Stotras for Śrī Vaiśṇavas

Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram

Vishnu Sahasranāma Stotram – full classical text of 1000 names of Vishnu, in transliterated Sanskrit with translation of meanings in English. One should meditate for the removal of all obstacles upon Vishnu who is clad in white garments, who has lustre like the moon, who has four arms and a beneficent face. This worship of the Supreme Lotus-eyed Lord at all times by a person

Śrī Stuti | Swāmi Deśikan

Śrī Stuti is a devotional text dedicated to Śrī, our Divine Mother and consort of Lord Nārāyaṇa, also known as Lakshmi Devi or in South-Indian tradition of Śrī Vaiṣṇavism often known as Perundevi Thayar. It is believed that reading and studying Śrī Stuti can bestow many kinds of riches to devotees – both spiritual and material. It is also filled with profound philosophical and devotional

Śrī Hayagrīva Stotra | Swami Deśikan

Śrī Hayagrīva Stotra by Swami Deśikan. Lord Hayagrīva is one of the Avatars of Para Vāsudeva. In this Embodiment, the Śrī Hayagrīva’s face alone is that of a majestic horse and the body is like that of a human, except that it is pure sāttvic emanation. He is the embodiment of Prāṇava (Oṁkāra). He is the First Lord of all Vidyās (wisdoms). Śrī Hayagrīva recovered

Mahā Nārāyaṇa Upanishad

Here you can read the Mahā Nārāyaṇa Upanishad; full text translated in English together with Romanized Sanskrit text and very detailed commentaries done by Swāmi Vimalānanda of Śrī Ramakrishna Math, done according to other historically significant commentaries on Mahā Nārāyaṇa Upanishad and Taittirīya Āraṇyaka and Brāhmaṇa, from which many mantras of Mahā Nārāyaṇa Upanishad have originated. Mahā Nārāyaṇa Upanishad belongs to Krishna Yajur Veda.

Śrī Nārāyaṇa Kavacha

The Nārāyaṇa Kavācha is a Spiritual Armour to protect ourselves from our enemies seen and unseen. Raja Parīkṣit, asks his teacher, Sage Śūka for a means to protect himself from his enemies. Sage Śūka teaches him the Nārāyaṇa Kavācha. It is believed the one who reads this Kavācha becomes extremely holy and anyone who reads this Nārāyaṇa Kavācha would be protected by Lord Vishnu.

Śrī Veṅkaṭeśa Suprabhātam kausalya suprajā rāma pūrvā sandhyā pravartate | uttiṣṭha nara-śārdūla kartavyaṁ daivam āhnikam ||1|| O virtuous son of Queen Kausalya! Behold the dawn is appearing. O Lion-like-Lord, please arise and perform the daily religious rites. uttiṣṭho-tiṣṭha govinda uttiṣṭha garuḍa-dhvaja | uttiṣṭha kamalā-kānta trai-lokyaṁ maṅgalaṁ kuru ||2 || O Govinda (lord of the Universe), O Lord of the Garuda Ensign, O Lover of Lakshmi,

Śrī Veṅkaṭeśa Stotram kamalā kucacūcuka kuṅkumato niyatāruṇitātula nīlatan | kamalāyata locana loka-pate vijayī bhava veṅkaṭa-śaila-pate ||1 || O Possessor of the blue form which became stained dark red from the saffron of Lakshmi's breasts, O Possessor of eyes expansive as lotus blossoms, O Lord of the Universe and of Veṅkaṭa Mountain; may you be victorious. sacatur-mukha ṣaṇ-mukha pañca-mukha pramukhākhila daivata maulimaṇe | śaraṇāgata vatsala sāranidhe

Śrī Veṅkaṭeśa Prapattiḥ īśānāṁ jagot’sya veṅkaṭa-pater-viṣṇoḥ parāṁ preyasīm tad-vakṣasthala nitya vāsarasikāṁ tat-kṣānti saṁvardhinīm | padmālaṅkṛta pāṇi pallava yugāṁ padmāsanasthāṁ śriyaṁ vātsalyādi guṇojjvalāṁ bhagavatīm vande jagan-mātaram ||1 || I pay my obeisance to Lakshmi the ruler of the universe, who is the most beloved of Lord Vishnu the Lord of Mount Veṅkaṭa, who rests with supreme delight upon His chest, and increases His forbearance, whose hands

Śrī Veṅkaṭeśa Maṅgalam śriyaḥ kāntāya kalyāṇa-nidhaye nidhaye’rthinām | śrī veṅkaṭa-nivāsāya śrī-nivāsāya maṅgalam ||1 || Auspiciousness be to the Lord Veṅkaṭeśa the resident of Mount Veṅkaṭa, the spouse of Lakshmi, who is the repository of auspiciousness, and a treasury towards those who take refuge in Him. lakṣmīsa vibhramaloka subhrū-vibhrama cakṣuṣe | cakṣuṣe sarva-lokānāṁ veṅkaṭeśaya maṅgalam ||2 || Auspiciousness be to the Lord Veṅkaṭeśa who gazes alluringly

Puruṣa Sūktam. Purusha Sūkta (puruṣasūkta) is hymn 10.90 of the Rig-Veda, dedicated to the Purusha, the "Cosmic Being" or "Soul". The Purusha Sūkta gives a description of the spiritual unity of the universe. It presents the nature of Purusha or the cosmic being as both immanent in the manifested world and yet transcendent to it. From this being, the Sūkta holds, the original creative will

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