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
170
आर्ता विषण्णाश्शिथिलाश्च भीताः घोरेषु च व्याधिषु वर्तमानाः
सङ्कीर्त्य नारायणशब्दमात्रं विमुक्तदुःखास्सुखिनो भवन्ति
In its original Sanskrit
This is the Vishnu Sahasranama in its original Sanskrit, the thousand names of Vishnu as they appear in the Mahabharata. Bhishma, lying on the bed of arrows at Kurukshetra, gives them to Yudhishthira in answer to his questions on the highest good, and Vyasa preserves them for everyone who came after. For centuries the names have been chanted at dawn, on Ekadashi days, and as a lifelong daily practice: in the great temples at Tirumala, Srirangam, Udupi and Guruvayur, across the Sri Vaishnava, Madhva and Smarta traditions, and by movements like the Chinmaya Mission, ISKCON, the Ramakrishna Mission and the Divine Life Society around the world. The tradition holds that reciting them with love brings steadiness of mind and freedom from fear and sorrow. Read here in Devanagari, the script carries the sounds as they have always been chanted.