Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram in Gujarati

विष्णु सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्

Anushasana Parva, Mahabharata Deity: Vishnu Metre: Anushtup 170 verses

Around the world, and in Gujarati

The Vishnu Sahasranama is a prayer without borders, chanted across India and around the world, and Gujarati devotees share fully in that living stream. Gujarat holds Dwarka, the ancient city of Krishna and one of the four great abodes, and among Gujaratis everywhere the thousand names are kept alive through the Vaishnava traditions and through movements such as the Chinmaya Mission, ISKCON and the Swaminarayan Sampradaya, which counts the stotra among its cherished texts. The names come from the Mahabharata, given by Bhishma to Yudhishthira and compiled by Vyasa. People chant them for peace, for protection, for wellbeing, and as a steady daily devotion. This version sets the same thousand names in the Gujarati script, so you can read and chant them in your own letters, sharing in a practice that spans the whole world.

About the Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram

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

1

શુક્લામ્બરધરં વિષ્ણું શશિવર્ણં ચતુર્ભુજમ્

પ્રસન્નવદનં ધ્યાયેત્ સર્વવિઘ્નોપશાન્તયે

2

યસ્ય દ્વિરદવક્ત્રાદ્યાઃ પારિષદ્યાઃ પરશ્શતમ્

વિઘ્નં નિઘ્નન્તિ સતતં વિષ્વક્સેનં તમાશ્રયે

3

વ્યાસં વસિષ્ઠનપ્તારં શક્તેઃ પૌત્રમકલ્મષમ્

પરાશરાત્મજં વન્દે શુકતાતં તપોનિધિમ્

4

વ્યાસાય વિષ્ણુરૂપાય વ્યાસરૂપાય વિષ્ણવે

નમો વૈ બ્રહ્મનિધયે વાસિષ્ઠાય નમો નમઃ

5

અવિકારાય શુદ્ધાય નિત્યાય પરમાત્મને

સદૈકરૂપરૂપાય વિષ્ણવે સર્વજિષ્ણવે

Uttarapīṭhikā

170

આર્તા વિષણ્ણાશ્શિથિલાશ્ચ ભીતાઃ ઘોરેષુ ચ વ્યાધિષુ વર્તમાનાઃ

સઙ્કીર્ત્ય નારાયણશબ્દમાત્રં વિમુક્તદુઃખાસ્સુખિનો ભવન્તિ

That's the opening and the closing. The full Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram continues for 164 more verses in between.

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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 170 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 — including Gujarati (Gujarati script) on this page.

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