य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यम् (विष्णु सहस्रनाम फलश्रुति) — Benefits & How to Chant
य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यम् (विष्णु सहस्रनाम फलश्रुति)
Complete guide to chanting correctly for maximum benefit
Benefits of Chanting य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यम् (विष्णु सहस्रनाम फलश्रुति)
Frees the reciter from all inauspiciousness in this world and the next
Grants the specific fruit each seeker rightly desires
knowledge, victory, wealth or happiness
Bestows unshakable Lakshmi (permanent prosperity) and lasting fame
Removes all fear from every direction and danger
Confers freedom from disease, radiance, strength and virtue
Encourages daily, pure-hearted recitation of the Vishnu Sahasranama for moksha
How to Chant य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यम् (विष्णु सहस्रनाम फलश्रुति)
Instructions
These verses are recited as the concluding phalashruti immediately after completing the thousand names of Vishnu. Sit facing east after a bath, with a calm and devoted mind. Recite the phalashruti once at the end of the Sahasranama to seal the merit of the recitation. It may also be read on its own to remind the devotee of the rewards of steadfast devotion to Vishnu.
Spiritual Significance
Traditional accounts hold that countless devotees who recited the Vishnu Sahasranama daily with this phalashruti were freed of chronic illness, debt and fear; the great Acharya Shankara, in his commentary, affirms that even one who simply hears the names attains protection from all evil in both worlds.
Origin & History
Source: Vishnu Sahasranama phalashruti, Anushasana Parva of the Mahabharata
Author: Sage Vyasa (revealed through Bhishma)
When the Pandavas approached the dying Bhishma, lying on a bed of arrows after the great war of Kurukshetra, Yudhishthira asked him by what single hymn a person could be liberated from all sorrow. Bhishma taught the thousand names of Vishnu and then declared this phalashruti, describing the abundant fruits gained by anyone who hears or recites them with devotion.