Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram in Sanskrit

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

शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुं शशिवर्णं चतुर्भुजम्

प्रसन्नवदनं ध्यायेत् सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये

2

यस्य द्विरदवक्त्राद्याः पारिषद्याः परश्शतम्

विघ्नं निघ्नन्ति सततं विष्वक्सेनं तमाश्रये

3

व्यासं वसिष्ठनप्तारं शक्तेः पौत्रमकल्मषम्

पराशरात्मजं वन्दे शुकतातं तपोनिधिम्

4

व्यासाय विष्णुरूपाय व्यासरूपाय विष्णवे

नमो वै ब्रह्मनिधये वासिष्ठाय नमो नमः

5

अविकाराय शुद्धाय नित्याय परमात्मने

सदैकरूपरूपाय विष्णवे सर्वजिष्णवे

Uttarapīṭhikā

172

इति श्रीमहाभारते शतसहस्रिकायां संहितायां

वैयासिक्यां अनुशासनपर्वान्तर्गत अनुशासनिकपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मे

भीष्म युधिष्ठिर संवादे

श्री विष्णोर्दिव्यसहस्रनामस्तोत्रम् नाम

एकोनपञ्चाशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

इति श्रीविष्णुसहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्

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 Sanskrit version, written in Devanagari script.

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