Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram in Tamil

विष्णु सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्

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

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Few prayers travel as far as the Vishnu Sahasranama, and in the Tamil land it runs deep. At Srirangam, the foremost of the great Vishnu temples, and at Kanchipuram, the thousand names are woven into daily and festival worship, and Tamil families keep the older custom of reciting the full stotra together on a fixed day. The names come from the Mahabharata, spoken by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on the field of Kurukshetra and gathered by Vyasa. Different people chant them for different reasons: for peace of mind, for protection, for the wellbeing of family, or simply out of love. They are recited across the Sri Vaishnava, Madhva and Smarta traditions, and by movements such as the Chinmaya Mission, ISKCON, the Ramakrishna Mission and the Divine Life Society, in temples and homes wherever Tamil families have settled. Here the same thousand names are set in Tamil script, ready to read and chant in your own letters.

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

ஶுக்லாம்பரதரம் விஷ்ணும் ஶஶிவர்ணம் சதுர்புஜம்

ப்ரஸந்நவதநம் த்யாயேத் ஸர்வவிக்நோபஶாந்தயே

2

யஸ்ய த்விரதவக்த்ராத்யாஃ பாரிஷத்யாஃ பரஶ்ஶதம்

விக்நம் நிக்நந்தி ஸததம் விஷ்வக்ஸேநம் தமாஶ்ரயே

3

வ்யாஸம் வஸிஷ்டநப்தாரம் ஶக்தேஃ பௌத்ரமகல்மஷம்

பராஶராத்மஜம் வந்தே ஶுகதாதம் தபோநிதிம்

4

வ்யாஸாய விஷ்ணுரூபாய வ்யாஸரூபாய விஷ்ணவே

நமோ வை ப்ரஹ்மநிதயே வாஸிஷ்டாய நமோ நமஃ

5

அவிகாராய ஶுத்தாய நித்யாய பரமாத்மநே

ஸதைகரூபரூபாய விஷ்ணவே ஸர்வஜிஷ்ணவே

Uttarapīṭhikā

170

ஆர்தா விஷண்ணாஶ்ஶிதிலாஶ்ச பீதாஃ கோரேஷு ச வ்யாதிஷு வர்தமாநாஃ

ஸங்கீர்த்ய நாராயணஶப்தமாத்ரம் விமுக்ததுஃகாஸ்ஸுகிநோ பவந்தி

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 Tamil (Tamil script) on this page.

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