Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

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Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

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इतीदं कीर्तनीयस्य केशवस्य महात्मनः। नाम्नां सहस्रं दिव्यानामशेषेण प्रकीर्तितम्

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[phala.1] Thus the thousand sky-names of Keśava, the great-self who is to be mentioned, have been told without remainder.

Word make-up
itīdaṃ (इतीदं)
itīdaṃ
From the verse: itīdaṃ.
kīrtanīyasya (कीर्तनीयस्य)
to be mentioned
kīrt, “to mention, to tell.”
keśavasya (केशवस्य)
Keśava
keśa (“hair”) + -va; also slayer of Keśin.
mahātmanaḥ (महात्मनः)
of the great-self
mahat + ātman.
nāmnāṃ (नाम्नां)
nāmnāṃ
From the verse: nāmnāṃ.
sahasraṃ (सहस्रं)
a thousand
A thousand.
divyānāmaśeṣeṇa (दिव्यानामशेषेण)
divyānāmaśeṣeṇa
From the verse: divyānāmaśeṣeṇa.
prakīrtitam (प्रकीर्तितम्)
has been told
pra-kīrt.

य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यं यश्चापि परिकीर्तयेत्। नाशुभं प्राप्नुयात्किंचित्सोऽमुत्रेह च मानवः

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[phala.2] Whoever should hear this daily, and whoever should also tell it around — that human would reach nothing unwell, here or in the other place.

Word make-up
ya (य)
going to; related to
-ya: a suffix of relation or gerundive. Related to; to be ...
idaṃ (इदं)
idaṃ
From the verse: idaṃ.
śṛṇuyānnityaṃ (शृणुयान्नित्यं)
śṛṇuyānnityaṃ
From the verse: śṛṇuyānnityaṃ.
yaścāpi (यश्चापि)
yaścāpi
From the verse: yaścāpi.
parikīrtayet (परिकीर्तयेत्)
should tell around
pari-kīrt.
nāśubhaṃ (नाशुभं)
nāśubhaṃ
From the verse: nāśubhaṃ.
prāpnuyātkiñcitso'mutreha (प्राप्नुयात्किञ्चित्सोऽमुत्रेह)
prāpnuyātkiñcitso'mutreha
From the verse: prāpnuyātkiñcitso'mutreha.
ca (च)
and
Enclitic particle: “and, also.”
mānavaḥ (मानवः)
a human
From manu. A child of Manu.

वेदान्तगो ब्राह्मणः स्यात्क्षत्रियो विजयी भवेत्। वैश्यो धनसमृद्धः स्याच्छूद्रः सुखमवाप्नुयात्

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[phala.3] A brāhmaṇa would become one gone to the Veda’s end; a kṣatriya would become victorious; a vaiśya would become grown in wealth; a śūdra would reach ease.

Word make-up
vedāntago (वेदान्तगो)
vedāntago
From the verse: vedāntago.
brāhmaṇaḥ (ब्राह्मणः)
one of brahman
Belonging to brahman.
syātkṣatriyo (स्यात्क्षत्रियो)
syātkṣatriyo
From the verse: syātkṣatriyo.
vijayī (विजयी)
vijayī
From the verse: vijayī.
bhavet (भवेत्)
would become
Optative of bhū.
vaiśyo (वैश्यो)
vaiśyo
From the verse: vaiśyo.
dhanasamṛddhaḥ (धनसमृद्धः)
dhanasamṛddhaḥ
From the verse: dhanasamṛddhaḥ.
syācchūdraḥ (स्याच्छूद्रः)
syācchūdraḥ
From the verse: syācchūdraḥ.
sukhamavāpnuyāt (सुखमवाप्नुयात्)
sukhamavāpnuyāt
From the verse: sukhamavāpnuyāt.

धर्मार्थी प्राप्नुयाद्धर्ममर्थार्थी चार्थमाप्नुयात्। कामानवाप्नुयात्कामी प्रजार्थी चाप्नुयात्प्रजाम्

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[phala.4] One seeking dharma would reach dharma; one seeking artha would reach artha; the desiring one would reach desires; one seeking offspring would reach offspring.

Word make-up
dharmārthī (धर्मार्थी)
dharmārthī
From the verse: dharmārthī.
prāpnuyāddharmamarthārthī (प्राप्नुयाद्धर्ममर्थार्थी)
prāpnuyāddharmamarthārthī
From the verse: prāpnuyāddharmamarthārthī.
cārthamāpnuyāt (चार्थमाप्नुयात्)
cārthamāpnuyāt
From the verse: cārthamāpnuyāt.
kāmānavāpnuyātkāmī (कामानवाप्नुयात्कामी)
kāmānavāpnuyātkāmī
From the verse: kāmānavāpnuyātkāmī.
prajārthī (प्रजार्थी)
prajārthī
From the verse: prajārthī.
cāpnuyātprajām (चाप्नुयात्प्रजाम्)
cāpnuyātprajām
From the verse: cāpnuyātprajām.

भक्तिमान् यः सदोत्थाय शुचिस्तद्गतमानसः। सहस्रं वासुदेवस्य नाम्नामेतत्प्रकीर्तयेत्

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[phala.5] Whoever, having bhakti, rising always, clean, mind gone to him, should tell around this thousand of Vāsudeva’s names —

Word make-up
bhaktimān (भक्तिमान्)
bhaktimān
From the verse: bhaktimān.
yaḥ (यः)
who
Nominative singular of yad: “who, which.” Relative stem ya-.
sadotthāya (सदोत्थाय)
sadotthāya
From the verse: sadotthāya.
śucistadgatamānasaḥ (शुचिस्तद्गतमानसः)
śucistadgatamānasaḥ
From the verse: śucistadgatamānasaḥ.
sahasraṃ (सहस्रं)
a thousand
A thousand.
vāsudevasya (वासुदेवस्य)
the shining one of Vasudeva; the indwelling shining
Vasudeva (vasu “good/shine” + deva) + -a: son of Vasudeva; also vāsu (from vas, “to dwell”) + deva (div, “to shine”). The shining one who dwells.
nāmnāmetatprakīrtayet (नाम्नामेतत्प्रकीर्तयेत्)
nāmnāmetatprakīrtayet
From the verse: nāmnāmetatprakīrtayet.

यशः प्राप्नोति विपुलं ज्ञातिप्राधान्यमेव च। अचलां श्रियमाप्नोति श्रेयः प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमम्

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[phala.6] He reaches wide fame and first-ness among kin; he reaches unmoving śrī; he reaches the furthest better.

Word make-up
yaśaḥ (यशः)
yaśaḥ
From the verse: yaśaḥ.
prāpnoti (प्राप्नोति)
prāpnoti
From the verse: prāpnoti.
vipulaṃ (विपुलं)
wide
Wide, much.
jñātiprādhānyameva (ज्ञातिप्राधान्यमेव)
jñātiprādhānyameva
From the verse: jñātiprādhānyameva.
ca (च)
and
Enclitic particle: “and, also.”
acalāṃ (अचलां)
unmoving
a- + cal, “to move.”
śriyamāpnoti (श्रियमाप्नोति)
śriyamāpnoti
From the verse: śriyamāpnoti.
śreyaḥ (श्रेयः)
śreyaḥ
From the verse: śreyaḥ.
prāpnotyanuttamam (प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमम्)
prāpnotyanuttamam
From the verse: prāpnotyanuttamam.

न भयं क्वचिदाप्नोति वीर्यं तेजश्च विन्दति। भवत्यरोगो द्युतिमान्बलरूपगुणान्वितः

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[phala.7] He reaches fear nowhere; he finds force and glow; he becomes without disease, glowing, joined with strength, form, and the strands.

Word make-up
na (न)
not
Negation particle: “not.” It turns a statement back.
bhayaṃ (भयं)
fear
bhī, “to fear.”
kvacidāpnoti (क्वचिदाप्नोति)
kvacidāpnoti
From the verse: kvacidāpnoti.
vīryaṃ (वीर्यं)
manhood; force
vīr, a man of force.
tejaśca (तेजश्च)
tejaśca
From the verse: tejaśca.
vindati (विन्दति)
finds
vid, “to find.”
bhavatyarogo (भवत्यरोगो)
bhavatyarogo
From the verse: bhavatyarogo.
dyutimānbalarūpaguṇānvitaḥ (द्युतिमान्बलरूपगुणान्वितः)
dyutimānbalarūpaguṇānvitaḥ
From the verse: dyutimānbalarūpaguṇānvitaḥ.

रोगार्तो मुच्यते रोगाद्बद्धो मुच्येत बन्धनात्। भयान्मुच्येत भीतस्तु मुच्येतापन्न आपदः

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[phala.8] One pained by disease is released from disease; the bound would be released from binding; the afraid would be released from fear; one fallen into a tight place would be released from distress.

Word make-up
rogārto (रोगार्तो)
rogārto
From the verse: rogārto.
mucyate (मुच्यते)
is released
muc, “to release.”
rogādbaddho (रोगाद्बद्धो)
rogādbaddho
From the verse: rogādbaddho.
mucyeta (मुच्येत)
mucyeta
From the verse: mucyeta.
bandhanāt (बन्धनात्)
bandhanāt
From the verse: bandhanāt.
bhayānmucyeta (भयान्मुच्येत)
bhayānmucyeta
From the verse: bhayānmucyeta.
bhītastu (भीतस्तु)
bhītastu
From the verse: bhītastu.
mucyetāpanna (मुच्येतापन्न)
mucyetāpanna
From the verse: mucyetāpanna.
āpadaḥ (आपदः)
āpadaḥ
From the verse: āpadaḥ.

दुर्गाण्यतितरत्याशु पुरुषः पुरुषोत्तमम्। स्तुवन्नामसहस्रेण नित्यं भक्तिसमन्वितः

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[phala.9] A person who, joined with bhakti, daily praises the furthest Person with the thousand names quickly crosses the hard passes.

Word make-up
durgāṇyatitaratyāśu (दुर्गाण्यतितरत्याशु)
durgāṇyatitaratyāśu
From the verse: durgāṇyatitaratyāśu.
puruṣaḥ (पुरुषः)
the Person
Often read as pur (“citadel”) + śī, “to lie,” or as pṝ, “to fill.” The Person who lies in the stronghold; the filling one.
puruṣottamam (पुरुषोत्तमम्)
the highest Person
puruṣa + uttama, accusative.
stuvannāmasahasreṇa (स्तुवन्नामसहस्रेण)
stuvannāmasahasreṇa
From the verse: stuvannāmasahasreṇa.
nityaṃ (नित्यं)
abiding
Always; not passing.
bhaktisamanvitaḥ (भक्तिसमन्वितः)
bhaktisamanvitaḥ
From the verse: bhaktisamanvitaḥ.

वासुदेवाश्रयो मर्त्यो वासुदेवपरायणः। सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा याति ब्रह्म सनातनम्

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[phala.10] A mortal whose resort is Vāsudeva, whose highest going-to is Vāsudeva, self cleaned of every ill-deed, goes to the always brahman.

Word make-up
vāsudevāśrayo (वासुदेवाश्रयो)
vāsudevāśrayo
From the verse: vāsudevāśrayo.
martyo (मर्त्यो)
martyo
From the verse: martyo.
vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ (वासुदेवपरायणः)
vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ
From the verse: vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ.
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā (सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा)
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā
From the verse: sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā.
yāti (याति)
goes
yā.
brahma (ब्रह्म)
brahma
From the verse: brahma.
sanātanam (सनातनम्)
of old, always
sanā, “from of old.”

न वासुदेवभक्तानामशुभं विद्यते क्वचित्। जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिभयं नैवोपजायते

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[phala.11] For those of bhakti toward Vāsudeva, the unwell is found nowhere; fear of birth, death, aging, and illness does not arise.

Word make-up
na (न)
not
Negation particle: “not.” It turns a statement back.
vāsudevabhaktānāmaśubhaṃ (वासुदेवभक्तानामशुभं)
vāsudevabhaktānāmaśubhaṃ
From the verse: vāsudevabhaktānāmaśubhaṃ.
vidyate (विद्यते)
vidyate
From the verse: vidyate.
kvacit (क्वचित्)
anywhere
ku + cid.
janmamṛtyujarāvyādhibhayaṃ (जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिभयं)
janmamṛtyujarāvyādhibhayaṃ
From the verse: janmamṛtyujarāvyādhibhayaṃ.
naivopajāyate (नैवोपजायते)
naivopajāyate
From the verse: naivopajāyate.

इमं स्तवमधीयानः श्रद्धाभक्तिसमन्वितः। युज्येतात्मसुखक्षान्तिश्रीधृतिस्मृतिकीर्तिभिः

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[phala.12] One studying this praise-song, joined with setting-heart and bhakti, would be yoked with ease of self, forbearance, śrī, holding, remembering, and fame.

Word make-up
imaṃ (इमं)
imaṃ
From the verse: imaṃ.
stavamadhīyānaḥ (स्तवमधीयानः)
stavamadhīyānaḥ
From the verse: stavamadhīyānaḥ.
śraddhābhaktisamanvitaḥ (श्रद्धाभक्तिसमन्वितः)
śraddhābhaktisamanvitaḥ
From the verse: śraddhābhaktisamanvitaḥ.
yujyetātmasukhakṣāntiśrīdhṛtismṛtikīrtibhiḥ (युज्येतात्मसुखक्षान्तिश्रीधृतिस्मृतिकीर्तिभिः)
yujyetātmasukhakṣāntiśrīdhṛtismṛtikīrtibhiḥ
From the verse: yujyetātmasukhakṣāntiśrīdhṛtismṛtikīrtibhiḥ.

न क्रोधो न च मात्सर्यं न लोभो नाशुभा मतिः। भवन्ति कृतपुण्यानां भक्तानां पुरुषोत्तमे

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[phala.13] Anger, envy, greed, and unwell thought do not come to be in those who have done the well-done, who have bhakti toward the furthest Person.

Word make-up
na (न)
not
Negation particle: “not.” It turns a statement back.
krodho (क्रोधो)
krodho
From the verse: krodho.
na (न)
not
Negation particle: “not.” It turns a statement back.
ca (च)
and
Enclitic particle: “and, also.”
mātsaryaṃ (मात्सर्यं)
envy
From matsara. Grudging.
na (न)
not
Negation particle: “not.” It turns a statement back.
lobho (लोभो)
lobho
From the verse: lobho.
nāśubhā (नाशुभा)
nāśubhā
From the verse: nāśubhā.
matiḥ (मतिः)
thought
man.
bhavanti (भवन्ति)
bhavanti
From the verse: bhavanti.
kṛtapuṇyānāṃ (कृतपुण्यानां)
kṛtapuṇyānāṃ
From the verse: kṛtapuṇyānāṃ.
bhaktānāṃ (भक्तानां)
bhaktānāṃ
From the verse: bhaktānāṃ.
puruṣottame (पुरुषोत्तमे)
puruṣottame
From the verse: puruṣottame.

द्यौः सचन्द्रार्कनक्षत्रा खं दिशो भूर्महोदधिः। वासुदेवस्य वीर्येण विधृतानि महात्मनः

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[phala.14] Heaven with moon, sun, and stars, space, the quarters, earth, and the great ocean are upheld by the force of that great-self, Vāsudeva.

Word make-up
dyauḥ (द्यौः)
dyauḥ
From the verse: dyauḥ.
sacandrārkanakṣatrā (सचन्द्रार्कनक्षत्रा)
sacandrārkanakṣatrā
From the verse: sacandrārkanakṣatrā.
khaṃ (खं)
khaṃ
From the verse: khaṃ.
diśo (दिशो)
diśo
From the verse: diśo.
bhūrmahodadhiḥ (भूर्महोदधिः)
bhūrmahodadhiḥ
From the verse: bhūrmahodadhiḥ.
vāsudevasya (वासुदेवस्य)
the shining one of Vasudeva; the indwelling shining
Vasudeva (vasu “good/shine” + deva) + -a: son of Vasudeva; also vāsu (from vas, “to dwell”) + deva (div, “to shine”). The shining one who dwells.
vīryeṇa (वीर्येण)
vīryeṇa
From the verse: vīryeṇa.
vidhṛtāni (विधृतानि)
vidhṛtāni
From the verse: vidhṛtāni.
mahātmanaḥ (महात्मनः)
of the great-self
mahat + ātman.

ससुरासुरगन्धर्वं सयक्षोरगराक्षसम्। जगद्वशे वर्ततेदं कृष्णस्य सचराचरम्

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[phala.15] This going-world, with gods, asuras, and gandharvas, with yakṣas, serpents, and rākṣasas, moving and unmoving, turns in the will of Kṛṣṇa.

Word make-up
sasurāsuragandharvaṃ (ससुरासुरगन्धर्वं)
sasurāsuragandharvaṃ
From the verse: sasurāsuragandharvaṃ.
sayakṣoragarākṣasam (सयक्षोरगराक्षसम्)
sayakṣoragarākṣasam
From the verse: sayakṣoragarākṣasam.
jagadvaśe (जगद्वशे)
jagadvaśe
From the verse: jagadvaśe.
vartatedaṃ (वर्ततेदं)
vartatedaṃ
From the verse: vartatedaṃ.
kṛṣṇasya (कृष्णस्य)
the dark one
From kṛṣ, “to draw, to drag,” or as the dark colour. The dark one; he who draws.
sacarācaram (सचराचरम्)
sacarācaram
From the verse: sacarācaram.

इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिः सत्त्वं तेजो बलं धृतिः। वासुदेवात्मकान्याहुः क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञ एव च

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[phala.16] The sense-powers, mind, waking-mind, being-stuff, glow, strength, and holding — they say these have Vāsudeva as self; and the field, and the knower of the field.

Word make-up
indriyāṇi (इन्द्रियाणि)
indriyāṇi
From the verse: indriyāṇi.
mano (मनो)
mano
From the verse: mano.
buddhiḥ (बुद्धिः)
the waking-mind
budh, “to wake, to know.”
sattvaṃ (सत्त्वं)
being-stuff; clarity
sat + tva. Being; the clear strand.
tejo (तेजो)
tejo
From the verse: tejo.
balaṃ (बलं)
strength
bal, “to be strong.”
dhṛtiḥ (धृतिः)
holding
dhṛ.
vāsudevātmakānyāhuḥ (वासुदेवात्मकान्याहुः)
vāsudevātmakānyāhuḥ
From the verse: vāsudevātmakānyāhuḥ.
kṣetraṃ (क्षेत्रं)
field
kṣi, “to dwell.”
kṣetrajña (क्षेत्रज्ञ)
knower of the field
kṣetra (kṣi, “to dwell”: the field) + jña (jñā, “to know”). He who knows the field.
eva (एव)
just; indeed
Particle of restriction or emphasis: “only, just, indeed.”
ca (च)
and
Enclitic particle: “and, also.”

सर्वागमानामाचारः प्रथमं परिकल्प्यते। आचारप्रभवो धर्मो धर्मस्य प्रभुरच्युतः

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[phala.17] Conduct is arranged first among all come-down teachings. Dharma is born of conduct. The master of dharma is Acyuta.

Word make-up
sarvāgamānāmācāraḥ (सर्वागमानामाचारः)
sarvāgamānāmācāraḥ
From the verse: sarvāgamānāmācāraḥ.
prathamaṃ (प्रथमं)
first
The first.
parikalpyate (परिकल्प्यते)
is arranged
pari-kḷp.
ācāraprabhavo (आचारप्रभवो)
ācāraprabhavo
From the verse: ācāraprabhavo.
dharmo (धर्मो)
dharmo
From the verse: dharmo.
dharmasya (धर्मस्य)
holding-law
dhṛ, “to hold.” What holds a thing in its way.
prabhuracyutaḥ (प्रभुरच्युतः)
prabhuracyutaḥ
From the verse: prabhuracyutaḥ.

ऋषयः पितरो देवा महाभूतानि धातवः। जङ्गमाजङ्गमं चेदं जगन्नारायणोद्भवम्

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[phala.18] Seers, fathers, gods, the great elements, the layers, and this going-world, moving and unmoving — it is born of Nārāyaṇa.

Word make-up
ṛṣayaḥ (ऋषयः)
ṛṣayaḥ
From the verse: ṛṣayaḥ.
pitaro (पितरो)
pitaro
From the verse: pitaro.
devā (देवा)
devā
From the verse: devā.
mahābhūtāni (महाभूतानि)
mahābhūtāni
From the verse: mahābhūtāni.
dhātavaḥ (धातवः)
dhātavaḥ
From the verse: dhātavaḥ.
jaṅgamājaṅgamaṃ (जङ्गमाजङ्गमं)
jaṅgamājaṅgamaṃ
From the verse: jaṅgamājaṅgamaṃ.
cedaṃ (चेदं)
cedaṃ
From the verse: cedaṃ.
jagannārāyaṇodbhavam (जगन्नारायणोद्भवम्)
jagannārāyaṇodbhavam
From the verse: jagannārāyaṇodbhavam.

योगो ज्ञानं तथा सांख्यं विद्याः शिल्पादिकर्म च। वेदाः शास्त्राणि विज्ञानमेतत्सर्वं जनार्दनात्

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[phala.19] Yoking, knowing, and enumeration; the knowledges and craft-work; the Vedas, the instructions, and knowing-apart — all this is from Janārdana.

Word make-up
yogo (योगो)
yogo
From the verse: yogo.
jñānaṃ (ज्ञानं)
knowing
jñā.
tathā (तथा)
in that way
ta- + thā: “in that way, so.”
sāṅkhyaṃ (साङ्ख्यं)
of the enumeration
sam-khyā. Sāṅkhya; the count.
vidyāḥ (विद्याः)
finding-knowledge
vid, “to find, to know.”
śilpādikarma (शिल्पादिकर्म)
śilpādikarma
From the verse: śilpādikarma.
ca (च)
and
Enclitic particle: “and, also.”
vedāḥ (वेदाः)
the knowing
From vid, “to know.” Knowledge; the Veda as what is known.
śāstrāṇi (शास्त्राणि)
śāstrāṇi
From the verse: śāstrāṇi.
vijñānametatsarvaṃ (विज्ञानमेतत्सर्वं)
vijñānametatsarvaṃ
From the verse: vijñānametatsarvaṃ.
janārdanāt (जनार्दनात्)
janārdanāt
From the verse: janārdanāt.

एको विष्णुर्महद्भूतं पृथग्भूतान्यनेकशः। त्रींल्लोकान्व्याप्य भूतात्मा भुङ्क्ते विश्वभुगव्ययः

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[phala.20] Viṣṇu is the one great being; beings are apart, in many ways. Having pervaded the three worlds, the self of beings, the all-enjoyer who does not spend away, enjoys.

Word make-up
eko (एको)
eko
From the verse: eko.
viṣṇurmahadbhūtaṃ (विष्णुर्महद्भूतं)
viṣṇurmahadbhūtaṃ
From the verse: viṣṇurmahadbhūtaṃ.
pṛthagbhūtānyanekaśaḥ (पृथग्भूतान्यनेकशः)
pṛthagbhūtānyanekaśaḥ
From the verse: pṛthagbhūtānyanekaśaḥ.
trīṃllokānvyāpya (त्रींल्लोकान्व्याप्य)
trīṃllokānvyāpya
From the verse: trīṃllokānvyāpya.
bhūtātmā (भूतात्मा)
bhūtātmā
From the verse: bhūtātmā.
bhuṅkte (भुङ्क्ते)
enjoys; eats
bhuj.
viśvabhugavyayaḥ (विश्वभुगव्ययः)
viśvabhugavyayaḥ
From the verse: viśvabhugavyayaḥ.

इमं स्तवं भगवतो विष्णोर्व्यासेन कीर्तितम्। पठेद्य इच्छेत्पुरुषः श्रेयः प्राप्तुं सुखानि च

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[phala.21] This praise-song of blessed Viṣṇu, told by Vyāsa — whichever person should recite it, wishing to reach the better and eases.

Word make-up
imaṃ (इमं)
imaṃ
From the verse: imaṃ.
stavaṃ (स्तवं)
a praise-song
stu, “to praise.”
bhagavato (भगवतो)
bhagavato
From the verse: bhagavato.
viṣṇorvyāsena (विष्णोर्व्यासेन)
viṣṇorvyāsena
From the verse: viṣṇorvyāsena.
kīrtitam (कीर्तितम्)
kīrtitam
From the verse: kīrtitam.
paṭhedya (पठेद्य)
paṭhedya
From the verse: paṭhedya.
icchetpuruṣaḥ (इच्छेत्पुरुषः)
icchetpuruṣaḥ
From the verse: icchetpuruṣaḥ.
śreyaḥ (श्रेयः)
śreyaḥ
From the verse: śreyaḥ.
prāptuṃ (प्राप्तुं)
prāptuṃ
From the verse: prāptuṃ.
sukhāni (सुखानि)
sukhāni
From the verse: sukhāni.
ca (च)
and
Enclitic particle: “and, also.”

विश्वेश्वरमजं देवं जगतः प्रभुमव्ययम्। भजन्ति ये पुष्कराक्षं न ते यान्ति पराभवम्

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[phala.22] Those who turn to the lotus-eyed, master of the all, the unborn god, master of the going-world who does not spend away — they do not go to defeat.

Word make-up
viśveśvaramajaṃ (विश्वेश्वरमजं)
viśveśvaramajaṃ
From the verse: viśveśvaramajaṃ.
devaṃ (देवं)
the shining one
From div, “to shine, to play.” A god; the shining one.
jagataḥ (जगतः)
jagataḥ
From the verse: jagataḥ.
prabhumavyayam (प्रभुमव्ययम्)
prabhumavyayam
From the verse: prabhumavyayam.
bhajanti (भजन्ति)
they turn to
bhaj.
ye (ये)
ye
From the verse: ye.
puṣkarākṣaṃ (पुष्कराक्षं)
lotus-eyed
puṣkara (lotus; also a water-place) + akṣa (eye). He whose eyes are lotuses.
na (न)
not
Negation particle: “not.” It turns a statement back.
te (ते)
they; to you; your
Enclitic of yuṣmad (“your / to you”) or nominative plural of tad (“they”). Sense follows the verse.
yānti (यान्ति)
they go
yā, “to go.”
parābhavam (पराभवम्)
defeat
parā-bhū, “to be overcome.”

अर्जुन उवाच। पद्मपत्रविशालाक्ष पद्मनाभ सुरोत्तम। भक्तानामनुरक्तानां त्राता भव जनार्दन

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[phala.23] Arjuna said: O wide-eyed with lotus petals, lotus-navelled, highest of the shining ones — be the rescuer of those of bhakti, those dyed toward you, O Janārdana.

Word make-up
arjuna (अर्जुन)
Arjuna
The white one; Pāṇḍu’s son.
uvāca (उवाच)
said
Perfect of vac, “to speak.”
padmapatraviśālākṣa (पद्मपत्रविशालाक्ष)
padmapatraviśālākṣa
From the verse: padmapatraviśālākṣa.
padmanābha (पद्मनाभ)
lotus-navelled
padma (lotus) + nābhi (navel). He whose navel is the lotus from which Brahmā rises.
surottama (सुरोत्तम)
highest of the shining ones
sura + uttama.
bhaktānāmanuraktānāṃ (भक्तानामनुरक्तानां)
bhaktānāmanuraktānāṃ
From the verse: bhaktānāmanuraktānāṃ.
trātā (त्राता)
trātā
From the verse: trātā.
bhava (भव)
be!
Imperative of bhū.
janārdana (जनार्दन)
agitator of people
jana (jan, “to be born”: people) + ardana (ard, “to stir, to distress”). He who stirs people; who presses the wicked among men.

श्रीभगवानुवाच। यो मां नामसहस्रेण स्तोतुमिच्छति पाण्डव। सोऽहमेकेन श्लोकेन स्तुत एव न संशयः

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[phala.24] The blessed one said: Whoever wishes to praise me with the thousand names, O son of Pāṇḍu — I am praised by that one with a single śloka. There is no doubt.

Word make-up
śrībhagavānuvāca (श्रीभगवानुवाच)
śrībhagavānuvāca
From the verse: śrībhagavānuvāca.
yo (यो)
who
yaḥ before voiced sound.
māṃ (मां)
to measure
mā, “to measure.” Measuring.
nāmasahasreṇa (नामसहस्रेण)
with the thousand names
nāman + sahasra, instrumental.
stotumicchati (स्तोतुमिच्छति)
stotumicchati
From the verse: stotumicchati.
pāṇḍava (पाण्डव)
son of Pāṇḍu
Pāṇḍu’s son.
so'hamekena (सोऽहमेकेन)
so'hamekena
From the verse: so'hamekena.
ślokena (श्लोकेन)
ślokena
From the verse: ślokena.
stuta (स्तुत)
praised
stu.
eva (एव)
just; indeed
Particle of restriction or emphasis: “only, just, indeed.”
na (न)
not
Negation particle: “not.” It turns a statement back.
saṃśayaḥ (संशयः)
doubt
sam-śī, “to lie together”: a split-mind.

व्यास उवाच। वासनाद्वासुदेवस्य वासितं भुवनत्रयम्। सर्वभूतनिवासोऽसि वासुदेव नमोऽस्तु ते

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[phala.25] Vyāsa said: From the dwelling of Vāsudeva the three worlds are made to dwell. You are the dwelling of all beings. Vāsudeva, a bow to you.

Word make-up
vyāsa (व्यास)
Vyāsa
vi-as, “to throw apart.” The arranger who divides the Veda; the compiler.
uvāca (उवाच)
said
Perfect of vac, “to speak.”
vāsanādvāsudevasya (वासनाद्वासुदेवस्य)
vāsanādvāsudevasya
From the verse: vāsanādvāsudevasya.
vāsitaṃ (वासितं)
made to dwell
vas, causative.
bhuvanatrayam (भुवनत्रयम्)
the three worlds
bhuvana + traya.
sarvabhūtanivāso'si (सर्वभूतनिवासोऽसि)
sarvabhūtanivāso'si
From the verse: sarvabhūtanivāso'si.
vāsudeva (वासुदेव)
the shining one of Vasudeva; the indwelling shining
Vasudeva (vasu “good/shine” + deva) + -a: son of Vasudeva; also vāsu (from vas, “to dwell”) + deva (div, “to shine”). The shining one who dwells.
namo'stu (नमोऽस्तु)
namo'stu
From the verse: namo'stu.
te (ते)
they; to you; your
Enclitic of yuṣmad (“your / to you”) or nominative plural of tad (“they”). Sense follows the verse.

पार्वत्युवाच। केनोपायेन लघुना विष्णोर्नामसहस्रकम्। पठ्यते पण्डितैर्नित्यं श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं प्रभो

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[phala.26] Pārvatī said: By what short means, O master, is Viṣṇu’s thousand-name told daily by knowers? I wish to hear.

Word make-up
pārvatyuvāca (पार्वत्युवाच)
pārvatyuvāca
From the verse: pārvatyuvāca.
kenopāyena (केनोपायेन)
kenopāyena
From the verse: kenopāyena.
laghunā (लघुना)
laghunā
From the verse: laghunā.
viṣṇornāmasahasrakam (विष्णोर्नामसहस्रकम्)
viṣṇornāmasahasrakam
From the verse: viṣṇornāmasahasrakam.
paṭhyate (पठ्यते)
paṭhyate
From the verse: paṭhyate.
paṇḍitairnityaṃ (पण्डितैर्नित्यं)
paṇḍitairnityaṃ
From the verse: paṇḍitairnityaṃ.
śrotumicchāmyahaṃ (श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं)
śrotumicchāmyahaṃ
From the verse: śrotumicchāmyahaṃ.
prabho (प्रभो)
O master
Vocative of prabhu.

ईश्वर उवाच। श्रीराम राम रामेति रमे रामे मनोरमे। सहस्रनामतत्तुल्यं रामनाम वरानने

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[phala.27] The master said: “Rāma, Rāma, Rāma” — I delight in Rāma, O mind-delighting one. The name Rāma is equal to that thousand-name, O fair-faced.

Word make-up
īśvara (ईश्वर)
the master
īś, “to own, to be master” + -vara. He who is master; the lord.
uvāca (उवाच)
said
Perfect of vac, “to speak.”
śrīrāma (श्रीराम)
śrīrāma
From the verse: śrīrāma.
rāma (राम)
Rāma
ram, “to delight.” The delightful one.
rāmeti (रामेति)
rāmeti
From the verse: rāmeti.
rame (रमे)
I delight
ram.
rāme (रामे)
rāme
From the verse: rāme.
manorame (मनोरमे)
O mind-delighting
manas + ram.
sahasranāmatattulyaṃ (सहस्रनामतत्तुल्यं)
sahasranāmatattulyaṃ
From the verse: sahasranāmatattulyaṃ.
rāmanāma (रामनाम)
rāmanāma
From the verse: rāmanāma.
varānane (वरानने)
O fair-faced
vara + ānana.

ब्रह्मोवाच। नमोऽस्त्वनन्ताय सहस्रमूर्तये सहस्रपादाक्षिशिरोरुबाहवे। सहस्रनाम्ने पुरुषाय शाश्वते सहस्रकोटियुगधारिणे नमः

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[phala.28] Brahmā said: A bow to the endless, of a thousand embodiments, of a thousand feet, eyes, heads, and arms; a bow to the Person of a thousand names, the abiding, holder of a thousand crores of ages.

Word make-up
brahmovāca (ब्रह्मोवाच)
brahmovāca
From the verse: brahmovāca.
namo'stvanantāya (नमोऽस्त्वनन्ताय)
namo'stvanantāya
From the verse: namo'stvanantāya.
sahasramūrtaye (सहस्रमूर्तये)
sahasramūrtaye
From the verse: sahasramūrtaye.
sahasrapādākṣiśirorubāhave (सहस्रपादाक्षिशिरोरुबाहवे)
sahasrapādākṣiśirorubāhave
From the verse: sahasrapādākṣiśirorubāhave.
sahasranāmne (सहस्रनाम्ने)
sahasranāmne
From the verse: sahasranāmne.
puruṣāya (पुरुषाय)
the Person
Often read as pur (“citadel”) + śī, “to lie,” or as pṝ, “to fill.” The Person who lies in the stronghold; the filling one.
śāśvate (शाश्वते)
śāśvate
From the verse: śāśvate.
sahasrakoṭiyugadhāriṇe (सहस्रकोटियुगधारिणे)
sahasrakoṭiyugadhāriṇe
From the verse: sahasrakoṭiyugadhāriṇe.
namaḥ (नमः)
bow; homage
From nam, “to bend.” A bending; homage. Form with visarga.

सञ्जय उवाच। यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः। तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम

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[phala.29] Sañjaya said: Where Kṛṣṇa is, master of yoga, and where the son of Pṛthā is, bow-bearer — there are śrī, victory, thriving, fixed right-leading. That is my thought.

Word make-up
sañjaya (सञ्जय)
Sañjaya
sam-ji: complete victory.
uvāca (उवाच)
said
Perfect of vac, “to speak.”
yatra (यत्र)
where
Where.
yogeśvaraḥ (योगेश्वरः)
master of yoga
yoga + īśvara.
kṛṣṇo (कृष्णो)
kṛṣṇo
From the verse: kṛṣṇo.
yatra (यत्र)
where
Where.
pārtho (पार्थो)
pārtho
From the verse: pārtho.
dhanurdharaḥ (धनुर्धरः)
bow-bearer
dhanus + dhara.
tatra (तत्र)
there
There.
śrīrvijayo (श्रीर्विजयो)
śrīrvijayo
From the verse: śrīrvijayo.
bhūtirdhruvā (भूतिर्ध्रुवा)
bhūtirdhruvā
From the verse: bhūtirdhruvā.
nītirmatirmama (नीतिर्मतिर्मम)
nītirmatirmama
From the verse: nītirmatirmama.

श्रीभगवानुवाच। अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते। तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्

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[phala.30] The blessed one said: Those people who sit around me in worship, thinking with no other — for those always yoked toward me, I carry the getting and the keeping.

Word make-up
śrībhagavānuvāca (श्रीभगवानुवाच)
śrībhagavānuvāca
From the verse: śrībhagavānuvāca.
ananyāścintayanto (अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो)
ananyāścintayanto
From the verse: ananyāścintayanto.
māṃ (मां)
to measure
mā, “to measure.” Measuring.
ye (ये)
ye
From the verse: ye.
janāḥ (जनाः)
a person
jan.
paryupāsate (पर्युपासते)
they sit around in worship
pari-upa-ās.
teṣāṃ (तेषां)
teṣāṃ
From the verse: teṣāṃ.
nityābhiyuktānāṃ (नित्याभियुक्तानां)
nityābhiyuktānāṃ
From the verse: nityābhiyuktānāṃ.
yogakṣemaṃ (योगक्षेमं)
the getting and the keeping
yoga (getting) + kṣema (keeping safe).
vahāmyaham (वहाम्यहम्)
vahāmyaham
From the verse: vahāmyaham.

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्। धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे

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[phala.31] For the rescuing of the straight, and for the destruction of the ill-done, for the setting-together of dharma, I come to be from age to age.

Word make-up
paritrāṇāya (परित्राणाय)
rescuing-around
pari-trā.
sādhūnāṃ (साधूनां)
sādhūnāṃ
From the verse: sādhūnāṃ.
vināśāya (विनाशाय)
destruction
vi-naś.
ca (च)
and
Enclitic particle: “and, also.”
duṣkṛtām (दुष्कृताम्)
duṣkṛtām
From the verse: duṣkṛtām.
dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya (धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय)
dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya
From the verse: dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya.
sambhavāmi (सम्भवामि)
I come to be
sam-bhū.
yuge (युगे)
yuge
From the verse: yuge.
yuge (युगे)
yuge
From the verse: yuge.

आर्ता विषण्णाः शिथिलाश्च भीता घोरेषु च व्याधिषु वर्तमानाः। संकीर्त्य नारायणशब्दमात्रं विमुक्तदुःखाः सुखिनो भवन्तु

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[phala.32] The stricken, the cast-down, the slack, the afraid, and those standing in dread diseases — having told together the mere word Nārāyaṇa, released from unease, let them be at ease.

Word make-up
ārtā (आर्ता)
ārtā
From the verse: ārtā.
viṣaṇṇāḥ (विषण्णाः)
cast down
vi-sad.
śithilāśca (शिथिलाश्च)
śithilāśca
From the verse: śithilāśca.
bhītā (भीता)
bhītā
From the verse: bhītā.
ghoreṣu (घोरेषु)
dread
Dreadful.
ca (च)
and
Enclitic particle: “and, also.”
vyādhiṣu (व्याधिषु)
vyādhiṣu
From the verse: vyādhiṣu.
vartamānāḥ (वर्तमानाः)
vartamānāḥ
From the verse: vartamānāḥ.
saṅkīrtya (सङ्कीर्त्य)
saṅkīrtya
From the verse: saṅkīrtya.
nārāyaṇaśabdamātraṃ (नारायणशब्दमात्रं)
nārāyaṇaśabdamātraṃ
From the verse: nārāyaṇaśabdamātraṃ.
vimuktaduḥkhāḥ (विमुक्तदुःखाः)
vimuktaduḥkhāḥ
From the verse: vimuktaduḥkhāḥ.
sukhino (सुखिनो)
sukhino
From the verse: sukhino.
bhavantu (भवन्तु)
bhavantu
From the verse: bhavantu.

कायेन वाचा मनसेन्द्रियैर्वा बुद्ध्यात्मना वा प्रकृतिस्वभावात्। करोमि यद्यत्सकलं परस्मै नारायणायेति समर्पयामि

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[phala.33] With body, speech, mind, or the sense-powers, with waking-mind or self, or from the own coming-to-be of the making-forth — whatever I do, the whole, I place over to that beyond one, to Nārāyaṇa.

Word make-up
kāyena (कायेन)
body
The body.
vācā (वाचा)
vācā
From the verse: vācā.
manasendriyairvā (मनसेन्द्रियैर्वा)
manasendriyairvā
From the verse: manasendriyairvā.
buddhyātmanā (बुद्ध्यात्मना)
buddhyātmanā
From the verse: buddhyātmanā.
vā (वा)
or
Particle: “or.” A fork between two.
prakṛtisvabhāvāt (प्रकृतिस्वभावात्)
prakṛtisvabhāvāt
From the verse: prakṛtisvabhāvāt.
karomi (करोमि)
I do
kṛ.
yadyatsakalaṃ (यद्यत्सकलं)
yadyatsakalaṃ
From the verse: yadyatsakalaṃ.
parasmai (परस्मै)
to the beyond one
Dative of para.
nārāyaṇāyeti (नारायणायेति)
nārāyaṇāyeti
From the verse: nārāyaṇāyeti.
samarpayāmi (समर्पयामि)
I place over
sam-ṛ, causative: I offer up.