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विष्णुनामाष्टकम् Shri Vishnu Namashtakam

viṣṇunāmāṣṭakam

Shri Vishnu Namashtakam (विष्णुनामाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Viṣṇu. 3 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

विष्णुनामाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

अच्युतं केशवं विष्णुं हरिं सत्यं जनार्दनम् ।हंसं नारायणं चैवमेतन्नामाष्टकं पठेत् ॥ १॥

acyutaṃ keśavaṃ viṣṇuṃ hariṃ satyaṃ janārdanam |haṃsaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ caivametannāmāṣṭakaṃ paṭhet || 1||

Verse 2

त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेन्नित्यं दारिद्र्यं तस्य नश्यति ।शत्रुसैन्यं क्षयं याति दुःस्वप्नः सुखदो भवेत् ॥ २॥

trisandhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennityaṃ dāridryaṃ tasya naśyati |śatrusainyaṃ kṣayaṃ yāti duḥsvapnaḥ sukhado bhavet || 2||

Verse 3

गङ्गायां मरणं चैव दृढा भक्तिस्तु केशवे ।ब्रह्मविद्याप्रबोधश्च तस्मान्नित्यं पठेन्नरः ॥इति श्रीविष्णुनामाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

gaṅgāyāṃ maraṇaṃ caiva dṛḍhā bhaktistu keśave |brahmavidyāprabodhaśca tasmānnityaṃ paṭhennaraḥ ||iti śrīviṣṇunāmāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति विष्णुनामाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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About Shri Vishnu Namashtakam

Shri Vishnu Namashtakam is a stotra addressed to Viṣṇu, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: विष्णुनामाष्टकम् (viṣṇunāmāṣṭakam)). Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Vishnu Namashtakam (विष्णुनामाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Viṣṇu. 3 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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