Who composed Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram?

Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram is traditionally attributed to Veda Vyasa (Anushasana Parva, Mahabharata).

How many verses are in Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram?

Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram has 172 verses, set in the Anushtup metre.

Which deity is Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram addressed to?

Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram is a prayer to Vishnu.

In which languages can I read Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram?

ChantWise offers Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram in English, Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati. This page is the English version, written in IAST script.

Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram in English

विष्णु सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्

Anushasana Parva, Mahabharata Deity: Vishnu Metre: Anushtup 172 verses

After the Mahabharata war, Yudhishthira went to Bhishma, dying on a bed of arrows, and asked him the simplest, hardest question: how do you find peace? Bhishma's answer was this hymn. A thousand names of Vishnu, each one a handle you can hold onto. People have been chanting it every morning across India for centuries, and there's a reason it endures: the rhythm gets into you. Twenty minutes of these names and the noise in your head quiets down. That's not metaphor, ask anyone who's kept up the practice.

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The opening verses are below.

Pūrvapīṭhikā

śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam

prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye

yasya dviradavaktrādyāḥ pāriṣadyāḥ paraśśatam

vighnaṃ nighnanti satataṃ viṣvaksenaṃ tamāśraye

vyāsaṃ vasiṣṭhanaptāraṃ śakteḥ pautramakalmaṣam

parāśarātmajaṃ vande śukatātaṃ taponidhim

vyāsāya viṣṇurūpāya vyāsarūpāya viṣṇave

namo vai brahmanidhaye vāsiṣṭhāya namo namaḥ

avikārāya śuddhāya nityāya paramātmane

sadaikarūparūpāya viṣṇave sarvajiṣṇave

Uttarapīṭhikā

172

iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasrikāyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ

vaiyāsikyāṃ anuśāsanaparvāntargata anuśāsanikaparvaṇi mokṣadharme

bhīṣma yudhiṣṭhira saṃvāde

śrī viṣṇordivyasahasranāmastotram nāma

ekonapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

iti śrīviṣṇusahasranāma stotram

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Frequently asked about Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram

Who composed Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram?: Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram is traditionally attributed to Veda Vyasa (Anushasana Parva, Mahabharata).
How many verses are in Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram?: Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram has 172 verses, set in the Anushtup metre.
Which deity is Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram addressed to?: Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram is a prayer to Vishnu.
In which languages can I read Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram?: ChantWise offers Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram in English, Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati. This page is the English version, written in IAST script.