SHRI VISHNU CHALISA

!! DHOHA !!

VISHNU SUNIYE VINAY SAVAK KI CHITLAYA |

KIRAT KUCH VARNAN KARU DIJE GYAN BATAYA ||

Namo Vishnu bhagwan kharari |

Kashat nashavan akhil vihari ||1

Prabal jagat mai Shakti tumhari |

Tribhuvan fal rahi ujiyari ||2

Sundar roop manohar surat |

Saral swabhav mohini murat ||3

Tan par pitambar ati sohat |

Bejanti mala maan mohat ||4

Shankh chakr kar gada viraje |

Dekhat detaye asur dal bhaje ||5

Satay dharam mad lobh na gaje |

Kam krodh mad lobh na chaje ||6

Santbhakt sajan manranjan |

Danuj asur dushtan dal ganjan ||7

Such upjaye kashat sab bhanjan |

Dhosh mitaye karat jan sannjan ||8

Pap kat bhav sindu utaran |

Kasht nashkar bakat ubharn ||9

Karat anek roop prabhu dharan |

Kaval aap bhagati ke karan ||10

Dharani dhenu ban tumhi pukara |

Tab tum roop ram ka dhara ||11

Bhar uthar asur dal maar |

Ravan aadik ko sanhara ||12

Aap varah roop banaya |

Hiranyash ko maar giraya ||13

Dhar matyas tan sindu banaya |

 Chodah ratann ko nikalaya ||14

Amilakh aasur dundu machaya |

Roop mohini aap dikhaya ||15

Devan ko amarat pan karaya |

Asuran ko chabi se bahalaya ||16

Kurm roop dhar sindu mathaya |

Mandrachal giri turan uthaya ||17

Shankar ka tum fand chudaya |

Bhasmasur ka roop dekhaya ||18

Vedan ko jab asur dubaya |

Kar prabanda unhee tuntalaya ||19

Mohit banker khalahi nachaya |

Ushi kar se bahasam karaya ||20

Asur jalandar ati baldai |

Sankar se un kinhi ladayi ||21

Har par shi sakal banaye |

Kin sati se chal khal jayi ||23

Sumiran kin tumhe shivrani |

Batlai sab vipat kahani ||24

Tab tum bane muneshwar gyani |

Varnda ki sab surti bhulani ||25

Ho shaparsh dharm sharati mani |

Hani asur uur shiv sanatni ||26

Tumne dhur prahlad ubhare |

Hirnakush aadik khal mare ||27

Ganika aur ajamil tare |

Bhahut bhakt bhav sindu utare ||28

Harhu sakal santap hamare |

Krapa karhu kari sirjan hare ||29

Dekhhu mai nit darsh tumhare |

Din bandu bhaktan hitkare ||30

 Chahat apka sevak darshan |

Karhu daya apni madhusudan ||31

Janu nahi yogay jap poojan |

Hoye yagy shistuti anumotan ||32

Shildaya santosh shishan |

Vidhit nahi vatrbhodh vilshan ||33

Karhu apka kis vidhi poojan |

Kumati vilok hote dukh bhishan ||34

Karhu pradam kon vidisumiran |

Kon bhati mai karhu samarpan ||35

Sur munni karat sada sivkai |

Harshit rahat param gati paye ||36

Din dukhin par sada sahai |

Nij jan jan lave apnayi ||37

Pap dosh santap nashao |

Bhav bandan se mukat karayo ||38

Sut sampati de such upjao |

Nij charan ka das banao ||39

Nigam sada se vanay sunao |

Patte sune so jan such pave ||40

=========================

Shri Vishnu Chalisa

JAI JAI SHRII JAGATA PATI,JAGADAADHAARA ANANTA

VISHVESHVARA AKHILESHA AJA,SARVESHVARA BHAGAVANTA

Glory, glory, all glories to you, O sovereign and support of the world! You are the lord of all,
most perfect, infinite, unborn, immanent, and the very God of the universe.

JAI JAI DHARANIIDHARA SHRUTI SAAGARA,JAYATI GADAADHARA SADGUNA

AAGARA
SHRI VASUDEVA DEVAKII NANDANA,VAASUDEVA NAASHANA BHAVA PHADANA

Glory to you, O support of the earth and ocean of Vedic knowledge! Glory to you, O wielder
of a club and treasure house of all noble virtues! O Krishna, you are the delight of Vasudeva
and Devaki and destroyer of the noose of birth and death.
 NAMO NAMO SACHARAACHARA SVAAMII,PARAMBRAHMA PRABHU NAMO NAMO
NAMAAMI
NAMO NAMO TRIBHUVANA PATI IISHA,KAMALAAPATI KESHAVA YOGIISHA

I revere you again and again, O Lord of every animate and inanimate creature; I do
obeisance to you, O Lord, attributeless and impersonal and glorify you as the Lord of the
three spheres, as the beloved consort of Kamalaa (Lakshmi) as Keshava and as supreme
among the yogis.

GARURADHVAJA AJA BHAVA HAARII,MURALIIDHARA HARI MADANA MURAARII

NAARAAYANA SHRIIPATI PURUSHOTTAMA,PADMANAABHI NARAHARI SARVOTTAMA

Your banner, O Lord, is emblazoned with the figure of Garura you; you are unborn, the
dispeller of all worldly dread (of birth and death), Krishna the flute-player, the destroyer of
Love and the enemy of Mura, Narayana, the beloved consort of Lakshmi, the best among
the humans Vishnu when he assumed the form of half-lion and half-man and the most
exquisite of all.

JAI MAADHAVA MUKUNDA,VANAMAALII KHALA DALA MARDANA DAMANA KUCHAALII

JAI AGANITA INDRIYA SAARANGADHARA,VISHVA RUUPA VAAMANA AANANDA KARA

Salutations to you, O Mahadeva, Mukunda and Vanamali! You destroy the wicked and
subdue the ill bred. Glory to you, the possessor of an infinite number of senses and the
bearer of the bow called Shaaranga! You are verily the world itself, Vamana and the
bestower of all happiness. (These names relate to the incarnations of Vishnu as well as
Krishna where the scriptures describe Krishna to be one of Vishnu’s incarnations)

JAI JAI LOKAADHYAKSHA DHANANJAYA,SAHASRAGYA JAGANNAATHA JAYATI JAI

JAI MADHUSUUDANA ANUPAMA AANANA,JAYATI VAAYU-VAAHANA VAJRA KAANANA

Glory, glory to you, O Dhananjaya (Vishnu), the sovereign ruler of the three spheres! Glory;
glory to you, the Lord of the world who has myriad of names! Glory to you O Madhusudhana
whose features are matchless, who ride the wind and who are like thunderbolt to the trees of
the forest.

JAI GOVINDA JANAARDANA DEVAA,SHUBHA PHALA LAHATA GAHATA TAVA SEVAA

SHYAAMA SARORUHA SAMA TANA SOHATA,DARSHANA KARATA SURA NARA MUNI
MOHE

Glory to you, O supreme Lord Krishna and Vishnu. He who attends on you is rewarded with
all the propitious fruits of his service. Your touching charm matches the beauty of the dark
lotus and enchants all the gods, men, ascetics and adepts who behold you.

BHAALA VISHAALA MUKUTA SIRA SAAJATA,URA VAIJANTII MAALA VIRAAJATA

TIRACHII BHRIKUTI CHAAPA JANU DHAARE,TINA TARA NAINA KAMALA ARUNAARE

Your forehead is broad and your head is bedecked with a resplendent crown; on your bosom
lies the famous garland called Vaijayanti (the mythological garland of Vishnu), your arched
eyebrows look like a drawn bow and the eyes underneath them are ruddy like red lotuses.

NAASAA CHIBUKA KAPOLA MANOHARA,NRIDU MUSKAANA KUNJA ADHARANA PARA

JANU MANI PANKTI DASHANA MANA BHAAVANA,BASANA PIITA TANA PARAMA
SUHAAVANA
Your nose, chin and cheeks, O Lord, are exceedingly lovely, as are the corners of your lips
when you smile; your teeth so alluringly set look like a row of gems, while your body dresses
in yellow is supremely charming.

RUUPA CHATURBHUJA BHUUSHITA BHUUSHANA,VARADA HASTA, MOCHANA

BHAVA DUUSHANA
KANJAARUNA SAMA KARATALA SUNDARA,SUKHA SAMUUHA GUNA MADHURA
SAMUNDARA

You are four-armed, in guise most beautiful and decked with ornaments. The position of your
hands looks as if you are purging the world of its impurities. Your palms, which are red as
lotus, are winsome and your virtues deep and inexhaustible as the ocean of tenderness and
beauty. You are verily the treasure house of bliss.

KARA MAHAN LASITA SHANKHA ATI PYAARAA,SUBHAGA SHABDA JAI DENE HAARAA
RAVI SAMA CHAKRA DVITIIYA KARA DHAARE,KHALA DALA DAANAVA SAINYA
SANHAARE

There is a conch-shell in your hand all bright and beautiful, an instrument whose musical
sound is auspicious to the ears and ensures victory (to the suppliant). In your second hand
lies a missile, the disc, as shining a the sun, which destroyed the host of wicked demons.

TRITIIYA HASTA MAHAN GADAA PRAKAASHANA,SADAA TAAPA TRAYA PAAPA

VINAASHANA
PADMA CHATURTHA HAATHA MAHAN DHAARE,CHARI PADAARATHA DENE HAARE

In your third hand lies an ever-shining club, which unfailingly destroys all the physical,
material, and supernatural sufferings and evils. Your fourth hand holds a lotus, which grants
all the four boons of life-wealth, religious merit, virility and liberation (from the cycle of birth
and death, moksha)

VAAHANA GARURAA MANOGATIVAANAA,TIHUN TYAAGATA JANA HITA

BHAGAVAANAA
PAHUNCHI TAHAAN PATA RAKHATA SVAAMII,HO HARI SAMA BHAKTANA ANURAAGII

Your conveyance is Garura who is swift as mind and whom you, Lord, forsake for the well
being of your votaries. Reaching there you protect their honor, for you are matchless, O Hari,
in following your devotees.

DHANI DHANI MAHIMAA AGAMA ANANTAA,DHYANA BHAKTAVATSALA BHAGVANTAA

JABA JABA SURAHIN ASURA DUKHA DIINHAA,TABA TABA PRAKATI KASHTA HARI
LIINHAA

Blessed, all blessed is your glory, O Lord, which transcends all comprehension by the
senses and is infinite! And blessed are you who love your devotees as your own children!
Whenever the demons afflicted the celestials, you made your appearance and relieved them
of their distress.

SURA NARA MUNI BRHAMAADI MAHESHUU,SAHI NA SAKYO ATI KATHINA KALESHUU

TABA TAHAN DHARI BAHURUUPA NIRANTARA,MARDYO DALA DAANAVAHI
BHAYANKARA
When the assembly of gods like Brahma and Mahesh and all the company of hermits found
their affliction beyond endurance you always appeared there in different forms and
destroyed all the dreadful herd of demons.

SHAYYAA SHESHA SINDHU BICHA SAAJITA,SANGA LAKSHMII SADAA VIRAAJITA

PUURANA SHAKTI DHAANYA-DHANA KHAANII,AANANDA BHAKTI BHARANII SUKHA
DAANII

The serpent Shesha is your couch, fully bedecked, in the midst of the ocean; in your
company are the ever-resplendent goddess of wealth Lakshmi, who is power supreme and
an inexhaustible mine of riches. Blessed is she who bestows happiness, sustains devotion
and causes bliss.

JAASU VIARDA NIGAMAAGAMA GAAVATA,SHAARADA SHESHA PAARA NAHIN

PAAVATA
RAMAA RAADHIKAA SIYA SUKHA DHAAMAA,SOHI VISHNU KRISHNA ARU RAAMAA

O Vishnu, though your majesty is hymned by the Vedas and the Shastras, it is so
measureless that even Saraswati, the originator of letters and their meaning, and Shesha,
for all his thousand-tongues cannot fathom it. You are the abode of all bliss to Lakshmi,
Radhika and Sita as Vishnu, Krishna and Rama all of whom are the same.

AGANITA RUUPA ANUUPA APAARAA,NIRGUNA SAGUNA SVARUUPA TUMHAARAA

NAHIN KACHU BHEDA VEDA ASA BHAASATA,BHAKTANA SE NAHIN ANTARA
RAAKHATA

Your forms are countless, incomparable and infinite; you are both personal and impersonal.
To the Vedas there is no distinction between them, nor is there any difference between you
and your votaries.

SHRI PRAYAAGA DURVAASAA DHAAMAA,SUNDARDAASA TIVAARII GRAAMAA

JAGA HITA LAAGI TUMAHIN JAGADIISHAA,NIJA MATI RACHYO VISHNU-CHAALIISAA

O Lord of the universe, Sundardaasa, an inhabitant of the village Tiwari, composed this
hymn Vishnuchalisa as well as he could for your devotees and dedicated it to you while still
dwelling in the hermitage of the seer Durvasa at Allahabad.

JO CHITTA DAI NITA PARHATA PARHAAVATA,PUURANA BHAKTI SHAKTI

SARASAAVATA
ATI SUKHA VASATA, RUUJA RINA NAASHATA,VAIBHAVA VIKAASATA, SUMATI
PRAKASHATA

He who chants and induces others to chant, this hymn regularly with all attention is filled with
the delight of both might and devotion; he abides in supreme happiness, recovers from
disease and debt, and becomes increasingly prosperous, his wit growing sharper and
sharper everyday.

AAVATA SUKHA GAAVATA SHRUTI SHAARADABHAASHATA VYAASA-VACHANA RISHI

NAARADA
MILATA SUBHAGA PHALA SHOKA NASAAVATA ANTA SAMAYA JANA HARI PADA
PAAVATA
The four Vedas, Saraswati, Vyasa and the seer Narada all recite it and declare that such a
recital of the Vishnuchalisa brings happiness and besides yielding all the delicious fruits of
life, it also destroys all griefs and helps attain the supreme state in the end.

DOHA

PREMA SAHITA GAHI MAHAN HRIDAYA BIICHA JAGADIISHA

ARPITA SHAALIGRAAMA KAHAN KARI TULASII NITA SHISHA
KSHANABHANGURA TANU JAANI KARI AHANKAARA PARIHAARA
SAARA RUUPA IISHVARA LAKHAI, TAJI ASAARA SANSAARA
SATYA SHODHA KARI URA GAHAI, EKA BRAHMA OMKAARA
AATMABODHA HOVAI TABAI, MILAI MUKTI KE DVAARA
SHANTI AURA SADBHAAVA KAHAN, JABA URA PHUULAHIN PHUULA
CHAALISAA PHALA LAHALAHIN JAHAN RAHAHIN IISHA ANUKUULA
EKA PAATHA JANA NITA KARAI, VISHNU DEVA CHAALIISA
CHARA PADAARATHA NAVAHUN NIDHI, DEYA DVAARIKAADHIISHA

May the devout enshrine the lord of the worlds in their hearts and with profound devotion fix
their minds on him with bowed head; may they offer basil leaves to the image of Vishnu and
considering that the body is transient, abandon all pride. They should regard the Supreme
Lord as the only reality and the world as insubstantial. Having discovered the truth may the
devout hold the mystical syllable Om, which symbolizes Brahma, in their hearts, for that
would lead to self-realization and salvation. When the flowers of peace and goodwill bloom
in the heart, the devotees are blessed with the fruit of these forty verses and the Lord
becomes favourable to them. To him who reads VishnuChalisa once everyday the lord of
Dwarka (Krishna) provides all the four rewards ( Dharma (ethical perfection), artha (wealth),
Kama (sensual delights) and Moksha (final release) and the nine divine treasures.