Lord Vishnu

śrī viṣṇu cālīsā

(Vishnu Chalisa in English (IAST))

Also known as Shri Vishnu Chalisa · Vishnu Chalisa in Hindi · Vishnu Suniye Vinay Sevak Ki

A forty-verse Hindi chalisa to Shri Vishnu, the sustainer, who reclines on Shesha in the ocean of milk with Lakshmi at his feet. It recalls his descents and his rescues of the devoted, and asks of him what devotees have always asked — that he come quickly, and that the reciter be kept in his shelter.

dohā

viṣṇu sunie vinaya sevaka kī citalāya,
kīrata kucha varṇana karūṃ dījai jñāna batāya |

caupāī

namo viṣṇu bhagavāna kharārī,
kaṣṭa naśāvana akhila bihārī,
prabala jagata meṃ śakti tumhārī,
tribhuvana phaila rahī ujiyārī |
sundara rūpa manohara sūrata,
sarala svabhāva mohanī mūrata,
tana para pītāmbara ati sohata,
baijantī mālā mana mohata |
śaṃkha cakra kara gadā birāje,
dekhata daitya asura dala bhāje,
satya dharma mada lobha na gāje,
kāma krodha mada lobha na chāje |
santabhakta sajjana manaraṃjana,
danuja asura duṣṭana dala gaṃjana,
sukha upajāya kaṣṭa saba bhaṃjana,
doṣa miṭāya karata jana sajjana |
pāpa kāṭa bhava sindhu utāraṇa,
kaṣṭa nāśakara bhakta ubāraṇa,
karata aneka rūpa prabhu dhāraṇa,
kevala āpa bhakti ke kāraṇa |
dharaṇi dhenu bana tumahiṃ pukārā,
taba tuma rūpa rāma kā dhārā,
bhāra utāra asura dala mārā,
rāvaṇa ādika ko saṃhārā |
āpa vārāha rūpa banāyā,
haraṇyākṣa ko māra girāyā,
dhara matsya tana sindhu banāyā,
caudaha ratanana ko nikalāyā |
amilakha asurana dvanda macāyā,
rūpa mohanī āpa dikhāyā,
devana ko amṛta pāna karāyā,
asurana ko chavi se bahalāyā |
kūrma rūpa dhara sindhu majhāyā,
mandrācala giri turata uṭhāyā,
śaṃkara kā tuma phanda chuṛāyā,
bhasmāsura ko rūpa dikhāyā |
vedana ko jaba asura ḍubāyā,
kara prabandha unheṃ ḍhuḍhavāyā,
mohita banakara khalahi nacāyā,
usahī kara se bhasma karāyā |
asura jalandhara ati baladāī,
śaṃkara se una kīnha laḍāī,
hāra pāra śiva sakala banāī,
kīna satī se chala khala jāī |
sumirana kīna tumheṃ śivarānī,
batalāī saba vipata kahānī,
taba tuma bane munīśvara jñānī,
vṛndā kī saba surati bhulānī |
dekhata tīna danuja śaitānī,
vṛndā āya tumheṃ lapaṭānī,
ho sparśa dharma kṣati mānī,
hanā asura ura śiva śaitānī |
tumane dhruva prahalāda ubāre,
hiraṇākuśa ādika khala māre,
gaṇikā aura ajāmila tāre,
bahuta bhakta bhava sindhu utāre |
harahu sakala saṃtāpa hamāre,
kṛpā karahu hari sirajana hāre,
dekhahuṃ maiṃ nija daraśa tumhāre,
dīna bandhu bhaktana hitakāre |
cahata āpakā sevaka darśana,
karahu dayā apanī madhusūdana,
jānūṃ nahīṃ yogya jaba pūjana,
hoya yajña stuti anumodana |
śīladayā santoṣa sulakṣaṇa,
vidita nahīṃ vratabodha vilakṣaṇa,
karahuṃ āpakā kisa vidhi pūjana,
kumati viloka hota dukha bhīṣaṇa |
karahuṃ praṇāma kauna vidhisumiraṇa,
kauna bhāṃti maiṃ karahu samarpaṇa,
sura muni karata sadā sevakāī,
harṣita rahata parama gati pāī |
dīna dukhina para sadā sahāī,
nija jana jāna leva apanāī,
pāpa doṣa saṃtāpa naśāo,
bhava bandhana se mukta karāo |
suta sampati de sukha upajāo,
nija caranana kā dāsa banāo,
nigama sadā ye vinaya sunāvai,
paṛhai sunai so jana sukha pāvai |

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