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Visnu-sahasra-nama
Thousand Names of Lord Visnu(from Mahabharata, original translation and purports b y Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana)translated into English by Sriman Kusakratha das (ACBSP)Maëagläcaraëam(by Baladeva Vidyäbhüñaëa)Text 1ananta kalyäëa-guëaika-väridhirvibhu-cid-änanda-ghano bhajat-priyaùkåñëas tri-çaktir bahu-mürtir éçvaroviçvaika-hetuù sa karotu naù çubhamMay Lord Kåñëa, the all-powerful Supreme Personality of Godhead, who appears in many forms, is theoriginal creator of the universe, the master of the three potencies, full of transcendental knowledge and bliss,very dear to the devotees, and an ocean of unlimited auspicious qualities, grant auspiciousness to us.Text 2vyäsaà satyavaté-sutaà muni-guruà näräyaëaà saàstumovaiçampäyanam ucyatähvaya-sudhämodaà prapadyämahegaìgeyaà sura-mardana-priyatamaà sarvärtha-saàvid-varaàsat-sabhyän api tat-kathä-rasa-jhuço bhüyo nanaskurmaheLet us glorify Çréla Vyäsadeva, the spiritual master of the great sages, the literary incarnation of LordNäräyaëa and the son of Satyavaté. Let us surrender to Vaiçampäyana Muni, the speaker of the Mahäbhäratawho became jubilant by drinking the nectar of Lord Viñëu's thousand names. Let us bow down before Kåñëa'sfriend Bhéñma, the best of the wise and the son of Gaìgä-devé, and let us also bown down before the saintlydevotees who relish the narrations of Lord Viñëu's glories.Text 3nityaà nivasatu hådayecaitanyätmä murärir naùniravadyo nirvåtimaëgajapatir anukampayä yasyaMay Lord Muräri, who has personally appeared as Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu, eternally reside within ourhearts. He has mercifully purified, engladdened and liberated His devotees, such as Gajendra and MahäräjaPratäparudra.
 
 Text 4yugapan navyänadänprakértayan yäti vindate çeçaùkartåëy abhéñöa-pürter jayanti nämäni täni kåñëasyaAll glories to the holy names of Lord Kåñëa, the fulfiller of everyone's desire. Ananta Çeça finds ever-freshbliss in glorigying Lord Kåñëa's holy names.Text 5yenämaika-pumartha-hari-bhaktäs tän namasyämaùbhäñyaà yeçäà kåpayänämärtha-sudhä bhaved etatWe offer respectful obeisances to those great devotees who are completely devoted to chanting the holynames of Lord Hari. It is by their mercy that I am able to write this Nämärtha-sudhä-bhäñya (commentary onthe Viñëu-sahasra-näma, entitled "The Nectar of the Meaning of Lord Hari's Holy Names").
Çré Viñëu-sahasra-näma-stotra
Text 1vaiçampäyana uväcaçrutvä dharmän açeçeëapävanäni ca sarvaçaùyudhiñöhiraù çäntanavaàpunar eväbhyabhäçataAfter hearing the description of all the rules of religion and all the purifying places of pilgrimage,Yudhiñöhira gain enquired from Bhéçma, the son of Mahäräja Çantanu.Text 2kim ekaà daivataà lokekià väpy ekaà paräyaëamstuvantaù kaà kam arcantaùpräpnyuyr mänaväù çubhamYudhiñöhira said: Please tell me who isthe Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate controller of theuniverse? Who is thye ultimate destination of all living beings? Whom should men glorify and worship inorder to attain auspiciousness?
 
 Text 3ko dharmaù sarva-dharmänäàbhavataù paramo mataùkià japan mucyate jantur janma-saàsära-bandhanätWhat do you consider the best of all religious processes? What mantra should one chant to become freefrom the bondage of repeated birth and death?Text 4çré-bhéçma uväca jagat-prabhuà deva-devamanantaà puruçottamamstuvan näma-shasreëapuruçah satatotthitaùBhéçma said: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the controller of all moving and non-moving beingswithin the universe, and He is the worshipable master of all the demigods. His transcendental forms andqualities are all unlimited, and He is the best of persons. One should always enthusiastically glorify Him bychanting the Viñëu-sahasra-näma (Thousand names of Lord Viñëu).Text 5tam eva cärcayan nityaàbhaktyä prurçam avyayamdhyäyan stuvan namasyaàç cayajamänas tam eva caWith great faith, the devotee should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kåñëa, whoseforms, qualities, opulences and pastimes are all eternal and transcendental. The devotee should glorify Him,continually meditate on His transcendental form, and offer obeisances by bowing down before Him.Text 6anädi-nidhanaà viñëuàsarva-loka-maheçvaramlokädhyäkñam stuvan nityaàsarva-duùkätigo bhavetThere was never a time when Lord Viñëu first came into existance, and there is no time in the future whenHe will cease to exist. He is the supreme master of all planets, all living entities, and all the demigods whocontrol the universe. He is the all-pervading, all-knowing witness who sees everything. A person who regularlyglorifies Him becomes free from all material miseries, and in that liberated condition becomes full of transcendental bliss.Note: In his commentary, Çréla Baladeva Vidyäbhüñaëa quotes the following verses to describe theimmense potency of the glorification of Lord Kåñëa.
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