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Shri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram (Los Mil Nombres del Señor Vishnu)

Los mil nombres de Vishnu, enseñados por Bhishma a Yudhishthira en el Anushasana Parva del Mahabharata, capítulo 149, en 108 versos.

SahasranamasSahasranāmaVishnu

Versos

Vishvaṃ Vishṇurvashaṭkāro Bhūtabhavyabhavatprabhuḥ Bhūtakṛdbhūtabhṛdbhāvo Bhūtātmā Bhūtabhāvanaḥ

Verso 1

Pūtātmā Paramātmā Cha Muktānāṃ Paramā Gatiḥ Avyayaḥ Purushaḥ Sākshī Kshetrayño'kshara Eva Cha

Verso 2

Yogo Yogavidāṃ Netā Pradhānapurusheshvaraḥ Nārasiṃhavapuḥ Shrīmān Keshavaḥ Purushottamaḥ

Verso 3

Sarvaḥ Sharvaḥ Shivaḥ Sthāṇurbhūtādirnidhiravyayaḥ Sambhavo Bhāvano Bhartā Prabhavaḥ Prabhurīshvaraḥ

Verso 4

Svayambhūḥ Shambhurādityaḥ Pushkarāksho Mahāsvanaḥ Anādinidhano Dhātā Vidhātā Dhāturuttamaḥ

Verso 5

Aprameyo Hṛshīkeshaḥ Padmanābho'maraprabhuḥ Vishvakarmā Manustvashṭā Sthavishṭhaḥ Sthaviro Dhruvaḥ

Verso 6

Agrāhyaḥ Shāshvataḥ Kṛshṇo Lohitākshaḥ Pratardanaḥ Prabhūtastrikakubdhāma Pavitraṃ Maṅgalaṃ Param

Verso 7

Īshānaḥ Prāṇadaḥ Prāṇo Yyeshṭhaḥ Shreshṭhaḥ Prayāpatiḥ Hiraṇyagarbho Bhūgarbho Mādhavo Madhusūdanaḥ

Verso 8

Īshvaro Vikramī Dhanvī Medhāvī Vikramaḥ Kramaḥ Anuttamo Durādharshaḥ Kṛtayñaḥ Kṛtirātmavān

Verso 9

Sureshaḥ Sharaṇaṃ Sharma Vishvaretāḥ Prayābhavaḥ Ahaḥ Saṃvatsaro Vyālaḥ Pratyayaḥ Sarvadarshanaḥ

Verso 10

Ayaḥ Sarveshvaraḥ Siddhaḥ Siddhiḥ Sarvādirachyutaḥ Vṛshākapirameyātmā Sarvayogaviniḥsṛtaḥ

Verso 11

Vasurvasumanāḥ Satyaḥ Samātmā'sammitaḥ Samaḥ Amoghaḥ Puṇḍarīkāksho Vṛshakarmā Vṛshākṛtiḥ

Verso 12

Rudro Bahushirā Babhrurvishvayoniḥ Shuchishravāḥ Amṛtaḥ Shāshvatasthāṇurvarāroho Mahātapāḥ

Verso 13

Sarvagaḥ Sarvavidbhānurvishvakseno Yanārdanaḥ Vedo Vedavidavyaṅgo Vedāṅgo Vedavit Kaviḥ

Verso 14

Lokādhyakshaḥ Surādhyaksho Dharmādhyakshaḥ Kṛtākṛtaḥ Chaturātmā Chaturvyūhashchaturdaṃshṭrashchaturbhuyaḥ

Verso 15

Bhrāyishṇurbhoyanaṃ Bhoktā Sahishṇuryagadādiyaḥ Anagho Viyayo Yetā Vishvayoniḥ Punarvasuḥ

Verso 16

Upendro Vāmanaḥ Prāṃshuramoghaḥ Shuchirūryitaḥ Atīndraḥ Saṅgrahaḥ Sargo Dhṛtātmā Niyamo Yamaḥ

Verso 17

Vedyo Vaidyaḥ Sadāyogī Vīrahā Mādhavo Madhuḥ Atīndriyo Mahāmāyo Mahotsāho Mahābalaḥ

Verso 18

Mahābuddhirmahāvīryo Mahāshaktirmahādyutiḥ Anirdeshyavapuḥ Shrīmānameyātmā Mahādridhṛk

Verso 19

Maheshvāso Mahībhartā Shrīnivāsaḥ Satāṃ Gatiḥ Aniruddhaḥ Surānando Govindo Govidāṃ Patiḥ

Verso 20

Marīchirdamano Haṃsaḥ Suparṇo Bhuyagottamaḥ Hiraṇyanābhaḥ Sutapāḥ Padmanābhaḥ Prayāpatiḥ

Verso 21

Amṛtyuḥ Sarvadṛk Siṃhaḥ Sandhātā Sandhimān Sthiraḥ Ayo Durmarshaṇaḥ Shāstā Vishrutātmā Surārihā

Verso 22

Gururgurutamo Dhāma Satyaḥ Satyaparākramaḥ Nimisho'nimishaḥ Sragvī Vāchaspatirudāradhīḥ

Verso 23

Agraṇīrgrāmaṇīḥ Shrīmān Nyāyo Netā Samīraṇaḥ Sahasramūrdhā Vishvātmā Sahasrākshaḥ Sahasrapāt

Verso 24

Āvartano Nivṛttātmā Saṃvṛtaḥ Sampramardanaḥ Ahaḥ Saṃvartako Vahniranilo Dharaṇīdharaḥ

Verso 25

Suprasādaḥ Prasannātmā Vishvadhṛgvishvabhugvibhuḥ Satkartā Satkṛtaḥ Sādhuryahnurnārāyaṇo Naraḥ

Verso 26

Asaṅkhyeyo'prameyātmā Vishishṭaḥ Shishṭakṛchhuchiḥ Siddhārthaḥ Siddhasaṅkalpaḥ Siddhidaḥ Siddhisādhanaḥ

Verso 27

Vṛshāhī Vṛshabho Vishṇurvṛshaparvā Vṛshodaraḥ Vardhano Vardhamānashcha Viviktaḥ Shrutisāgaraḥ

Verso 28

Subhuyo Durdharo Vāgmī Mahendro Vasudo Vasuḥ Naikarūpo Bṛhadrūpaḥ Shipivishṭaḥ Prakāshanaḥ

Verso 29

Oyasteyodyutidharaḥ Prakāshātmā Pratāpanaḥ Ṛddhaḥ Spashṭāksharo Mantrashchandrāṃshurbhāskaradyutiḥ

Verso 30

Amṛtāṃshūdbhavo Bhānuḥ Shashabinduḥ Sureshvaraḥ Aushadhaṃ Yagataḥ Setuḥ Satyadharmaparākramaḥ

Verso 31

Bhūtabhavyabhavannāthaḥ Pavanaḥ Pāvano'nalaḥ Kāmahā Kāmakṛtkāntaḥ Kāmaḥ Kāmapradaḥ Prabhuḥ

Verso 32

Yugādikṛdyugāvarto Naikamāyo Mahāshanaḥ Adṛshyo Vyaktarūpashcha Sahasrayidanantayit

Verso 33

Ishṭo'vishishṭaḥ Shishṭeshṭaḥ Shikhaṇḍī Nahusho Vṛshaḥ Krodhahā Krodhakṛtkartā Vishvabāhurmahīdharaḥ

Verso 34

Achyutaḥ Prathitaḥ Prāṇaḥ Prāṇado Vāsavānuyaḥ Apāṃnidhiradhishṭhānamapramattaḥ Pratishṭhitaḥ

Verso 35

Skandaḥ Skandadharo Dhuryo Varado Vāyuvāhanaḥ Vāsudevo Bṛhadbhānurādidevaḥ Purandaraḥ

Verso 36

Ashokastāraṇastāraḥ Shūraḥ Shauriryaneshvaraḥ Anukūlaḥ Shatāvartaḥ Padmī Padmanibhekshaṇaḥ

Verso 37

Padmanābho'ravindākshaḥ Padmagarbhaḥ Sharīrabhṛt Maharddhirṛddho Vṛddhātmā Mahāksho Garuḍadhvayaḥ

Verso 38

Atulaḥ Sharabho Bhīmaḥ Samayayño Havirhariḥ Sarvalakshaṇalakshaṇyo Lakshmīvān Samitiñyayaḥ

Verso 39

Viksharo Rohito Mārgo Heturdāmodaraḥ Sahaḥ Mahīdharo Mahābhāgo Vegavānamitāshanaḥ

Verso 40

Udbhavaḥ Kshobhaṇo Devaḥ Shrīgarbhaḥ Parameshvaraḥ Karaṇaṃ Kāraṇaṃ Kartā Vikartā Gahano Guhaḥ

Verso 41

Vyavasāyo Vyavasthānaḥ Saṃsthānaḥ Sthānado Dhruvaḥ Pararddhiḥ Paramaspashṭastushṭaḥ Pushṭaḥ Shubhekshaṇaḥ

Verso 42

Rāmo Virāmo Virayo Mārgo Neyo Nayo'nayaḥ (virāmo Virato) Vīraḥ Shaktimatāṃ Shreshṭho Dharmo Dharmaviduttamaḥ

Verso 43

Vaikuṇṭhaḥ Purushaḥ Prāṇaḥ Prāṇadaḥ Praṇavaḥ Pṛthuḥ Hiraṇyagarbhaḥ Shatrughno Vyāpto Vāyuradhokshayaḥ

Verso 44

Ṛtuḥ Sudarshanaḥ Kālaḥ Parameshṭhī Parigrahaḥ Ugraḥ Saṃvatsaro Daksho Vishrāmo Vishvadakshiṇaḥ

Verso 45

Vistāraḥ Sthāvarasthāṇuḥ Pramāṇaṃ Bīyamavyayam Artho'nartho Mahākosho Mahābhogo Mahādhanaḥ

Verso 46

Anirviṇṇaḥ Sthavishṭho'bhūrdharmayūpo Mahāmakhaḥ Nakshatranemirnakshatrī Kshamaḥ Kshāmaḥ Samīhanaḥ

Verso 47

Yayña Iyyo Maheyyashcha Kratuḥ Satraṃ Satāṃ Gatiḥ Sarvadarshī Vimuktātmā Sarvayño Yñānamuttamam

Verso 48

Suvrataḥ Sumukhaḥ Sūkshmaḥ Sughoshaḥ Sukhadaḥ Suhṛt Manoharo Yitakrodho Vīrabāhurvidāraṇaḥ

Verso 49

Svāpanaḥ Svavasho Vyāpī Naikātmā Naikakarmakṛt Vatsaro Vatsalo Vatsī Ratnagarbho Dhaneshvaraḥ

Verso 50

Dharmagubdharmakṛddharmī Sadasatksharamaksharam Aviyñātā Sahasrāṃshurvidhātā Kṛtalakshaṇaḥ

Verso 51

Gabhastinemiḥ Sattvasthaḥ Siṃho Bhūtamaheshvaraḥ Ādidevo Mahādevo Devesho Devabhṛdguruḥ

Verso 52

Uttaro Gopatirgoptā Yñānagamyaḥ Purātanaḥ Sharīrabhūtabhṛdbhoktā Kapīndro Bhūridakshiṇaḥ

Verso 53

Somapo'mṛtapaḥ Somaḥ Puruyitpurusattamaḥ Vinayo Yayaḥ Satyasandho Dāshārhaḥ Sātvatāmpatiḥ

Verso 54

Viniyoyyaḥ Yīvo Vinayitā Sākshī Mukundo'mitavikramaḥ Ambhonidhiranantātmā Mahodadhishayo'ntakaḥ

Verso 55

Ayo Mahārhaḥ Svābhāvyo Yitāmitraḥ Pramodanaḥ Ānando Nandano Nandaḥ Satyadharmā Trivikramaḥ

Verso 56

Maharshiḥ Kapilāchāryaḥ Kṛtayño Medinīpatiḥ Tripadastridashādhyaksho Mahāsha‍ṛṅgaḥ Kṛtāntakṛt

Verso 57

Mahāvarāho Govindaḥ Susheṇaḥ Kanakāṅgadī Guhyo Gabhīro Gahano Guptashchakragadādharaḥ

Verso 58

Vedhāḥ Svāṅgo'yitaḥ Kṛshṇo Dṛḍhaḥ Saṅkarshaṇo'chyutaḥ Varuṇo Vāruṇo Vṛkshaḥ Pushkarāksho Mahāmanāḥ

Verso 59

Bhagavān Bhagahā''nandī Vanamālī Halāyudhaḥ Ādityo Yyotirādityaḥ Sahishṇurgatisattamaḥ

Verso 60

Sudhanvā Khaṇḍaparashurdāruṇo Draviṇapradaḥ Divaspṛk Sarvadṛgvyāso Vāchaspatirayoniyaḥ

Verso 61

(divispṛk) Trisāmā Sāmagaḥ Sāma Nirvāṇaṃ Bheshayaṃ Bhishak Saṃnyāsakṛchhamaḥ Shānto Nishṭhā Shāntiḥ Parāyaṇam

Verso 62

Shubhāṅgaḥ Shāntidaḥ Srashṭā Kumudaḥ Kuvaleshayaḥ Gohito Gopatirgoptā Vṛshabhāksho Vṛshapriyaḥ

Verso 63

Anivartī Nivṛttātmā Saṅksheptā Kshemakṛchhivaḥ Shrīvatsavakshāḥ Shrīvāsaḥ Shrīpatiḥ Shrīmatāṃvaraḥ

Verso 64

Shrīdaḥ Shrīshaḥ Shrīnivāsaḥ Shrīnidhiḥ Shrīvibhāvanaḥ Shrīdharaḥ Shrīkaraḥ Shreyaḥ Shrīmānllokatrayāshrayaḥ

Verso 65

Svakshaḥ Svaṅgaḥ Shatānando Nandiryyotirgaṇeshvaraḥ Viyitātmā'vidheyātmā Satkīrtishchhinnasaṃshayaḥ

Verso 66

Udīrṇaḥ Sarvatashchakshuranīshaḥ Shāshvatasthiraḥ Bhūshayo Bhūshaṇo Bhūtirvishokaḥ Shokanāshanaḥ

Verso 67

Archishmānarchitaḥ Kumbho Vishuddhātmā Vishodhanaḥ Aniruddho'pratirathaḥ Pradyumno'mitavikramaḥ

Verso 68

Kālaneminihā Vīraḥ Shauriḥ Shūrayaneshvaraḥ Trilokātmā Trilokeshaḥ Keshavaḥ Keshihā Hariḥ

Verso 69

Kāmadevaḥ Kāmapālaḥ Kāmī Kāntaḥ Kṛtāgamaḥ Anirdeshyavapurvishṇurvīro'nanto Dhanañyayaḥ

Verso 70

Brahmaṇyo Brahmakṛd Brahmā Brahma Brahmavivardhanaḥ Brahmavid Brāhmaṇo Brahmī Brahmayño Brāhmaṇapriyaḥ

Verso 71

Mahākramo Mahākarmā Mahāteyā Mahoragaḥ Mahākraturmahāyayvā Mahāyayño Mahāhaviḥ

Verso 72

Stavyaḥ Stavapriyaḥ Stotraṃ Stutiḥ Stotā Raṇapriyaḥ Pūrṇaḥ Pūrayitā Puṇyaḥ Puṇyakīrtiranāmayaḥ

Verso 73

Manoyavastīrthakaro Vasuretā Vasupradaḥ Vasuprado Vāsudevo Vasurvasumanā Haviḥ

Verso 74

Sadgatiḥ Satkṛtiḥ Sattā Sadbhūtiḥ Satparāyaṇaḥ Shūraseno Yadushreshṭhaḥ Sannivāsaḥ Suyāmunaḥ

Verso 75

Bhūtāvāso Vāsudevaḥ Sarvāsunilayo'nalaḥ Darpahā Darpado Dṛpto Durdharo'thāparāyitaḥ

Verso 76

Vishvamūrtirmahāmūrtirdīptamūrtiramūrtimān Anekamūrtiravyaktaḥ Shatamūrtiḥ Shatānanaḥ

Verso 77

Eko Naikaḥ Savaḥ Kaḥ Kiṃ Yat Tatpadamanuttamam Lokabandhurlokanātho Mādhavo Bhaktavatsalaḥ

Verso 78

Suvarṇavarṇo Hemāṅgo Varāṅgashchandanāṅgadī Vīrahā Vishamaḥ Shūnyo Ghṛtāshīrachalashchalaḥ

Verso 79

Amānī Mānado Mānyo Lokasvāmī Trilokadhṛk Sumedhā Medhayo Dhanyaḥ Satyamedhā Dharādharaḥ

Verso 80

Teyovṛsho Dyutidharaḥ Sarvashastrabhṛtāṃ Varaḥ Pragraho Nigraho Vyagro Naikasha‍ṛṅgo Gadāgrayaḥ

Verso 81

Chaturmūrtishchaturbāhushchaturvyūhashchaturgatiḥ Chaturātmā Chaturbhāvashchaturvedavidekapāt

Verso 82

Samāvarto'nivṛttātmā Duryayo Duratikramaḥ Durlabho Durgamo Durgo Durāvāso Durārihā

Verso 83

Shubhāṅgo Lokasāraṅgaḥ Sutantustantuvardhanaḥ Indrakarmā Mahākarmā Kṛtakarmā Kṛtāgamaḥ

Verso 84

Udbhavaḥ Sundaraḥ Sundo Ratnanābhaḥ Sulochanaḥ Arko Vāyasanaḥ Sha‍ṛṅgī Yayantaḥ Sarvaviyyayī

Verso 85

Suvarṇabindurakshobhyaḥ Sarvavāgīshvareshvaraḥ Mahāhrado Mahāgarto Mahābhūto Mahānidhiḥ

Verso 86

Kumudaḥ Kundaraḥ Kundaḥ Paryanyaḥ Pāvano'nilaḥ Amṛtāsho'mṛtavapuḥ Sarvayñaḥ Sarvatomukhaḥ

Verso 87

Sulabhaḥ Suvrataḥ Siddhaḥ Shatruyichhatrutāpanaḥ Nyagrodho'dumbaro'shvatthashchāṇūrāndhranishūdanaḥ

Verso 88

Sahasrārchiḥ Saptayihvaḥ Saptaidhāḥ Saptavāhanaḥ Amūrtiranagho'chintyo Bhayakṛdbhayanāshanaḥ

Verso 89

Aṇurbṛhatkṛshaḥ Sthūlo Guṇabhṛnnirguṇo Mahān Adhṛtaḥ Svadhṛtaḥ Svāsyaḥ Prāgvaṃsho Vaṃshavardhanaḥ

Verso 90

Bhārabhṛt Kathito Yogī Yogīshaḥ Sarvakāmadaḥ Āshramaḥ Shramaṇaḥ Kshāmaḥ Suparṇo Vāyuvāhanaḥ

Verso 91

Dhanurdharo Dhanurvedo Daṇḍo Damayitā Damaḥ Aparāyitaḥ Sarvasaho Niyantā'niyamo'yamaḥ

Verso 92

Sattvavān Sāttvikaḥ Satyaḥ Satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ Abhiprāyaḥ Priyārho'rhaḥ Priyakṛt Prītivardhanaḥ

Verso 93

Vihāyasagatiryyotiḥ Suruchirhutabhugvibhuḥ Ravirvirochanaḥ Sūryaḥ Savitā Ravilochanaḥ

Verso 94

Ananto Hutabhugbhoktā Sukhado Naikayo'grayaḥ Anirviṇṇaḥ Sadāmarshī Lokādhishṭhānamadbhutaḥ

Verso 95

Sanātsanātanatamaḥ Kapilaḥ Kapiravyayaḥ Svastidaḥ Svastikṛtsvasti Svastibhuksvastidakshiṇaḥ

Verso 96

Araudraḥ Kuṇḍalī Chakrī Vikramyūryitashāsanaḥ Shabdātigaḥ Shabdasahaḥ Shishiraḥ Sharvarīkaraḥ

Verso 97

Akrūraḥ Peshalo Daksho Dakshiṇaḥ Kshamiṇāṃvaraḥ Vidvattamo Vītabhayaḥ Puṇyashravaṇakīrtanaḥ

Verso 98

Uttāraṇo Dushkṛtihā Puṇyo Duḥsvapnanāshanaḥ Vīrahā Rakshaṇaḥ Santo Yīvanaḥ Paryavasthitaḥ

Verso 99

Anantarūpo'nantashrīryitamanyurbhayāpahaḥ Chaturashro Gabhīrātmā Vidisho Vyādisho Dishaḥ

Verso 100

Anādirbhūrbhuvo Lakshmīḥ Suvīro Ruchirāṅgadaḥ Yanano Yanayanmādirbhīmo Bhīmaparākramaḥ

Verso 101

Ādhāranilayo'dhātā Pushpahāsaḥ Prayāgaraḥ Ūrdhvagaḥ Satpathāchāraḥ Prāṇadaḥ Praṇavaḥ Paṇaḥ

Verso 102

Pramāṇaṃ Prāṇanilayaḥ Prāṇabhṛtprāṇayīvanaḥ Tattvaṃ Tattvavidekātmā Yanmamṛtyuyarātigaḥ

Verso 103

Bhūrbhuvaḥsvastarustāraḥ Savitā Prapitāmahaḥ Yayño Yayñapatiryayvā Yayñāṅgo Yayñavāhanaḥ

Verso 104

Yayñabhṛd Yayñakṛd Yayñī Yayñabhug Yayñasādhanaḥ Yayñāntakṛd Yayñaguhyamannamannāda Eva Cha

Verso 105

Ātmayoniḥ Svayañyāto Vaikhānaḥ Sāmagāyanaḥ Devakīnandanaḥ Srashṭā Kshitīshaḥ Pāpanāshanaḥ

Verso 106

Shaṅkhabhṛnnandakī Chakrī Shārṅgadhanvā Gadādharaḥ Rathāṅgapāṇirakshobhyaḥ Sarvapraharaṇāyudhaḥ

Verso 107

Sarvapraharaṇāyudha Oṃ Nama Iti Vanamālī Gadī Shārṅgī Shaṅkhī Chakrī Cha Nandakī Shrīmān Nārāyaṇo Vishṇurvāsudevo'bhirakshatu

Verso 108

Pautas de Adoración y Beneficios del Canto (Phalashruti)

Phalashruti
Día Auspicioso

A diario o en días sagrados lunares (Ekadashi, Purnima)

Mejor Momento (Muhurta)

Brahma Muhurta (4:00 AM – 6:00 AM) o atardecer

Ofrendas Sagradas

Lámpara de ghee, incienso, flores frescas y ofrenda de agua

Beneficios Espirituales (Phalashruti)Phalashruti
  • Paz mental, elevación espiritual y armonía en el hogar

Contexto

Contexto de la revelación: El Vishnu Sahasranama fue revelado al culminar la guerra de Kurukshetra. El rey Yudhishthira, abrumado por el profundo dolor de la contienda fratricida, acudió al abuelo Bhishma, que yacía en su lecho de flechas, en busca de guía eterna sobre el dharma. Yudhishthira planteó seis preguntas profundas: ¿Quién es la única divinidad del mundo? ¿Cuál es la meta suprema? ¿Alabando a quién obtienen los mortales la auspiciosidad? ¿Meditando en quién quedan libres del renacimiento? ¿Cuál es el más excelso de todos los dharmas? ¿Y al recitar qué queda liberado el ser vivo de las ataduras de la existencia? Bhishma respondió que la contemplación constante y amorosa de los mil nombres de Sri Vishnu, el Ser Supremo que todo lo penetra, es el deber primordial y el refugio último. Ubicación: Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva, adhyaya 149; el colofón del texto Stotra Nidhi lo nombra como el capítulo 149 del Anushasana Parva, en el diálogo entre Bhishma y Yudhishthira. Los mil nombres ocupan los 108 versos aquí presentados.

Sobre este Texto

Compuesto por: Maharishi Vedavyasa · Ancient Vedic Rishi · Traditional antiquity

Traditionally credited as the compiler of the four Vedas and the author of the Mahabharata (within which the Bhagavad Gita appears) and the Puranas — making him one of the most cited authorial figures in the entire Hindu canon, spanning philosophy, epic narrative, and devotional literature.

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Pronunciado desde el lecho de flechas

El abuelo Bhishma pronunció este himno mientras yacía mortalmente herido sobre un lecho de flechas (sharasayya), aguardando el momento propicio del Uttarayana (el curso norte del sol) para dejar conscientemente su cuerpo.

Las seis preguntas fundamentales

La revelación completa de los mil nombres responde a seis preguntas metafísicas precisas formuladas por el rey Yudhishthira: sobre el único refugio supremo, el dharma más elevado y el camino directo hacia la liberación de la atadura mundana.

La métrica de los 108 shlokas

El cuerpo principal del stotram consta de exactamente 108 versos en métrica Anushtubh (8 sílabas por cuarto de verso), que corresponden simétricamente a las 108 cuentas del japa mala y a los 108 sectores cósmicos del zodíaco.

Coincidencia de los comentaristas

Grandes maestros de filosofías contrapuestas, entre ellos Adi Shankara (Advaita Vedanta) y Parasara Bhattar (Vishishtadvaita Vedanta), escribieron ambos comentarios clásicos célebres sobre este stotram, lo que confirma su autoridad universal.

El Eka-Shloki equivalente

Las ediciones impresas cierran el stotram con un verso en el que el Señor Shiva le dice a Parvati que pronunciar el nombre «Rama» tres veces (Sri Rama Rama Rameti Rame Rame Manorame) equivale a recitar los mil nombres de Vishnu. Es un apéndice tradicional y no forma parte de los 108 shlokas de Bhishma.