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Vishnu Padadi Keshanta Stotram
विष्णुपादादिकेशान्तस्तोत्रम्
Viṣṇupādādikeśāntastotram
Chant
विष्णोर्विश्वेश्वरस्य प्रवरशयनकृत्सर्वलोकैकधर्ता सोऽनन्तः सर्वभूतः पृथुविमलयशाः सर्ववेदैश्च वेद्यः । पाता विश्वस्य शश्वत्सकलसुररिपुध्वंसनः पापहन्ता सर्वज्ञः सर्वसाक्षी सकलविषभयात् पातु भोगीश्वरो नः ॥७॥
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Word breakdown
- विष्णोर्विश्वेश्वरस्य प्रवरशयनकृत्सर्वलोकैकधर्ता
- Of Vishnu, lord of the universe, the chief couch's sole bearer of all worlds,
- सोऽनन्तः सर्वभूतः पृथुविमलयशाः सर्ववेदैश्च वेद्यः
- that Ananta, all-beings, broad as the Himalaya, knowable through all Vedas,
- पाता विश्वस्य शश्वत्सकलसुररिपुध्वंसनः पापहन्ता
- protector of the world always, destroyer of all foes of gods, destroyer of sin,
- सर्वज्ञः सर्वसाक्षी सकलविषभयात् पातु भोगीश्वरो नः
- all-knowing, all-witnessing - may the serpent-lord protect us from every poison's fear.
Ananta bearing all worlds on the cosmic ocean is the serpent of endless consciousness on which Vishnu rests. Known through the Vedas and witness to all, He protects from poison because the Self is never tainted by what appears within it.
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