Vasudevashrayo Martyo (Vishnu Sahasranama Phalashruti) — Complete Lyrics
वासुदेवाश्रयो मर्त्यः (विष्णु सहस्रनाम फलश्रुति)
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
दुर्गाण्यतितरत्याशु पुरुषः पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
स्तुवन्नामसहस्रेण नित्यं भक्तिसमन्वितः ॥
Durgāṇyatitaratyāśu puruṣaḥ puruṣottamam |
Stuvannāmasahasreṇa nityaṁ bhaktisamanvitaḥ ||
The person who, full of devotion, daily praises the Supreme Purushottama with these thousand names, swiftly crosses over all difficulties.
Verse 2
वासुदेवाश्रयो मर्त्यो वासुदेवपरायणः ।
सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा याति ब्रह्म सनातनम् ॥
Vāsudevāśrayo martyo vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ |
Sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā yāti brahma sanātanam ||
The mortal who takes refuge in Vasudeva and is wholly devoted to Him, his soul purified of all sins, attains the eternal Brahman.
Verse 3
न वासुदेवभक्तानामशुभं विद्यते क्वचित् ।
जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिभयं नैवोपजायते ॥
Na vāsudevabhaktānāmaśubhaṁ vidyate kvacit |
Janmamṛtyujarāvyādhibhayaṁ naivopajāyate ||
For the devotees of Vasudeva no misfortune ever exists anywhere; the fear of birth, death, old age and disease never arises in them.
Verse 4
इमं स्तवमधीयानः श्रद्धाभक्तिसमन्वितः ।
युज्येतात्मसुखक्षान्तिश्रीधृतिस्मृतिकीर्तिभिः ॥
Imaṁ stavamadhīyānaḥ śraddhābhaktisamanvitaḥ |
Yujyetātmasukhakṣāntiśrīdhṛtismṛtikīrtibhiḥ ||
One who recites this hymn with faith and devotion becomes endowed with inner joy, patience, prosperity, fortitude, clear memory and good fame.
Verse 5
न क्रोधो न च मात्सर्यं न लोभो नाशुभा मतिः ।
भवन्ति कृतपुण्यानां भक्तानां पुरुषोत्तमे ॥
Na krodho na ca mātsaryaṁ na lobho nāśubhā matiḥ |
Bhavanti kṛtapuṇyānāṁ bhaktānāṁ puruṣottame ||
Neither anger, nor jealousy, nor greed, nor any impure thought arise in the meritorious devotees who are devoted to the Supreme Person.
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