॥ ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय ॥

ॐ

॥ श्री विष्णु सहस्रनाम ॥

(महाभारत, अनुशासन पर्व से — भीष्म-युधिष्ठिर संवाद)

॥ पूर्व पीठिका ॥

विश्वं विष्णुर्वषट्कारो भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः।
भूतकृद्भूतभृद्भावो भूतात्मा भूतभावनः॥ १

पूतात्मा परमात्मा च मुक्तानां परमागतिः।
अव्ययः पुरुषः साक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञोऽक्षर एव च॥ २

योगो योगविदां नेता प्रधानपुरुषेश्वरः।
नारसिंहवपुः श्रीमान् केशवः पुरुषोत्तमः॥ ३

The Vishnu Sahasranama ("Thousand Names of Vishnu") is one of the most sacred texts of Vaishnavism, found in the Mahabharata's Anushasana Parva. It was recited by Bhishma on his deathbed to Yudhishthira in answer to the question: "Who is the one God? Who is the highest refuge?" This page contains the first 24 names with their meanings. Reading the full Sahasranama daily is believed to bring health, prosperity and liberation.

॥ फल श्रुति ॥

नामानि सहस्राणि विष्णोर्यत्र पठन्ति वै।
जन्म मृत्युजरारोगं पापं यत्र न विद्यते॥

Where the thousand names of Vishnu are recited, there is no birth, death, old age, disease or sin.