मूल पाठ · Original Text
॥ ध्यानम् ॥ शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुं शशिवर्णं चतुर्भुजम्। प्रसन्नवदनं ध्यायेत् सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये॥ वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम्। देवकीपरमानन्दं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम्॥ ॥ स्तोत्रारम्भ (प्रथम नाम-श्लोक) ॥ ॐ विश्वं विष्णुर्वषट्कारो भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः। भूतकृद्भूतभृद्भावो भूतात्मा भूतभावनः॥१॥ पूतात्मा परमात्मा च मुक्तानां परमा गतिः। अव्ययः पुरुषः साक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञोऽक्षर एव च॥२॥ ॥ फलश्रुति (समापन-श्लोक) ॥ इतीदं कीर्तनीयस्य केशवस्य महात्मनः। नाम्नां सहस्रं दिव्यानामशेषेण प्रकीर्तितम्॥ — यह केवल आरम्भिक अंश है। पूर्ण सहस्रनाम (१००० नाम, १०८ श्लोक) महाभारत के अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय १४९ में भीष्म द्वारा युधिष्ठिर को सुनाया गया है।
English Transliteration
॥ Dhyanam ॥ Śuklāmbaradharaṁ Viṣṇuṁ Śaśivarṇaṁ Caturbhujam, Prasannavadanaṁ Dhyāyet Sarva-vighnopaśāntaye. Vasudeva-sutaṁ Devaṁ Kaṁsa-cāṇūra-mardanam, Devakī-paramānandaṁ Kṛṣṇaṁ Vande Jagadgurum. ॥ Opening name-verses ॥ Om Viśvaṁ Viṣṇur Vaṣaṭkāro Bhūta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuḥ, Bhūtakṛd Bhūtabhṛd Bhāvo Bhūtātmā Bhūtabhāvanaḥ. (1) Pūtātmā Paramātmā Ca Muktānāṁ Paramā Gatiḥ, Avyayaḥ Puruṣaḥ Sākṣī Kṣetrajño'kṣara Eva Ca. (2) ॥ Closing (phalashruti) ॥ Itīdaṁ Kīrtanīyasya Keśavasya Mahātmanaḥ, Nāmnāṁ Sahasraṁ Divyānām Aśeṣeṇa Prakīrtitam. — This is the opening excerpt only. The complete Sahasranama (1000 names in 108 verses) is spoken by Bhishma to Yudhishthira in the Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva, chapter 149.
Meaning
The Vishnu Sahasranamam lists a thousand names of Lord Vishnu, each describing a divine quality. This page shows the traditional dhyana verses, the opening name-verses and the closing phalashruti, with a reference to the full source.
Benefits / when to read
Traditionally recited for peace, protection and devotion. Full text: Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva 149.
Suggested day / time
Thursdays and Ekadashi.
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