Vishnu Shodasha Nama Stotram

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औषधे चिन्तयेद्विष्णुं भोजने च जनार्दनम् 

oushadhe chintayedvishNum bhojane cha janArdanam

शयने पद्मनाभं च विवाहे च प्रजापतिम् ॥

shayane padmanAbham cha vivAhe cha prajApatim

युद्धे चक्रधरं देवं प्रवासे च त्रिविक्रमम्

yuddhe chakradharam devam pravAse cha trivikramam

नारायणं तनुत्यागे श्रीधरं प्रियसंगमे ॥

nArAyaNam tanutyAge shrIdharam priyasangame

दुः स्वप्ने स्मर गोविन्दं संकटे मधुसूदनम् 

duhsvapne smara govindam  sankaTe madhusoodanam

कानने नारसिंहं च पावके जलशायिनम् ॥

kAnane nArasimham cha pAvake jalashAyinam

जलमध्ये वाराहं च पर्वते रघुनन्दनम् 

jalamadhye varAham cha parvate raghunandanam

गमने वामनं चैव सर्वकार्येषु माधवम् ॥

gamane vAmanam chaiva sarvakAryeshu mAdhavam

षोडशैतानि नामानि प्रातरूत्थाय यः पठेत्

ShoDashaitAni nAmAni prAtarutthAya yah paThet

सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोके महीयते ॥

sarvapApa-vinirmukto vishNuloke mahIyate

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iti shrI vishNoh ShoDashanAmastotram sampoorNam

Think of him as the all pervader Vishnu, when taking medicines.
As Janardhana, the destroyer of evil, when taking food.
As the lotus bellied, Padmanabha, when in bed,
And as Prajaapathi, the chief of all people, in marriage.
Think of the wielder of the Sudarshana, Chakradhara, in war,
As the conquerer of the three worlds, Trivikrama, while on travel,
As the dweller of all creations, Narayana, at the time of death,
And as the bearer of Lakshmi, Sridhara, when meeting a loved one.
Meditate on the protector of the cows, Govinda, in a nightmare,
On the destroyer of Madhu, Madhusoodhana, in difficulties,
On the man lion form of Narasimha, in a forest,
And on the water dweller, Jalasayina, in the midst of fires.
Call on the Sacred Boar, Varaaha, in turbid waters,
The beloved of the Raghu clan, Raama, in the heights of mountains,
On the short dwarf Vaamana, while on the move,
And summon the Sweet lord of everything, Madhava, for every thinkable activity.
He who recites these sixteen sacred names of Vishnu,
Every morning at the hour of dawn, will get absolved from all his sins,
And reach Vaikuntha when he sheds his mortal coils.

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