Vishnu Sahasranama
The thousand holy names of Lord Vishnu, chanted by Bhishma to Yudhishthira in the Anushasana Parva of the Mahabharata. Read each name in its original Sanskrit with transliteration and a meaning in your chosen language.
The all or the Universe.
ॐ विश्वस्मै नमः
He who pervades everything.
ॐ विष्णवे नमः
He for whom the sacrificial verses are uttered in yajñas.
ॐ वषट्काराय नमः
The master who transcends past, present and future.
ॐ भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभवे नमः
The creator and destroyer of all existences in the universe.
ॐ भूतकृते नमः
One who supports, sustains and governs the universe.
ॐ भूतभृते नमः
Pure existence.
ॐ भावाय नमः
The essence of all beings.
ॐ भूतात्मने नमः
He who originates and develops all elements.
ॐ भूतभावनाय नमः
One whose nature is purity.
ॐ पूतात्मने नमः
The supreme Self.
ॐ परमात्मने नमः
The highest goal of the liberated ones.
ॐ मुक्तानां परमायै गतये नमः
One for whom there is no decay.
ॐ अव्ययाय नमः
One who abides in the body (pura).
ॐ पुरुषाय नमः
One who witnesses everything.
ॐ साक्षिणे नमः
The knower of the field (body).
ॐ क्षेत्रज्ञाय नमः
He who is indestructible.
ॐ अक्षराय नमः
One attainable through Yoga.
ॐ योगाय नमः
The master of those established in Yoga.
ॐ योगविदां नेत्रे नमः
The master of Pradhāna (Prakṛti) and Puruṣa (Jīva).
ॐ प्रधानपुरुषेश्वराय नमः
One who combined the bodies of a man and a lion.
ॐ नारसिंहवपुषे नमः
One on whose chest the goddess Śrī always dwells.
ॐ श्रीमते नमः
One whose locks (keśa) are beautiful.
ॐ केशवाय नमः
The greatest among all Puruṣas.
ॐ पुरुषोत्तमाय नमः
The omniscient source of all existence.
ॐ सर्वस्मै नमः
Destroyer.
ॐ शर्वाय नमः
The pure one.
ॐ शिवाय नमः
One who is steady, immovable and changeless.
ॐ स्थाणवे नमः
Source of all elements.
ॐ भूतादये नमः
The changeless, indestructible Being in whom the universe dissolves at Pralaya.
ॐ निधयेऽव्ययाय नमः
One who incarnates by His own will.
ॐ सम्भवाय नमः
One who generates the fruits of Karma for all Jīvas.
ॐ भावनाय नमः
One who supports the universe as its substratum.
ॐ भर्त्रे नमः
One from whom all great elements have their birth.
ॐ प्रभवाय नमः
One who is adept in all rites.
ॐ प्रभवे नमः
One who has unlimited lordliness and power over all things.
ॐ ईश्वराय नमः
One who exists by Himself, uncaused.
ॐ स्वयम्भुवे नमः
One who bestows happiness on devotees.
ॐ शम्भवे नमः
The golden-hued person in the sun's orb.
ॐ आदित्याय नमः
One with eyes resembling lotus petals.
ॐ पुष्कराक्षाय नमः
One from whom comes the great sound – the Veda.
ॐ महास्वनाय नमः
The one existence that has neither beginning nor end.
ॐ अनादिनिधनाय नमः
One who is the support of the universe.
ॐ धात्रे नमः
He who generates Karmas and their fruits.
ॐ विधात्रे नमः
The ultimate support of everything.
ॐ धातवे उत्तमाय नमः
One not measurable by any means of knowledge.
ॐ अप्रमेयाय नमः
The master of the senses.
ॐ हृषीकेशाय नमः
He in whose navel stands the lotus, the source of the universe.
ॐ पद्मनाभाय नमः
The master of the immortal ones (Devas).
ॐ अमरप्रभवे नमः
He whose works have resulted in all that exists.
ॐ विश्वकर्मणे नमः