Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram in Kannada

विष्णु सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्

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

Around the world, and in Kannada

The Vishnu Sahasranama is among the most beloved of all prayers, chanted daily by millions and read closely in Kannada homes. At the Krishna temple in Udupi the thousand names are part of the daily worship, and across Karnataka they are recited in temples, mathas and living rooms alike. The names come from the Mahabharata, given by Bhishma to Yudhishthira and compiled by Vyasa. People turn to them for many reasons: to settle the mind, to ask for protection, to mark a birth or a memory, or to keep a simple daily practice of devotion. The stotra lives across the Sri Vaishnava, Madhva and Smarta traditions, and is carried worldwide by movements like the Chinmaya Mission, ISKCON and the Sathya Sai fellowship. This version presents the same thousand names in the Kannada script, so anyone who reads Kannada can chant them with ease, the way they would from Devanagari.

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

ಶುಕ್ಲಾಮ್ಬರಧರಂ ವಿಷ್ಣುಂ ಶಶಿವರ್ಣಂ ಚತುರ್ಭುಜಮ್

ಪ್ರಸನ್ನವದನಂ ಧ್ಯಾಯೇತ್ ಸರ್ವವಿಘ್ನೋಪಶಾನ್ತಯೇ

2

ಯಸ್ಯ ದ್ವಿರದವಕ್ತ್ರಾದ್ಯಾಃ ಪಾರಿಷದ್ಯಾಃ ಪರಶ್ಶತಮ್

ವಿಘ್ನಂ ನಿಘ್ನನ್ತಿ ಸತತಂ ವಿಷ್ವಕ್ಸೇನಂ ತಮಾಶ್ರಯೇ

3

ವ್ಯಾಸಂ ವಸಿಷ್ಠನಪ್ತಾರಂ ಶಕ್ತೇಃ ಪೌತ್ರಮಕಲ್ಮಷಮ್

ಪರಾಶರಾತ್ಮಜಂ ವನ್ದೇ ಶುಕತಾತಂ ತಪೋನಿಧಿಮ್

4

ವ್ಯಾಸಾಯ ವಿಷ್ಣುರೂಪಾಯ ವ್ಯಾಸರೂಪಾಯ ವಿಷ್ಣವೇ

ನಮೋ ವೈ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನಿಧಯೇ ವಾಸಿಷ್ಠಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ

5

ಅವಿಕಾರಾಯ ಶುದ್ಧಾಯ ನಿತ್ಯಾಯ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮನೇ

ಸದೈಕರೂಪರೂಪಾಯ ವಿಷ್ಣವೇ ಸರ್ವಜಿಷ್ಣವೇ

Uttarapīṭhikā

170

ಆರ್ತಾ ವಿಷಣ್ಣಾಶ್ಶಿಥಿಲಾಶ್ಚ ಭೀತಾಃ ಘೋರೇಷು ಚ ವ್ಯಾಧಿಷು ವರ್ತಮಾನಾಃ

ಸಙ್ಕೀರ್ತ್ಯ ನಾರಾಯಣಶಬ್ದಮಾತ್ರಂ ವಿಮುಕ್ತದುಃಖಾಸ್ಸುಖಿನೋ ಭವನ್ತಿ

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 Kannada (Kannada script) on this page.

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