Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram in Telugu

विष्णु सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्

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

Around the world, and in Telugu

The Vishnu Sahasranama is one of the most widely chanted prayers in the world, and Telugu devotion sits close to its heart. At Tirumala, the hill shrine of Venkateswara, the thousand names are recited in great gatherings, and countless Telugu homes keep them as a daily thread. The names come from the Mahabharata, where Bhishma gives them to Yudhishthira from his bed of arrows and Vyasa sets them down. People turn to them for all kinds of reasons: for calm at the start of the day, for steadiness through a hard time, for protection and wellbeing, or simply out of love. The stotra is chanted across the Sri Vaishnava, Madhva and Smarta traditions, and carried around the world by movements like the Chinmaya Mission, ISKCON, the Ramakrishna Mission and the Sathya Sai fellowship. This version sets the same thousand names in Telugu script, so you can read and chant them in the letters you know best.

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

శుక్లామ్బరధరం విష్ణుం శశివర్ణం చతుర్భుజమ్

ప్రసన్నవదనం ధ్యాయేత్ సర్వవిఘ్నోపశాన్తయే

2

యస్య ద్విరదవక్త్రాద్యాః పారిషద్యాః పరశ్శతమ్

విఘ్నం నిఘ్నన్తి సతతం విష్వక్సేనం తమాశ్రయే

3

వ్యాసం వసిష్ఠనప్తారం శక్తేః పౌత్రమకల్మషమ్

పరాశరాత్మజం వన్దే శుకతాతం తపోనిధిమ్

4

వ్యాసాయ విష్ణురూపాయ వ్యాసరూపాయ విష్ణవే

నమో వై బ్రహ్మనిధయే వాసిష్ఠాయ నమో నమః

5

అవికారాయ శుద్ధాయ నిత్యాయ పరమాత్మనే

సదైకరూపరూపాయ విష్ణవే సర్వజిష్ణవే

Uttarapīṭhikā

170

ఆర్తా విషణ్ణాశ్శిథిలాశ్చ భీతాః ఘోరేషు చ వ్యాధిషు వర్తమానాః

సఙ్కీర్త్య నారాయణశబ్దమాత్రం విముక్తదుఃఖాస్సుఖినో భవన్తి

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 Telugu (Telugu script) on this page.

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