Vishnu Sahasra Namavali

The Thousand Divine Names of Lord Sri Maha Vishnu, with their meanings in English

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Sri Vishnu Sahasra Nama is a collection of one thousand names of Lord Maha Vishnu. It is recited both as a Stotra as well as a Namavali. It appears in the Santi Parva of Mahabharata as a conversation between Grandsire Bhishma and Yudhistira.

The context of the conversation is as follows: King Yudhistira approached grandsire Bhishma who was spending the final days of his stay on earth, with an intention to learn from him the secrets of Dharma for Bhishma was one of the 8 individuals considered to be the true knowers of Dharma.

After questioning and learning a number of other things, Yudhistira questions Bhishma thus: “What Dharma is the most superior among all Dharmas, in your opinion? By adoring whom does a living being get liberated from the samsara of birth and death?”

In reply to this Bhishma says, “Constantly worshipping and doing devotional service to Lord MahaVishnu is the greatest Dharma in my opinion”. He then explains the omnipotence of the Lord and recites His one thousand names.

 

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17 Responses

  1. SUSANTA KUMAR BEHERA, on February 12th, 2008 at 11:03 pm Said:

    PLEASE SEND ME MY E MAIL ID OF LORD VISHNU S SAHASRA NAM

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  2. Manjunath.A.H., on May 3rd, 2008 at 11:54 pm Said:

    Dear Guruji.

    Kinldy send me the Kannada script of Vishnu Sahasra Nama for practicing and chanting on regularly.

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  3. ramesh ahluwalia, on September 6th, 2008 at 6:00 am Said:

    Rev. Guru jee,

    Kindly enlighten me on the Sree vishnu sahansarnaama. and send me audio version of it so that i can listen it in office while on the table. I shall be gratefull to you.

    with regards and sastang pranam.

    yours in the lord service
    ramesh

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  4. subrata mohapatra, on October 31st, 2008 at 2:03 am Said:

    Pujya Mahabhaga,

    Salutations and adorations.

    Please send me Shri Vishnu Sahasranam Audio.

    With Hearty Pranam,

    –subrata

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  5. pv srinivas, on December 2nd, 2008 at 9:46 am Said:

    please send telugu pdf form of Vishnu sahasranamavali

    thanks

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  6. Vithal K Ambekar, on February 19th, 2009 at 10:38 pm Said:

    Respected Guruji,

    I am from Dharwad Karnataka, Please send me Knnannda script of Vishnu Shasrsa Nam for practicing and chanting daily. and also audio so that i can downlod and listen at home

    Thank you sir,
    Yours sincerely,
    Vithal.

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  7. Gaurav Kothadia, on March 10th, 2009 at 3:37 pm Said:

    Jai Shree Krishna,

    Can I have Vishnu Sahasranam (Namavali) in mp3 format. Please I need it.
    Can you please send me at my email address? My email address is gaurav4uk@yahoo.co.uk

    Jai Shree Krishna.

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  8. Lloyd S Gordon, on March 29th, 2009 at 1:20 am Said:

    Please inform me whether western christians would be correct in seeing Yahweh/Jehovah as synonymous with Sri Vishnu/Hari Krishna.

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  9. sanjana gangolli, on April 13th, 2009 at 8:18 am Said:

    om sai ram,

    Please help me to have the 1000 namavli (names) of lord shiva as you have of vishnu sahasranama ,for chanting on monday as i fast on that day.

    yours faithfully.

    sanjana

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  10. Sarath Chandra, on April 16th, 2009 at 8:07 am Said:

    Dear Subrata Mohapatra,

    You can find an .mp3 (Recital of Sri Maha Vishnu Sahasra Nama Stotra – by M S Subbulaxmi) at:

    http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/vishnu-sahasranamam.mp3

    An audio class (slow & steady recital – best suited for those learning the Stotra) is available at:

    http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/vishnu-sahasranamam-slow.mp3

    Regards,
    - Sarath.

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  11. shashank shukla, on May 11th, 2009 at 3:32 pm Said:

    Hello what is the diffrence and the similarty in Vishnu Sahasranaama strotam and namawali

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  12. JAGADA, on May 13th, 2009 at 5:16 am Said:

    Please send me MP3 format and lyrics (malayalam) of Sri Vishnu Sahasranamavali.

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  13. JAGADA, on May 13th, 2009 at 5:18 am Said:

    Sri Ramajayam

    Please send me MP3 format and lyrics (malayalam) of Sri Vishnu Sahasranamavali.

    Yours faithfully,
    Jagada

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  14. shashank shukla, on May 14th, 2009 at 4:15 pm Said:

    Please send me MP3 format and lyrics (hindi) of Sri Vishnu Sahasranamavali namawali

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  15. Deanne Caputo, on May 25th, 2009 at 5:59 pm Said:

    Namaskaram, Guruji.

    Would you kindly send me an MP3 of Vishnu Sahasra Nama for practicing and chanting?

    Many Blessings,
    Deanne

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  16. punjab, on June 10th, 2009 at 5:23 am Said:

    I love Indians!

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  17. Aruna Lokhande, on June 21st, 2009 at 6:32 am Said:

    Pls send me mp3 format of Vishnu Sahastranamavali

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