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SRI VISHNU SAHASRANAMA STOTRAM

Transliteration and Translation of the Audio Chant by Swami Krishnananda
The Divine Life Society - Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, India

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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.

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