Tuesday, June 12, 2012

विष्णु सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम् - Stanza 1


ॐ विश्वं विष्णुर्वषट्कारो भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः |
भूतकृत भूतभ्रृद्भावो भूतात्मा भूतभावनः || 1 ||

Attribution, for Sanskrit parsing & translation:
Swami Chinmayananda. Vishnu Sahasranama: Thousand Ways to the Transcendental. Chinmaya Mission, 1989, 266 pages.


  1. विश्वं- He, whose manifestation is the entire universe (विश्वं) ...
  2. विष्णुः - ... That which pervades everywhere is Vishnu ...
  3. वषट्कारः - ...
  4. भूत-भव्य-भवत-प्रभुः- ... Lord(प्रभुः) of Past (भूत), the Future (भव्य), and the Present (भवत) ...
  5. भूतकृत्- ... Creator (कृत्) of all creatures (भूत) ...
  6. भूतभ्रृत्- ... who nurtures ... all living creatures ...
  7. भावः- ...
  8. भूतात्मा- The very 'Be' (आत्मा) in all living beings (भूत) ...
  9. भूतभावनः- ...

 

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