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One stotra, 108 verses, 108 nakṣatra pādas. Find the verse that is yours, chant it eleven times a day, and you have a remedy that asks for no initiation and no guru. The full table, both ways of counting, and all 108 verses in Sanskrit. This used to be a paid guide. It’s free now.

The remedy in one paragraph

The Viṣṇu Sahasranāma has 108 verses and the zodiac has 108 nakṣatra pādas, and they map one to one: verse 1 is Aśvinī pāda 1, verse 108 is Revatī pāda 4. Find the pāda your Moon was born in, look up its verse below, chant the whole stotra once a day and your verse eleven times after it, for eleven days at least. If you can’t sit for the whole stotra, chant your verse alone. If you don’t know your pāda, chant all four verses of your nakṣatra. I give it to people who have no dīkṣā and no wish for tantric sādhanā, because it works and it carries no restrictions at all.

The stotra is Bhīṣma’s, spoken from the bed of arrows to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Anuśāsana Parva of the Mahābhārata (adhyāya 149 in the vulgate numbering the sanskritdocuments.org text follows). It takes about thirty minutes to recite, and you’ll find it in every temple bookshop. And Parāśara, in the daśā chapters of the Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra, names it as a remedy in so many words. For Mercury’s sub-period, when Mercury rules the second or the seventh:

आत्मसम्बन्धिमरणं भवेदेव न संशयः।
तद्दोषपरिहारार्थं विष्णुसाहस्रकं जपेत्॥५॥

ātmasambandhimaraṇaṃ bhaved eva na saṃśayaḥ |
taddoṣaparihārārthaṃ viṣṇusāhasrakaṃ japet ||5||

“The death of one of his own relatives will surely come. To set that fault aside, let him recite the thousand names of Viṣṇu.”

Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra, Budha-daśā antardaśā chapter, verse 5 · Chaukhamba edition

He says it again for Mercury’s sub-period inside Mars’s daśā, and he sends the Śiva Sahasranāma for Jupiter’s. So the Sahasranāma as a planetary remedy isn’t a modern idea. What is newer, and less known, is that the stotra can be aimed.

Vishnu reclining on the serpent Ananta with Lakshmi at his feet and Brahma seated on a lotus above, a Pahari painting on a dark ground scattered with lotuses
Viṣṇu on Ananta, the endless serpent, with Lakṣmī and Brahmā. Pahari, Himachal Pradesh, c. 1700. Cleveland Museum of Art, 2018.155, public domain (CC0).

Why 108 verses and 108 pādas

Twenty-seven nakṣatras, four pādas each, is 108. The main body of the Sahasranāma, from “viśvaṃ viṣṇur vaṣaṭkāro” to “vanamālī gadī śārṅgī”, is 108 verses. Each pāda is 3°20′ of the zodiac, which is also one navāṁśa, so the 108 pādas and the 108 navāṁśas are the same divisions under two names. Twelve signs times nine planets is 108 as well.

The count uses the 27 nakṣatras, not 28. Abhijit, the twenty-eighth, belongs to a different kind of practice and to people on a different path. For the rest of us the 27-star system is the one the daśās, the navāṁśa and this remedy all agree on.

The stotra itself puts Viṣṇu among the stars. In verse 47 he is nakṣatranemi, the rim of the wheel the stars turn on, and nakṣatrī, the one the stars belong to:

अनिर्विण्णः स्थविष्ठोऽभूर्धर्मयूपो महामखः।
नक्षत्रनेमिर्नक्षत्री क्षमः क्षामः समीहनः॥४७॥

anirviṇṇaḥ sthaviṣṭho ‘bhūr dharmayūpo mahāmakhaḥ |
nakṣatranemir nakṣatrī kṣamaḥ kṣāmaḥ samīhanaḥ ||47||

“Never despondent, the most massive, the unborn, the post of dharma, the great sacrifice; the rim of the wheel of stars, the one the stars belong to, patient, spare, the one who strives.” (The names, in order.)

Viṣṇu Sahasranāma 47 · sanskritdocuments.org text, Mahābhārata recension

Two ways of counting

Start from Aśvinī, or start from Śravaṇa. I use Aśvinī, and so should you unless you were born in Śravaṇa. The Aśvinī count is the one taught by Tridaṇḍi Chinna Jeeyar Swami at the Bhīṣma Ekādaśī recitation in Hyderabad on 13 February 2003, where the method below comes from (the table and his instructions are preserved here). It runs verse 1 at Aśvinī pāda 1 through verse 108 at Revatī pāda 4, the natural order of the sky, the same order the Viṁśottarī daśā lords are counted in. Every table on this site follows it.

The Śravaṇa count begins at Viṣṇu’s own star. Parāśara lists the nakṣatra deities in his third chapter and gives Śravaṇa to Viṣṇu, so the argument has weight: verse 1 at Śravaṇa pāda 1, on through Dhaniṣṭhā and round the sky to verse 108 at Uttarāṣāḍhā pāda 4. Both counts are in the table, so nobody has to convert. If you do want to convert, add 24 to your Aśvinī number; if the result passes 108, take 108 away from it. Rohiṇī pāda 1 is verse 13 by Aśvinī and verse 37 by Śravaṇa; Śravaṇa pāda 1 is 85 by Aśvinī and 1 by Śravaṇa.

The table: every nakṣatra, every pāda, both counts

Pāda 1 is the first number in the range, pāda 4 the last. Moon in Mṛgaśirā pāda 4 is verse 20. Moon in Śravaṇa pāda 2 is verse 86, or verse 2 if you count from Śravaṇa.

# Nakṣatra Lord Ślokas, Aśvinī count (pāda 1 to 4) Ślokas, Śravaṇa count (pāda 1 to 4)
1 Aśvinī Ketu 1–4 25–28
2 Bharaṇī Venus 5–8 29–32
3 Kṛttikā Sun 9–12 33–36
4 Rohiṇī Moon 13–16 37–40
5 Mṛgaśirā Mars 17–20 41–44
6 Ārdrā Rāhu 21–24 45–48
7 Punarvasu Jupiter 25–28 49–52
8 Puṣya Saturn 29–32 53–56
9 Āśleṣā Mercury 33–36 57–60
10 Maghā Ketu 37–40 61–64
11 Pūrva Phalgunī Venus 41–44 65–68
12 Uttara Phalgunī Sun 45–48 69–72
13 Hasta Moon 49–52 73–76
14 Citrā Mars 53–56 77–80
15 Svātī Rāhu 57–60 81–84
16 Viśākhā Jupiter 61–64 85–88
17 Anurādhā Saturn 65–68 89–92
18 Jyeṣṭhā Mercury 69–72 93–96
19 Mūla Ketu 73–76 97–100
20 Pūrvāṣāḍhā Venus 77–80 101–104
21 Uttarāṣāḍhā Sun 81–84 105–108
22 Śravaṇa Moon 85–88 1–4
23 Dhaniṣṭhā Mars 89–92 5–8
24 Śatabhiṣā Rāhu 93–96 9–12
25 Pūrva Bhādrapadā Jupiter 97–100 13–16
26 Uttara Bhādrapadā Saturn 101–104 17–20
27 Revatī Mercury 105–108 21–24

There’s a shortcut if you have your Moon’s longitude from 0° Aries: divide it by 3°20′ (3.333°), drop the fraction and add one. The result is your Aśvinī-count verse, because the verse numbers are simply the navāṁśas counted from the start of the zodiac.

How to find your pāda

You need the Moon’s nakṣatra and pāda from your birth chart, cast with the True Citrapakṣa (Lahiri) ayanāṁśa. Any Jyotiṣa software prints it next to the Moon; most free chart sites do too. Two cautions. If your Moon sits within a few minutes of arc of a pāda boundary, a small error in birth time moves you to the next verse, so chant all four verses of the nakṣatra until the time is rectified. And if your software uses a different ayanāṁśa, the pāda can shift; the whole system on this site is Citrapakṣa, and the numbers above assume it.

How to practise

Once a day, chant the whole Sahasranāma, then your pāda’s verse eleven times. Keep it up for eleven days at the least; the Swami’s own instruction was to see the results for yourself in eleven days. Most people who do it keep going well past that, and there’s no reason to stop.

If the whole stotra is beyond your day, chant your verse eleven times on its own. If you’re unsure of your pāda, chant your nakṣatra’s four verses eleven times each. Nine, eleven or 108 repetitions all have their place; eleven is the working number. The best time is the early morning, and a Wednesday is a good day to begin. The best day of all to begin is when the Moon transits Śravaṇa, or your own janma nakṣatra; check a pañcāṅga, both come round every month.

Match the effort to the problem. A verse said once in a while changes nothing. A serious situation needs a serious sādhanā behind it, and the only way to build that here is daily, without gaps, for as long as the situation lasts. Memorise your four verses. Say them when you’re idle, in traffic, waiting for someone.

Aiming it at a daśā

When a mahādaśā or antardaśā is hurting, find where its lord sits in your birth chart, take that planet’s nakṣatra pāda, and add that verse to your daily chant beside your own. Rāhu daśā with Rāhu in Ārdrā pāda 3: verse 23 goes into the practice for as long as the period runs. When the period changes, the verse changes with it.

The same move works for whatever the chart points at. The lord of the 10th for work, the lord of the 12th for losses, the ātmakāraka for the life’s direction, a transit that is sitting on something tender, even a praśna chart: identify the pāda, chant the verse. This is my reading of how the mapping is best used, and it’s the reason I call the Sahasranāma a surgical remedy. Parāśara gives you the blunt version, the whole stotra for Mercury’s periods.

Why I give this before anything tantric

No dīkṣā. It’s not a tantric mantra, so there’s no bīja to be initiated into, no restriction on who may say it, no rule about caste, sex, diet or place. One stotra covers all nine planets and all 27 nakṣatras, and yet the verse you land on is yours alone. It scales from four memorised verses to the full recitation, and it moves with your daśās. For most of the people who write to me, this is the right first remedy, and for many it’s the only one they will ever need. Where the chart wants something more specific, the 9th from the Moon and the vimśāṁśa are where I go next.

Don’t overthink the pāda. If you’re torn between two verses, chant both. If you’re torn between two counts, use Aśvinī. The stotra has been recited for two thousand years by people who never heard of pādas; the mapping sharpens the aim.

Questions people ask

Which Viṣṇu Sahasranāma verse is for my nakṣatra?

Take the row for your nakṣatra in the table above; pāda 1 is the first number in the range and pāda 4 the last. All 108 verses are printed below, grouped by nakṣatra, so you can read yours straight off the page.

Do I use the Aśvinī or the Śravaṇa count?

Aśvinī, unless your Moon is in Śravaṇa. Both are traditional; Aśvinī is the one taught with the method and the one that matches the order of the daśā lords.

Do I need initiation to chant the Sahasranāma?

No. It’s a stotra, not a tantric mantra. Anyone may recite it, anywhere, with no rules attached.

How many times and for how long?

The whole stotra once, then your verse eleven times, every day, for eleven days at least. If the whole stotra isn’t possible, your verse alone, or your nakṣatra’s four verses.

Can I use it for a bad daśā?

Yes. Find the nakṣatra pāda of the daśā lord in your birth chart and add that verse to your daily practice for the length of the period.

Which edition are the verses from?

The Mahābhārata recension as proofread at sanskritdocuments.org, 108 verses from “viśvaṃ viṣṇur” to “vanamālī gadī”. The dhyāna verses before it and the phalaśruti after it are not counted. Printed editions differ in small readings; if yours differs, your book is not wrong.

The 108 verses, by nakṣatra

Aśvinī count. Each nakṣatra’s four verses are pādas 1 to 4 in order; the Śravaṇa numbers are given in each heading’s note for people born in Śravaṇa who count that way.

1. Aśvinī: ślokas 1 to 4

Pāda 1 is śloka 1, pāda 2 is 2, pāda 3 is 3, pāda 4 is 4. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 25 to 28. Lord: Ketu.

विश्वं विष्णुर्वषट्कारो भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः।
भूतकृद्भूतभृद्भावो भूतात्मा भूतभावनः॥१॥
पूतात्मा परमात्मा च मुक्तानां परमा गतिः।
अव्ययः पुरुषः साक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञोऽक्षर एव च॥२॥
योगो योगविदां नेता प्रधानपुरुषेश्वरः।
नारसिंहवपुः श्रीमान् केशवः पुरुषोत्तमः॥३॥
सर्वः शर्वः शिवः स्थाणुर्भूतादिर्निधिरव्ययः।
सम्भवो भावनो भर्ता प्रभवः प्रभुरीश्वरः॥४॥

viśvaṃ viṣṇurvaṣaṭkāro bhūtabhavyabhavatprabhuḥ |
bhūtakṛdbhūtabhṛdbhāvo bhūtātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ ||1||
pūtātmā paramātmā ca muktānāṃ paramā gatiḥ |
avyayaḥ puruṣaḥ sākṣī kṣetrajño’kṣara eva ca ||2||
yogo yogavidāṃ netā pradhānapuruṣeśvaraḥ |
nārasiṃhavapuḥ śrīmān keśavaḥ puruṣottamaḥ ||3||
sarvaḥ śarvaḥ śivaḥ sthāṇurbhūtādirnidhiravyayaḥ |
sambhavo bhāvano bhartā prabhavaḥ prabhurīśvaraḥ ||4||

2. Bharaṇī: ślokas 5 to 8

Pāda 1 is śloka 5, pāda 2 is 6, pāda 3 is 7, pāda 4 is 8. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 29 to 32. Lord: Venus.

स्वयम्भूः शम्भुरादित्यः पुष्कराक्षो महास्वनः।
अनादिनिधनो धाता विधाता धातुरुत्तमः॥५॥
अप्रमेयो हृषीकेशः पद्मनाभोऽमरप्रभुः।
विश्वकर्मा मनुस्त्वष्टा स्थविष्ठः स्थविरो ध्रुवः॥६॥
अग्राह्यः शाश्वतः कृष्णो लोहिताक्षः प्रतर्दनः।
प्रभूतस्त्रिककुब्धाम पवित्रं मङ्गलं परम्॥७॥
ईशानः प्राणदः प्राणो ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठः प्रजापतिः।
हिरण्यगर्भो भूगर्भो माधवो मधुसूदनः॥८॥

svayambhūḥ śambhurādityaḥ puṣkarākṣo mahāsvanaḥ |
anādinidhano dhātā vidhātā dhāturuttamaḥ ||5||
aprameyo hṛṣīkeśaḥ padmanābho’maraprabhuḥ |
viśvakarmā manustvaṣṭā sthaviṣṭhaḥ sthaviro dhruvaḥ ||6||
agrāhyaḥ śāśvataḥ kṛṣṇo lohitākṣaḥ pratardanaḥ |
prabhūtastrikakubdhāma pavitraṃ maṅgalaṃ param ||7||
īśānaḥ prāṇadaḥ prāṇo jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ prajāpatiḥ |
hiraṇyagarbho bhūgarbho mādhavo madhusūdanaḥ ||8||

3. Kṛttikā: ślokas 9 to 12

Pāda 1 is śloka 9, pāda 2 is 10, pāda 3 is 11, pāda 4 is 12. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 33 to 36. Lord: Sun.

ईश्वरो विक्रमी धन्वी मेधावी विक्रमः क्रमः।
अनुत्तमो दुराधर्षः कृतज्ञः कृतिरात्मवान्॥९॥
सुरेशः शरणं शर्म विश्वरेताः प्रजाभवः।
अहः संवत्सरो व्यालः प्रत्ययः सर्वदर्शनः॥१०॥
अजः सर्वेश्वरः सिद्धः सिद्धिः सर्वादिरच्युतः।
वृषाकपिरमेयात्मा सर्वयोगविनिःसृतः॥११॥
वसुर्वसुमनाः सत्यः समात्माऽसम्मितः समः।
अमोघः पुण्डरीकाक्षो वृषकर्मा वृषाकृतिः॥१२॥

īśvaro vikramī dhanvī medhāvī vikramaḥ kramaḥ |
anuttamo durādharṣaḥ kṛtajñaḥ kṛtirātmavān ||9||
sureśaḥ śaraṇaṃ śarma viśvaretāḥ prajābhavaḥ |
ahaḥ saṃvatsaro vyālaḥ pratyayaḥ sarvadarśanaḥ ||10||
ajaḥ sarveśvaraḥ siddhaḥ siddhiḥ sarvādiracyutaḥ |
vṛṣākapirameyātmā sarvayogaviniḥsṛtaḥ ||11||
vasurvasumanāḥ satyaḥ samātmā’sammitaḥ samaḥ |
amoghaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣo vṛṣakarmā vṛṣākṛtiḥ ||12||

4. Rohiṇī: ślokas 13 to 16

Pāda 1 is śloka 13, pāda 2 is 14, pāda 3 is 15, pāda 4 is 16. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 37 to 40. Lord: Moon.

रुद्रो बहुशिरा बभ्रुर्विश्वयोनिः शुचिश्रवाः।
अमृतः शाश्वतस्थाणुर्वरारोहो महातपाः॥१३॥
सर्वगः सर्वविद्भानुर्विष्वक्सेनो जनार्दनः।
वेदो वेदविदव्यङ्गो वेदाङ्गो वेदवित् कविः॥१४॥
लोकाध्यक्षः सुराध्यक्षो धर्माध्यक्षः कृताकृतः।
चतुरात्मा चतुर्व्यूहश्चतुर्दंष्ट्रश्चतुर्भुजः॥१५॥
भ्राजिष्णुर्भोजनं भोक्ता सहिष्णुर्जगदादिजः।
अनघो विजयो जेता विश्वयोनिः पुनर्वसुः॥१६॥

rudro bahuśirā babhrurviśvayoniḥ śuciśravāḥ |
amṛtaḥ śāśvatasthāṇurvarāroho mahātapāḥ ||13||
sarvagaḥ sarvavidbhānurviṣvakseno janārdanaḥ |
vedo vedavidavyaṅgo vedāṅgo vedavit kaviḥ ||14||
lokādhyakṣaḥ surādhyakṣo dharmādhyakṣaḥ kṛtākṛtaḥ |
caturātmā caturvyūhaścaturdaṃṣṭraścaturbhujaḥ ||15||
bhrājiṣṇurbhojanaṃ bhoktā sahiṣṇurjagadādijaḥ |
anagho vijayo jetā viśvayoniḥ punarvasuḥ ||16||

5. Mṛgaśirā: ślokas 17 to 20

Pāda 1 is śloka 17, pāda 2 is 18, pāda 3 is 19, pāda 4 is 20. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 41 to 44. Lord: Mars.

उपेन्द्रो वामनः प्रांशुरमोघः शुचिरूर्जितः।
अतीन्द्रः सङ्ग्रहः सर्गो धृतात्मा नियमो यमः॥१७॥
वेद्यो वैद्यः सदायोगी वीरहा माधवो मधुः।
अतीन्द्रियो महामायो महोत्साहो महाबलः॥१८॥
महाबुद्धिर्महावीर्यो महाशक्तिर्महाद्युतिः।
अनिर्देश्यवपुः श्रीमानमेयात्मा महाद्रिधृक्॥१९॥
महेष्वासो महीभर्ता श्रीनिवासः सतां गतिः।
अनिरुद्धः सुरानन्दो गोविन्दो गोविदां पतिः॥२०॥

upendro vāmanaḥ prāṃśuramoghaḥ śucirūrjitaḥ |
atīndraḥ saṅgrahaḥ sargo dhṛtātmā niyamo yamaḥ ||17||
vedyo vaidyaḥ sadāyogī vīrahā mādhavo madhuḥ |
atīndriyo mahāmāyo mahotsāho mahābalaḥ ||18||
mahābuddhirmahāvīryo mahāśaktirmahādyutiḥ |
anirdeśyavapuḥ śrīmānameyātmā mahādridhṛk ||19||
maheṣvāso mahībhartā śrīnivāsaḥ satāṃ gatiḥ |
aniruddhaḥ surānando govindo govidāṃ patiḥ ||20||

6. Ārdrā: ślokas 21 to 24

Pāda 1 is śloka 21, pāda 2 is 22, pāda 3 is 23, pāda 4 is 24. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 45 to 48. Lord: Rāhu.

मरीचिर्दमनो हंसः सुपर्णो भुजगोत्तमः।
हिरण्यनाभः सुतपाः पद्मनाभः प्रजापतिः॥२१॥
अमृत्युः सर्वदृक् सिंहः सन्धाता सन्धिमान् स्थिरः।
अजो दुर्मर्षणः शास्ता विश्रुतात्मा सुरारिहा॥२२॥
गुरुर्गुरुतमो धाम सत्यः सत्यपराक्रमः।
निमिषोऽनिमिषः स्रग्वी वाचस्पतिरुदारधीः॥२३॥
अग्रणीर्ग्रामणीः श्रीमान् न्यायो नेता समीरणः।
सहस्रमूर्धा विश्वात्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्॥२४॥

marīcirdamano haṃsaḥ suparṇo bhujagottamaḥ |
hiraṇyanābhaḥ sutapāḥ padmanābhaḥ prajāpatiḥ ||21||
amṛtyuḥ sarvadṛk siṃhaḥ sandhātā sandhimān sthiraḥ |
ajo durmarṣaṇaḥ śāstā viśrutātmā surārihā ||22||
gururgurutamo dhāma satyaḥ satyaparākramaḥ |
nimiṣo’nimiṣaḥ sragvī vācaspatirudāradhīḥ ||23||
agraṇīrgrāmaṇīḥ śrīmān nyāyo netā samīraṇaḥ |
sahasramūrdhā viśvātmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt ||24||

7. Punarvasu: ślokas 25 to 28

Pāda 1 is śloka 25, pāda 2 is 26, pāda 3 is 27, pāda 4 is 28. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 49 to 52. Lord: Jupiter.

आवर्तनो निवृत्तात्मा संवृतः सम्प्रमर्दनः।
अहः संवर्तको वह्निरनिलो धरणीधरः॥२५॥
सुप्रसादः प्रसन्नात्मा विश्वधृग्विश्वभुग्विभुः।
सत्कर्ता सत्कृतः साधुर्जह्नुर्नारायणो नरः॥२६॥
असङ्ख्येयोऽप्रमेयात्मा विशिष्टः शिष्टकृच्छुचिः।
सिद्धार्थः सिद्धसङ्कल्पः सिद्धिदः सिद्धिसाधनः॥२७॥
वृषाही वृषभो विष्णुर्वृषपर्वा वृषोदरः।
वर्धनो वर्धमानश्च विविक्तः श्रुतिसागरः॥२८॥

āvartano nivṛttātmā saṃvṛtaḥ sampramardanaḥ |
ahaḥ saṃvartako vahniranilo dharaṇīdharaḥ ||25||
suprasādaḥ prasannātmā viśvadhṛgviśvabhugvibhuḥ |
satkartā satkṛtaḥ sādhurjahnurnārāyaṇo naraḥ ||26||
asaṅkhyeyo’prameyātmā viśiṣṭaḥ śiṣṭakṛcchuciḥ |
siddhārthaḥ siddhasaṅkalpaḥ siddhidaḥ siddhisādhanaḥ ||27||
vṛṣāhī vṛṣabho viṣṇurvṛṣaparvā vṛṣodaraḥ |
vardhano vardhamānaśca viviktaḥ śrutisāgaraḥ ||28||

8. Puṣya: ślokas 29 to 32

Pāda 1 is śloka 29, pāda 2 is 30, pāda 3 is 31, pāda 4 is 32. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 53 to 56. Lord: Saturn.

सुभुजो दुर्धरो वाग्मी महेन्द्रो वसुदो वसुः।
नैकरूपो बृहद्रूपः शिपिविष्टः प्रकाशनः॥२९॥
ओजस्तेजोद्युतिधरः प्रकाशात्मा प्रतापनः।
ऋद्धः स्पष्टाक्षरो मन्त्रश्चन्द्रांशुर्भास्करद्युतिः॥३०॥
अमृतांशूद्भवो भानुः शशबिन्दुः सुरेश्वरः।
औषधं जगतः सेतुः सत्यधर्मपराक्रमः॥३१॥
भूतभव्यभवन्नाथः पवनः पावनोऽनलः।
कामहा कामकृत्कान्तः कामः कामप्रदः प्रभुः॥३२॥

subhujo durdharo vāgmī mahendro vasudo vasuḥ |
naikarūpo bṛhadrūpaḥ śipiviṣṭaḥ prakāśanaḥ ||29||
ojastejodyutidharaḥ prakāśātmā pratāpanaḥ |
ṛddhaḥ spaṣṭākṣaro mantraścandrāṃśurbhāskaradyutiḥ ||30||
amṛtāṃśūdbhavo bhānuḥ śaśabinduḥ sureśvaraḥ |
auṣadhaṃ jagataḥ setuḥ satyadharmaparākramaḥ ||31||
bhūtabhavyabhavannāthaḥ pavanaḥ pāvano’nalaḥ |
kāmahā kāmakṛtkāntaḥ kāmaḥ kāmapradaḥ prabhuḥ ||32||

9. Āśleṣā: ślokas 33 to 36

Pāda 1 is śloka 33, pāda 2 is 34, pāda 3 is 35, pāda 4 is 36. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 57 to 60. Lord: Mercury.

युगादिकृद्युगावर्तो नैकमायो महाशनः।
अदृश्यो व्यक्तरूपश्च सहस्रजिदनन्तजित्॥३३॥
इष्टोऽविशिष्टः शिष्टेष्टः शिखण्डी नहुषो वृषः।
क्रोधहा क्रोधकृत्कर्ता विश्वबाहुर्महीधरः॥३४॥
अच्युतः प्रथितः प्राणः प्राणदो वासवानुजः।
अपांनिधिरधिष्ठानमप्रमत्तः प्रतिष्ठितः॥३५॥
स्कन्दः स्कन्दधरो धुर्यो वरदो वायुवाहनः।
वासुदेवो बृहद्भानुरादिदेवः पुरन्दरः॥३६॥

yugādikṛdyugāvarto naikamāyo mahāśanaḥ |
adṛśyo vyaktarūpaśca sahasrajidanantajit ||33||
iṣṭo’viśiṣṭaḥ śiṣṭeṣṭaḥ śikhaṇḍī nahuṣo vṛṣaḥ |
krodhahā krodhakṛtkartā viśvabāhurmahīdharaḥ ||34||
acyutaḥ prathitaḥ prāṇaḥ prāṇado vāsavānujaḥ |
apāṃnidhiradhiṣṭhānamapramattaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ ||35||
skandaḥ skandadharo dhuryo varado vāyuvāhanaḥ |
vāsudevo bṛhadbhānurādidevaḥ purandaraḥ ||36||

10. Maghā: ślokas 37 to 40

Pāda 1 is śloka 37, pāda 2 is 38, pāda 3 is 39, pāda 4 is 40. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 61 to 64. Lord: Ketu.

अशोकस्तारणस्तारः शूरः शौरिर्जनेश्वरः।
अनुकूलः शतावर्तः पद्मी पद्मनिभेक्षणः॥३७॥
पद्मनाभोऽरविन्दाक्षः पद्मगर्भः शरीरभृत्।
महर्द्धिरृद्धो वृद्धात्मा महाक्षो गरुडध्वजः॥३८॥
अतुलः शरभो भीमः समयज्ञो हविर्हरिः।
सर्वलक्षणलक्षण्यो लक्ष्मीवान् समितिञ्जयः॥३९॥
विक्षरो रोहितो मार्गो हेतुर्दामोदरः सहः।
महीधरो महाभागो वेगवानमिताशनः॥४०॥

aśokastāraṇastāraḥ śūraḥ śaurirjaneśvaraḥ |
anukūlaḥ śatāvartaḥ padmī padmanibhekṣaṇaḥ ||37||
padmanābho’ravindākṣaḥ padmagarbhaḥ śarīrabhṛt |
maharddhirṛddho vṛddhātmā mahākṣo garuḍadhvajaḥ ||38||
atulaḥ śarabho bhīmaḥ samayajño havirhariḥ |
sarvalakṣaṇalakṣaṇyo lakṣmīvān samitiñjayaḥ ||39||
vikṣaro rohito mārgo heturdāmodaraḥ sahaḥ |
mahīdharo mahābhāgo vegavānamitāśanaḥ ||40||

11. Pūrva Phalgunī: ślokas 41 to 44

Pāda 1 is śloka 41, pāda 2 is 42, pāda 3 is 43, pāda 4 is 44. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 65 to 68. Lord: Venus.

उद्भवः क्षोभणो देवः श्रीगर्भः परमेश्वरः।
करणं कारणं कर्ता विकर्ता गहनो गुहः॥४१॥
व्यवसायो व्यवस्थानः संस्थानः स्थानदो ध्रुवः।
परर्द्धिः परमस्पष्टस्तुष्टः पुष्टः शुभेक्षणः॥४२॥
रामो विरामो विरजो मार्गो नेयो नयोऽनयः।
वीरः शक्तिमतां श्रेष्ठो धर्मो धर्मविदुत्तमः॥४३॥
वैकुण्ठः पुरुषः प्राणः प्राणदः प्रणवः पृथुः।
हिरण्यगर्भः शत्रुघ्नो व्याप्तो वायुरधोक्षजः॥४४॥

udbhavaḥ kṣobhaṇo devaḥ śrīgarbhaḥ parameśvaraḥ |
karaṇaṃ kāraṇaṃ kartā vikartā gahano guhaḥ ||41||
vyavasāyo vyavasthānaḥ saṃsthānaḥ sthānado dhruvaḥ |
pararddhiḥ paramaspaṣṭastuṣṭaḥ puṣṭaḥ śubhekṣaṇaḥ ||42||
rāmo virāmo virajo mārgo neyo nayo’nayaḥ |
vīraḥ śaktimatāṃ śreṣṭho dharmo dharmaviduttamaḥ ||43||
vaikuṇṭhaḥ puruṣaḥ prāṇaḥ prāṇadaḥ praṇavaḥ pṛthuḥ |
hiraṇyagarbhaḥ śatrughno vyāpto vāyuradhokṣajaḥ ||44||

12. Uttara Phalgunī: ślokas 45 to 48

Pāda 1 is śloka 45, pāda 2 is 46, pāda 3 is 47, pāda 4 is 48. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 69 to 72. Lord: Sun.

ऋतुः सुदर्शनः कालः परमेष्ठी परिग्रहः।
उग्रः संवत्सरो दक्षो विश्रामो विश्वदक्षिणः॥४५॥
विस्तारः स्थावरस्थाणुः प्रमाणं बीजमव्ययम्।
अर्थोऽनर्थो महाकोशो महाभोगो महाधनः॥४६॥
अनिर्विण्णः स्थविष्ठोऽभूर्धर्मयूपो महामखः।
नक्षत्रनेमिर्नक्षत्री क्षमः क्षामः समीहनः॥४७॥
यज्ञ इज्यो महेज्यश्च क्रतुः सत्रं सतां गतिः।
सर्वदर्शी विमुक्तात्मा सर्वज्ञो ज्ञानमुत्तमम्॥४८॥

ṛtuḥ sudarśanaḥ kālaḥ parameṣṭhī parigrahaḥ |
ugraḥ saṃvatsaro dakṣo viśrāmo viśvadakṣiṇaḥ ||45||
vistāraḥ sthāvarasthāṇuḥ pramāṇaṃ bījamavyayam |
artho’nartho mahākośo mahābhogo mahādhanaḥ ||46||
anirviṇṇaḥ sthaviṣṭho’bhūrdharmayūpo mahāmakhaḥ |
nakṣatranemirnakṣatrī kṣamaḥ kṣāmaḥ samīhanaḥ ||47||
yajña ijyo mahejyaśca kratuḥ satraṃ satāṃ gatiḥ |
sarvadarśī vimuktātmā sarvajño jñānamuttamam ||48||

13. Hasta: ślokas 49 to 52

Pāda 1 is śloka 49, pāda 2 is 50, pāda 3 is 51, pāda 4 is 52. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 73 to 76. Lord: Moon.

सुव्रतः सुमुखः सूक्ष्मः सुघोषः सुखदः सुहृत्।
मनोहरो जितक्रोधो वीरबाहुर्विदारणः॥४९॥
स्वापनः स्ववशो व्यापी नैकात्मा नैककर्मकृत्।
वत्सरो वत्सलो वत्सी रत्नगर्भो धनेश्वरः॥५०॥
धर्मगुब्धर्मकृद्धर्मी सदसत्क्षरमक्षरम्।
अविज्ञाता सहस्रांशुर्विधाता कृतलक्षणः॥५१॥
गभस्तिनेमिः सत्त्वस्थः सिंहो भूतमहेश्वरः।
आदिदेवो महादेवो देवेशो देवभृद्गुरुः॥५२॥

suvrataḥ sumukhaḥ sūkṣmaḥ sughoṣaḥ sukhadaḥ suhṛt |
manoharo jitakrodho vīrabāhurvidāraṇaḥ ||49||
svāpanaḥ svavaśo vyāpī naikātmā naikakarmakṛt |
vatsaro vatsalo vatsī ratnagarbho dhaneśvaraḥ ||50||
dharmagubdharmakṛddharmī sadasatkṣaramakṣaram |
avijñātā sahasrāṃśurvidhātā kṛtalakṣaṇaḥ ||51||
gabhastinemiḥ sattvasthaḥ siṃho bhūtamaheśvaraḥ |
ādidevo mahādevo deveśo devabhṛdguruḥ ||52||

14. Citrā: ślokas 53 to 56

Pāda 1 is śloka 53, pāda 2 is 54, pāda 3 is 55, pāda 4 is 56. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 77 to 80. Lord: Mars.

उत्तरो गोपतिर्गोप्ता ज्ञानगम्यः पुरातनः।
शरीरभूतभृद्भोक्ता कपीन्द्रो भूरिदक्षिणः॥५३॥
सोमपोऽमृतपः सोमः पुरुजित्पुरुसत्तमः।
विनयो जयः सत्यसन्धो दाशार्हः सात्वताम्पतिः॥५४॥
जीवो विनयिता साक्षी मुकुन्दोऽमितविक्रमः।
अम्भोनिधिरनन्तात्मा महोदधिशयोऽन्तकः॥५५॥
अजो महार्हः स्वाभाव्यो जितामित्रः प्रमोदनः।
आनन्दो नन्दनो नन्दः सत्यधर्मा त्रिविक्रमः॥५६॥

uttaro gopatirgoptā jñānagamyaḥ purātanaḥ |
śarīrabhūtabhṛdbhoktā kapīndro bhūridakṣiṇaḥ ||53||
somapo’mṛtapaḥ somaḥ purujitpurusattamaḥ |
vinayo jayaḥ satyasandho dāśārhaḥ sātvatāmpatiḥ ||54||
jīvo vinayitā sākṣī mukundo’mitavikramaḥ |
ambhonidhiranantātmā mahodadhiśayo’ntakaḥ ||55||
ajo mahārhaḥ svābhāvyo jitāmitraḥ pramodanaḥ |
ānando nandano nandaḥ satyadharmā trivikramaḥ ||56||

15. Svātī: ślokas 57 to 60

Pāda 1 is śloka 57, pāda 2 is 58, pāda 3 is 59, pāda 4 is 60. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 81 to 84. Lord: Rāhu.

महर्षिः कपिलाचार्यः कृतज्ञो मेदिनीपतिः।
त्रिपदस्त्रिदशाध्यक्षो महाशृङ्गः कृतान्तकृत्॥५७॥
महावराहो गोविन्दः सुषेणः कनकाङ्गदी।
गुह्यो गभीरो गहनो गुप्तश्चक्रगदाधरः॥५८॥
वेधाः स्वाङ्गोऽजितः कृष्णो दृढः सङ्कर्षणोऽच्युतः।
वरुणो वारुणो वृक्षः पुष्कराक्षो महामनाः॥५९॥
भगवान् भगहाऽऽनन्दी वनमाली हलायुधः।
आदित्यो ज्योतिरादित्यः सहिष्णुर्गतिसत्तमः॥६०॥

maharṣiḥ kapilācāryaḥ kṛtajño medinīpatiḥ |
tripadastridaśādhyakṣo mahāśṛṅgaḥ kṛtāntakṛt ||57||
mahāvarāho govindaḥ suṣeṇaḥ kanakāṅgadī |
guhyo gabhīro gahano guptaścakragadādharaḥ ||58||
vedhāḥ svāṅgo’jitaḥ kṛṣṇo dṛḍhaḥ saṅkarṣaṇo’cyutaḥ |
varuṇo vāruṇo vṛkṣaḥ puṣkarākṣo mahāmanāḥ ||59||
bhagavān bhagahā”nandī vanamālī halāyudhaḥ |
ādityo jyotirādityaḥ sahiṣṇurgatisattamaḥ ||60||

16. Viśākhā: ślokas 61 to 64

Pāda 1 is śloka 61, pāda 2 is 62, pāda 3 is 63, pāda 4 is 64. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 85 to 88. Lord: Jupiter.

सुधन्वा खण्डपरशुर्दारुणो द्रविणप्रदः।
दिवस्पृक् सर्वदृग्व्यासो वाचस्पतिरयोनिजः॥६१॥
त्रिसामा सामगः साम निर्वाणं भेषजं भिषक्।
संन्यासकृच्छमः शान्तो निष्ठा शान्तिः परायणम्॥६२॥
शुभाङ्गः शान्तिदः स्रष्टा कुमुदः कुवलेशयः।
गोहितो गोपतिर्गोप्ता वृषभाक्षो वृषप्रियः॥६३॥
अनिवर्ती निवृत्तात्मा सङ्क्षेप्ता क्षेमकृच्छिवः।
श्रीवत्सवक्षाः श्रीवासः श्रीपतिः श्रीमतांवरः॥६४॥

sudhanvā khaṇḍaparaśurdāruṇo draviṇapradaḥ |
divaspṛk sarvadṛgvyāso vācaspatirayonijaḥ ||61||
trisāmā sāmagaḥ sāma nirvāṇaṃ bheṣajaṃ bhiṣak |
saṃnyāsakṛcchamaḥ śānto niṣṭhā śāntiḥ parāyaṇam ||62||
śubhāṅgaḥ śāntidaḥ sraṣṭā kumudaḥ kuvaleśayaḥ |
gohito gopatirgoptā vṛṣabhākṣo vṛṣapriyaḥ ||63||
anivartī nivṛttātmā saṅkṣeptā kṣemakṛcchivaḥ |
śrīvatsavakṣāḥ śrīvāsaḥ śrīpatiḥ śrīmatāṃvaraḥ ||64||

17. Anurādhā: ślokas 65 to 68

Pāda 1 is śloka 65, pāda 2 is 66, pāda 3 is 67, pāda 4 is 68. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 89 to 92. Lord: Saturn.

श्रीदः श्रीशः श्रीनिवासः श्रीनिधिः श्रीविभावनः।
श्रीधरः श्रीकरः श्रेयः श्रीमाँल्लोकत्रयाश्रयः॥६५॥
स्वक्षः स्वङ्गः शतानन्दो नन्दिर्ज्योतिर्गणेश्वरः।
विजितात्माऽविधेयात्मा सत्कीर्तिश्छिन्नसंशयः॥६६॥
उदीर्णः सर्वतश्चक्षुरनीशः शाश्वतस्थिरः।
भूशयो भूषणो भूतिर्विशोकः शोकनाशनः॥६७॥
अर्चिष्मानर्चितः कुम्भो विशुद्धात्मा विशोधनः।
अनिरुद्धोऽप्रतिरथः प्रद्युम्नोऽमितविक्रमः॥६८॥

śrīdaḥ śrīśaḥ śrīnivāsaḥ śrīnidhiḥ śrīvibhāvanaḥ |
śrīdharaḥ śrīkaraḥ śreyaḥ śrīmām̐llokatrayāśrayaḥ ||65||
svakṣaḥ svaṅgaḥ śatānando nandirjyotirgaṇeśvaraḥ |
vijitātmā’vidheyātmā satkīrtiśchinnasaṃśayaḥ ||66||
udīrṇaḥ sarvataścakṣuranīśaḥ śāśvatasthiraḥ |
bhūśayo bhūṣaṇo bhūtirviśokaḥ śokanāśanaḥ ||67||
arciṣmānarcitaḥ kumbho viśuddhātmā viśodhanaḥ |
aniruddho’pratirathaḥ pradyumno’mitavikramaḥ ||68||

18. Jyeṣṭhā: ślokas 69 to 72

Pāda 1 is śloka 69, pāda 2 is 70, pāda 3 is 71, pāda 4 is 72. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 93 to 96. Lord: Mercury.

कालनेमिनिहा वीरः शौरिः शूरजनेश्वरः।
त्रिलोकात्मा त्रिलोकेशः केशवः केशिहा हरिः॥६९॥
कामदेवः कामपालः कामी कान्तः कृतागमः।
अनिर्देश्यवपुर्विष्णुर्वीरोऽनन्तो धनञ्जयः॥७०॥
ब्रह्मण्यो ब्रह्मकृद् ब्रह्मा ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविवर्धनः।
ब्रह्मविद् ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मी ब्रह्मज्ञो ब्राह्मणप्रियः॥७१॥
महाक्रमो महाकर्मा महातेजा महोरगः।
महाक्रतुर्महायज्वा महायज्ञो महाहविः॥७२॥

kālaneminihā vīraḥ śauriḥ śūrajaneśvaraḥ |
trilokātmā trilokeśaḥ keśavaḥ keśihā hariḥ ||69||
kāmadevaḥ kāmapālaḥ kāmī kāntaḥ kṛtāgamaḥ |
anirdeśyavapurviṣṇurvīro’nanto dhanañjayaḥ ||70||
brahmaṇyo brahmakṛd brahmā brahma brahmavivardhanaḥ |
brahmavid brāhmaṇo brahmī brahmajño brāhmaṇapriyaḥ ||71||
mahākramo mahākarmā mahātejā mahoragaḥ |
mahākraturmahāyajvā mahāyajño mahāhaviḥ ||72||

19. Mūla: ślokas 73 to 76

Pāda 1 is śloka 73, pāda 2 is 74, pāda 3 is 75, pāda 4 is 76. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 97 to 100. Lord: Ketu.

स्तव्यः स्तवप्रियः स्तोत्रं स्तुतिः स्तोता रणप्रियः।
पूर्णः पूरयिता पुण्यः पुण्यकीर्तिरनामयः॥७३॥
मनोजवस्तीर्थकरो वसुरेता वसुप्रदः।
वसुप्रदो वासुदेवो वसुर्वसुमना हविः॥७४॥
सद्गतिः सत्कृतिः सत्ता सद्भूतिः सत्परायणः।
शूरसेनो यदुश्रेष्ठः सन्निवासः सुयामुनः॥७५॥
भूतावासो वासुदेवः सर्वासुनिलयोऽनलः।
दर्पहा दर्पदो दृप्तो दुर्धरोऽथापराजितः॥७६॥

stavyaḥ stavapriyaḥ stotraṃ stutiḥ stotā raṇapriyaḥ |
pūrṇaḥ pūrayitā puṇyaḥ puṇyakīrtiranāmayaḥ ||73||
manojavastīrthakaro vasuretā vasupradaḥ |
vasuprado vāsudevo vasurvasumanā haviḥ ||74||
sadgatiḥ satkṛtiḥ sattā sadbhūtiḥ satparāyaṇaḥ |
śūraseno yaduśreṣṭhaḥ sannivāsaḥ suyāmunaḥ ||75||
bhūtāvāso vāsudevaḥ sarvāsunilayo’nalaḥ |
darpahā darpado dṛpto durdharo’thāparājitaḥ ||76||

20. Pūrvāṣāḍhā: ślokas 77 to 80

Pāda 1 is śloka 77, pāda 2 is 78, pāda 3 is 79, pāda 4 is 80. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 101 to 104. Lord: Venus.

विश्वमूर्तिर्महामूर्तिर्दीप्तमूर्तिरमूर्तिमान्।
अनेकमूर्तिरव्यक्तः शतमूर्तिः शताननः॥७७॥
एको नैकः सवः कः किं यत् तत्पदमनुत्तमम्।
लोकबन्धुर्लोकनाथो माधवो भक्तवत्सलः॥७८॥
सुवर्णवर्णो हेमाङ्गो वराङ्गश्चन्दनाङ्गदी।
वीरहा विषमः शून्यो घृताशीरचलश्चलः॥७९॥
अमानी मानदो मान्यो लोकस्वामी त्रिलोकधृक्।
सुमेधा मेधजो धन्यः सत्यमेधा धराधरः॥८०॥

viśvamūrtirmahāmūrtirdīptamūrtiramūrtimān |
anekamūrtiravyaktaḥ śatamūrtiḥ śatānanaḥ ||77||
eko naikaḥ savaḥ kaḥ kiṃ yat tatpadamanuttamam |
lokabandhurlokanātho mādhavo bhaktavatsalaḥ ||78||
suvarṇavarṇo hemāṅgo varāṅgaścandanāṅgadī |
vīrahā viṣamaḥ śūnyo ghṛtāśīracalaścalaḥ ||79||
amānī mānado mānyo lokasvāmī trilokadhṛk |
sumedhā medhajo dhanyaḥ satyamedhā dharādharaḥ ||80||

21. Uttarāṣāḍhā: ślokas 81 to 84

Pāda 1 is śloka 81, pāda 2 is 82, pāda 3 is 83, pāda 4 is 84. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 105 to 108. Lord: Sun.

तेजोवृषो द्युतिधरः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः।
प्रग्रहो निग्रहो व्यग्रो नैकशृङ्गो गदाग्रजः॥८१॥
चतुर्मूर्तिश्चतुर्बाहुश्चतुर्व्यूहश्चतुर्गतिः।
चतुरात्मा चतुर्भावश्चतुर्वेदविदेकपात्॥८२॥
समावर्तोऽनिवृत्तात्मा दुर्जयो दुरतिक्रमः।
दुर्लभो दुर्गमो दुर्गो दुरावासो दुरारिहा॥८३॥
शुभाङ्गो लोकसारङ्गः सुतन्तुस्तन्तुवर्धनः।
इन्द्रकर्मा महाकर्मा कृतकर्मा कृतागमः॥८४॥

tejovṛṣo dyutidharaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ |
pragraho nigraho vyagro naikaśṛṅgo gadāgrajaḥ ||81||
caturmūrtiścaturbāhuścaturvyūhaścaturgatiḥ |
caturātmā caturbhāvaścaturvedavidekapāt ||82||
samāvarto’nivṛttātmā durjayo duratikramaḥ |
durlabho durgamo durgo durāvāso durārihā ||83||
śubhāṅgo lokasāraṅgaḥ sutantustantuvardhanaḥ |
indrakarmā mahākarmā kṛtakarmā kṛtāgamaḥ ||84||

22. Śravaṇa: ślokas 85 to 88

Pāda 1 is śloka 85, pāda 2 is 86, pāda 3 is 87, pāda 4 is 88. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 1 to 4. Lord: Moon.

उद्भवः सुन्दरः सुन्दो रत्ननाभः सुलोचनः।
अर्को वाजसनः शृङ्गी जयन्तः सर्वविज्जयी॥८५॥
सुवर्णबिन्दुरक्षोभ्यः सर्ववागीश्वरेश्वरः।
महाह्रदो महागर्तो महाभूतो महानिधिः॥८६॥
कुमुदः कुन्दरः कुन्दः पर्जन्यः पावनोऽनिलः।
अमृताशोऽमृतवपुः सर्वज्ञः सर्वतोमुखः॥८७॥
सुलभः सुव्रतः सिद्धः शत्रुजिच्छत्रुतापनः।
न्यग्रोधोऽदुम्बरोऽश्वत्थश्चाणूरान्ध्रनिषूदनः॥८८॥

udbhavaḥ sundaraḥ sundo ratnanābhaḥ sulocanaḥ |
arko vājasanaḥ śṛṅgī jayantaḥ sarvavijjayī ||85||
suvarṇabindurakṣobhyaḥ sarvavāgīśvareśvaraḥ |
mahāhrado mahāgarto mahābhūto mahānidhiḥ ||86||
kumudaḥ kundaraḥ kundaḥ parjanyaḥ pāvano’nilaḥ |
amṛtāśo’mṛtavapuḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvatomukhaḥ ||87||
sulabhaḥ suvrataḥ siddhaḥ śatrujicchatrutāpanaḥ |
nyagrodho’dumbaro’śvatthaścāṇūrāndhraniṣūdanaḥ ||88||

23. Dhaniṣṭhā: ślokas 89 to 92

Pāda 1 is śloka 89, pāda 2 is 90, pāda 3 is 91, pāda 4 is 92. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 5 to 8. Lord: Mars.

सहस्रार्चिः सप्तजिह्वः सप्तैधाः सप्तवाहनः।
अमूर्तिरनघोऽचिन्त्यो भयकृद्भयनाशनः॥८९॥
अणुर्बृहत्कृशः स्थूलो गुणभृन्निर्गुणो महान्।
अधृतः स्वधृतः स्वास्यः प्राग्वंशो वंशवर्धनः॥९०॥
भारभृत् कथितो योगी योगीशः सर्वकामदः।
आश्रमः श्रमणः क्षामः सुपर्णो वायुवाहनः॥९१॥
धनुर्धरो धनुर्वेदो दण्डो दमयिता दमः।
अपराजितः सर्वसहो नियन्ताऽनियमोऽयमः॥९२॥

sahasrārciḥ saptajihvaḥ saptaidhāḥ saptavāhanaḥ |
amūrtiranagho’cintyo bhayakṛdbhayanāśanaḥ ||89||
aṇurbṛhatkṛśaḥ sthūlo guṇabhṛnnirguṇo mahān |
adhṛtaḥ svadhṛtaḥ svāsyaḥ prāgvaṃśo vaṃśavardhanaḥ ||90||
bhārabhṛt kathito yogī yogīśaḥ sarvakāmadaḥ |
āśramaḥ śramaṇaḥ kṣāmaḥ suparṇo vāyuvāhanaḥ ||91||
dhanurdharo dhanurvedo daṇḍo damayitā damaḥ |
aparājitaḥ sarvasaho niyantā’niyamo’yamaḥ ||92||

24. Śatabhiṣā: ślokas 93 to 96

Pāda 1 is śloka 93, pāda 2 is 94, pāda 3 is 95, pāda 4 is 96. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 9 to 12. Lord: Rāhu.

सत्त्ववान् सात्त्विकः सत्यः सत्यधर्मपरायणः।
अभिप्रायः प्रियार्होऽर्हः प्रियकृत् प्रीतिवर्धनः॥९३॥
विहायसगतिर्ज्योतिः सुरुचिर्हुतभुग्विभुः।
रविर्विरोचनः सूर्यः सविता रविलोचनः॥९४॥
अनन्तो हुतभुग्भोक्ता सुखदो नैकजोऽग्रजः।
अनिर्विण्णः सदामर्षी लोकाधिष्ठानमद्भुतः॥९५॥
सनात्सनातनतमः कपिलः कपिरव्ययः।
स्वस्तिदः स्वस्तिकृत्स्वस्ति स्वस्तिभुक्स्वस्तिदक्षिणः॥९६॥

sattvavān sāttvikaḥ satyaḥ satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ |
abhiprāyaḥ priyārho’rhaḥ priyakṛt prītivardhanaḥ ||93||
vihāyasagatirjyotiḥ surucirhutabhugvibhuḥ |
ravirvirocanaḥ sūryaḥ savitā ravilocanaḥ ||94||
ananto hutabhugbhoktā sukhado naikajo’grajaḥ |
anirviṇṇaḥ sadāmarṣī lokādhiṣṭhānamadbhutaḥ ||95||
sanātsanātanatamaḥ kapilaḥ kapiravyayaḥ |
svastidaḥ svastikṛtsvasti svastibhuksvastidakṣiṇaḥ ||96||

25. Pūrva Bhādrapadā: ślokas 97 to 100

Pāda 1 is śloka 97, pāda 2 is 98, pāda 3 is 99, pāda 4 is 100. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 13 to 16. Lord: Jupiter.

अरौद्रः कुण्डली चक्री विक्रम्यूर्जितशासनः।
शब्दातिगः शब्दसहः शिशिरः शर्वरीकरः॥९७॥
अक्रूरः पेशलो दक्षो दक्षिणः क्षमिणांवरः।
विद्वत्तमो वीतभयः पुण्यश्रवणकीर्तनः॥९८॥
उत्तारणो दुष्कृतिहा पुण्यो दुःस्वप्ननाशनः।
वीरहा रक्षणः सन्तो जीवनः पर्यवस्थितः॥९९॥
अनन्तरूपोऽनन्तश्रीर्जितमन्युर्भयापहः।
चतुरश्रो गभीरात्मा विदिशो व्यादिशो दिशः॥१००॥

araudraḥ kuṇḍalī cakrī vikramyūrjitaśāsanaḥ |
śabdātigaḥ śabdasahaḥ śiśiraḥ śarvarīkaraḥ ||97||
akrūraḥ peśalo dakṣo dakṣiṇaḥ kṣamiṇāṃvaraḥ |
vidvattamo vītabhayaḥ puṇyaśravaṇakīrtanaḥ ||98||
uttāraṇo duṣkṛtihā puṇyo duḥsvapnanāśanaḥ |
vīrahā rakṣaṇaḥ santo jīvanaḥ paryavasthitaḥ ||99||
anantarūpo’nantaśrīrjitamanyurbhayāpahaḥ |
caturaśro gabhīrātmā vidiśo vyādiśo diśaḥ ||100||

26. Uttara Bhādrapadā: ślokas 101 to 104

Pāda 1 is śloka 101, pāda 2 is 102, pāda 3 is 103, pāda 4 is 104. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 17 to 20. Lord: Saturn.

अनादिर्भूर्भुवो लक्ष्मीः सुवीरो रुचिराङ्गदः।
जननो जनजन्मादिर्भीमो भीमपराक्रमः॥१०१॥
आधारनिलयोऽधाता पुष्पहासः प्रजागरः।
ऊर्ध्वगः सत्पथाचारः प्राणदः प्रणवः पणः॥१०२॥
प्रमाणं प्राणनिलयः प्राणभृत्प्राणजीवनः।
तत्त्वं तत्त्वविदेकात्मा जन्ममृत्युजरातिगः॥१०३॥
भूर्भुवःस्वस्तरुस्तारः सविता प्रपितामहः।
यज्ञो यज्ञपतिर्यज्वा यज्ञाङ्गो यज्ञवाहनः॥१०४॥

anādirbhūrbhuvo lakṣmīḥ suvīro rucirāṅgadaḥ |
janano janajanmādirbhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ ||101||
ādhāranilayo’dhātā puṣpahāsaḥ prajāgaraḥ |
ūrdhvagaḥ satpathācāraḥ prāṇadaḥ praṇavaḥ paṇaḥ ||102||
pramāṇaṃ prāṇanilayaḥ prāṇabhṛtprāṇajīvanaḥ |
tattvaṃ tattvavidekātmā janmamṛtyujarātigaḥ ||103||
bhūrbhuvaḥsvastarustāraḥ savitā prapitāmahaḥ |
yajño yajñapatiryajvā yajñāṅgo yajñavāhanaḥ ||104||

27. Revatī: ślokas 105 to 108

Pāda 1 is śloka 105, pāda 2 is 106, pāda 3 is 107, pāda 4 is 108. In the Śravaṇa count the same four are 21 to 24. Lord: Mercury.

यज्ञभृद् यज्ञकृद् यज्ञी यज्ञभुग् यज्ञसाधनः।
यज्ञान्तकृद् यज्ञगुह्यमन्नमन्नाद एव च॥१०५॥
आत्मयोनिः स्वयञ्जातो वैखानः सामगायनः।
देवकीनन्दनः स्रष्टा क्षितीशः पापनाशनः॥१०६॥
शङ्खभृन्नन्दकी चक्री शार्ङ्गधन्वा गदाधरः।
रथाङ्गपाणिरक्षोभ्यः सर्वप्रहरणायुधः॥१०७॥
वनमाली गदी शार्ङ्गी शङ्खी चक्री च नन्दकी।
श्रीमान् नारायणो विष्णुर्वासुदेवोऽभिरक्षतु॥१०८॥

yajñabhṛd yajñakṛd yajñī yajñabhug yajñasādhanaḥ |
yajñāntakṛd yajñaguhyamannamannāda eva ca ||105||
ātmayoniḥ svayañjāto vaikhānaḥ sāmagāyanaḥ |
devakīnandanaḥ sraṣṭā kṣitīśaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ ||106||
śaṅkhabhṛnnandakī cakrī śārṅgadhanvā gadādharaḥ |
rathāṅgapāṇirakṣobhyaḥ sarvapraharaṇāyudhaḥ ||107||
vanamālī gadī śārṅgī śaṅkhī cakrī ca nandakī |
śrīmān nārāyaṇo viṣṇurvāsudevo’bhirakṣatu ||108||

If you want the daśā verses picked for your chart, or you’d rather someone checked the pāda before you commit eleven days to it, that’s what a consultation is for. The method on video, from the class where I taught it:

Sources: Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, adhyāya 149 (Viṣṇu Sahasranāma), Sanskrit from the proofread text at sanskritdocuments.org. Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra, Budha-daśā antardaśā chapter, Chaukhamba edition with the Sudhā commentary; nakṣatra deities from chapter 3 (R. Santhanam). The nakṣatra method as taught by Tridaṇḍi Chinna Jeeyar Swami, Hyderabad, 13 February 2003, as recorded by anudinam.org. Painting: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.

By Tirth Doshi

Tirth Doshi is a Vedic astrologer and sādhak based in Ahmedabad. He reads with the Parāśari and Jaimini systems on the True Citrāpakṣa ayanāṁśa, trained under a Nāth guru before building an independent practice grounded in the source texts, and is writing a compendium on the Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra. He runs the Tantric Astro YouTube channel and teaches the “From Basics to Mastery” course.

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