NOTE:
▪️Stress the letters that are in bold. Ex: bhaje
▪️Extend the letters that have a line on the letter. Example: rāja
▪️Letter ‘na’ and ‘la’ have two different pronunciations. If the letter is in uppercase (caps) ‘N’ or ‘L’, make sure to touch the tip of the tongue to the upper palate of the mouth. For example, ‘puNyam’; the latter is the normal pronunciation.
▪️Similar to ‘na’, we have two different pronunciations for ‘sha’. In ‘shiva’, ‘sh’ is simple and the normal pronunciation. In ‘viShNu’, if you observe “S” is in caps. ‘Sh’ should sound like ‘shut’, where you can feel the air releasing out of the mouth.
VISHNU SAHASRANAAMA
shrī gurubhyō namah || harih Om||
Om shuklām-baradharam viShNum shashivarNam chathurbhujam
prasanna vadhanam dhyāyeth sarva vighnopa-shānthaye ||1||`
Meaning: I meditate on that Vishnu, who is dressed in white, he is the colour of moon, With four arms, ever-smiling face. He is the one who remove all obstacles on my way and brings the peace.
nārāyaNam namas-krithya naram chaiva narō-tthamam
dhēvīm saraswathēm vyāsam thathō jaya mudhērayēth ||2||
Meaning: One should recite Jay (which is known as the Mahabharata)
only after saluting Narayan (Shri Hari Vishnu),
Arjuna who is the best man of all human beings,
Goddess Saraswati and the sage Vyasa.
vyāsam vasiShta napthāram shakthēh pou-thrama-kalmasham
Parāsharāthma-jam vandhe shukathātham thapōnidhim ||3||
Meaning: I bow before you Vyasa the one who has written mahabharatha,
The great grand son of Vasishta (vyasa is great grand son of vasishta).
The grand son of Shakthi (grand son of shakthi),
The son of Parasara (vyasa’s father is parashara) and
the father of Shuka, (Shuka is vyasa’s son)
vyāsāya viShNu rūpāya vyāsa rūpāya viShNavē
namō vai brahma-nidhayē vāsiShtāya namō namah ||4||
Meaning: I Bow before, Vyasa who is Vishnu, Vishnu who is Vyasa,
again and again I bow before, who is born, in the family of Vasishta.
avikārāya shuddhāya nithyāya paramāthmanē
sadhaika-rūpa-rūpāya viShNavē sarva jiShNavē ||5||
Meaning: I Bow I before Vishnu
Who is pure, Who is permanent, Who is the ultimate truth.
And He who (jishn) wins over, All the mortals in this world.
yasya smaraNa māthreNa janma samsāra bandhanāth
vimuchayathē namas-thasmai viShNavē prabha-viShNavē ||6||
Meaning: I Bow before Him, The all-powerful Vishnu,
The one who Releases the ties of birth and life, to the powerful Vishnu
namah samastha bhuthānām-ādhibhūthāya bhū-bhru-thaē
anēka rūpa rūpāya viShNavaē prabha-viShNavaē ||7||
Meaning: I bow the first form of all forms, who holds the earth,
Who appears in many ways, Vishnu, the creator
Om Namo viShNavē Prabha viShNavē
Vaishampāyana Uvācha
shruthvā dharmān-ashēShēNa pāvanāni cha sarvashah
yudhiShtirah shānthanavam punarēvābhyabhāShatha ||8||
Meaning: Sri Vaisampayana said:- (narrator of mahabharatha)
After hearing about Dharma, And of those methods great,
That removes sins from ones life
yudhishThira, still unsatisfied, questioned bheema.
YudhiShtira Uvācha
kimēkam dhaivatham lōkē kim vāpyekam parāyanam
sthuvanthah kam kamarchanthah prāpnu-yurmā-navāh shubham ||9||
Meaning: In this wide world , Oh Grandpa, Which is that one God in then world
Who (Kim) is the only shelter for everyone ?
Who is He whom, people have to worship and pray, to get great salvation ?
By workshopping whom we can get auspicious
kō dharmah sarvadharmāNām bhavathah paramō mathah
kim japan-muchyathē janthu janma-samsāra-bhandhanāth ||10||
Meaning: What (ko) Dharma is so great ? There is none greater?
And by doing of what japa or chanting we (janthu) can get free ?
From these bondage of life ?
Bheeshma Uvācha
jagath-prabhum dhēvadhēvam-anantham puruShōtthamam
sthuvan-nāma sahasrēNa puruShah sathathōthithah ||11||
Meaning: He is the lord (Prabhu) of the Universe (jaga),
He is the God of Gods,
That purusha with endless devotion, Who has 1000 names ,
That Purusha who does not change,
thamēva chārchaya-nnithyam bhakthyā puruSha-mavyayam
dhyāyan-sthuvanna-mas-yancha yajamānastha-mēva cha ||12||
Meaning: By worshiping and praying with devotion (bhakthi) to the limitless
daily without fail, we break free from the cruel bondage of life.
anādhinidhanam viShNum sarvalōka mahēswaram
lokādhyakSham sthuvan-nithyam sarvadhuhkhā-thigo bhavēth ||13||
Meaning: Vishnu - who doesn’t have beginning (aadhi) and end;
Vishnu - The Supreme Lord of all the worlds (sarva loka)
Him, who presides over the universe (lokādhyaksha),
we have to chant (sthuvan) daily (nithya), And
He is the one who removes all the miseries (sarva dhukha) in this life.
brahmaNyam sarvadharmagynam lōkānām kērthi vardhanam
lokanātham mahadh-bhūtham sarvabhūtha-bhavōdh-bhavam ||14||
Meaning: He is the creator, he knows all about dharma
he has seen success (Keerthi) in the world
He is the protector of the world (loka)
One who worship him overcome all the sorrows of the world.
aeSha maē sarvadharmāNām dharmōdhika-thamō mathah
yadh-bhakthyā pundarīkākSham sthavai-rachē-nnara-ssadhā ||15||
Meaning: Chanting,Worshipping and singing with great devotion,
Of the lotus (pundarika) eyed (akshi) one ,(pundarekaaksha)
Who is the only one who knows the dharma
Who is the master of the universe,
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