Stotra

नारायण सूक्त

Narayana Sukta

A Vedic meditation on Narayana as the infinite reality present within the heart and throughout the cosmos.

समर्पितभगवान विष्णु
Sacred textHinglish pronunciation

sahasrasheershn devn vishvaakshn vishvashambhuvam.vishvn naaraayann devamaksharn paramn padam (1)

vishvath paramaannityn vishvn naaraayann harim.vishvamevedn purushastadvishvamupajeevati (2)

patin vishvasyaatmeshvarn shaashvatn shivamachyutam.naaraayann mahaajnyeyn vishvaatmaann paraayanam (3)

naaraayanh paro jyotiraatmaa naaraayanh parh.naaraayanh parn brahma tattvn naaraayanh parh.naaraayanh paro dhyaataa dhyaann naaraayanh parh (4)

yachcha kinychijjagatsarvn drishyate shrooyate'pi vaa.antarbahishcha tatsarvn vyaapya naaraayanh sthith (5)

anantamavyayn kavin samudre'ntn vishvashambhuvam.padmakoshaprateekaashn hridayn chaapyadhomukham (6)

adho nishthyaa vitastyaan tu naabhyaamupari tishthati.jvaalaamaalaakuln bhaatee vishvasyaayatann mahat (7)

santatn shilaabhistu lambatyaakoshasannibham.tasyaante sushirn sookshmn tasmin sarvn pratishthitam (8)

tasya madhye mahaanagnirvishvaarchirvishvatomukhh.so'grabhugvibhajan tishthannaahaaramajarh kavih (9)

tiryagoordhvamadhhshaayee rashmayastasya santataah.santaapayati svn dehamaapaadatalamastakam (10)

tasya madhye vahnishikhaa aneeyordhvaa vyavasthitaah.neelatoyadamadhyasthaa vidyullekheva bhaasvaraa (11)

neevaarashookavattanvee peetaa bhaasvatyanoopamaa.tasyaah shikhaayaa madhye paramaatmaa vyavasthith.sa brahmaa sa shivh sa harih sendrh so'ksharh paramh svaraat (12)

Text source

Sanskrit Wikisource — Mahanarayana Upanishad, Narayana Anuvaka

Ancient public-domain Vedic text; source transcription is CC BY-SA

Text checked against the Narayana passage beginning sahasrashirsham devam; Vedic accent marks are omitted for accessible reading.