Vishnavashtakam Lyrics in English:
sri ganesaya namah ।
purah srstavistah purusa iti tatpreksanamukhah
sahasrakso bhuktva phalamanusayi sasti tamuta ।
svayam suddham santam niravadhisukham nityamacalam
namami srivisnum jaladhitanayasevitapadam ॥ 1॥
anantam satsatyam bhavabhayaharam brahma paramam
sada bhatam nityam jagadidamitah kalpitaparam ।
muhurjñanam yasmin rajatamiva suktau bhramaharam namami0॥ 2॥
matau yatsadrūpam mrgayati budho’tannirasanat
na rajjau sarpo’pi mukurajathare nasti vadanam ।
ato’partham sarvam na hi bhavati yasmimsca tamaham namami0॥ 3॥
bhramaddhiviksiptendriyapathamanusyairhrdi vibhum
nayam vai veda svendriyamapi vasantam nijamukham ।
sada sevyam bhaktairmunimanasi diptam muninutam namami0॥ 4॥
budha yattadrūpam na hi tu nairgunyamamalam
yatha ye vyaktam te satatamakalaṅke srutinutam ।
yadahuh sarvatraskhalitagunasattakamatulam namami0॥ 5॥
layadau yasminyadvilayamapyudyatprabhavati
tatha jivopetam gurukarunaya bodhajanane ।
gatam catyantantam vrajati sahasa sindhunadavannamami0॥ 6॥
jadam saṅghatam yannimisalavalesena capalam
yatha svam svam karyam prathayati mahamohajanakam ।
manovadagjivanam na nivisati yam nirbhayapadam namami0॥ 7॥
gunakhyane yasminprabhavati na vedo’pi nitaram
nisidhyadvakyarthaiscakitacakitam yo’sya vacanam ।
svarūpam yadgatva prabhurapi ca tūsnim bhavati tam
namami srivisnum jaladhitanayasevitapadam ॥ 8॥
vinvastakam yah pathati prabhate naro’pyakhandam sukhamasnute ca ।
yannityabodhaya subuddhinoktam radhūttamakhyena vicarya samyak ॥ 9॥
iti srivisnvastakam sampūrnam ॥