Sunday 7 October 2018

Sri Vishnu Ashtoththarashathanama Sthothram by Maharishi Vedavyasa – Lyrics and meanings



|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||










I shall prostrate before supreme Lord Vishnu who is Vasudeva,  and Hrishikesha/Lord of senses, he has personified as Vamana/dwarf, he is Lord Vishnu who reclines on the serpent Anantha in the milky ocean, he is Janardhana who is the protector of Universe and and its living beings, he is Hari who has personified as  Krishna, he holds Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi on chest, he has majestic flag which has the symbol of King of bird/Garuda, he has embodied as wild boar/Varaha, his beautiful eyes has the resemblance to lotus flower petals /Pundareekaksha, he has embodied as Nrisimha who has the body of half – lion and half – man, he is the slayer of demon Narakasura, he is beyond senses, he is eternal, he is Lord Vishnu who is imperishable, he is Aja who has no birth, he is void of changes, he is supreme Lord Narayana who hold mace, he is Govindha whose splendor is eulogized by all, he elevated Mount Govardhana, he is divine personified to protect the Earth and he is the Lord of Universe, he symbolizes good fortune, wealth, and prosperity,  he is Yajjapurusha who is Lord of Yajja, he accepts oblation from fire sacrifices, he is wielded in powerful disc/Chakrapani, he is wielded in mace/Gadhapani, and conch/Shankhapani, he has personified as Rama who is flawless among men, he resides in the supreme abode Sri Vaikundham, he is the slayer of wicked people, he has embodied as Earth, he is attired in majestic yellow silk garment, he is personified as Thrivikrama who measured the whole Universe in three strides, he symbolizes past, present and future, he symbolizes Trinities/Lord Bhrama, Lord Vishnu and Lord Maheshvara, he is Lord of Nandi, he has personified as Rama, he has embodied as Hayagreevah/horse-faced, he has colossal form, he is fierce, he is the source of Universe and its living beings, he is Lord of Goddess Sri/Mahalakshmi, he holds Goddess Mahalakshmi on chest/Sreedhara, he is Sreesha who symbolizes wealth and richness, and auspiciousness, he is wielded in five auspicious weapons, he is Damodhara who was tied into mortal pastel by Devi Yasodha, he is enriched with self-control, and endurance, he is Keshava who has attractive curly hair locks, he is the slayer of Keshi, he is most promising, he showers abundance of boons, he is supreme Lord Vishnu who is supreme bliss, he is  son of Vasudeva, he has golden virility, he illuminates the whole Universe with his radiance, he is primeval deity, he is Purushoththama, he is all pervading,  he is unblemished, he is pure, he is beyond properties, he is storehouse of virtues, he is eternal, he has the luster of precious yellow metal, he has the radiance of Lord Surya, he has the complexion of rain clouds, he has powerful four arms, he symbolizes happiness, his beautiful eyes has the resemblance to lotus flower petals, he appears as  light, formless,  with marvelous forms as well,  he is omnipresent,  he represents living and non-living things, he is Lord of all, he is watchful in all directions, he symbolizes supreme wisdom and knowledge, he is supreme soul, he is constant, he is the provider of refined knowledge, he is Prabhu who is beyond human intellect, he is Lord of Yogis, he undertakes Yoga, he symbolizes Yoga, he is perceivable through Yoga, he is Eshvara who is supreme spirit, he resides as soul in living beings, he is Prabhu who is most venerable.  These are the hundreds of sacred names of supreme Lord Vishnu, capable to remove all the sins of devotees of Vishnu, it was composed by Maharishi Veda Vyasa and it is capable to remove all the sins of worshiper,  whoever reads or listens to it during the hours of dawn, would remain sinless, ultimately attain the nearness to Lord Vishnu, it brings the piousness of thousands of Chandhrayana, hundreds of Kanyadhanam/performance marriage of bride to suitable bridegroom, offering thousands and millions of cows as charity, performance of Ashvamedha Yaga, and worshiper would be liberated from repeated births.


Vasudevam Hrishikesham Vamanam Jalashayinam | Janardhanam Harim Krishnam Srivaksham  Garudadhvajam ||

Varaham Pundareekaksham Nrisimham Narakanthakam | Avyaktham  Shashvatham  Vishnum Anantham Ajam Avyayam ||

Narayanam Gadhadhyaksham Govindham Keerthibhajanam | Govardhdhanodhdharam Devam Bhoodharam Bhuvaneshvaram ||

Veththaram Yajjapurusham Yajjesham Yajjavahakam | Chakrapanim Gadhapanim Shankhapanim Naroththamam ||

Vaikundam Dhushtadhamanam Bhoogarbham Peethavasasam | Thrivikramam Thrikalajjam Thrimoorthim Nandikeshvaram ||

Ramam  Ramam Hayagreevam Bheemam Raudhram Bhavothbhavam | Sreepathim Sreedharam  Sreesham Mangalam Mangalayudham ||

Dhamodharam Dhamopetham Keshavam Keshisoodhanam| Varenyam Varadham Vishnum Anandham Vasudevajam ||

Hiranyarethasam Dheeptham Puranam  Purushoththamam | Sakala Nishkalam Shudhdham Nirgunam Gunashashvatham ||

Hiranyathanusankasham Sooryayutha Samaprabham | Meghashyamam Chathurbahum Kushalam Kamalekshanam ||

Jyothiroopamaroopam Cha Swaroopam Roopasamsthitham | Sarvajjam  Sarvaroopastham  Sarvesham Sarvathonmukham ||

Jjyanam  Kootastham Achalam Jyanapradham Paramam Prabhum | Yogeesham Yoganishnatham Yoginam Yogaroopinam||

Eshvaram Sarvabhoothanam Vandhe Bhootham Avyayam Prabhum | Ithi Namashatham Dhivyam Vaishnavam Khalu Papaharam ||

Vyasena Kathitham Poorvam  Sarvapapapranashanam | Ya : Padeth  Pratharuththaya  Sa  Bhaveth Vaishnavo  Nara: ||

Sarvapapa Vishudhdhathma  Vishnu Sayoojyamavapnuyath | Chandhrayana Sahasrani Kanyadhanashathani Cha ||

Gavam Laksha Sahasrani  Mukthibhagi  Bhaven Nara: | Ashvamedhayutham Punyam Phalam Prapnothi Manava: ||


|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||