Uttara Bhagam

After the Phala Shruti, the stotram as traditionally chanted ends with a set of verses spoken by Arjuna, the Lord, Vyasa, Parvati, Siva, Brahma, and Sanjaya, which together summarise its greatness.

arjuna uvāca

पद्मपत्रविशालाक्ष पद्मनाभ सुरोत्तम ।

भक्तानाम् अनुरक्तानां त्राता भव जनार्दन ॥ १ ॥

padmapatraviśālākṣa padmanābha surōttama |

bhaktānām anuraktānāṃ trātā bhava janārdana || 1 ||

Arjuna said: O Lord with large eyes like lotus petals, Padmanabha, best of the devas, Janardana, be the protector of Your devoted and loving devotees.

śrībhagavānuvāca

यो मां नामसहस्रेण स्तोतुमिच्छति पाण्डव ।

सोऽहमेकेन श्लोकेन स्तुत एव न संशयः ॥ २ ॥

yō māṃ nāmasahasrēṇa stōtumicchati pāṇḍava |

sō'hamēkēna ślōkēna stuta ēva na saṃśayaḥ || 2 ||

The Lord said: O Pandava, for one who wishes to praise Me with the thousand names, I am praised even by a single shloka. There is no doubt about this.

vyāsa uvāca

वासनाद्वासुदेवस्य वासितं ते जगत्त्रयम् ।

सर्वभूतनिवासोऽसि वासुदेव नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ३ ॥

vāsanādvāsudēvasya vāsitaṃ tē jagattrayam |

sarvabhūtanivāsō'si vāsudēva namō'stu tē || 3 ||

Vyasa said: O Vasudeva, the three worlds are pervaded by You, because You dwell in them. You are the abode of all beings. Salutations to You, Vasudeva.

pārvatyuvāca

केनोपायेन लघुना विष्णोर्नामसहस्रकम् ।

पठ्यते पण्डितैर्नित्यं श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं प्रभो ॥ ४ ॥

kēnōpāyēna laghunā viṣṇōrnāmasahasrakam |

paṭhyatē paṇḍitairnityaṃ śrōtumicchāmyahaṃ prabhō || 4 ||

Parvati said: By what easy means do the learned recite the thousand names of Vishnu every day? I wish to hear it, my Lord.

īśvara uvāca

श्रीराम राम रामेति रमे रामे मनोरमे ।

सहस्रनाम तत्तुल्यं रामनाम वरानने ॥ ५ ॥

śrīrāma rāma rāmēti ramē rāmē manōramē |

sahasranāma tattulyaṃ rāmanāma varānanē || 5 ||

Siva said: O lovely one, I delight in Rama, the delightful, chanting “Sri Rama, Rama, Rama”. The name of Rama is equal to the thousand names.

brahmōvāca

नमोऽस्त्वनन्ताय सहस्रमूर्तये सहस्रपादाक्षिशिरोरुबाहवे ।

सहस्रनाम्ने पुरुषाय शाश्वते सहस्रकोटीयुगधारिणे नमः ॥ ६ ॥

namō'stvanantāya sahasramūrtayē sahasrapādākṣiśirōrubāhavē |

sahasranāmnē puruṣāya śāśvatē sahasrakōṭīyugadhāriṇē namaḥ || 6 ||

Brahma said: Salutations to the infinite Lord, who has a thousand forms, a thousand feet, eyes, heads, thighs, and arms, who has a thousand names, the eternal Purusha, who upholds the thousands of crores of yugas.

sañjaya uvāca

यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः ।

तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम ॥ ७ ॥

yatra yōgēśvaraḥ kṛṣṇō yatra pārthō dhanurdharaḥ |

tatra śrīrvijayō bhūtirdhruvā nītirmatirmama || 7 ||

Sanjaya said: Wherever there is Krishna, the Lord of yoga, and wherever there is Arjuna, the wielder of the bow, there will surely be prosperity, victory, wealth, and justice. This is my conviction.

śrībhagavānuvāca

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते ।

तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥ ८ ॥

ananyāścintayantō māṃ yē janāḥ paryupāsatē |

tēṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yōgakṣēmaṃ vahāmyaham || 8 ||

The Lord said: To those who worship Me alone, thinking of no one else, who are ever devoted to Me, I bring what they do not have and preserve what they have.

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥ ९ ॥

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām |

dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yugē yugē || 9 ||

To protect the good, to destroy the wicked, and to establish dharma, I am born in every age.

आर्ता विषण्णाः शिथिलाश्च भीताः घोरेषु च व्याधिषु वर्तमानाः ।

सङ्कीर्त्य नारायणशब्दमात्रं विमुक्तदुःखाः सुखिनो भवन्ति ॥ १० ॥

ārtā viṣaṇṇāḥ śithilāśca bhītāḥ ghōrēṣu ca vyādhiṣu vartamānāḥ |

saṅkīrtya nārāyaṇaśabdamātraṃ vimuktaduḥkhāḥ sukhinō bhavanti || 10 ||

Those who are distressed, dejected, weakened, or frightened, or who suffer from terrible diseases, are freed from their sorrow and become happy merely by uttering the word “Narayana”.

कायेन वाचा मनसेन्द्रियैर्वा बुद्ध्याऽत्मना वा प्रकृतेः स्वभावात् ।

करोमि यद्यत् सकलं परस्मै नारायणायेति समर्पयामि ॥ ११ ॥

kāyēna vācā manasēndriyairvā buddhyā'tmanā vā prakṛtēḥ svabhāvāt |

karōmi yadyat sakalaṃ parasmai nārāyaṇāyēti samarpayāmi || 11 ||

Whatever I do with my body, speech, mind, or senses, with my intellect or my self, or by the force of my nature, I offer it all to the Supreme Narayana.