Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram in Malayalam

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

1

ശുക്ലാംബരധരം വിഷ്ണും ശശിവര്ണം ചതുര്ഭുജമ്

പ്രസന്നവദനം ധ്യായേത് സര്വവിഘ്നോപശാംതയേ

2

യസ്യ ദ്വിരദവക്ത്രാദ്യാഃ പാരിഷദ്യാഃ പരശ്ശതമ്

വിഘ്നം നിഘ്നംതി സതതം വിഷ്വക്സേനം തമാശ്രയേ

3

വ്യാസം വസിഷ്ഠനപ്താരം ശക്തേഃ പൌത്രമകല്മഷമ്

പരാശരാത്മജം വംദേ ശുകതാതം തപോനിധിമ്

4

വ്യാസായ വിഷ്ണുരൂപായ വ്യാസരൂപായ വിഷ്ണവേ

നമോ വൈ ബ്രഹ്മനിധയേ വാസിഷ്ഠായ നമോ നമഃ

5

അവികാരായ ശുദ്ധായ നിത്യായ പരമാത്മനേ

സദൈകരൂപരൂപായ വിഷ്ണവേ സര്വജിഷ്ണവേ

Uttarapīṭhikā

172

ഇതി ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതേ ശതസഹസ്രികായാം സംഹിതായാം

വൈയാസിക്യാം അനുശാസനപര്വാംതര്ഗത അനുശാസനികപര്വണി മോക്ഷധര്മേ

ഭീഷ്മ യുധിഷ്ഠിര സംവാദേ

ശ്രീ വിഷ്ണോര്ദിവ്യസഹസ്രനാമസ്തോത്രമ് നാമ

ഏകോനപംചാശദധികശതതമോഽധ്യായഃ

ഇതി ശ്രീവിഷ്ണുസഹസ്രനാമ സ്തോത്രമ്

That's the opening and the closing. The full Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram continues for 166 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 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 Malayalam version, written in Malayalam script.

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