Shloka 103 of 107 · Names 961–968
Vishnu Sahasranama — Shloka 103
Sanskrit
Transliteration
pramāṇaṃ prāṇanilayaḥ prāṇabhṛtprāṇajīvanaḥ | tattvaṃ tattvavidekātmā janmamṛtyujarātigaḥ || 103 ||
Names in this Shloka (8)
He who is the ultimate standard of knowledge, the supreme authority and means of valid cognition.
He who is the abode of all life-breaths, the resting place where prana finds its source.
He who sustains the life-breath of all beings, nourishing and maintaining prana.
He who is the life of life itself, the vital force that animates even prana.
He who is the essential truth, the fundamental reality designated as 'That' (tat).
He who knows the truth of all realities, the knower of every essential principle.
He who is the one Self in all beings, the singular consciousness pervading everything.
He who transcends birth, death, and old age, being beyond all mortal limitations.