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Sunday, February 17, 2008 7:32:39 PM

Question about Concluding Verses of Vishnu Sahasranama

 

praNAms Advaitin Moderators,

 

Please send it to the list if you think this is not offtopic.

Any help is appreciated as this has been a long standing doubt!

 

praNAms again

Ramakrishna

 

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praNAms Advaitins,

I have a question about the concluding verses of Vishnu Sahasranama (VS),

in the popular rendition by Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi.

 

According to the pdf version of Mahabharatha (MB) available from itihaasa

page of Maharshi University (http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve//itihas.htm),

the following verses are the concluding portion of VS.

 

bhajanti ye puSh{}karaakshaM na te yaanti paraabhavam.h .. 22..

na te yaanti paraabhavam OM nama iti .

 

My question is what about the rest of the following verses? Some of

them are clearly from Bhagavad Gita. The rest, I do not know, where

they are from. So, any help in locating where they are from,

is greatly appreciated.

 

arjuna uvaacha \-\-\-

padmapatravishaalaaksha padmanaabha surottama .

bhak{}taanaamanurak{}taanaaM traataa bhava janaardana .. 23..

 

Where is this shloka from? The terms used by Arjuna are very

similar to how Arjuna praises Lord Krishna, in Chapter 11 of

Bhagavad Gita.

 

shriibhagavaanuvaacha \-\-\-

yo maaM naamasahasreNa stotumich{}chhati paaNDava .

soha.amekena sh{}lokena stuta eva na sa.nshayaH .. 24..

stuta eva na sa.nshaya OM nama iti .

 

Where is this from?

 

vyaasa uvaacha \-\-\-

vaasanaadvaasudevasya vaasitaM bhuvanatrayam.h .

sarvabhuutanivaaso.asi vaasudeva namo.astu te .. 25..

shrii vaasudeva namo.astuta OM nama iti .

paarvatyuvaacha \-\-\-

kenopaayena laghunaa viShNornaamasahasrakam .

paThyate paNDitairnityaM shrotumichchhaamyahaM prabho .. 26..

iishvara uvaacha \-\-\-

shriiraama raama raameti rame raame manorame .

sahasranaama tattulyaM raama naama varaanane .. 27..

shriiraamanaama varaanana OM nama iti .

 

Where are the above shlokas from?

 

brahmovaacha \-\-\-

namo.astvanantaaya sahasramuurtaye

sahasrapaadaakshishirorubaahave .

sahasranaam{}ne purushhaaya shaashvate

sahasrakoTii yugadhaariNe namaH .. 28..

sahasrakoTii yugadhaariNe OM nama iti .

 

sa~njaya uvaacha \-\-\-

yatra yogeshvaraH kR^ishhNo yatra paartho dhanurdharaH .

tatra shriirvijayo bhuutirdhruvaa niitirmatirmama .. 29..

This is 18.78, the concluding shloka of Bhagavad Gita.

 

shriibhagavaanuvaacha \-\-\-

ananyaashchintayanto maa.n ye janaaH paryupaasate .

teshhaa.n nityaabhiyuk{}taanaa.n yogakshemaM vahaamyaham.h .. 30..

This is 9.22 of Bhagavad Gita.

 

paritraaNaaya saadhuunaa.n vinaashaaya cha dushhkR^itaam.h .

dharmasa.nsthaapanaarthaaya saMbhavaami yuge yuge .. 31..

This is 4.8 of Bhagavad Gita.

 

ArtAH vishhaNNAH shithilAshcha bhItAH ghoreshhu cha vyAdhishhu

vartamAnAH .

sa.nkIrtya nArAyaNashabdamAtraM vimuktaduHkhAH sukhino bhavantu .. 32..

kaayena vaachaa manase.ndriyairvaa buddhyaatmanaa vaa

prakR^itisvabhaavaat.h .

karomi yadyat.h sakalaM parasmai naaraayaNaayeti samarpayaami .. 33..

Where are these shlokas from?

 

praNAms to all Advaitins,

Ramakrishna