मनन Manana · ReflectStep 15 of /18
Viṣṇu Sahasranāma · Phalaśruti 1–13
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Phalaśruti 1 · The thousand names, told in full
Bhīṣma said
Phalaśruti 1
इतीदं कीर्तनीयस्य केशवस्य महात्मनः ।
नाम्नां सहस्रं दिव्यानामशेषेण प्रकीर्तितम् ॥
itīdaṃ kīrtanīyasya keśavasya mahātmanaḥ |
nāmnāṃ sahasraṃ divyānām aśeṣeṇa prakīrtitam ||
Meaning
Bhīṣma says: So I have proclaimed, in full, the thousand divine names of the great Keśava, who is worthy of all praise.
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Phalaśruti 2 · No harm will come
Phalaśruti 2
य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यं यश्चापि परिकीर्तयेत् ।
नाशुभं प्राप्नुयात्किञ्चित्सोऽमुत्रेह च मानवः ॥
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ yaś cāpi parikīrtayet |
nāśubhaṃ prāpnuyāt kiñcit so 'mutreha ca mānavaḥ ||
Meaning
Whoever hears these names every day, and whoever recites them, will meet no harm of any kind, in this world or the next.
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Phalaśruti 3 · A blessing for everyone
Phalaśruti 3
वेदान्तगो ब्राह्मणः स्यात्क्षत्रियो विजयी भवेत् ।
वैश्यो धनसमृद्धः स्याच्छूद्रः सुखमवाप्नुयात् ॥
vedāntago brāhmaṇaḥ syāt kṣatriyo vijayī bhavet |
vaiśyo dhanasamṛddhaḥ syāc chūdraḥ sukham avāpnuyāt ||
Meaning
The brāhmaṇa who recites it masters the wisdom of the Upaniṣads. The kṣatriya wins his battles. The vaiśya prospers. The śūdra finds happiness. There is a blessing here for every walk of life.
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Phalaśruti 4 · Each finds what he seeks
Phalaśruti 4
धर्मार्थी प्राप्नुयाद्धर्ममर्थार्थी चार्थमाप्नुयात् ।
कामानवाप्नुयात्कामी प्रजार्थी प्राप्नुयात्प्रजाम् ॥
dharmārthī prāpnuyād dharmam arthārthī cārtham āpnuyāt |
kāmān avāpnuyāt kāmī prajārthī prāpnuyāt prajām ||
Meaning
One who seeks dharma gains dharma. One who seeks prosperity gains prosperity. One who longs for the joys of life finds them, and one who longs for children is blessed with children.
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Phalaśruti 5 · Rising each day with devotion
Phalaśruti 5
भक्तिमान् यः सदोत्थाय शुचिस्तद्गतमानसः ।
सहस्रं वासुदेवस्य नाम्नामेतत्प्रकीर्तयेत् ॥
bhaktimān yaḥ sadotthāya śucis tadgatamānasaḥ |
sahasraṃ vāsudevasya nāmnām etat prakīrtayet ||
Meaning
One who rises each day full of devotion, clean in body and mind, and with his thoughts fixed on Vāsudeva recites these thousand names,
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Phalaśruti 6 · Renown, fortune, the highest good
Phalaśruti 6
यशः प्राप्नोति विपुलं ज्ञातिप्राधान्यमेव च ।
अचलां श्रियमाप्नोति श्रेयः प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमम् ॥
yaśaḥ prāpnoti vipulaṃ jñātiprādhānyam eva ca |
acalāṃ śriyam āpnoti śreyaḥ prāpnoty anuttamam ||
Meaning
gains wide renown and a place of honour among his people, a fortune that does not waver, and the highest good, beyond which there is nothing.
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Phalaśruti 7 · Fearless and radiant
Phalaśruti 7
न भयं क्वचिदाप्नोति वीर्यं तेजश्च विन्दति ।
भवत्यरोगो द्युतिमान्बलरूपगुणान्वितः ॥
na bhayaṃ kvacid āpnoti vīryaṃ tejaś ca vindati |
bhavaty arogo dyutimān balarūpaguṇānvitaḥ ||
Meaning
He knows no fear anywhere. He finds courage and radiance, and becomes healthy and bright, full of strength, grace and goodness.
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Phalaśruti 8 · Freed from every trouble
Phalaśruti 8
रोगार्तो मुच्यते रोगाद्बद्धो मुच्येत बन्धनात् ।
भयान्मुच्येत भीतस्तु मुच्येतापन्न आपदः ॥
rogārto mucyate rogād baddho mucyeta bandhanāt |
bhayān mucyeta bhītas tu mucyetāpanna āpadaḥ ||
Meaning
The sick are freed from sickness, the bound from their bonds, the frightened from their fear, and those in trouble from their troubles.
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Phalaśruti 9 · Crossing every hardship
Phalaśruti 9
दुर्गाण्यतितरत्याशु पुरुषः पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
स्तुवन्नामसहस्रेण नित्यं भक्तिसमन्वितः ॥
durgāṇy atitaraty āśu puruṣaḥ puruṣottamam |
stuvan nāmasahasreṇa nityaṃ bhaktisamanvitaḥ ||
Meaning
A person who praises the supreme Person every day with the thousand names, filled with devotion, quickly crosses every hardship.
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Phalaśruti 10 · Refuge in Vāsudeva
Phalaśruti 10
वासुदेवाश्रयो मर्त्यो वासुदेवपरायणः ।
सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा याति ब्रह्म सनातनम् ॥
vāsudevāśrayo martyo vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ |
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā yāti brahma sanātanam ||
Meaning
A mortal who takes refuge in Vāsudeva and gives himself wholly to him is cleansed of every sin and reaches the eternal Brahman.
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Phalaśruti 11 · No fear of birth or death
Phalaśruti 11
न वासुदेवभक्तानामशुभं विद्यते क्वचित् ।
जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिभयं नैवोपजायते ॥
na vāsudevabhaktānām aśubhaṃ vidyate kvacit |
janmamṛtyujarāvyādhibhayaṃ naivopajāyate ||
Meaning
For those devoted to Vāsudeva there is no misfortune anywhere. The fear of birth and death, of old age and disease, never arises in them.
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Phalaśruti 12 · Joy, patience, memory
Phalaśruti 12
इमं स्तवमधीयानः श्रद्धाभक्तिसमन्वितः ।
युज्येतात्मसुखक्षान्तिश्रीधृतिस्मृतिकीर्तिभिः ॥
imaṃ stavam adhīyānaḥ śraddhābhaktisamanvitaḥ |
yujyetātmasukhakṣāntiśrīdhṛtismṛtikīrtibhiḥ ||
Meaning
One who learns this hymn and recites it with faith and devotion is blessed with joy of the spirit, patience, prosperity, steadiness, a clear memory and a good name.
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Phalaśruti 13 · No anger, no envy, no greed
Phalaśruti 13
न क्रोधो न च मात्सर्यं न लोभो नाशुभा मतिः ।
भवन्ति कृतपुण्यानां भक्तानां पुरुषोत्तमे ॥
na krodho na ca mātsaryaṃ na lobho nāśubhā matiḥ |
bhavanti kṛtapuṇyānāṃ bhaktānāṃ puruṣottame ||
Meaning
No anger, no envy, no greed and no evil thought arises in the good people who are devoted to the supreme Person.
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