Shloka 15 of 107 · Names 134–141
Vishnu Sahasranama — Shloka 15
Sanskrit
Transliteration
lokādhyakṣaḥ surādhyakṣo dharmādhyakṣaḥ kṛtākṛtaḥ | caturātmā caturvyūhaścaturdaṃṣṭraścaturbhujaḥ || 15 ||
Names in this Shloka (8)
The presiding Lord of all worlds; the overseer who supervises all the realms of existence
The presiding Lord of the gods; the sovereign to whom all devas answer
The presiding Lord of dharma; He who oversees the moral order of the universe
He who is both the manifest effect and the unmanifest cause; the formed and the formless
He of four forms; the one who manifests as Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha
He who manifests in four emanations (vyuhas) for creation, preservation, and liberation
He of four fangs; the Narasimha form with terrible tusks that destroy evil
The four-armed one; He who holds the conch, discus, mace, and lotus in His four hands