Shloka 18 of 107 · Names 164–173
Vishnu Sahasranama — Shloka 18
Sanskrit
Transliteration
vedyo vaidyaḥ sadāyogī vīrahā mādhavo madhuḥ | atīndriyo mahāmāyo mahotsāho mahābalaḥ || 18 ||
Names in this Shloka (10)
He who is to be known; the ultimate object of all knowledge and spiritual enquiry
The supreme physician; He who cures the disease of worldly existence (samsara)
The eternal yogi; He who is perpetually united with all beings and never separate from them
The slayer of heroic demons; He who destroys powerful enemies of dharma
The Lord of knowledge; consort of Ma (Lakshmi), or descendant of the Madhu dynasty
He who is sweet as honey; the one whose nature is bliss itself
He who is beyond the senses; the transcendent reality that cannot be perceived through sensory organs
He of great maya; the wielder of the cosmic power of illusion that creates the phenomenal world
He of great enthusiasm; the one possessed of boundless energy and enterprise in all His activities
He of immense strength; the one whose power is unlimited and irresistible