Vishnu Sahasranama
Puva Bhaga 001
Reference: Vishnusahasranama by Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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| ॐ शुक्लांबरधरं विष्णुं शशिवर्णं चतुर्भुजम्। प्रसन्नवदनं ध्यायेत् सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये॥ | |
| om śuklāṁbaradharaṁ viṣṇuṁ śaśivarṇaṁ caturbhujam | prasannavadanaṁ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye|| | |
| One should meditate on Him who wears white dress, who is all-pervasive, of the colour of the moon, who has four arms and a tranquil face, for the removal of obstacles | |
We pray to Lord Ganesa before undertaking any work.
Isvara is called Vigna raja – the one who presides over the obstacles.
Isvara is the one who throws obstacles when he gives us the result of our papa (misdeeds).
Isvara is invoked not only as Vigna raja, but He is also invoked as Vigna hara – the one who removes the obstacles.
The devotee asks ‘Please remove the papa of all my commissions and omissions which are known and unknown to me’.
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| व्यासं वसिष्ठ नप्तारं शक्तेः पौत्रमकल्मषम्। पराशरात्मजं वन्दे शुकतातं तपोनिधिम्॥ | |
| vyāsaṁ vasiṣṭha naptāraṁ śakteḥ pautramakalmaṣam | parāśarātmajaṁ vande śukatātaṁ taponidhim|| | |
| I salute Sage Vyasa, the great grandson of Sage Vasistha, the grandson of Sage Sakti, the son of Sage Parasara and the father of Sage Suka and who is (by himself) an abode of tapas and who is without any blemishes. | |
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| व्यासाय विष्णुरूपाय व्यासरूपाय विष्णवे। नमो वै ब्रह्मनिधये वासिष्ठाय नमो नमः॥ | |
| vyāsāya viṣṇurūpāya vyāsarūpāya viṣṇave | namo vai brahmanidhaye vāsiṣṭhāya namo namaḥ|| | |
| Salutations to Vyasa, who is in the form of Vishnu. Salutations to Vishnu, who is in the form of Vyasa. Salutations again and again to him, who is the above of the vedas and who is of the lineage of Vasistha. | |
