Saturday, December 7, 2024

108 names of Vishnu (translated)

1. vishvam: He who is the universe, the virat-purusha


2. vishnuh: He who pervades everywhere


3. bhootaatmaa: The aatman of all beings


4. paramaatmaa: The Supersoul


5. muktaanaam paramaa gatih: The final goal, reached by liberated souls


6. saakshee: The witness


7. purushottamah: The Supreme Controller


8. bhaavanah: He who gives everything to his devotees


9. padmanaabhah: He from whose navel comes the lotus


10. vishvakarmaa: The creator of the universe


11. shaashvatah: He who always remains the same


12. krishno: He whose complexion is dark


13. pavitram: He who gives purity to the heart


14. praanadah: He who gives life


15. sharanam: The refuge


16. pratyayah: He whose nature is knowledge


17. sarvadarshanah: All-seeing


18. satyah: The truth


19. pundareekaakshah: He who dwells in the heart


20. amritah: Immortal


21. vedah: He who is the Vedas


22. dharmaadhyakshah: He who presides over dharma


23. vijayah: Victorious


24. samgrahah: He who holds everything together


25. sargah: He who creates the world from Himself


26. vaidyah: The Supreme doctor


27. sadaa-yogee: Always in yoga


28. madhuh: Sweet


29. mahaamayo: The Supreme Master of all Maayaa


30. suraanando: He who gives out happiness


31. govindah: The protector of the cows


32. bhujagottamah: The serpent Ananta


33. hiranyanaabhah: He who has a golden navel


34. sutapaah: He who has glorious tapas


35. prajaapatih: He from whom all creatures emerge


36. guruh: The teacher


37. nimishah: He who has closed eyes in contemplation


38. nyaayah: Justice


39. sahasraakshah: Thousands of eyes


40. sahasrapaat: Thousand-footed


41. dharaneedharah: He who supports the earth


42. suprasaadah: Fully satisfied


43. naaraayanah: He who resides on the waters


44. shruti-saagarah: The ocean for all scripture


45. prakaashanah: He who illuminates


46. ojas-tejo-dyutidharah: The possessor of vitality, effulgence and beauty


47. mantrah: The nature of the Vedic mantras


48. jagatas-setuh: A bridge across the material energy


49. bhoota-bhavya-bhavan-naathah: The Lord of past, present and future


50. paavanah: He who gives life-sustaining power to air


51. kaamahaa: He who destroys all desires


52. kaamakrit: He who fulfills all desires


53. kaamah: The beloved


54. prabhuh: The Lord


55. ishtah: He who is invoked through Vedic rituals


56. shikhandee: He who wears a peacock feather


57. krodhahaa: He who destroys anger


58. maheedharah: The support of the earth


59. vaasudevah: Dwelling in all creatures although not affected by that condition


60. aadidevah: The primary source of everything


61. ashokah: He who has no sorrow


62. padmagarbhah: He who is being meditated upon in the lotus of the heart


63. lakshmeevaan: The consort of Laksmi


64. rohitah: The fish incarnation


65. maargah: The path


66. mahaabhaago: He who gets the greates share in every Yajna


67. raamah: One who is most handsome


68. virajo: Passionless


69. neyah: The guide


70. shatrughnah: The destroyer of enemies


71. vaayuh: The air


72. mahaabhogah: He who is of the nature of enjoyment


73. sthavishthah: One who is supremely huge


74. yajnah: One who is of the nature of yajna


75. ijyah: He who is fit to be invoked through yajna


76. vimuktaatmaa: The ever-liberated self


77. jnaanamuttamam: The Supreme Knowledge


78. sumukhah: One who has a charming face


79. sukhadah: Giver of happiness


80. manoharah: The stealer of the mind


81. dhaneshvarah: The Lord of wealth


82. sat: existence


83. sattvasthah: Situated in sattva


84. uttarah: He who lifts us from the ocean of samsara


85. goptaa: The protector


86. kapeendrah: Lord of the monkeys (Rama)


87. mukundah: The giver of liberation


88. aanandah: A mass of pure bliss


89. nandanah: One who makes others blissful


90. trivikramah: One who took three steps


91. maharshih kapilaachaaryah: He who incarnated as Kapila, the great sage


92. kritajnah: The knower of the creation


93. mahaashringah: Great-horned (Matsya)


94. mahaavaraaho: The great boar


95. guhyo: The mysterious


96. chakra-gadaadharah: Bearer of the disc and mace


97. khanda-parashur: One who holds an axe


98. bhishak: Physician


99. shaantah: Peaceful within


100. nishthaa: Abode of all beings


101. paraayanam: The way to liberation


102. shreepatih: Lord of Laksmi


103. loka-trayaashrayah: Shelter of the three worlds


104. shoka-naashanah: Destroyer of sorrows


105. vishodhanah: The great purifier


106. keshavah: One whose rays illumine the cosmos


107. poornah: The complete


108. vasupradah: The giver of salvation, the greatest wealth

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