It is also pronounced sahasranāmam in South India. In modern Hindi pronunciation, nāma is pronounced. The compound is of the Bahuvrihi type and may be translated as 'having a thousand names'. nāma ( nominative, the stem is nāman-) means 'name'. The meaning of sahasra is situation dependent. All matter animate and inanimate reside in him, and he in turn resides within all matter. In this world Who is the one refuge for all? Who is the greatest Divinity in the world ? By eulogising whom can a person reach auspiciousness? By worshipping whom can a person reach auspiciousness? What is, in your opinion, the greatest Dharma among all the Dharmas? By chanting whose name, can a creature proceed beyond the bonds of samsāra? īhishma answers by stating that mankind will be free from all sorrows by chanting the Vishnu Sahasranama, which are the thousand names of the all-pervading Supreme Being Vishnu, who is the master of all the worlds, the supreme light, the essence of the universe and who is Brahman. Kim japan mucyate jantuḥ janmasamsārabandhanāt Ko dharmaḥ sarva dharmāṇām bhavataḥ paramo mataḥ Stuvantaḥ kam kamarcantaḥ prāpnuyurmānavāḥ śubham Kimekam daivatam loke kim vāpyekam parāyaṇam
Yudhishthira asks Bhishma the following questions: In the 135th chapter of Anushāsanaparva (verses 14 to 120) in Mahabharata, the stotra was given to Yudhishthira by the grandsire of Kuru dynasty and warrior Bhishma who was on his death bed (of arrows) in the battlefield of Kurukshetra. There is also a Sikh Version of the Vishnu Sahasranama, as found in the work Sundar Gutka.
Other versions exist in the Padma Purana, Skanda Purana and Garuda Purana. It is the most popular version of the 1,000 names of Vishnu. The Vishnu Sahasranama as found in the Anushasana Parva of the epic Mahabharata. It is one of the most sacred and popular stotras in Hinduism. Vishnu Sahasranama ( Sanskrit: विष्णुसहस्रनाम, IAST: Viṣṇusahasranāma), is a Sanskrit hymn which contains a list of 1,000 names of Vishnu, one of the main deities in Hinduism and the supreme God in Vaishnavism.
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