who knows everything about what has been done (Kruta) by Jivas. Also one who is pleased even with those who offer such simple offerings as leaves, flowers, fruits and water.Krutir: The word means what is achieved through all human efforts or works.Atmavan: One established in his own greatness i.e. requiring no other support than Himself.

Suresah sharanam sharma vishvaretah prajabhavah
Ahah samvasaro vyalah pratyayah sarvadarshanah .10

Suresah: The lord of the Suras or Devas. It can also mean the greatest of those who bestow good.Saranam: One who removes the sorrows of those in distress.Sharma: One who is of the nature of supreme bliss.Vishvaretah: The seed of the universe.Prajabhavah: He from whom all beings have originated.Ahah: Luminous one.Samvasaro: As Time is a from of Vishnu, He is called Samvasara or a year.Vyalah: Being ungraspable like a serpent, He is called Vyalah.Pratyayah: One who is of the nature of Pratiti or Prajna (consciousness)Sarvadarshanah: One with eyes everywhere. As the Lord has assumed all forms, the eye-sight of all beings is His.

Ajah sarveshvarah siddhah siddhih sarvadir acyutah
Vrushakapir ameyatma sarva-yoga-vinihshrutah .11

Ajah: One who has no birth.Sarveshvarah: The Lord of all Lords or the supreme Lord.Siddhah: One ever established in one's own nature.Siddhih: One who is of the nature of Consciousness in all.Sarvadih: One who is the first cause of all elements.Achyutah: One who never lost and will never lose his inherent nature and powers.Vrushakapir: One who shwers all objects of desire.Ameyatma: One whose form or nature cannot be measured and determined.Sarva-yoga-vinihshrutah: One who stands aside completely from all bondage.

Vasur vasumanah satyah samatma sammitah samah
Amoghah pundarikaksho vrusha-karma vrushakrutih .12

Vasur: One in whom all beings dwell and one who dwells in all beings.Vasumanah: The term Vasu means wealth or riches. Here it indicates greatness. So it means one possessed of a great mind i.e. a mind free from attachments, anger and other evil qualities.Satyah: One whose nature is Truth.Samatma: One whose mind is Sama, without partiality or anger and thus the same towards all beings.Sammitah: This name and the previous (samatma) occurring together, can be split in two ways - as samatma + sammitah and as samatma + asammitah.Samah: One unpertubed at all times.Amoghah: One whose worship will never go in vain, but will bear ample fruits.Pundarikaksho: One who has pervaded, i.e. is realized in, the lotus of the heart. Or One whose eyes resemble the petals of a lotus.Vrushakarma: One whose actions are according to vrushas i.e. Dharma.Vrushakrutih: One who takes form for the sake of Vrushas or Dharma.

Rudro bahushira babhrur vishva-yonih shuchi sravah
Amrutah shashvata-sthanur vararoho maha-tapah .13

Rudro: One who makes all beings cry at the time of cosmic dissolution.Bahushira: One with innumerable heads.Babhrur: One who governs the world.Vishvayonih: One who is the cause of the world.Shuchi sravah: : One whose names and glories are very holy and purifying to be heard.Amrutah: One who is deathless.Shashvata-sthanur: One who is both eternal and firmly established, unchanging.Vararoho: He whose lap gives the highest blessings.Mahatapah: The austerity connected with creation, which is of the nature of knowledge is of great potency.

Sarvagah sarva-vid-bhanur vishvaksheno janardanah
Vedo vedavid avyango vedango vedavit kavih..14

Sarvagah: One who pervades everything, being of the nature of their material cause.Sarva-vid-bhanur: One who is omniscient and illumines everything.Vishvaksheno: He before whom all Asura armies get scattered.Janardanah: One who inflicts suffering on evil men.Vedah: He who is of the form of the Veda.Vedavid: One who knows the Veda and its meaning.Avyango: One who is self-fulfilled by knowledge and other great attributes and is free from every defect.Vedango: He to whom the Vedas stand as organs.Vedavit: One who knows all the Vedas.Kavih: One who sees everything.

Lokadhyakshah suradhyaksho dharmadhyakshah krutakrutah
Chaturatma chaturvyuhas chaturdamstras chatur-bhujah ..15

Lokadhyakshah: He who witnesses the whole universe.Suradhyaksho: One who is the overlord of the protecting Divinities of all regions.Dharmadhyakshah: One who directly sees the merits (Dharma) and demerits (Adharma) of beings by bestwing their due rewards on all beings.Krutakrutah: One who is an effect in the form of the worlds and also a non-effect as their cause.Chaturatma: One who for the sake of creation, sustentation and dissolution assumes forms.Chaturvyuhas: One who adopts a fourfold manifestation.Chaturdamstras: One with four fangs in His Incarnation as Nisimha.Chaturbhujah: One with four arms.

Bhrajishnur-bhojanam bhokta sahishnur jagad-adhijah
Anagho vijayo jeta vishva-yonih punar-vasuh ..16

Bhrajishnur: One who is pure luminosity.Bhojanam: Prakruti or Maya is called Bhojanam or what is enjoyed by the Lord.Bhokta: As he, purusha, enjoys the prakruti, He is called the enjoyer or Bhokta.Sahishnur: As He suppresses Asuras like Kiranyaksha, He is Sahishnu.Jagad-adhijah: One who manifested as Hiranyagarbha by Himself at the beginning of creation.Anagho: The sinless one.Vijayo: One who has mastery over the whole universe by virtue of his six special excellences like omnipotence, omniscience etc. known as Bhagas.Jeta: One who is naturally victorious over beings, i.e. superior to all beings.Vishva-yonih: The source of the universe.Punar-vasuh: One who dwells again and again in the bodies as the Jivas.

Upendro vamanah pramshur amoghah suchir urjitah
Atindrah samgrahah sargo dhrutatma niyamo yamah ..17

Upendro: One born as the younger brother of Indra.Vamanah: One who, in the form of Vamana (dwarf), went begging to Bali.Pramshur: One of great height.Amoghah: One whose acts do not go in vain.Suchir: One who purifies those who adore and praise Him.Urjitah: One of infinite strength.Atindrah: One who is superior to Indra by His inherent attributes like omnipotence, omniscience etc.Samgrahah: One who is of the subtle form of the universe to be created.Dhrutatma: One who is ever in His inherent form or nature, without the transformation involved in birth and death.Niyamo: One who appoints His creatures in particular stations.Yamah: One who regulates all, remaining within them.

Vedyo vaidyah sada-yogi viraha madhavo madhuh
Atindriyo mahamayo mahotsaho mahabalah ..18

Vedyo: One who has to be known by those who aspire for Mokshas.Vaidhyah: One who knows all Vidyas or branches of knowledge.Sada-yogi: One who is ever experienceble, being ever existent.Viraha: One who destroys heroic Asuras for the protection of Dharma.Madhavo: One who is the Lord or Master of Ma or knowledge.Madhuh: Honey, because the Lord gives joy, just like honey.Atindriyo: One who is not knowable by the senses.Mahamayo: One who can cause illusion even over other great illusionists.Mahotsaho: One who is ever busy in the work of creation, sustentation and dissolution.Mahabalah: The strongest among all who have strength.

Mahabuddir mahaviryo mahasaktir mahadyutih
Anirdesyavapuh shriman ameyatma mahadridhruk ..19

Mahabuddir: The wisest among the wise.Mahaviryo: The most powerful one, because Ignorance which is the cause of Samsara is His great power.Mahasaktir: One with great resources of strength and skill.Mahadyutih: One who is intensely brilliant both within and without.Anirdesyavapuh: One who cannot be indicated to another as: 'He is this', because He cannot be objectively known.Shriman: One endowed with greatness of every kind.Ameyatma: The Spirit with intelligence that cannot be measured by any one.Mahadridhruk: One who held up the great mountain 'Mandara' at the time of the churning of the Milk Ocean and also Govardhana in his Krishna incarnation.

Maheshvaso mahibharta shrinivasah satam gatih
Aniruddhah suranando govindo govidam patih ..20

Maheshvaso: One equipped with the great bow.Mahibharta: One who held up the earth submerged in Pralaya waters.Shrinivasah: One on whose chest the Goddess Shri, eternal in nature, dwells.Satam gatih: One who bestows the highest destiny attainable, to all holy men.Aniruddhah: One who has never been obstructed by any one or anything from manifesting in various forms.Suranando: One who bestows joy on all divinities.Govindo: Gau means words. Thou pervadest all words, giving them power. Therefore sages call the Govinda.Govindam patih: Gau means words. One who knows them is Govid. He who is the master of words is indicated by this name.

Marichir-damano hamsah suparno bhujagottamah
Hiranya-nabha sutapah padmanabhah prajapatih ..21

Marchir: The supreme power and impressiveness seen in persons endowed with such qualities.Damano: One who in the form of Yama inflicts punishments on those who tread the path of unrighteousness.Hamsah: One who removes the fear of Samsara from those who practise the sense of identity with Him.Suparnah: One who has two wings in the shape of Dharma and Adharma.Bhujagottamah: One who is the greatest among those who move on Bhujas or arms, that is, serpents. The great serpents like Ananta and Vasuki are the powers of Vishnu, so he has come to have this name.Sutapah: One who performs rigorous austerities at Badarikashrama as Nara and Narayana.Padmanabhah: One whose navel is beautifully shaped like lotus.Prajapatih: The father of all beings, who are His children.

Amrutyuh sarva-druk simhah sandhata sandhiman sthirah
Ajo durmarshanah shasta vishrutatma surariha ..22

Amrutyuh: One who is without death or its cause.Sarva-druk: One who sees the Karmas of all Jivas through His inherent wisdom.Simhah: One who does Himsa or destruction.Sandhata: One who unites the Jivas with the fruits of their actions.Sandhiman: One who is Himself the enjoyer of the fruits of actions.Sthirah: One who is always of the same nature.Ajo: The root `Aj' has got as meanings both `go' and `throw'. So the name means One who goes into the hearts of devotees or One who throws the evil Asuras to a distance, i.e. destroys them.Durmarshanah: One whose might the Asuras cannot bear.Shasta: One who instructs and directs all through the scriptures.Vishrutatma: One who is specially known through signifying terms like Truth, Knowledge etc.Surariha: One who destroys the enemies of Suras or Devas.

Gurur gurutamo dhama satyah satya-parakramah
Nimisho animishah sragvi vachaspatir udaradhih ..23

Gurur: One who is the teacher of all forms of knowledge.Gurutamo: One who gives the knowledge of Brahman even to divinities like Brahma.Dhama: It means brilliance.Satyah: One who is embodied as virtue of truth specially.Satya-parakamah: One of unfailing valour.Nimisho: One whose eye-lids are closed in Yoga-nidra.Animishah: One who is ever awake.Sragvi: One who has on Him the necklace called Vaijayanti, which is strung with the subtle aspects of the five elements.Vachaspatir-udaradhih: Being the master of Vak or word i.e. knowledge, He is called so. As his intellect perceives everything, He is Udaradhih. Both these epithets together constitute one name.

Agranir gramanih shriman nyayo neta samiranah
Sahsra-murdha vishvatma sahasraksha sahasrapat ..24

Agranir: One who leads all liberation-seekers to the highest status.Gramanih: One who has the command over Bhutagrama or the collectivity of all beings.Shriman: One more resplendent than everything.Nyayo: The consistency which runs through all ways of knowing and which leads one to the truth of Non-duality.Neta: One who moves this world of becoming.Samiranah: One who in the form of breath keeps all living beings functioning.Sahasramurdha: One with a thousand, i.e. innumerable, heads.Vishvatma: The soul of the universe.Sahasraksha: One with a thousand or innumerable eyes.Sahasrapat: One with a thousand, i.e. innumerable legs.

Avrtano nivrutatma samvrutah sampramardanah
Ahah samvartako vahnir anilo dharani-dharah ..25

Avartano: One who whirls round and round the Samsara-chakra, the wheel of Samsara or worldy existence.Nivrutatma: One whose being is free or untouched by the bondage of Samsara.Samvrutah: One who is covered by all-covering Avidya or ignorance.Sampramardanah: One who delivers destructive blows on all beings through His Vibhutis (power manifestation like Rudra, Yama etc.).Ahah samvartako: The Lord who, as the sun, regulates the succession of day and night.Vahnir: One who as fire carries the offerings made to the Devas in sacrifices.Anilo: One who has no fixed residence.Dhanani dharah: One who supports the worlds, Adisesha, elephants of the quarters etc.

Suprasadah prasannatma vishva-dhrug vishva-bhug vibhuh
Sat-karta sat-krutah sadhur jahnur narayano narah ..26

Suprasadah: One whose Prasada or mercy is uniquely wonderful, because He gives salvation to Sisupala and others who try to harm Him.Prasannatma: One whose mind is never contaminated by Rajas or Tamas.Vishva-dhrug: One who holds the universe by his power.Vishva-bhug: One who eats up or enjoys or protects the worlds.Vibhuh: One who becomes many from Hiranyagarbha downwards.Satkarta: One who offers benefits.Sat-krutah: One who is adored even by those who deserve adoration.Sadhur: One who acts according to justice.Jahnuh: One who dissolves all beings in oneself at the time of dissolution.Narayanah: Nara means Atman. Narayana, that is, one having His residence in all beings.Narah: He directs everything, the eternal Paramatma is called Nara.

Asankhyeyo prameyatma visistah shishtakruch chucih
Siddharthah siddha-sankalpah siddhidah siddhisadhanah ..27

Asankhyeyo: One who has no Sankhya or differences of name and form.Aprameyatma: One whose nature cannot be grasped by any of the means of knowledge.Visistah: One who excels everything.Shishtakrch: Shihstam means commandment. So, one who commands everything. Or one who protects shishtas or good men.Siddharthah: One whose object is always fulfilled.Siddha-sankalpah: One whose resolutions are always fulfilled.Siddhidah: One who bestows Siddhi or fulfillment on all who practise disciplines, in accordance with their eligibility.Siddhisadhanah: One who brings fulfillment to works that deserve the same.

Vrushahi vrushabho vishnur vrushaparva vrushodarah
Vardhano vardhamanascha viviktah shruti-sagarah ..28

Vrushahi: Vrusha means dharma or merit.Vrushabho: One who showers on the devotees all that they pray for.Vishnur: One who pervades everything.Vrushaparva: One who has given as steps (Parvas), observances of the nature of Dharma, to those who want to attain the supreme state.Vrushodarah: One whose abdomen showers offspring.Vardhamanascha: One who multiplies in the form of the universe.Viviktah: One who is untouched and unaffected.Shruti-sagarah: One to whom all the shruti or Vedic words and sentences flow.

Subhujo durdharo vagmi mahendro vasodo vasuh
Naikarupo bruhad-rupah shipivishtah prakashana ..29

Subhujo: One possessing excellent arms that protect the worlds.Durdharo: One who holds up the universe - a work which none else can do.Vagmi: One from whom the words constituting the Veda come out.Mahendro: The great Lord, that is, the Supreme Being, who is the God of all gods.Vasudo: One who bestows riches.Vasuh: One who is himself theVasu.Naikarupo: One who is without an exclusive form.Bruhad-rupah: One who has adopted mysterious forms like that of a Boar.Shipivishtah: Shipi means cow. One who resides in cows as Yagya.Prakashana: One who illumines everthing.

Ojas tejo dyuti-dharah prakashatma pratapanah
Vruddhah spahstaksharo mantras chandramshur bhaskaradyutih ..30

Ojas tejo duti-dharah: Ojas means inherent vitality. Tejas means puissance and such qualities. Dyuti means radiance. So the word means one who possesses all these qualities.Prakashatma: One whose form is radiant.Pratapanah: One who warms the world through the power manifestations like the Sun.Vruddhah: One who is rich in excellences like Dharma, Gyana (knowledge), Vairagya (renunciation) etc.Spashstaksharo: He is so called because Omkara, the manifesting sound of the Lord, is Spashta or high pitched.Mantras: One who manifests as the Mantras of the Rk, Sama, Yajus etc., or one who is known through Mantras.Chandramshur: He is called `Chandramshu' or moonlight because just as the moon-light gives relief to men burnt in the heat of the sun, He gives relief and shelter to those who are subjected to the heat of Samsara.

Amrtamshu dbhavo bhanuh shashabinduh sureshvarah
Aushadham jagatah setuh satya-dharma-prarakramah ..31

Amrtamshu dbhavo: The Paramatman from whom Amrutamshu or the Moon originated at the time of the churning of the Milk-ocean.Bhanuh: One who shines.Shashabinduh: The word means one who has the mark of the hare, that is the Moon.Sureshvarah: One who is the Lord of all Devas and those who do good.Aushadham: One who is the Aushadha or medicine for the great disease of Samsara.Jagatah setuh: One who is the aid to go across the ocean of Samsara.Satya-dharma-parakramah: One whose excellences like righteousness, omniscience, puissance, etc. are all true.

Bhuta-bhavya-bhavan-nathah pavanah pavano analah
Kamaha kamakrut kantah kamah kamapradah prabhuh ..32

Bhuta-bhavya-bhavan-nathah: One who is the master for all the beings of the past, future and present.Pavanah: One who is the purifier.Pavanah: One who causes movement.Analah: The Jivatma is called Anala because it recognizes Ana or Prana as Himself.Kamaha: One who destroys the desire-nature in seekers after liberation.Kamakrut: One who fulfils the wants of pure minded devotees.Kantah: One who is extremely beautiful.Kamah: One who is sought after by those who desire to attain the four supreme values of life.Kamapradah: One who liberally fulfils the desires of devotees.Prabhuh: One who surpasses all.

Yugadikrud yugavarto naikamayo mahashanah
Adrushyo vyakta-rupascha sahasrajid anantajit ..33

Yugadikrud: One who is the cause of periods of time like Yuga.Yugavarto: One who as time causes the repetition of the four Yugas beginning with Satya Yuga.Naikamayo: One who can assume numerous forms of Maya, not one only.Mahashanah: One who consumes everything at the end of a Kalpa.Adrushyo: One who cannot be grasped by any of the five organs of knowledge.Vyakta-rupascha: He is so called because His gross form as universe can be clearly perceived.Sahasrajid: One who is victorious over innumerable enemies of the Devas in battle.Anantajit: One who, being endowed with all powers, is victorious at all times over everything.

Ishtovishistah shishtestah sikhandi nahusho vrushah
Krodhaha krodhakrut karta vishva-bahur mahidharah ..34

Ishto: One who is dear to all because He is of the nature of supreme Bliss.Avishistah: One who resides within all.Shishtestah: One who is dear to shishta or Knowing Ones.Sikhandi: Sikhanda means feather of a peacock. One who used it as a decoration for His crown when he adopted the form of a cowherd (Gopa).Nahusho: One who binds all beings by Maya the root `nah' means bondage.Vrushah: One who is of the form of Dharma.Krodhaha: One who eradicates anger in virtuous people.Krodhakrut karta: One who generates Krodha or anger in evil people.Vishva-bahur: One who is the support of all or one who has got all beings as His arms.Mahidharah: Mahi means both earth and worship. So the name means one who supports the earth or receives all forms of worship.

Achyutah prathitah pranah pranado vasavanujah
Apam-nidhir adhishthanam apramattah pratishtitah ..35

Achyutah: One who is without the six transformations beginning with birth.Prathitah: One who is famous because of His works like creation of the worlds etc.Pranah: One who as Hiranyagarbha endows all beings with Prana.Pranado: One who bestows Prana, that is, strength, on Devas and Asuras and also destroys them by withdrawing it.Vasavanujah: One who was born as younger brother of Indra (Vasava) in His incarnation as Vamana.Apam-nidhir: The word means collectivity of water or the ocean.Adhishthanam: The seat or support for everything.Apramattah: One who is always vigilant in awarding the fruits of actions to those who are entiled to them.Pratishtitah: One who is supported and established in His own greatness.

Skandah skanda-dharo dhuryo varado vayuvahanah
Vashudevo bruhad-bhanur adidevah purandarah ..36

Skandah: One who drives everything as air.Skanda-dharo: One who supports Skanda or the righteous path.Dhuryo: One who bears the weight of the burden of all beings in the form of birth etc.Varado: One who gives boons.Vayuvahanah: One who vibrates the seven Vayus or atmospheres beginning with Avaha.Vashudevo: One who is both Vasu and Deva.Bruhad-bhanur: The great brilliance.Adidevah: The Divinity who is the source of all Devas.Purandarah: One who destroys the cities of the enemies of Devas.

Ashokas-taranas-tarah surah saurir janeshvarah
Anukulah shatavartah padmi padma-nibhekshanah ..37

Ashokas: One without the six defects - sorrow, infatuation, hunger, thirst, birth and death.Taranas: One who uplifts beings from the ocean of samsara.Tarah: One who liberates beings from the fear of residence in the womb, birth, old age, death etc.Surah: One of great prowess, that is, who fulfils the four supreme satisfactions of life - Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha.Saurih: One who as Krishna as the son of Sura, that is Vasudeva.Janeshvarah: The Lord of all beings.Anukulah: One who, being the Atman of all beings, is favorable to all, for no one will act against oneself.Shatavartah: One who has had several Avataras or incarnations.Padmi: One having Padma or lotus in his hands.Padma-nibhekshanah: One with eyes resembling lotus.

Padmanabho aravindakshah padmagarbhah sarirabhrut
Mahardhir ruddho vruddhatma mahaksho garuda-dhvajah ..38

Padmanabho: One who resides in the Nabhi or the central part of the heart-lotus.Aravindakshah: One whose eyes resemble Aravinda or the Lotus.Padmagarbhah: One who is fit to be worshipped in the middle of the heart-lotus.Sarirabhrut: One who supports the bodies of beings, strengthening them in the form of Anna (Food) and Prana.Mahardhir: One who has enormous Ruddhi or prosperity.Ruddho: One who is seen as standing in the form of the world.Vruddhatma: One whose Atma or body is Vruddha or ancient.Mahaksho: One who has got two or many glorious eyes.Garuda-dhvajah: One who has got Garuda as his flag.

Atulah sarabho bhimah samayagno havirharih
Sarvalakshana lakshanyo lakshmivan samitinjayah ..39

Atulah: One who cannot be compared to anything else.Sarabho: The body is called `Sara' as it is perishable.Bhimah: One of whom everyone is afraid.Samayajno: One who knows the time for creation, sustentation and dissolution.Havir-harih: One who takes the portion of offerings (Havis) in Yajnas.Sarvalakshana-lakshanyo: The supreme knowledge obtained through all criteria of knowledge i.e. Paramatma.Lakshmivan: One on whose chest the Goddess Lakshmi is always residing.Samitinjayah: One who is vicotious in Samiti or war.

Viksharo rohito margo hetur-damodarah sahah
Mahidharo mahabhago vegavan amitashanah ..40

Viksharo: One who is without Kshara or desruction.Rohito: One who assumed the form of a kind of fish called Rohita.Margah: One who is sought after by persons seeking Moksha or Liberation.Hetur: One who is both the instrumental and the material cause of the universe.Damodarah: One who has very benevolent mind because of disciplines like self-control.Sahah: One who subordinates everything.Mahidharo: One who props up the earth in the form of mountain.Mahabhago: He who, taking a body by His own will, enjoys supreme felicities.Vegavan: One of tremendous speed.Amitashanah: He who consumes all the worlds at the time of Dissolution.

Udbhavah kshobhano devan shrigarbhah parameshvarah
Karanam kaaranam karta vikarta gahano guhah ..41

Udbhavah: One who is the material cause of creation.Kshobhano: One who at the time of creation entered into the Purusha and Prakruti and caused agitation.Devan: `Divyati' means sports oneself through creation and other cosmic activities.Shrigarbhah: One in whose abdomen (Garbha) Shri or His unique manifestation as Samsara has its existence.Parameshvarah: `Parama' means the supreme. `Ishvarah' means one who hold sway over all beings.Karanam: He who is the most important factor in the generation of this universe.Kaaranam: He who is the most important factor in the generation of this universe.Karta: One who is free and is therefore one's own master.Vikarta: One who makes this unique universe.Gahanah: One whose nature, greatness and actions cannot be known by anybody.Guhah: One who hides one's own nature with the help of His power of Maya.

Vyavasayo vyavasthanah samsthanah sthanado dhruvah
Parardhih parama-spashtas tushtah pushtah subhekshanah ..42

Vyavasayo: One who is wholly of the nature of knowledge.Vyavasthanah: He in whom the orderly regulation of the universe rests.Samsthanah: One in whom all beings dwell in the states of dissolution.Sthanado: One who gives their particular status to persons like Dhruva according to their Karma.Dhruva: One who is indestructible.Parardhih: One who possesses lordliness of this most exalted type.Parama-spashtas: One in whom `Para' or supremely glorious `Ma' or Lakshmi dwells. Or one who is the greatest of all beings without any other's help.Tushtah: One who is of the nature of supreme.Pushtah: One who in fills everything.Subhekshanah: One whose Ikshanam or vision bestows good on all beings that is, gives liberation to those who want Moksha and enjoyments to those who are after it, and also cuts asunder the knots of the heart by eliminating all doubts.

Ramo viramo virato margo neyo nayonayah
Virah shaktimatam shreshtho dharmo dharma-vid uttamah ..43

Ramo: The eternally blissful on in whom the Yogis find delight.Viramo: One in whom the Virama or end of all beings takes place.Virato: One in whom the desire for enjoyments has ceased.Margo: That path by knowing which the liberation-seeking ascetics attain to immortality.Neyo: One who directs or leads the Jiva to the Supreme Being through spiritual realization.Nayo: One who leads, that is, who is the leader in the form of spiritual illumination.Anayah: One for whom there is no leader.Virah: One who is valorous.Shaktimatam-shreshtho: One who is the most powerful among all powerful beings like Brahma.Dharmah: One who supports all beings.Dharma-viduttamah: The greatest of knower of Dharma. He is called so because all the scriptures consisting of Shrutis and Smrutis form His commandments.

Vaikunthah purushah pranah pranadah pranavah pruthuh
Hiranya-garbhah shatrughno vyapto vayur adhokshajah ..44

Vaikunthah: The bringing together of the diversified categories is Vikuntha. He who is the agent of it is Vaikunthah.Purushah: One who existed before everything.Pranah: One who lives as Kshetrajana (knower in the body) or one who functions in the form of vital force called Prana.Pranadah: One who destroys the Prana of beings at the time of Pralaya.Pranavah: One who is praised or to whom prostration is made with Om.Pruthuh: One who has expanded himself as the world.Hiranya-garbhah: He who was the cause of the golden-coloured egg out of which Brahma was born.Shatrughno: One who destroys the enemies of the Devas.Vyaptah: One who as the cause pervades all effects.Vayur: One who is the cause of smell.Adhokshajah: He is Adhokshaja because he undergoes no degeneration from His original nature.

Rituh sudarshanah kalah parameshti parigrahah
Ugrah samvatsaro daksho vishramo vishva-dakshinah ..45

Rituh: One who is of the nature of Kala (time) which is indicated by the word Ritu or season.Sudarshanah: One whose Darshana or vision that is knowledge, bestows the most auspicious fruit Moksha.Kalah: One who measures and sets a limit to everything.Parameshti: One who dwells in his supreme greatness in the sky of the heart.Parigrahah: One who, being everywhere, is grasped on all sides by those who seek refuge in Him. Or one who grasps or receives the offerings made by devotees.Ugrah: One who is the cause of fear even to beings like Sun.Samvatsaro: One in whom all beings reside.Daksho: One who augments in the form of the world.Vishramah: One who bestows Vishrama or liberation to aspirants who seek relief from the ocean of Samsara with its waves of various tribulations in the from of Hunger, Thirst etc., and difficulties like Avidya, pride, infatuation etc.,Vishvadakshinah: One who is more skilled (Daksha) than every one. Or One who is proficient in everything.

Vistarah sthavara-sthanuh pramanam bijam avyayam
Arthonartho mahakosho mahabhogo mahadhanah ..46

Vistarah: One in whom all the worlds have attained manifestation.Sthavara-sthanuh: One who is firmly established is Sthavara, and in whom long lasting entities like earth are established in Sthanu. The Lord is both these.Pramanam: One who is of the nature of pure consciousness.Bijamavyayam: One who is the seed or cause of Samsara without Himself undergoing any change.Arthah: One who is sought (Arthita) by all, as He is of the nature of bliss.anarthah: One who, being self-fulfilled, has no other Artha or end to seek.Mahakosho: One who has got as His covering the great Koshas like Annamaya, Pranamaya etc.Mahabhogo: One who has Bliss as the great source of enjoyment.Mahadhanah: One who has got the whole universe as the wealth (Dhana) for His enjoyment.

Anirvinnah sthavishthobhur dharma-yupo maha-makhah
Nakshatra-nemir nakshatri kshamah kshamah samihanah ..47

Anirvinnah: One who is never heedless, because He is ever self-fulfilled.Sthavishtah: One of huge proportions, because He is in the form of cosmic person.Abhuh: One without birth. Or one has no existence.Dharma Yupah: The sacrificial post for Dharmas, that is, one to whom all the forms of Dharma, which are His own form of worship, are attached, just as a sacrificial animal is attached to a Yupa or a sacrificial post.Maha-makhah: One by offering sacrifices to whom, those sacrifices deserve to be called great, because they well give the fruit of Nirvana.Nakshatra nemir: The heart of all nakshatras.Nakshatri: He is in the form of the nakshatra, Moon.Kshamah: One who is clever in everything.Kshamah: One who remains in the state of pure self after all the modifications of the mind have dwindled.Samihanah: One who exerts well for creation etc.

Yajna ijyo mahejyas cha kratuh satram satamgatih
Sarvadarshi vimuktatma sarvagyo gynanam-uttamam ..48

Yajnah: One who is all-knowing.Ijayah: One who is fit to be worshipped in sacrifices.Mahejyascha: He who, of all deities worshipped, is alone capable of giving the blessing of liberation.Kratuh: A Yajna in which there is a sacrificial post is Kratu.Satram: One who is of the nature of ordained Dharma.Satamgatih: One who is the sole support for holy men who are seekers of Moksha.Sarvadarshi: One who by His inborn insight is able to see all good and evil actions of living beings.Vimuktatma: One who is naturally free.Sarvagyo: One who is all and also the knower of all.Gynanam uttamam: That consciousness which is superior to all, birthless, unlimited by time and space and the cause of all achievements.

Suvratah sumukhah sukshmah sughoshah sukhadah suhrut
Manoharo jita-krodho virabahur vidaranah ..49

Suvratah: One who has take the magnanimous vow to save all refuge-seekers.Sumukhah: One with a pleasant face.Sukshmah: One who is subtle because He is without any gross causes like sound etc.Sughoshah: One whose auspicious sound is the Veda. Or one who has got a deep and sonorous sound like the clouds.Sukhadah: One who gives happiness to good people.Suhrut: One who helps without looking for any return.Manoharo: One who attracts the mind by His incomparable blissful nature.Jitakrodho: One who has overcome anger.Virabahur: One whose arms are capable of heroic deeds as demonstrated in his destruction of Asuras for establishing Vedic Dharma.Vidaranah: One who destroys those who live contrary to Dharma.

Svapanah svavasho vyapi naikatma naika-karma-krut
Vatsaro vatsalo vatsi ratna-garbho dhaneshvarah ..50

Svapanah: One who enfolds the Jivas in the sleep of Ajnana.Svavasho: One who is dominated by oneself and not anything else, as He is the cause of the whole cosmic process.Vyapi: One who interpenetrates everything like Akasha.Naikatma: One who manifests in different forms as the subsidiary agencies causing the various cosmic processes.Naika-karma-krut: One who engages in innumerable activities in the process of creation, sustentation etc.Vatsaro: One in whom everything dwells.Vatsalo: One who has love for His devotees.Vatsi: One who protects those who are dear to Him.Ratna-garbho: The Ocean is so called because gems are found in its depths. As the Lord has taken the form of the ocean, He is called by this name.Dhaneshvarah: One who is the Lord of all wealth.

Dharmagub dharmakrud dharmi sad-asatksharam aksharam
Avigyata sahashramsur vidhata kruta-lakshanah ..51

Dharmagub: One who protects Dharma.Dharmakrud: Though above. Dharma and Adharma, He performs Dharma in order to keep up the traditions in respect of it.Dharmi: One who upholds Dharma.Sad: The Parabrahman who is of the nature of truth.Asat: As the Aparabrahma has manifested as the world He is called Asat (not having reality).Ksharam: All beings subjected to change.Aksharam: The changeless one.Avigyata: One who is without the attributes of a Jiva or vigyata like sense of agency etc.Sahashramshur: One with numerous rays, that is the Sun.Vidhata: One who is the unique support of all agencies like Ananta who bear the whole universe.Krutalakshanah: One who is of the nature of conscousness.

Gabhasti-nemih sattvasthah simho bhuta-maheshvarah
Adidevo mahadevo devesho devabhrud-guruh ..52

Gabhasti-nemih: He who dwells in the middle of Gabhasti or rays as the Sun.Sattvasthah: One who dwells specially in sattvaguna, which is luminous by nature.Simho: One who ahs irresistible power like a lion.Bhuta-maheshvarah: The supreme Lord of all beings.Adidevo: He who is the first of all beings.Mahadevo: One whose greatness consists in His supreme self-knowledge.Devesah: One who is the lord of all Devas, being the most important among them.Devabhrud-guruh: Indra who governs the Devas is Devabhrut. The Lord is even that Indra's controller (Guru).

Uttaro gopatir gopta gyanagamyah puratanah
Sharira-bhuta-bhrud bhokta kapindro bhuridakshinah ..53

Uttaro: One who is Uttirna or liberated from Samsara.Gopatir: Krishna who tends the cattle in the form of a Gopa. One who is the master of the earth.Gopta: One who is the protector of all beings.Gyanagamyah: The Lord cannot be known through Karma or a combination of Karma and Gyana.Puratanah: One who is not limited by time and who existed before anything else.Sharira-bhuta-bhrud: One who is the master of the five Bhutas (elements) of which the body is made.Bhokta: One who protects. Or one who is the enjoyer of infinite bliss.Kapindro: Kapi means Varah (boar). The word means, the Lord who is Indra and also one who manifested as Varaha or the Boar in one of the incarnations. Or it signifies His Rama incarnation in which He played the role of the master of the monkeys.Bhuridakshinah: One to whom numerous Dakshinas or votive offerings are made in Yagyas.

Somapo amrutapah somah purujit purushottamah
Vinayo jayah satyasandho dasharhah satvatampatih ..54

Somapo: One who drinks the Soma in all Yagyas in the form of the Devata (Deit).Amrutapah: One who drinks the drink of immortal Bliss which is of one's own nature.Somah: One who as the moon invigorates the plants.Purujit: One who gains victory over numerous people.Purushottamah: As His form is of cosmic dimension He is Puru or great, and as He is the most important of all, He is Sattama.Vinayo: One who inflicts Vinaya or punishment on evil ones.Jayah: One who is victorious over all beings.Satyasandho: One whose `Sandha' or resolve becomes always true.Dasharhah: Dasha means charitable offering. Therefore, He to whom charitable offerings deserve to be made.Satvatampatih: `Satvatam' is the name of a Tantra. So the one who gave it out or commented upon it.

Jivo vinayita-sakshi mukundo amita vikramah
Ambhonidhir anantatma mahodadhishayonatakah ..55

Jivo: One who as the Kshetragya or knower of the field or the body, is associated with the Pranas.Vinayita-sakshi: One who witnesses the Vinayita or worshipful attitude of all devotees.Mukundo: One who bestows Mukti or Liberation.Amita vikramah: One whose three strides were limitless.Ambhonidhir: One in whom the Ambas or all beings from Devas down dwell.Anantatma: One who cannot be determined by space, time and causation.Mahodadhi-sayah: One who lies in the water of Cosmic Dissolution into which all entities in the universe have been dissolved.Antakah: One who brings about the end of all beings.

Ajo maharhah svabhavyo jitamitrah pramodanah
Anando nandano nandah satya-dharma trivikramah ..56

Ajo: 'A' means Mahavishnu. So the word means one who is born of Vishnu i.e. Kama Deva.Maharhah: One who is fit for worship.Svabhavyah: Being eternally perfect He is naturally without a beginning.Jitamitrah: One who has conquered the inner enemies like attachment, anger etc. as also external enemies like Ravana, Kumbhakarna etc.Pramodanah: One who is always joyous as He is absorbed in immortal Bliss.Anando: One whose form is Ananda or Bliss.Nandano: One who gives delight.Nandah: One endowed with all perfections.Satya-dharma: One whose knowledge and other attributes are true.Trivikramah: One whose three strides covered the whole world.

Maharshih kapilacharyah krutagyo medini-patih
Tripadas tridashadhyaksho mahashrungah krutantakrut ..57

Maharshih Kapilacharyah: Kapila is called Maharshi because he was master of all the Vedas.Krutagyo: Kruta means the world because it is of the nature of an effect.Medinipatih: One who is the Lord of the earth.Tripadas: One having three strides.Tridashadhyaksho: One who is the witness of the three states of waking, dream and sleep, which spring from the influence of the Gunas.Mahashrungah: One with a great antenna.Krutantakrut: One who brings about the destruction of the Kruta or the manifested condition of the universe.

Mahavaraho goivindah sushenah kanakangadi
Guhyo gabhiro gahano guptas chakra-gadadharah ..58

Mahavaraho: The great Cosmic Boar.Govindah: `Go' means Words, that is the Vedic sentences. He who is known by them is Govindah.Sushenah: One who has got about Him an armed guard in the shape of His eternal associates.Kanakangadi: One who has Angadas (armlets) made of gold.Guhyo: One who is to be known by the Guhya or the esoteric knowledge conveyed by the Upanishads. Or one who is hidden in the Guha or heart.Gabhiro: One who is of profound majesty because of attributes like omniscience, lordliness, strength, prowess etc.Gahano: One who could be entered into only with great difficulty. One who is the witness of the three states of waking, dreams and sleep as also their absence.Guptas: One who is not an object of words, thought etc.Chakra-gada-dharah: One who has discus and Gada in hand.

Vedhah svango ajitah krishno drudhah sankarshano acyutah
Varuno vaaruno vrukshah pushkaraksho mahamanah ..59

Vedhah: One who does Vidhana or regulation.Svango: One who is oneself the participant in accomplishing works.Ajitah: One who has not been conquered by anyone in His various incarnations.Krishno: One who is known as Krishna-dvaipayana.Drudhah: One whose nature and capacity know no decay.Sankarshano Acyutah: Sankarshana is one who attracts to oneself all beings at the time of cosmic Dissolution and Acyuta is one who knows no fall from His real nature. They form one word with the first as the qualification - Acyuta who is sankarshana.Varuno: The evening sun is called Varuna, because he withdraws his rays into himself.Vaaruno: Vasishta or Agastya, the sons of Varuna.Vrukshah: One who is unshakable like a tree.Pushkaraksho: One who shines as the light of consciousness when meditated upon in the lotus of the heart. Or one who has eyes resembling the lotus.Mahamanah: One who fulfils the three functions of creation, sustentation and dissolution of the universe by the mind alone.

Bhagavan bhagahanandi vanamali halayudhah
Adityo jyotir-adityah sahishnur gatisattamah ..60

Bhagavan: The origin, dissolution, the bondage and salvation of creatures, knowledge, ignorance - one who knows all these is Bhagavan.Bhagaha: One who withdraws the Bhagas, beginning with lordliness, into Himself at the time of dissolution.Anandi: One whose nature is Ananda (bliss).Vanamali: One who wears the floral wreath (Vanamala) called Vaijayanti, which consists of the categories of five Elements.Halayudhah: One who in His incarnation as Balabhadra had Hala or ploughshare as His weapon.Adityo: One who was born of Aditi in His incarnation as Vamana.Jyotir-adityah: One who dwells in the brilliance of the sun's orb.Sahishnur: One who puts up with the contraries like heat and cold.Gatisattamah: One who is the ultimate resort and support of all, and the greatest of all beings.

Sudhanva-khandaparashur-daruno dravinapradah
Divah-spruk sarva-drug vyaso vachaspatir ayonijah ..61

Sudhanva: One who has got as His weapon the bow named Saranga of great excellence.Khanda-parashur: The battle-axe that destroys enemies.Daruno: One who is harsh and merciless to those who are on the evil path.Dravinapradah: One who bestows the desired wealth on devotees.Divah-spruk: One who touches the heavens.Sarva-drug vyaso: One whose comprehension includes everything in its ambit.Vachaspatir ayonijah: The Lord is Vachaspati because He is the master of all learning. He is Ayonija because He was not born of a mother. This forms a noun in combination with the attribute.

Trisama samagah sama nirvanam bheshajam bhishak
Sanyasakrut chamah santo nishtha shantih parayanam ..62

Trisama: One who is praised by the chanters of Sama-gana through the three Samas known as Devavratam.Samagah: One who chants the Sama-gana.Sama: Among the Vedas, I am Sama Veda.Nirvanam: That in which all miseries cease and which is of the nature of supreme bliss.Bheshajam: The medicine for the disease of Samsara.Bhishak: The Lord is called Bhishak or physician.Sanyasakrut: One who instituted the fourth Ashrama of Sanyasa for the attainment of Moksha.Chamah: One who has ordained the pacification of the mind as the most important discipline for Sannyasins (ascetics).Santo: The peaceful, being without interest in pleasures of the world.Nishtha: One in whom all beings remain in abeyance at the time of Pralaya.Santih: One in whom there is complete erasing of Avidya or ignorance. That is Brahman.Parayanam: The state, which is the highest and from which there is no return to lower states.

Shubhangah shantidah srashta kumudah kuvalesayah
Gohito gopatir gopta vrushabhaksho vrushapriyah ..63

Shubhangah: One with a handsome form.Shantidah: One who bestows shanti, that is, a state of freedom from attachment, antagonism, etc.Srashta: One who brought forth everything at the start of the creative cycle.Kumudah: 'Ku' means the earth. One who delights in it.Kuvalesayah: 'Ku' means earth. That which surrounds it is water, so 'Kuvala' means water. One who lies in water is Kuvalesaya. 'Kuvala' also means the underside of serpents. One wholies on a serpent, known as Adisesha, is Kuvalesaya.Gohito: One who protected the cows by uplifting the mount Govardhana in His incarnation as Krishna.Gopatir: The Lord of the earth is Vishnu.Gopta: One who is the protector of the earth. Or one who hides Himself by His Maya.Vrushabhaksho: One whose eyes can rain all desirable objects on devotees. Vrushabha means Dharma and so one whose look is Dharma.Vrushapriyah: One to whom Vrusha or Dharma is dear.

Anivarti nivrutatma samkshepta kshema-kruchivah
Shrivasta-vakshah shrivasah shripatih shrimatam-varah ..64

Anivarti: One who never retreats in the battle with Asuras. Or one who, being devoted to Dharma, never abandons it.Nivrutatma: One whose mind is naturally withdrawn from the objects of senses.Samkshepta: One who at the time of cosmic dissolution contracts the expansive universe into a subtle state.Kshema-krut: One who gives Kshema or protection to those that go to him.Chivah: One who purifies everyone by the very utterance of His name.Shrivasta vakshah: One on whose chest there is a mark called Shrivasta.Shrivasah: One on whose chest Shridevi always dwells.Shripatih: One whom at the time of the churning of the Milk ocean Shridevi chose as her consort, rejecting all other Devas and Asuras. Or Shri mean supreme Cosmic Power. The Lord is the master of that Power.Shrimatam-varah: One who is supreme over all deities like Brahma who are endowed with power and wealth of the Vedas.

Shridah shrishah shrinivasah shrinidhih shri-vibhavanah
Shridharah shrikarah shreyah shriman loka-trayashrayah ..65

Shridah: One who bestows prosperity on devotees.Shrishah: One who is Lord of the Goddess Shri.Shrinivasah: Shri here denotes men with Shri, that is, virtue and power. He who dwells in such men is Shrinivasa.Shrinidhih: One who is the seat of all Shri, that is, virtues and powers.Shri-vibhavanah: One who grants every form of prosperity and virtue according to their Karma.Shridharah: One who bears on His chest Shri who is the mother of all.Shrikarah: One who makes devotees - those who praise, think about Him and worship Him- into virtuous and powerful beings.Shreyah: 'Shreyas' means the attainment of what is un-decaying good and happiness. Such a state is the nature of the Lord.Shriman: One in whom there are all forms of Shri that is power, virtue, beauty etc.Loka-trayashrayah: One who is the support of all the three worlds.

Svakshah svangah shatanando nandir jyotir-ganeshvarah
Vijitatma vidheyatma satkirtischinna-samsayah ..66

Svakshah: One who's Akshas (eyes) are handsome like lotus flowers.Svangah: One whose limbs are beautiful.Shatanando: One who is non-dual and is of the nature of supreme bliss.Nandir: One who is of the nature of supreme Bliss.Jyotir-ganeshvarah: One who is the Lord of the stars, that is, Jyotirgana.Vijitatma: One who has conquered the Atma that is the mind.Vidheyatma: One whose form or nature cannot be determined as 'only this'.Satkriti: One whose fame is of the nature of truth.Schinna-samsayah: One who has no doubts, as everything is clear to him like a fruit in the palm.

Udirnah sarvata-chakshur-anisah sasvata-sthirah
Bhushayo bhushano bhutir vishokah shoka-nashanah ..67

Udirnah: He who is superior to all beings.Sarvata-chakshur: One who, being of the nature of pure consciousness, can see everthing in all directions.Anisah: One who cannot have anyone to lord over him.Sasvata -sthirah: One, who though eternal is also unchanging.Bhushayo: One who, while seeking the means to cross over to Lanka, had to sleep on the ground of the sea-beach.Bhushano: One who adorned the earth by manifesting as various incarnations.Bhutir: One who is the abode or the essence of everthing, or is the source of all glorious manifestations.Vishokah: One who, being of the nature of bliss, is free from all sorrow.Shokanashanah: One who effaces the sorrows of devotees even by mere remembrance.

Archishman architah kumbho vishuddhatma vishodhanah
Aniruddho pratirathah pradyumno amita-vikramah ..68

Archishman: He by whose rays of light (Archish), the sun, the moon and other bodies are endowed with rays of light.Architah: One who is worshipped by Brahma and other Devas who are themselves the objects of worship in all the worlds.Kumbho: He who contains in Himself every thing as in a pot.Vishuddhatma: Being above the three Gunas, Satva, Rajas and Tamas, the Lord is pure spirit and is also free from all impurities.Vishodhanah: One who destroys all sins by mere remembrance.Aniruddho: The last one of the four Vyuhas - Vasudeva, Samkarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. Or one who, cannot be obstructed by enemies.Pratirathah: One who has no Pratiratha or an equal antagonist to confront.Pradyumno: One whose Dyumna or wealth is of a superior and sacred order. Or one of the four Vyuhas.Amita-vikramah: One of unlimited prowess. Or one whose prowess cannot be obstructed by any one.

Kalaneminiha virah saurih sura-janeshvarah
Trilokatma trilokeshah keshavah keshiha harih ..69

Kalanemi-niha: One who destroyed the Asura named Kalanemi.Virah: One who is courageous.Saurih: One who was born in the clan of Sura as Krishna.Sura-janeshvarah: One who by his overwhelming prowess controls even great powers like Indra and others.Trilokatma: One who in his capacity as the inner pervade is the soul for the three worlds.Trilokeshah: One under whose guidance and command everything in the three words is functioning.Keshavah: By Kesha is meant the rays of light spreading within the orbit of the sun.Keshiha: One who destroyed the Asura named Keshi.Harih: One who destroys Samsara, that is, entanglement in the cycle of birth and death along with ignorance, its cause.

Kamadevah kamapalah kami kantah krutagamah
Anirdeshya-vapur vishnur viro ananto dhananjayah ..70

Kamadevah: One who is desired by persons in quest of the four values of life- Dharma,Artha, Kama and Moksha.Kamapalah: One who protects or assures the desired ends of people endowed with desires.Kami: One who by nature has all his desires satisfied.Kantah: One whose form is endowed with great beauty. Or one who effects the 'Anta' or dissolution of 'Ka' or Brahma at the end of a Dviparardha. (the period of Brahma's lifetime extending over a hundred divine years).Krutagamah: He who produced scriptures like Shruti, Smruti and Agama.Anirdeshya-vapur: He is called so, because, being above the Gunas, His form cannot be determined.Vishnur: One whose brilliance has spread over the sky and over the earth.Viro: One who has the power of Gati or movement.Ananto: One who pervades everything, who is eternal, who is the soul of all, and who cannot be limited by space, time, location etc.Dhananjayah: Arjuna is called so because by his conquest of the kingdoms in the four quarters he acquired great wealth. Arjuna is a Vibhuti, a glorious manifestation of the Lord.

Brahmanyo brahmakrud-brahma brahma brahma-vivardhanah
Brahmavid brahmano brahmi brahmgno brahmana-priyah ..71
Brahmanyo: The Vedas, Brahmanas and knowledge are indicated by the word Brahma. As the Lord promotes these, He is called Brahmanya.Brahmakrud: One who performs Brahma or Tapas (austerity).Brahma: One who creates everything as the creator Brahma.Brahma: Being big expanding, the Lord who is known from indications like Satya (Truth), is called Brahma. Or Brahma is Truth, Knowledge and Infinity!Brahma-vivardhanah: One who promotes Tapas (austerity) etc.Brahmavid : One who knows the Vedas and their real meaning.Brahmano: One who, in the form of Brahmana, instructs the whole world, saying, 'It is commanded so and so in the Veda'.Brahmi: One in whom is established such entities as Tapas, Veda, mind, Prana etc. which are parts of Brahma and which are also called Brahma.Brahmanapriyah: One to whom holy men are devoted.

Mahakramo mahakarma mahateja mahoragah
Mahakratur mahayajva mahayagyo mahahavih ..72
Mahakramo: One with enormous strides. May Vishnu with enormous strides bestow on us happiness.Mahakarma: One who is performing great works like the creation of the world.Mahateja: He from whose brilliance, sun and other luminaries derive their brilliance. Or one who is endowed with the brilliance of various excellences.Mahoragah: He is also the great serpent.Mahakratur: He is the great Kratu or sacrifice.Mahayajva: One who is great and performs sacrifices for the good of the world.Mahayayagyo: He who is the great sacrifice.Mahahavih: The whole universe conceived as Brahman and offered as sacrificial offering (Havis) into the fire of the Self, which is Brahman.

Stavyah Stavapriyah stotram stutih stota ranapriyah
Purnah purayita punyah punyakirtir anamayah ..73
Stavyah: One who is the object of laudations of everyone but who never praises any other being.Stavapriyah: One who is pleased with hymns.Stotram: A Stotra means a hymn proclaiming the glory, attributes and names of the Lord.Stutih: A praise.Stoat: One who, being all -formed, is also the person who sings a hymn of praise.Ranapriyah: One who is fond of fight for the protection of the world, and for the prupose always sports in His hands the five weapons, the discus Sudarshana, the mace Kaumodaki, the bow Saranga, and the sword Nandaka besides the conch Panchajanya.Purnah: One who is self-fulfilled, being the source of all powers and excellences.Purayita: One who is not only self-fulfilled but gives all fulfillments to others.Punyah: One by only hearing about whom all sins are erased.Punyakirtir: One of holy fame. His excellences are capable of conferring great merit on others.Anamayah: One who is not afflicted by any disease that is born of cause, internal or external.

Manojavas tirthakaro vasureta vasupradah
Vasuprado vasudevo vasur vasumana havih ..74
Manojavas: One who, being all pervading, is said to be endowed with speed likes that of the mind.Thirthakaro: Tirtha means Vidya, a particular branch of knowledge or skill.Vasureta: He whose Retas (Semen) is gold (Vasu).Vasupradah: One who gladly bestows wealth in abundance. He is really the master of all wealth, and others who seem to be so are in those positions only because of His grace.Vasuprado: One who bestows on devotees the highest of all wealth, namely Moksha.Vasudevo: The son of Vasudeva.Vasur: He in whom all creation dwells.Vasumana: One whose mind dwells equally in all things.Havih: Havis or sacrificial offerings.

Sadgatih sat-krutih satta sad-bhutih sat-parayanah
Suraseno yadushreshthah sannivasah suyamunah ..75
Sadgatih: One who is attained by such persons. Or who is endowed with intelligence of great excellence.Sat-krutih: One whose achievements are for the protection of the world.Satta: Experience that is without any difference of an external nature from similar objects or dissimilar objects as also internal differences is called Satta.Sad-bhutih: The Paramatman who is pure existence and conscousness, who is unsublatable and who manifests Himself in many ways.Sat-parayanah: He who is the highest Status attainable by holy men who have realized the Truth.Suraseno: One having an army of heroic wariours like Hanuman.Yadushreshthah: One who is the greatest among the Yadus.Sannivasah: One who is the resort of holy knowing ones.Suyamunah: One who is surrounded by may illustrious persons associated with the river Yamuna like Devaki, Vasudeva, Nandagopa, Yasoda, Balabhadra, Subhadra, etc.

Bhutavaso vasudevah sarvasu-nilayo analah
Darpaha darpado drupto durdharo-atha-parajitah ..76
Bhutavaso: He in whom all the beings dwell.Vasudevah: The Divinity who covers the whole universe by Maya.Sarvasu-nilayo: He in whose form as the Jiva all the vital energy or Prana of all living beings dissolves.Analah: One whose wealth or power has no limits.Darpaha: One who puts down the pride of persons who walk along the unrighteous path.Darpado: One who endows those who walk the path of righteousness with a sense of self-respect regarding their way of life.Drupto: One who is ever satisfied by the enjoyment of His own inherent bliss.Durdharo-atha: One who is very difficult to be borne orcontained in the heart in meditation.Aparajita: One who is never conquered by internal enemies like attachment and by external enemies like Asuras.

Vishvamurtir mahamurtir diptamurtir amurtiman
Anekamurtir avyaktah shatamurtih shatananah ..77
Vishvamurtir: One who, being the soul of all, has the whole universe as His body.Mahamurtir: One with an enormous form stretched on a bedstead constituted of the serpent Adisesha.Diptamurtir: One with a luminous form of knowledge.Amuritman: He who is without a body born of Karma.Anekamuritr: One who assumes several bodies in His incarnations as it pleases Him in or to help the world.Avyaktah: One who cannot be clearly described as 'This' even though He has many forms.Satamurtih: One who, though He is of the nature of Pure Consciousness, assumes different forms for temporary purposes.Shatananah: He is called one with a hundred faces to indicate that He has several forms.

Eko naikah savah kah kim yat tat padam-anuttamam
Lokabandhur lokanatho madhavo bhakta-vastalah ..78
Eko: One without any kind of differences that are internal or that relate to similar objects external or to dissimilar objects.Naikah: One who has numerous bodies born of Maya.Savah: That Yagya in which Soma is made.Kah: The syllable 'Ka' indicatesjoy or happiness. So it means one who is hymned as constituted of joy.Kim: One who is fit to be contemplated upon, because He is the summation of all values.Yat: One who is by nature existent. The word 'Yat' indicates a self-subsisting entity.Tat: Brahma is so called because He 'expands'.Padam-anuttamam: Braman is 'Pada' or Status, because He is the goal of all Moksha-seekers. It is Anuttama, because It is that beyond which there is nothing else to be attained.Lokanathah: One to whom all the worlds pray.Madhavo: One who was born in the clan of Madhu.Bhaktavatsalah: One who has got love for devotees.

Suvarna varno hemango varangas chandanangadi
Viraha vishamah sunyo ghrutasir achalaschalah ..79
Suvarna varno: One who has got the colour of gold.Hemango: One whose form is like that of gold.Varangas: He the parts of whose form are brilliant.Chandanangadi: One who is adorned with armlets that generate joy.Viraha: One who destroyed heroes (Viras) like Kiranyakashipu for protecting Dharma.Vishamah: One to whom there is no euql because nothing is comparable to Him by any characteristic.Sunyah: One who, being without any attributes, appears as Sunya (emptiness).Ghrutasir: One whose blessings are unfailing.Achalas: One who cannot be deprived of His real nature as Truth, Intelligence and Infinity.Chalah: One who moves in the form of air.

Amani manado manyo lokasvami triloka-dhruk
Sumedha medhajo dhanyah satyamedha dharadharah ..80
Amani: He who, being of the nature of Pure Consciousness, has no sense of identification with anything that is not Atman.Manado: One who by His power of Maya induces the sense of self in non-self. Or one who has regard and beneficence towards devotees. Or one who destroys in the knowing ones the sense of identification with the non-self.Manyo: One who is to be adored by all, because He is the God of all.Lokasvami: One who is the Lord of all the fourteen spheres.Triloka-dhruk: One who supports all the three worlds.Sumedha: One with great and beneficent intelligence.Medhajo: One who arose from Yaga (a kind of sacrifice).Dhanyah: One who has attained all His ends and therefore is self-satisfied.Satyamedhah: One whose intelligence is fruitful.Dharadharah: One who supports the worlds by His fractiosn like Adisesha.

Tejovrusho dyuti-dharah sarva-shastra-bhrutam-varah
Pragrahonigraho vyagro naikashrungo gadagrajah ..81

Tejovrusho: One who in the form of the sun causes rainfall at all times.Dyuti-dharah: One whose form is always brilliant.Sarva-shastra-bhrutam-varah: One who is superior to all bearing arms.Pragraho: One who accepts the offerings of devotees with great delight.Nigraho: One who controls and destroys everything.Vyagro: One who has no Agra or end. Or one who is very attentive (Vyagra) in granting the prayers of devotees.Naikashrungo: One with four horns.Gadagrajah: One who is revealed first by Mantra (Nigada). Or one who is the elder rbother of Gada.

Chaturmurtis chaturbahus chaturvyuhas chaturgatih
Chaturatma chaturbhavas chaturvedavid ekapat ..82

Chaturmurtis: One with four aspects as Virat, Sutratma, Avyakruta, and Turiya. Or one with four horns with colours white, red, yellow and black.Chaturbahus: One with four arms, as Vasudeva is always described.Chaturvyuhas: One having four manifestations.Chatur-gatih: One who is sought as the end by the four Orders of life and four Varnas ordained by the scriptures.Chaturatma: One whose self is specially endowed with puissance, because it is without any attachment, antagonism etc.Chaturbhavas: One from whom has originated the four human values - Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha.Chaturvedavid: One who understands the true meaning of the four Vedas.Ekapat: One with a single Pada, part or leg. Or one with a single foot or manifestation.

Samavarto anivrutatma durjayo duratikramah
Durlabho durgamo durgo duravaso durariha ..83
Samavarto: One who effectively whirls the wheel of Samsara.Anivrutatma: One who is not Nivruta (separated from) anything or anywhere, because He is all-pervading.Durjayo: One who cannot be conquered.Duratikramah: One out of fear of whom, even heavenly objects like sun do not dare to oppose His command.Durlabho: One who can be attained by Bhakti, which is difficult for a person to be endowed with.Durgamo: One whom it is difficult to attain.Durgo: One the attainment of whom is rendered difficult by various obstructions.Duravaso: He whom the Yogis with very great difficulty bring to reside in their hearts in Samadhi.Durariha: One who destroys beings like Asuras.

Shubhango lokasarangah sutantus tantu-vardhanah
Indrakarma mahakarma krutakarma krutagamah ..84
Shubhango: One whose form is very auspicious to meditate upon.Lokasarangah: One who like the Saranga (honey-beetle) grasps the essence of the world.Sutantus: As this universe of infinite extension belongs to Him, the Lord is called Sutantu.Tantu-vardhanah: One who can augment or contract the web of this world.Indrakarma: One whose actions are like that of Indra, that is, are of a highly commendable nature.Mahakarma: One of whom the great elements like Akasha are effects.Krutakarma: One who has fulfilled everything and has nothing more to accomplish.Krutagamah: One who has given out the Agama in the shape of the Veda.

Udbhavah sundarah sundo ratnanabhah sulochanah
Arko vajasanah shrungi jayantah sarva-vij-jayi ..85
Udbhavah: One who assumes great and noble embodiments out of His own will.Sundarah: One who has a graceful attractiveness that surprises everyone.Sundo: One who is noted for extreme tenderness (Undanam).Ratnanabhah: Ratna indicates beauty; so one whose navel is very beautiful.Sulochanah: One who has brilliant eyes, that is, knowledge of everything.Arko: One who is being worshipped even by beings like Brahma who are themselves objects of worship.Vajasanah: One who gives Vajam (food) to those who entreat Him.Shrungi: One who at the time of Pralaya (cosmic dissolution) assumed the form of a fish having prominent antenna.Jayantah: One who conquers enemies easily.Sarva-vij-jayi: The Lord is 'Sarvavit' as He has knowledge of everything. He is 'Jayi' because He is the conqueror of all the inner forces like attachment, anger etc., as also of external foes like Hiranyaksha.

Suvarna-bindur-akshobhyah sarva-vagishvareshvarah
Mahahrado maha-garto maha-bhuto maha-nidhih ..86
Suvarna-bindur: One whose 'Bindus' that is, limbs, are euaql to gold in brilliance.Akshobhyah: One who is never perturbed by passions like attachment and aversion, by objects of the senses like sound, taste, etc., and by Asuras the antagonists of the Devas.Sarva-vagishvareshvarah: One who is the master of all masters of learning, including Brahma.Mahahrado: He is called a great Hrada (lake), because being the paramatman who is of the nature of Bliss, the Yogis who contemplate upon Him dip themselves in that lake of Bliss and attain to great joy.Maha-garto: One whose Maya is difficult to cross like a ddp pit.Maha-bhuto: One who is not divided by the three periods of time - past, present and future.Mahanidhih: One in whom all the great elements have their support. He is Mahan or a great one and 'Nidhi', the most precious one.

Kumudah kundarah kundah parjanyah pavano anilah
Amrutasho amrutavapuh sarvagyah sarvato-mukha ..87
Kumudah: 'Ku' means earth; one who gives joy (muda) to the earth by freeing it of its burdens is Kumuda.Kundarah: One who offers blessings as pure as Kunda or jasmine.Kundah: One who has limbs as beautiful as Kunda or Jasmine.Parjanyah: The word means cloud. One who resembles the cloud in extinguishing the three Tapas (heats, that is, miseries) arising from psychological, material and spiritual causes. Or one who rains all desires like a cloud.Pavano: One by merely remembering whom a devotee attains purity.Anilah: 'Ilanam' means inducement. One who is without any inducement is Anila. Ilana also means sleep. So one who sleeps not or is ever awake is Anila.Amrutasho: One who consumes Amruta or immortal bliss, which is His own nature.Amrutavapuh: One whose form is deathless, that is, undecaying.Sarvagyah: One who is all-knowing.Sarvatomukhah: One who has faces everywhere.

Sulabhah suvratah siddhah shatru-jit shatru-tapanah
Nyagrodho adumbaro-svatthas chanurandhra-nishudhanah ..88
Sulabhah: One who is attained easily by offering trifles like leaf, flower, and fruits etc. with devotion.Suvratah: 'Vratati' means enjoys. So, one who enjoys pure offerings. It can also mean one who is a non-enjoyer, that is, a mere witness.Siddhah: One whose objects are always attained, that is, omnipotent and unobstructed by any other will.Shatru-jit: Conqueror of all forces of evil.Shatru-tapanah: One who destroys the enemies of the Devas.Nyagrodho: That which remains above all and grows downward. That is, He is the source of everything that is manifest.Adumabaro: One who as the Supreme cause is 'above the sky', that is, superior to all.Asvatthas: That which does not last even for the next day.Chanurandhra nishudhanah: One who destroyed a valiant fighter Chanura belonging to the race of Andhra.

Sahasrarchi sapta-jihvah saptaidhah sapta-vahanah
Amurtir anagho achintyo bhayakrud bhaya-nashanah ..89
Sahasrarchi: One with innumerable Archis or rays.Sapta-jihvah: The Lord in his manifestation as Fire is conceived as having seven tongues of flame.Saptaidhah: The Lord who is of the nature of fire has seven Edhas or forms of brilliance.Sapta-vahanah: The Lord in the form of Surya or sun has seven horses as his vehicles or mounts.Amurtir: One who is without sins or without sorrow.Achintyo: One who is not determinable by any criteria of knowledge, being Himself the witnessing Self- certifying all knowledge.Bhayakrud: One who generates fear in those who go along the evil path. Or one who cuts at the root of all fear.Bhaya-nashanah: One who destroys the fears of the virtuous.

Anur bruhat krusah sthulo gunabrun nirguno mahan
Adhrutah svadhrutah svasyah pragvamsho vamshavardhanah ..90
Anur: One who is extremely subtle.Bruhat: The huge and mighty.Krusah: One who is non-material.Sthulo: Being the inner pervader of all, He is figuratively described as Stula or huge.Gunabrun: The support of the Gunas. He is so called because in the creative cycle of creation, sustentation, and dissolution, He is the support of the Gunas - Satva, Rajas and Tamas - with which these functions are performed.Nirguno: One who is without the Gunas of Prakruti.Mahan: The great.Adhrutah: One who, being the support of all supporting agencies, like Pruthvi (Earth), is not supported by anything external to Him.Svadhrutah: One supported by oneself.Svasyah: One whose face is beautiful and slightly red like the inside of a lotus flower.Pragvamsho: The family lines of others are preceded by the lines of still others, but the Lord's descendent, namely, the world system, is not preceded by anything else.Vamshavardhanah: One who augments or destroys the world-system, which is His off-spring.

Bhara-bhrut kathito yogi yogishah sarva-kamadah
Ashramah shramanah kshamah suparno vayu-vahanah ..91
Bhara-bhrut: One who bears the weight of the earth assuming the form of Ananta.Kathito: One who is spoken of as the highest by the Veda or one of whom all Vedas speak.Yogi: Yoga here means knowledge. So He who is attained by that is Yogi. Or Yoga means Samadhi. He who is ever established in His own Self, that is, the Paramatma. He is therefore Yogi.Yogishah: He who is never shaken from Yoga or knowledge and establishment in His own Self, unlike ordinary Yogis who slip away from Yoga on account of obstacles.Sarva-kamadah: One who bestows all desired fruits.Ashramah: One who is the bestower of rest on all who are wandering in the forest of Samsara.Shramanah: One who brings tribulations to those who live without using their discriminative power.Kshamah: He who brings about the decline of all beings.Suparnah: The lord who has manifested Himself as the tree of Samsara has excellent leaves (Parna) in the form of Vedic passages (Chandas).Vayu-vahanah: He for fear of whom Vayu (Air) carries all beings.

Dhanurdharo dhanurvedo dando damayita damah
Aparajitah sarvasaho niyanta niyamo yamah ..92
Dhanurdharo: He who as Rama wielded the great bow.Dhanurvedo: He who as the same Rama, the son of Dasharatha, was the master of the science of archery.Dando: He who is discipline among the disciplinarians.Damayita: He who inflicts punishments on people as Yama and as king.Damah: He who is in the form of self-descipline in men as a result of enforcement.Aparajitah: One who is never defeated by enemies.Sarvasaho: One who is expert in all Karmas (works).Niyanta: One who appoints every person to his respective duties.Aniyamo: One on whom there is no enforcement of any law, or above whom there can be no overlord to enforce anything, as He is the controller of everything.Ayamah: One on whom Yama has no control, that is one who has no death.

Satvavan satvikah satyah satya-dharma-parayanah
Abhiprayah priyarho-rhah priyakrut pritivardhanah ..93
Satvavan: One who has got the strengthening qualities like heroism, prowess etc.Satvikah: One who is established essentially in the Satva Guna.Satyah: One who is truly established in good people.Satya-dharma-parayanah: One who is present in truthfulness and righteousness in its many aspects.Abhiprayah: The One who is sought after by those who seek the ultimate values of life (Purushartha).Priyarhah: The being to whom the objects that are dear to oneself, are fit to be offered.Arhah: One who deserves to be worshipped with all the ingredients and rites of worship like offerings, praise, prostration etc.Priyakrut: One who is not only to be loved but who does what is good and dear to those who worship Him.Pritivardhanah: One who enhances the joys of devotees.

Vihayasagatir jyotih suruchir huta-bhug vibhuh
Ravir virochanah suryah savita ravilochanah ..94
Vihayasagatir: One who is the support of Vishupada.Jyotih: One who is the light of self-luminous consciousness that reveals oneself as well as other things.Suruchir: The Lord whose Ruchi i.e. brilliance or will, is of an attractive nature.Huta-bhug: One who eats, that is, receives, whatever is offered to whatever deities (Devas) in all sacrifices.Vibhuh: One who dwells everywhere. Or one who is the master of all the three worlds.Ravir: One who absorbs all Rasas (fluids) in the form of the Sun.Virochanah: One who shines in many ways.Suryah: One who generates Shri or brilliance in Surya. Or Agni (Fire) is what is called Surya.Savita: One who brings forth (Prasava) all the worlds.Ravi-lochanah: One having the sun as the eye.

Ananto huta-bhug bhokta sukhado naikajo-grajah
Anirvinnah sadamarshi lokadhishthana-madbhutah ..95
Ananto: One who is eternal, all-pervading and indeterminable by space and time.Hutabhuk: One who consumes what is offered in firesacrifices.Bhokta: One to whom the unconscious Prakruti is the object for enjoyment.Sukhado: One who bestows liberation (Miksha) on devotees.Naikajo: One who takes on birth again and again for the preservation of Dharma.Agrajah: One who was born before everything else, that is, Hiranya-garbha.Anirvinnah: One who is free from all sorrow, because he has secured all his desires and has no obstruction in the way of such achievement.Sadamarshi: One who is always patient towards good men.Lokadhishthanam: Brahman who, though without any other support for Himself, supports all the three worlds.Adbhutah: The wonderful being.

Sanat sanatana-tamah kapilah kapir avyayah
Svastidah svastikrut svasti svastibhuk svasti-dakshinah ..96
Sanat: The word Sanat indicates a great length of time. Time also is the manifestation of the Supreme Being.Sanatana-tamah: Being the cause of all, He is more ancient than Brahma and other beings, who are generally considered eternal.Kapilah: A subterranean fire in the ocean is Kapila, light red in colour.Kapir: 'Ka' means water. One who drinks or absorbs all water by his Kapi, that is, the sun.Avyayah: One in whom all the worlds get dissolved in Pralaya.Svastidah: One who gives what is auspicious to devotees.Svastikrut: One who works bestowing what is good.Svasti: One whose auspicious form is characterized by supreme Bliss.Svastibhuk: One who enjoys the Svasti mentioned above or who preserves the Svasti of devotees.Svasti-dakshinah: One who augments as Svasti (auspiciousness).

Araudrah kundali chakri vikramyurjita-shasanah
Shabdatigah shabdasahah sisirah sarvari-karah ..97
Araudrah: Action, attachment and anger these three are Raudra. The Lord is one whose desires are all accomplished, so He has no attachment or aversion. So He is free from theRaudras mentioned above.Kundali: One who has taken the form of Adisesha.Chakri: One who sports in his hand the discus named Sudarshana, which is the category known as Manas, for the protection of all the worlds.Vikrami: Vikrama means taking a stride, as also courage.Urjita-shasanah: One whose dictates in the form of shrutis and smrutis are of an extremely sublime nature.Shabdatigah: One who cannot be denoted by any sound because He has none of the characteristics, which could be grasped by sound.Sabdasahah: One who is the purport of all Vedas.Sisirah: One who is the shelter to those who are bruning in the three types of wordly fires - sufferings arising from material causes, psychological causes and spiritual causes.Sarvari-karah: For those in bondage, the Atman is like Sarvari (night) and for an enlightened one the state of samsara is like night (Sarvari). So the Lord is called the one who generates Sarvari or night for both the enlightened and the bound ones.

Akrurah peshalo daksho dakshinah kshiminam varah
Vidvattamo vitabhayah punya-shravana-kirtanah ..98
Akrurah: One who is without cruelty.Peshalo: One who is handsome in regard to His actions, mind, word and body.Daksho: One who is fullgrown, strong and does every thing quickly, such a person is Daksha.Dakshinah: This word is also means the same as the above Nama.Kshiminam varah: The greatest among the patient ones, because He is more patient than all Yogis noted for patience.Vidvattamo: He who has got the unsurpassable and all-inclusive knowledge of everything.Vitabhayah: One who, being eternally free and the Lord of all, is free from the fear of trnsmigratory life.Punya-shravana-kirtanah: One to hear about whom and to sing of whom is meritorious.

Uttarano dushkrutiha punyo duh-svapna-nasanah
Viraha rakshanah santo jivanah paryavasthitah ..99
Uttarano: One who takes beings over to the other shore of the ocean of Samsara.Dushkrutiha: One who effaces the evil effects of evil actions. Or one who destroys those who perform evil.Punyo: One who bestows holiness on those who remember and adore Him.Duh-svapna-nasanah: When adored and meditated upon, He saves one from dreams foreboding danger. Hence He is called so.Viraha: One who frees Jivas from bondage and thus saves them from the various transmigratory paths by bestowing liberation on them.Rakshanah: One who, assuming the Satvaguna, protects all the three worlds.Santo: Those who adopt the virtuous path are called good men (Santah).Jivanah: One who supports the lives of all beings as Prana.Paryavasthitah: One who remains pervading everywhere in this universe.

Ananta-rupo ananta-shri jitamanyur bhayapahah
Chaturashro gabhiratma vidisho vyadisho dishah ..100
Ananta-rupo: One who has innumerable forms, as He dwells in this all-comprehending universe.Ananta-shri: One whose Shri (glory) is infinite.Jitamanyur: One who has overcome anger.Bhayapahah: One who destroys the fears of beings from Samsara.Chaturashro: One who is just, because He bestows on Jivas the fruits of their Karma.Gabhiratma: One whose nature is unfathomable.Vidisho: One who distributes various furits of actions to persons differing in their forms according to competency.Vyadisho: One who gives to Indra and other deities directions according to their varied functions.Dishah: One who in the form of the Vedas bestows the fruits of their ritualistic actions on different beings.

Anadi bhurbhuvo lakshmih suviro ruchirangadah
Janano janajanmadir bhimo bhima-parakramah ..101
Anandi: One who has no beginning because He is the ultimate cause of all.Bhurbhuvo: 'Bhu' means support. One who is the support (Bhu) of even the earth, which is known to support all things.Lakshmih: He who is the bestower of all that is auspicious to the earth besides being its supporter.Suviro: One who has many brilliant ways of manifestation.Ruchirangadah: One who has very attractive armlets.Janano: One who gives brith to living beings.Jana-janmadir: One who is the root cause of the origin of Jivas that come to have embodiment.Bhimo: One who is the cause of fear.Bhima-parakramah: One whose power and courage in His incarnations were a cause of fear for the Asuras.

Adharanilayo dhata pushpahasah prajagarah
Urdhvagah sat-pathacharah pranadah pranavah panah ..102
Adharanilayo: One who is the support of even all the basic supporting factors like the five elements - Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth.Adhata: One who is one's own support and therefore does not require another support.Pushpahasah: One whose manifestation as the universe resembles the Hasa or blooming of buds into flowers.Prajagarah: One who is particularly awake, because He is eternal Awareness.Urdhvagah: One who is above everything.Sat-pathacharah: One who follows the conduct of the good.Pranadah: One who givesback life to dead ones as in the case of Parikshit.Pranavah: Pranava (Om) the manifesting sound symbol of Brahman. As He is inseparably related with Pranava, He is called Pranava.Panah: It comes from the root 'Prana' meaning transaction. So one who bestows the fruits of Karma on all according to their Karma.

Prmanam prananilayah pranabhrut pranajivanah
Tatvam tatvavidekatma janma-mrutyu-jaratigah ..103
Pramanam: One who is self-certifying, as He is Pure Consciousness.Prananilayah: The home or dissolving ground of the Pranas.Pranabhrut: One who strengthens the Pranas as food (Anna).Pranajivanah: He who keeps alive human beings with Vayus (airs) known as Prana, Apana etc.,Tatvam: Means Brahman, just as words like Amruta, Satya, Paramartha etc.Tatvavid: One who knowns His own true nature.Ekatma: One who is the sole being and the spirit (Atma) in all.Janma-mrutyu-jaratigah: One who subsists without being subject to the six kinds of transformations - being born, existing, temporarily, growing, transforming, decaying and dying.

Bhurbhuvah svastarus-tarah savita prapitamahah
Yagyo yagya-patir-yajva yagyango yagya-vahanah ..104
Bhur-bhuvah-svastarus: The three Vyahrutis Bhuh, Bhuvah, Svah are said to be the essence of the Veda.Tarah: One who helps Jivas to go across the ocean of Samsara.Savita: He who generates all the worlds.Prapitamahah: One who is the father of Brahma and therefore the grandfather of all.Yagyo: One who is of the form of Yagya.Yagya-patir: One who is the protector and the master of the Yagyas.Yajva: One who manifests as the performer of a Yagya.Yagyango: All the parts of His body as the incarnate Cosmic Boar are identified with the parts of a yagya.Yagya-vahanah: One who supports the Yagya which yield various fruits.

Yagyabhrud yagyakrud yagyi yagyabhrug yagyasadhanah
Yagyanantakrud yagyaguhyam annam annada eva cha ..105
Yagyabhrud: He is so called, because He is the protector and supporter of all yagyas.Yagyakrud: One who performs Yagya at the beginnig and end of the world.Yagyi: One who is the Principal.Yagyabhrug: One who is the enjoyer of Yagya or Protector of Yagya.Yagyasadhanah: One to whom the Yagya is the approach.Yagyanantakrud: One who is the end or the furits of yagya.Yagyaguhyam: The gyana yagya or the sacrifice of knowledge, which is the esoteric (Guhyam) of all the yagyams.Annam: That which is eaten by living beings. Or He who eats all beings.Annada eva cha: One who is the eater of the whole world as food. The word Eva is added to show that He is also Anna, the food eaten.

Atmayonih svayamjato vaikhanah samagayanah
Devaki-nandanah srashtha kshitishah papanashanah ..106
Atmayonih: One who is the source of all; that is, there is no material cause other than Himself for the universe.Svayam-jato: He is also the instrumental cause.Vaikhanah: One who excavated the earth, taking a unique form.Samagayanah: One who recites the Sama chants.Devakidddd-nandanah: The Son of Devaki in the incarnation as Krishna.Srashtha: The creator of all the worlds.Kshitishah: A master of the world. Here it denotes Rama.Papanashanah: He who destroys the sins of those who adore Him, meditate upon Him, remember and sing hymns of praise on Him.

Shankhabrun -nandaki chakri sharangadhnva gadadharah
Rathanga panirakshobhyah sarva-praharanayudhah ..107
Shankhabrun: One who sports the conch known as Panchajanya, which stands for Tamasahamkara, of which the five elements are born.Nandaki: One who has in His hand the sword known as Nandaka, which stands for Vidya (spiritual illumination).Chakri: One who sports the discus known as Sudarshana, which stands for the Rajasahamkara, out of which the Indriyas have come.Gadadharah: One who has the mace known as the Kaumodaki, which stands for the category of Buddhi.Rathangapani: One in whose hand is a wheel (Chakra).Rakshobhyah: One who cannot be upset by anything, because He controls all the above-mentioned weapons.Sarva-praharana-yudhah: There is no rule that the Lord has got only the above-mentioned weapons. All things, which can be used for contacting or striking, are His weapons.

Vanamali gadi sharangi shankhi chakri cha nandaki
Shriman narayano vishnur-vasudevo-abhirakshatu ..108

Hari Om Tat Sat

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Phala Sruti

itiidaM kiirtaniiyasya keshavasya mahaatmanaH |

naamnaaM sahasraM divyaanaam asheshheNa prakiirtitam || (1)

Thus, the thousand divine names of Bhagavan Keshava, the Supreme who is pre-eminently worthy of

being paraised, have been sung in their entirety (in all their bearings). These divya namas are

meant to be recited both here and in all the upper worlds including the transcendent abode

(heaven), inasmuch as they pertain to the MahAtma, the supreme being, Kesava.

ya edaM shrunyaa-Nityam yashchapi parikirtayaet |

Naa-aShubham praptyunaat kinCHIT-somutreH cha manavaH || (2)

Nothing inauspicious (or obnoxious) will befall the one who devoutly listens to the recital of

this sahasranama stotra daily and (the more so) the one who recites it wherever it may be,

whether in this world or the worlds beyond.

veedantago brahmana-asyat Kshatriyo vijayee bhavaet |

vaishyo dhana-SamRidhasya-chhuudra-sukhamvaapnuyaat || (3)

If the person who chants these names is a brahmin he will attain the knowledge of the vedanta;

if a kshatriya, he will become a victorious warrior; if a vaisya, he will acquire immense

wealth, and if a sudra, he will remain happy.

dharmaarthii praapnuyaad-dharmam.arthaarthii cha.arthamaapnuyaat |

kaamaanava.apnuyaatkaamii prajaarthii cha-apnuyaat prajaaH || (4)

If a person recites the holy names with a desire abiding in dharma, he will achieve it;

if he is desirous of wealth he will get wealth; if he is after the pleasures of life

he will get them all; if he wants to have progeny, he will have it. In short, those who

recite these holy names of the Lord will reap the desired fruits without fail.

bhaktimaan yaH sadotthaaya shuchistadgatamaanasaH |

sahasraM vaasudevasya naamnaametatprakiirtayet || (5)

Well, take the case of a staunch devotee who gets up in the morning and purifies himself

through bath followed by daily observance of the prescribed rites and rituals and then

recites the thousand names of Lord Vasudeva, with a mind firmly fixed on him. [The following

3 sloks 6-8 spell out the benefits (fruits) enjoyed by such a person]

yashaH praapnoti vipulaM GYaatipraadhaanyameva cha |

achalaaM shriyamaapnoti shreyaH praapnotyan.uttamam || (6)

He gains great reputation and is reckoned as the foremost among his kith and kin. He

acquires abundant wealth (in this world) and keeps it in tact while, in the other world

he enjoys everlasting bliss, (anuttamam sreyah - salvation)

na bhayaM kvachidaapnoti viiryaM tejashcha vindati |

bhavatyarogo dyutimaan-bala-ruupa-guNaanvitaH || (7)

Free from fear (through any source) and sickness (at any time), the chanter acquires valor,

power and strength and is endowed with a healthy body, noble traits and dazzling brilliance.

rogaarto muchyate rogaa-dbaddho muchyeta bandhanaat |

bhayaan.muchyeta bhiitastu muchyetaapanna aapadaH || (8)

The one afflicted by sickness will get rid of it, the one, in shackles of sorts will get

disentangled while the one stricken by fear, will become free from it and the one beset with

difficulties, will get absolved of them (whatever be their magnitude).

durgaaNyatit aratyaashu purushhaH purushhottamam |

stuvan naama sahasreNa nityaM bhakti samanvitaH || (9)

That person who praises with devotion the supreme being Purusottama through the daily recital

of these thousand names, surmounts, in no time, the seemingly insuperable difficulties one and

all. [The emphasis here is on the unflinching devotion of the chanter towards the Supreme being

with the sole object of attaining him, which results in the automatic disappearance of all his

erstwhile difficulties though not solicited as such, by the chanter (even as darkness vanishes

as a matter of course, with the induction of light)].

vaasudevaashrayo martyo vaasudevaparaayaNaH |

sarvapaapa-vishuddhaatmaa yaati brahma sanaatanam || (10)

The one, who seeks out Lord Vasudeva, looking upon Him as the highest goal to be attained,

gets cleansed (purged) of all sins. With a mind thus purified, the chanter attains the

eternal Brahman

na vaasudeva bhaktaanaam ashubhaM vidyate kvachit |

janma mRityu jaraavyaadhi bhayaM naiva api jaayate || (11)

Nothing inauspicious ever befalls the devotees of Vasudeva nor do they have any fear from the

cyclic operation of birth, disease, old age and death any longer. (with the certain prospect of

attaining Him in heaven at the end of the current span of life).

imaM stavama-dhiiyaanaH shraddhaabhaktisamanvitaH |

yujyetaatmaa sukhakshaanti shriidhRiti smRiti kiirtibhiH || (12)

The chanter of this hymn, with zeal and devotion, is blest with the happy realization of the

essential nature of the self (svasvarUpa), besides the qualities of serenity, mental stability,

unfailing memory and great fame and wealth (put to beneficial use).

na krodho na cha maatsaryaM na lobho na ashubhaa matiH |

bhavanti kRita puNyaanaaM bhaktaanaaM purushhottame || (13)

Neither anger nor jealousy, neither avarice nor unholy thooughts taint the minds of the true

devotees of Purusottama, who have to their credit many a virtuous deed.

dyauH sa-chandraarka nakshatraa khaM disho bhuur mahodadhiH |

vaasudevasya viiryeNa vidhRitaani mahaatmanaH || (14)

The firmament, the Moon, the Sun and the Stars, the Sky, the directions, earth and the vast ocean

are one and all, propped up by the supreme valor of vasudeva.

sa sura asura gandharvaM sayaksho.raga raakshasam |

jagad vashe vartatedaM kRishhNasya sacharaacharam || {15}

This world with all its contents, the sentient beings and non-sentient things, the gods, the asuras,

and gandharvas, the yaksas, nagas and raksasas, is under the supreme control of Sri Krishna.

indriyaaNi mano buddhiH sattvaM tejo balaM dhritiH |

vaasudeva.atmakaany aahuH kshetraM kshetraGYa eva cha || (16)

The several sense organs, the mind, the intellect, (the quality of) sattva, power, strenght, firmness

as well as the body as a whole and the individual souls - all of them have Vasudeva as their AtmA (inner

soul) [Vasudevatmakani means that all of them (prakriti and the jivas) constitute his body]. sastra should

be supplied as subject of the predicat ahuh to read the shastras say.

sarvaagamaanaa.m aachaaraH prathamaM parikalpate |

aacharaprabhavo dharmo dharmasya prabhur achyutaH || (17)

Right conduct has been laid down as the most important, the foremost of all the dharma revealed by the

shastras. Right conduct gives rise to dharmas. Bhagavan Acyuta is the deity propitiated by dharma,

who not only helps in one's adherence of dharma, but also awards the fruits thereof.

RishhayaH pitaro devaa mahaabhuutaani dhaatavaH |

jaNgamaa jaNgamaM chedaM jagat naaraayaN.odbhavam || (18)

The sages, manes (pitrs - departed ancestors), gods, the great elements and their effects, the mobile

beings and the immobile things comprising the entire universe, have all emnated from nArAyanA.

yogo GYaanaM tathaa saa.nkhyaM vidyaaH shilpaadi karma cha |

vedaaH shaastraaNi viGYaanam etat sarvaM janaardanaat || (19)

The knowledge of Yoga, sankhya, the several branches of learning, arts, works, vedas, sastras - all

these spring from Bhagavan Janardana.

eko vishhNur mahadbhuutaM pRithag bhuutaany anekashaH |

trii.n lokaan vyaapya bhuutaatmaa bhu.nkte vishvabhug avyayaH || (20)

Lord Visnu is the unique deity of incomparable excellence, in that He pervades the great elements

of multifarious kinds and the three worlds (of souls). He is their AtmA and their protector. And

yet he stands head and shoulders above them all and is not the least tainted by their defects.

imaM stavaM bhagavato vishhNorvyaasena kiirtitam |

paThedya ichchhet purushhaH shreyaH praaptuM sukhaani cha || (21)

That person who desires to obtain supreme bliss in the yonder heaven as well as the pleasures

of this world should read the stotra of Bhagavan Visnu, sung by the great sage Vyasa.

vishveshvaram ajaM devaM jagataH prabhavaapyayam |

bhajanti ye pushkaraakshaM na te yaanti paraabhavam || (22)

The lotus eyed is the birthless, Supreme deity, the sovereign lord of the universe and the cause of

creation and dissolution of the universe. Those who sing his praise will never meet with disrespect

or discomfiture of any kind.

|| na te yaanti paraabhavam oM nama iti ||

Salutation to the lord of all auspiciousness, never will they meet with any disrespect from any source.

Arjuna uvaacha -

padmapatra vishaalaaksha padmanaabha surottama |

bhaktaanaam anuraktaanaaM traataa bhava janaardana || (23)

Arjuna said "O Janardana, the greatest of gods, with broad eyes like lotus petals and lotus on your

navel ! May you be the protector of your loving devotees.

shrii bhagavaanuvaacha -

yo maaM naama sahasreNa stotum-ichchhati paaNDava |

soha.am ekena shlokena stuta eva na saMshayaH || (24)

|| stuta eva na saM shaya oM nama iti ||

Bhagavan said: Arjuna, a person may, of course, be desirous of lauding me by reciting all the thousand

names. But on my part, I feel satisfied with the chanting of just one sloka (out of the hundred and odd

slokas). There is no doubt about it. There is no doubt about it. Salutations to the auspicious lord (Om)

vyaasa uvaacha -

vaasanaad vaasudevasya vaasitaM te jagatrayam |

sarvabhuuta nivaaso asi vaasudeva namostu te || (25)

|| shrii vaasudeva namo.astuta oM nama iti ||

Vyasa said: Vasudeva, all the three worlds become viable only because they are pervaded by you the all-

pervading. You are indeed the abode of all beings. Salutations to you O Vasudeva.

paarvaty uvaacha -

kenopaayena laghunaa vishhNor naama sahasrakam |

paThyate panDitair nityam shrotum-ichchhaam-yaham prabho || (26)

Parvati said: Pray spell out the easy method by which the thousand names of Lord Vishnu could be deemed

to have been recited by learned persons daily. I wish to be enlightened by you My Lord.

iishvara uvaacha -

shriiraama raama raameti rame raame manorame |

sahasra naama tattulyam raamanaama varaanane || (27) ...(3x)

Isvara said: Here you are, Sri Rama's name, being the delightful source of mental exhilaration, I take

great delight in reciting it repeatedly, any length of time. Rama's name is indeed on par with the

thousand names of Lord Vishnu spelt out in this Hymnal, O my blessed lady.

|| shrii raamanaama varaanana oM nama iti ||

Salutations to Rama's name denoted by Om.

brahmovaacha -

namo astu anantaaya sahasra muurttaye sahasra paadaakshi shiroru baahave |

sahasranaamne purushhaaya shaashvate sahasrakoTii yugadhaariNe namaH || (28)

Brahma said: Salutations to Bhagvan who is eternal, who has a thousand forms, a thousand feet, (a

thousand) eyes, (a thousand) heads, (a thousand) thighs and (a thousand) arms and who is the eternal

Purusa, having a thousand names. Salutations to him who is sustainer of a thousand crores of aeons.

|| sahasrakoTii yugadhaariNa oM nama iti ||

Salutations to the auspicious lord denoted by OM, the (mighty) sustainer of a thousand crores of aeons.

saJNjaya uvaacha -

yatra yogeshvaraH kRishhNo yatra paartho dhanurdharaH |

tatra shriirvijayo bhuutirdhruvaa niitir matir mama || (29)

Sanjaya said: Where Sri Krishna, the lord of yoga is and where stands pArtha (Arjuna) holding the

(dexterous) bow there and there alone shall abide permanently prosperity, victory, glory and

righteousness (moral ethics). This is my conclusion (considered opinion).

shrii bhagavaan uvaacha -

ananyaa.sh chintayanto maaM ye janaaH paryupaasate |

teshhaam nityaabhi.yuktaanaaM yogakshemaM vahaamyaham || (30)

Shri Bagavan said: Unto those people who meditate solely on me (as the repository of all auspicious

traits and the sovereign master of the universe), I bear the burden of vouchsafing the yoga (of

attaining me) and ksema (retaining them in that position without sliding back).

paritraaNaaya saadhoonaaM vinaashaaya cha dushha kRitaam |

dharma saMsthaapanaarthaaya saMbhavaami yuge yuge || (31)

For the protection of the devout, for the frustration of the wicked and fixing dharma on a firm

foundation, I get born, age after age.

aartaa vishhaNNaaH shithilaashcha bhiitaaH ghoreshhu cha vyaadhishhu varttamaanaaH |

sa.nkiirtya naaraayaNa shabda maatraM vimukta duHkhaaH sukhino bhavanti || (32)

Bhagavan continued: Whether afflicted by dire distress or poignant grief or shattered by confusion due

to fright or tormented by other maladies, if the victims, in each case, do but spell the name

nArAyanA, they not only get rid of all these troubles but also attain everlasting happiness.

kaayena vaacaa manasEndriyairvaa buddhya aatmanaavaa prakrteh svabhaavaat |

karOmi yadyat sakalam parasmai naaraayanaayEti samarpayaamI ||

Whatever act I perform under the influence of matter (prakrti), with my (elemental material) body or

word, mind or sense organs, intellect or (embodied) self (atma), I offer all that, in humble dedication

at the feet of nArAyanA, the supreme lord.

Iti shriimahabHaarate shatsahsrikaayaaM samhitaayaaM

ViiyaashikyaamnushaasanparVaantargataa.nushaashanikparvaanNi bhiishmayudhistaraSamvaade

ShriivishNursahasra Naamastootram sampoorNam

Source: http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vsn/phala.html