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The Thousand Holy Names of Lord Viu
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Contents
How to Use This Book ................................................... iii
Foreword by B.A. Paramdvait Svm ........................ iv
Preface ................................................................................1
Introduction......................................................................13
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Magalcaraam: Auspicious Invocation .........27
Prologue..................................................................31
The Thousand Names of Lord Viu ..................36
Phala ruti .............................................................91
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one who desires wealth will become wealthy, one who
desires opulent arrangements for sense gratification will
attain them, and one who desires to father a great dynasty
will also attain his aim.
One who chants the thousand Holy Names of Lord
Viu very nicely will attain unlimited fame and become
the most prominent of all his kinsmen. He will attain
everlasting opulence, and he will also attain the supreme
auspiciousness. He will become courageous and free from
fear, and he will become a leader, controlling others. He
will become healthy, handsome and majestic in
appearance, physically strong, and full of all good
qualities. One who is sick will become free from his
disease, and one who is in prison or some other bondage
will become free. One who is frightened because of a
wicked enemy will become free from his fear, and one who
is suffering from a calamity will become free from
calamity.
Anyone who regularly glorifies the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Lord Viu with devotion by chanting these
thousand Holy Names will quickly become free from the
horrible karmic effects of many sins. He takes shelter of
Lord Vsudeva and becomes very attached to Him. He
becomes purified of all sins, and he attains the association
of Lord Ka, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. No
actually inauspicious condition is ever imposed on the
devotees of Lord Vsudeva, and therefore they do not fear
having to take birth in this world to again suffer the
miserable conditions of old age, disease and death.
One who carefully studies these prayers with great faith
and devotion to Lord Ka becomes full of the happiness
attained by spiritual realization. He becomes tolerant of
the temporary happiness and distress of material existence.
He attains the opulence of renunciation, patient control of
the senses, and constant meditation on Ka. Because of
this spiritual opulence he attains great fame. The devotees
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Ka who
perform the devotional service of chanting these one
thousand Holy Names of the Lord become free from
anger, envy, greed, and all wicked thoughts One who
desires to attain actual happiness and auspiciousness
should regularly hear and chant this prayer glorifying the
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Supreme Personality of Godhead, composed by the sage
Vysa.
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will delay their acceptance of the chanting process and can lead
to offenses against devotees. Since the Holy Name is meant for
the spiritual benefit of the living entities, preaching the glories
of the Holy Name to an unwilling audience goes against the
Lords actual purpose for manifesting the Holy Name in
human society.
The tenth offense is to become uninterested in or inattentive to
the Holy Name of the Lord, neglecting ones chanting even
after understanding the wonderful transcendental nature of the
Holy Name. The effect of chanting the Holy Name of the Lord
is liberation from the conception of false egoism. False egoism
is thinking oneself to be the enjoyer of the world and thinking
everything in the world to be meant for one's enjoyment. The
whole materialistic world is moving under the false egoism of
I and mine, but the factual effect of chanting the Holy
Name is to become free from such misconceptions. If one
begins the chanting process but then stops due to a mundane
conception of life, this is an offense. One should maintain
chanting and hearing the Holy Name of the Lord continuously,
until the process of purification is complete.
The best protection against committing offenses to the Holy
Name of the Lord is to have firm faith in the instructions of the
scriptures and of ones personal spiritual master. One should
continue the regular daily chanting of the Holy Names of the
Lord with patience, diligence and enthusiasm. It is wonderful if
one can accept initiation from a bona fide spiritual master in
the disciplic succession from Ka Himself. If possible one
should give up all material activities and join the mission of
Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanyas process, harinma-saktana, is
to chant and hear the Holy Name, topics related to the glories
of the Lord and His Holy Name, literature such as Bhagavadgt, rmad-Bhgavatam and Caitanya-caritmrta, and nice
songs glorifying pure devotional service continuously in the
association of like-minded devotees, until the self-effulgent
glory of the Holy Name becomes self-manifest in ones
consciousness.
At that point, all the elaborate philosophical instructions of the
scriptures that we have summarized herein are reduced to a
simple matter of experience, and the glories of the Holy Name
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of the Lord become self-evident. One who has tasted the full
nectar of the Holy Name automatically avoids the ten offenses
to the Holy Name, and his path to complete spiritual
enlightenment becomes straight and clear.
It is our fond hope that the readers of this volume will apply
these truths and instructions to make their own lives perfect in
spiritual realization. Certainly, anyone who chants the Holy
Name of the Lord even once is a great soul worthy of all
respect and praise.
yan-nmadheya-ravanukrtand
yat-prahvad yat-smarad api kvacit
vdo 'pi sadya savanya kalpate
kuta punas te bhagavan nu darant
To say nothing of the spiritual advancement of persons who
see the Supreme Person face-to-face, even a person born in a
family of dog-eaters immediately becomes eligible to perform
Vedic sacrifices if he once utters the Holy Name of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead or chants about Him, hears
about His pastimes, offers Him obeisances or even remembers
Him. [rmad-Bhgavatam 3.33.6]
Once begun, the process of hearing and chanting inevitably
continues, clearing the mirror of the mind of all misconceptions
until the chanter attains the perfection of spiritual realization.
Long before achieving that exalted destination, all material
pangs will have been erased by the potent purifying action of
the Holy Name. We wish the reader all good fortune on this
most auspicious progressive journey to the most wonderful
state of Ka consciousness.
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Magalcaraam
Auspicious Invocation
NaMa p ivZ<auPaadaYa
aadaYa k*-Z<aPa[eaYa >aUTale/
[qMaTae >ai>ai-vedaNTaSviMa( wiTa NaaiMaNae )
iNaivRXaezXaUNYavaidPaaaTYadeXaTaair<ae ))
ananta-kalya-guaika-vridhir
vibhu-cid-nanda-ghano bhajat-priya
kas tri-aktir bahu-mrtir varo
vivaika-hetu sa karotu na ubham
Lord r Ka, the all-powerful Supreme Person who appears in
many forms, is the original master of the universe. He is the master of
the three potencies (internal, external and marginal), whose eternal
form of great strength is full of transcendental knowledge and bliss. O
Lord, You are very dear to the devotees, and an ocean of auspicious
qualities. Please grant auspiciousness to us.
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VYaaSa& SaTYavTaqSauTa& MauiNaGau& NaaraYa<a& Sa&StauMaae
vEXaMPaaYaNaMauCYaTaaYaSauDaaMaaed& Pa[PaaMahe )
GaeYa& SaurMadRNaiPa[YaTaMa&
aTaMa& SavaRQaRSa&ivr& SaTSa>YaaNa( AiPa
TaTkTaTk-QaarSauXaae >aUYaae NaMaSku-MaRhe ))
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Magalcaraam
Yae NaaMaEk-PauMaQaRhir>air>a-aSTaaNa( NaMaSYaaMa" )
ye nmaika-pumartha-hari-bhakts tn namasyma
bhya ye kpay nmrtha-sudh bhaved etat
We offer our respectful obeisances to those great devotees who are
completely devoted to chanting the Holy Names of Lord Hari. It is by
their mercy that I am able to write this bhya (exegesis) on the
nectar of the meaning of the Thousand Holy Names of Lord Viu.
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Prologue
[q vEXaMPaaYaNa ovac )
1.
r vaiampyana uvca
rtv dharmn aeea
pvanni ca sarvaa
yudhihira ntanava
punar evbhyabhata
2.
yudhihira uvca
kim eka daivata loke
ki vpy eka paryaam
stuvanta ka kam arcanta
prpnuyur mnav ubham
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3.
ko dharma sarva-dharmn
bhavata paramo mata
ki japan mucyate jantur
janma-sasra-bandhant
4.
r-bhma uvca
jagat-prabhu deva-devam
ananta puruottamam
stuvan nma-sahasrea
purua satatotthita
5.
With great faith, the devotee should worship the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, Lord Ka, whose forms, qualities, opulence 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.
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6.
andi-nidhana viu
sarva-loka-mahevaram
lokdhykam stuvan nitya
sarva-dukhtigo bhavet
Never was there a time when Lord Viu first came into existence,
and there is no time in the future when He shall cease to exist. He is
the supreme master of all planets, living entities and the demigods
who control the universe. He is the all-knowing, all pervading witness
who sees everything. One who regularly glorifies Him becomes free
from all material miseries, and in that liberated condition becomes
full of transcendental bliss.
b]<Ya& SavRDaMaRj& l/aek-aNaa& kk-IiTaRvDaRNaMa( )
7.
brahmaya sarva-dharmaja
lokn krti-vardhanam
loka-ntha mahad-bhtam
sarva-bhta-bhavodbhavam
8.
ea me sarva-dharm
dharmo dhikatamo mata
yad bhakty puarkka
stavair arcen nara sad
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ParMa& Yaae MahtaeJa" ParMa& Yaae MahtaPa" )
9.
parama yo mahat-teja
parama yo mahat-tapa
parama yo mahad brahma
parama ya paryaam
10.
pavitr pavitra yo
magaln ca magalam
daivatam devatn ca
bhtn yo vyaya pit
11.
All living beings in the material world come from Lord Ka at the
beginning of the creation. Lord Ka maintains them while the
creation is manifest, and they enter into Him again when the creation
is destroyed.
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12.
tasya loka-pradhnasya
jagan-nthasya bh-pate
vior nma-sahasra me
u ppa-bhaypaham
Please hear from me the Thousand Holy Names of Lord Viu, the
supreme master and controller of the universe. These Holy Names of
the Lord destroy the fearsome reactions of past sinful deeds.
YaaiNa NaaMaaiNa
NaaMaaiNa GaaE<aaiNa iv:YaaTaaiNa MahaTMaNa" )
13.
In order to attain the supreme goal of life, I shall now chant the
celebrated Thousand Holy Names of Lord Viu. Great sages glorify
these Holy Names, because they describe the Lords transcendental
qualities and pastimes. O namo bhagavate vsudevya let me
invoke auspiciousness by offering my respectful obeisances unto the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, full with all divine opulence, r
Ka, the son of King Vasudeva.
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14.
15.
pttm paramtm ca
muktn param gati
avyaya purua sk
ketrajo kara eva ca
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16.
17.
18.
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svayambh Lord Ka is the self-effulgent Lord; ambhu His
auspicious transcendental qualities bring great happiness to the
devotees; ditya He appears in a splendid golden form among the
demigods; pukarka He is all-pervading; mahsvana He is the
supreme object of worship; andi-nidhana He was never born and
will never die; dht He is the original creator, before Brahm or
anyone else; vidht He is the original author of all Vedic
injunctions; dhatur uttama He is the Supreme Person.
APa[MaeYaae zqke-Xa" PaNaa>aae_MarPa[>au" )
19.
aprameyo hkea
padma-nbho mara-prabhu
viva-karm manus tva
sthaviha sthaviro dhruva
20.
agrhya vata ko
lohitka pratardana
prabhtas trikakud-dhma
pavitra magala param
21.
na prnada prno
jyeha reha prajpati
hirayagarbho bhgarbho
mdhavo madhusdana
22.
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SaureXa" Xar<a& XaMaR ivreTaa" Pa[Jaa>av" )
23.
24.
aja Lord Ka does not take birth in a material body forced by the
law of karma like an ordinary living entity, nevertheless He appears
in this material world in the abode of Vndvana, just to give
transcendental bliss to His devotees; sarvevara He is the master of
Brahm, all the demigods and all living entities; siddha He knows
everything in the past, present and future; siddhi He is full of
unlimited powers; sarvdi He is the origin of everything; acyuta
He protects His devotees from falling down; vkapir He fulfills
the desire of the devotees and strikes fear into the hearts of the
demons; ameytm His form and intelligence are unlimited and
immeasurable, and He is supremely dear to the devotees; sarva-yogavinista He is always free from material contact.
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25.
26.
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devotees from the cycle of birth and death; mah-tap He is
Himself the cause of the multiple distresses of material existence.
SavRGa" SavRivaNauivRZvKSaeNaae JaNaadRNa" )
vedae vedivdVYaae ve
vedaae vedivTkivTk-iv" ))27))
27.
28.
lokdhyaka surdhyako
dharmdhyaka ktkta
catur-tm catur-vyha
catur-dara catur-bhuja
29.
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and minds of Indra and all the other devotees; niyama He controls
the devotees; yama He resides always in the devotees hearts and
minds.
veae vE" SadaYaaeGaq ivrhae MaaDavae MaDau" )
31.
32.
mah-buddhir mah-vryo
mah-aktir mah-dyuti
anirdeya-vapu rmn
ameytm mahdri-dhk
33.
mahevso mah-bhart
r-nivsa sat gati
aniruddha surnando
govindo govind pati
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iNaiMazae_iNaiMaz"
iNaiMaz" Gvq vacSPaiTadarDaq" ))36))
36.
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37.
38.
varttano nivtttm
savta sampratardana
aha samvartako vahnir
anilo dhara-dhara
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SauPa[Saad" Pa[SaaTMaa ivDa*iGv>auiGv>au" )
39.
suprasda prasanntm
viva-dhg viva-bhug vibhu
sat-kart sat-kta sdhur
jahnur nryao nara
40.
asakhyeyo prameytm
viia ia-kc chuci
siddhrtha siddha-sakalpa
siddhida siddhi-sdhana
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41.
vh vabho viur
vaparv vodara
vardhano vardhamna ca
vivikta ruti-sgara
42.
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manifestation, and He rescued the Vedas from the demons Madhu
and Kaiabha.
AaeJaSTaeJaae uiTaDar" Pa[k-aXaaTMaaPa[TaaPaNa" )
43.
44.
amtdbhavo bhnu
aabindu surevara
auadha jagata setu
satya-dharma-parkrama
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45.
bhta-bhavya-bhavan-ntha
pavana pvano nala
kmah kmakt knta
kma kma-prada prabhu
46.
yugdi-kd yugvarto
naika-myo mahana
adyo vyakta-rpa ca
sahasra-jid ananta-jit
47.
io viita iea
ikha nahuo va
krodhah krodha-kt kart
viva-bhur mah-dhara
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ia Lord Ka is worshiped and glorified by Brahm, iva and all
demigods and saintly persons; viita He is splendidly manifest in
the abode of Mathur, holding the sudarana-cakra, club, lotus and
conch, and decorated with the Kaustubha jewel and other ornaments;
iea He is worshiped by those who know the purpose of the
Vedas; ikha in His Vndvana pastimes He is crowned with a
peacock feather; nahua His handsomeness enchanted the minds of
the residents of Vrajabhmi; va He showered a rain of
transcendental nectar of bliss and pure love of Godhead upon the
residents of Vraja; krodhah When His mother Yaod became
angry upon hearing the description of His naughty childhood pranks,
He pacified her with sweet words; krodha-kt when Yaod
interrupted feeding Him to tend to the overflowing pot of boiling
milk, He became angry and broke the butter-pot; kart He killed
the host of demons Kasa sent to Vndvana; viva-bhu He
protects the entire universe with His powerful arms; mah-dhara He
lifted Govardhana Hill to protect the residents of Vrajabhmi.
ACYauTa" Pa[iQaTa" Pa[a<a" Pa[a<adae vaSavaNauJa" )
APaa&iNaiDariDaaNaMaPa[Mata"
ata" Pa[iTaiTa" ))48))
48.
49.
50.
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51.
padma-nbho ravindka
padma-garbha arra-bht
maharddhir ddho vddhtm
mahko garua-dhvaja
52.
53.
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actual creator, situated in the heart of the secondary creator Brahm;
gahana His intelligence is very subtle and only the most wise can
understand His thoughts and intentions; guha He desires to
perform confidential pastimes with the residents of Vrajabhmi.
VYavSaaYaae VYavSQaaNa" Sa&SQaaNa" SQaaNadae Da]uv" )
PariR" ParMaSPa" Tau" Pau" Xau>ae+a<a" ))55))
55.
vyavasyo vyavasthna
sasthna sthnado dhruva
pararddhi parama-spaa
tua pua ubhekaa
56.
57.
58.
tu sudarana kla
parameh parigraha
ugra savatsaro dako
virmo viva-dakina
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supreme, but Ka is the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ugra
He assumes a terrible feature to kill the demons; savatsara He
always remains with His devotees; daka His supreme
handsomeness is revealed to the residents of Vndnava; virma
He removes the devotees fatigue, as He removed the gops fatigue
during the rsa dance; viva-dakina He gives the entire world, and
even Himself, to His pure devotee.
ivSTaar" SQaavr" SQaa<au" Pa[Maa<a& bqJaMaVYaYaMa( )
59.
60.
61.
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angry when attacked by the Kliya serpent, but was merciful to His
adversary; vra-bhu He can crush the greatest hero with His
powerful arms; vidraa He easily split Baksuras beak as if it was
a blade of grass, even though Baksura was as big as a mountain.
SvaPaNa" SvvXaae VYaaPaq NaEk-aTMaa NaEk-k-MaRk*-Ta( )
63.
64.
65.
gabhasti-nemi sattva-stha
siho bhta-mahevara
di-devo mah-devo
deveo deva-bhd guru
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pastimes in that spiritual land of Vndvana; kapndra He is the
master of the monkeys of Vndvana who participate in His
childhood pastimes; bhri-dakia on His birthday celebration He
gives abundant charity to the brhmaas.
SaaeMaPaae_Ma*TaPa" SaaeMa" PauiJaTPauSataMa" )
67.
68.
jvo vinayit sk
mukundo mita-vikrama
ambho-nidhir ananttm
mahodadhi-ayo ntaka
69.
i}aPadidXaaDYaa+aae
i}aPadidXaaDYaa+aae MahaXa(" k*-TaaNTak*-Ta( ))70))
70.
mahari kapilcryo
ktajo medin-pati
tri-padas tri-dadhyko
mah-rga ktnta-kt
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Mahavrahae GaaeivNd" SauXaeNa" kk-NakNak-adq )
71.
mah-varho govinda
suena kanakgad
guhyo gabhro gahano
gupta cakra-gaddhara
72.
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73.
74.
sudhanv khaa-paraur
druo dravina-prada
diva-spk sarva-dg vyso
vcaspatir ayonija
SaNNYaaSak*
SaNNYaaSak*-C^Ma" XaaNTaae iNaaXaaiNTaParaYa<a" ))75))
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75.
76.
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77.
anivart nivtttm
sakept kema-kc chiva
rvatsa-vak rvsaj
rpati rmatmbara
78.
rda ra rnivsa
rnidhi rvibhvana
rdhara rkara reya
rmn lokatrayraya
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He is very handsome and He always remains by the side of rmat
Rdhr, His internal pleasure potency; rmn He is the master
of the Goddess of Fortune; lokatrayraya He is the shelter of
Gokula Vndvana and all the three worlds.
Sv+a" Sv" XaTaaNaNdae NaiNdJYaaeRiTaGaR<aer" )
79.
80.
udra sarvata-cakur
ana vata sthira
bhayo bhao bhtir
aoka oka-nana
81.
82.
klanemi-nih vra
auri rajanevara
triloktm trilokea
keava kei-h hari
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83.
kmadeva kmapla
kmiknta ktgama
anirdeya-vapur viur
vro nanto dhanajaya
84.
Maha
Maha--TauMaRhaYaJva MahaYajae Mahahiv" ))85))
85.
mahkramo mahkarm
mahtejo mahoraga
mahkratur mahyajv
mahyajo mahhavi
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glorify His transcendental pastimes and qualities; stot He is
inclined to praise the good qualities of His devotees; raa-priya He
relishes fighting when He has an opportunity to kill a demon; pra
He can kill an unlimited number of demons single-handedly because
He possesses unlimited strength; prayit His devotees sometimes
kill demons in this world; puya He purifies the universe by killing
the atheists; puya-krti chanting His glories purifies all living
entities; anmaya glorifying Him is the medicine that cures the
disease of repeated birth and death.
MaNaaeJavSTaqQaR
avSTaqQaRk-rae vSaureTaa vSauPa[d" )
87.
manojavas trthakaro
vasuret vasuprada
vasuprado vsudevo
vasur vasuman havi
88.
89.
bhtvso vsudeva
sarvsu-nilayo nala
darpah darpado dpto
durdharo thparjita
90.
viva-mrtir mah-mrtir
dpta-mrtir amrtimn
aneka-mrtir avyakta
ata-mrti atnana
viva-mrti the entire universe is one of Lord Kas forms; mahmrti nothing can compare with His transcendental form; dptamrti His blazingly effulgent form is brighter than innumerable
stars; amrtimn except for the universal form, all of His forms are
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spiritual and eternal, without a trace of the material elements; anekamrti He appears in many forms simultaneously, as He did by
expanding into 16,108 forms to please the queens of Dvrak;
avyakta when Nrada saw that Ka had expanded into 16,108
forms and was enjoying many different pastimes simultaneously, he
was bewildered; ata-mrti He appears in innumerable forms, which
are all nectarean and auspicious;
atnana His handsome face is as sweet as nectar.
WkWk-ae NaEk-" Sav" kk-" ik&- YataTPadMaNautaMaMa( )
91.
92.
suvara-varo hemgo
varga candangad
vrah viama nyo
dhtar acala cala
93.
94.
tejo-vo dyuti-dhara
sarva-astra-bhtmbara
pragraho nigraho vyagro
naika-go gadgraja
r Viusahasranma
weapons; pragraha He accepted the role of Arjunas chariot driver
out of friendship; nigraha He ordained the destruction of Arjunas
enemies merely by glancing at them; vyagra He quickly
accomplished the destruction of Arjunas enemies; naika-ga He
defeated ther Pavas enemies with many strategies; gadgraja
He appeared as the elder brother of Gada.
cTauMaURiTaRTaubaRhuTauVYaURhTauGaRiTa" )
cTauraTMaa cTau>aaRvTauveRdivdek-PaaTa( ))95))
95.
caturmrti caturbhu
caturvyha caturgati
caturtm caturbhva
caturveda-vid ekapt
96.
samvartto nivtttm
durjayo duratikrama
durlabho durgamo durgo
durvso durrih
97.
ubhgo loka-sraga
sutantus tantu-vardhana
indrakarm mahkarm
ktakarm ktgama
98.
r Viusahasranma
beautiful; sunda He delights the devotees who have taken shelter of
Him by showering His causeless mercy upon them; ratnanbha His
handsome reddish navel is like a glowing ruby; sulocana His
handsome lotus eyes are reddish at the corners; arka all the pure
devotees offer prayers glorifying Him; rjasana He provides food
for all the living entities in the universe; g in His original form as
a cowherd boy He carries a buffalo-horn bugle in His belt; jayanta
He is victorious in the sports of arm-wrestling and verbal duels with
His cowherd friends; sarva-vijay He can defeat even omniscient
sages like Vasiha and Vmadeva in debate.
Sauv<aRibNdur+aae>Ya" SavRvaGaqrer" )
99.
suvara-bindur akobhya
sarva-vg varevara
mahhrado mahgarto
mahbhto mahnidhi
NYaGa]aeDaae@uMbrae_TQaSca<aUraNDa]iNaSaUdNa" ))101))
))101))
r Viusahasranma
His eternal spiritual form is non-different from His Self; anagha
He is the supreme purity; acintya He can be understood only by
studying His descriptions in the revealed scriptures, and He cannot
be known at all by the process of philosophical speculation; bhaya-kt
He curses the atheist and impersonalist speculators to take their
next birth in the bodies of jackals; bhaya-nana He removes the
fearful condition created by such speculators.
A<aub*RhTk*-Xa" SQaUl/ae Gau<a>a*Na( iNaGauR<aae MahaNa( )
r Viusahasranma
sattvavn Lord Ka is submissive to His wife Satyabhm; sttvika
His physical and intellectual strength is unsurpassed; satya He is
the dear husband of Satyabhm; satyadharma-paryaa He is the
shelter of the truthful devotees, and the devoted husband of
Satyabhm; abhiprya the devotees attain Him by developing pure
love for Him; priyrha He is the benefactor of the pure devotees,
who know His actual nature as an eternal person, who are full of love
for Him, and who disregard the petty opulence of material existence;
arha He is worshiped by pure devotees who have given up
everything for His sake; priyakt He accepts those pure devotees as
His personal associates; prtivardhana He is most pleased by the
devotees who approach Him out of love, and not to obtain some
petty material benediction.
ivhaYaSaGaiTaJYaaeRiTaSauRichuRTa>auiGv>au" )
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r Viusahasranma
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r Viusahasranma
asked him to leave Gokula so the pastimes of Vndvana could
continue undisturbed; vydia on many different occasions Ka
delegated various responsibilities for the management of the universe
to Brahm and gave him specific instructions; adia because He is
the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the ultimate controller of
everything, He does not have to follow anyones instructions.
ANaaid>aUR>auRvael/+Maq" Sauvqrae icrad" )
JaNaNaae_JaNaJaNMaaid>asMaae >aqMaPara>aqMaPara-Ma" ))114))
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r Viusahasranma
YajaNTak*-jGauMaMaad Wv c ))118))
r Viusahasranma
offering my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, full with all divine opulence, r Ka, the son of King
Vasudeva.
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Phala ruti
The Results of Chanting r Viusahasranma
wTaqd&& kk-ITaRNaqYaSYa ke-XavSYa MahaTMaNa" )
NaaMNaa& Sah& idVYaaNaaMaXaeze<a Pa[k-IiTaRTaMa( ))121))
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r Viusahasranma
DaMaaRQas Pa[aPanuYaaMaRMaQaaRQas caQaRMavaPanuYaaTa( )
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r Viusahasranma
vaSaudeva[Yaae MaTYaaeR vaSaudevParaYa<a" )
131. na vsudeva-bhaktnm
aubha vidyate kvacit
janma-mtyu-jar-vydhibhaya naivopajyate
No actually inauspicious condition is ever imposed on the devotees of
Lord Vsudeva, and therefore they do not fear having to take birth in
this world again to suffer the miserable conditions of old age, disease
and death.
wMa& STavMaDaqYaaNa" [a>aia>ai-SaMaaiNvTa" )
YauJYaeTaaTMaaSau%+aaiNTa[qDa*iTaSMa*iTakTak-IiTaRi>a" ))132))
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135. sa-sursura-gandharva
sa-yakoraga-rkasam
jagad vae vartateda
kasya sa-carcaram
The demigods, demons, Gandharvas, Yakas, Uragas, Rkasas and
all moving and nonmoving living entities within the universe are
under Lord Kas control.
wiNd]Yaai<a MaNaae bui" Satv& TaeJaae bl&/ Da*iTa" )
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r Viusahasranma
97
r Viusahasranma
98
Aa
wR
We
ai
Aae
Like the o in go
AaE
au
&
"
Consonants
k-
ka
Ga
ga
ga
gha
ca
cha
Ja
ja
jha
r Viusahasranma
Consonants, continued
Ha
$=
ha
!
Ta
Qa
tha
da
Da
Na
na
Pa
pa
f-
ba
>a
Ma
ma
Ya
ya
ra
l/
la
va
Xa
Sa
sa
ha
<a
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ka ku- ku
k-aE kau
k-a k kU- k
ke-
ke
A"
ik-
ki
k*- k
kE-
kai
A&
k-I
k- k k-ae
ko
Short
vowels
Long
vowels
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Sri Nrsimhasahasranama
is an esoteric handbook for spiritual
protection. These thousand Holy Names of the
Lord in His ferocious form of Nsihathe
half-man, half-lion incarnationoffer shelter
from the storms of material strife to the sincere
devotee. Life is full of challenges, and pious,
intelligent people are under attack in a society
gone mad with lust for false material values.
Hearing and chanting these powerful Holy
Names of Lord Nsihadeva creates a shield
of spiritual power around the worshipper that
repels all harm. No material energy can surpass this spiritual armor;
no magic, however powerful, can defend anyone who tries to harm
Lord Nsiha's devotee. This premiere edition, with companion CD,
makes the full power of r Nsihasahasranma available in the
West for the first time. The crystal-clear recording by an advanced
practitioner makes it easy to learn the correct Sanskrit pronunciation
of the mantras. And the complete text, both in Devanagari and
Roman transliteration, makes the practice of this powerful spiritual
Sri Visnusahasranama
is the companion CD to this book. It contains
both Western and traditional Eastern versions
of the mantras, plus a recorded reading by the
author of the Preface to the book.
Indispensible for those who want to learn how
to chant the Sanskrit mantras with proper
pronounciation.
Kalachandji
is a compilation of kirtans set to modern styles
of music, from Latin to symphonic to rock to
ethereal, romantic arrangements that defy
categorization. The Holy Name of the Lord
has a special devotional potency that can lift us
above the sufferings of ordinary material
consciousness. The devotees of the Lord relish
confidential loving exchanges with the Lord through this chanting,
which gives them symptoms of ecstatic bliss.
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Vipralambha
is a Sanskrit word for conjugal romantic love in
separation. This CD is completely
instrumental, just flute, tamboura and drone.
The pieces are all full of very deep longing and
separation. This music was recorded during a
difficult time in my life. This spiritual
separation is actually a kind of ecstasy. It is
simultaneously bitter and sweet.
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