Shloka 40 of 107 · Names 365–374
Vishnu Sahasranama — Shloka 40
Sanskrit
Transliteration
vikṣaro rohito mārgo heturdāmodaraḥ sahaḥ | mahīdharo mahābhāgo vegavānamitāśanaḥ || 40 ||
Names in this Shloka (10)
He who is imperishable; the one who never decays and from whom all blessings flow ceaselessly
He who is of reddish hue; the Lord who assumed the form of a great red fish to save the Vedas
The path; He who is the way to liberation, the supreme goal sought by all spiritual seekers
The ultimate cause; the first and final reason behind all creation, sustenance, and dissolution
He who was bound with a rope around His belly; Krishna who was lovingly tied by mother Yashoda
He who endures all; the supremely patient one who bears everything with infinite forbearance
The bearer of the earth; He who upholds the world in His Varaha incarnation as the cosmic boar
He of supreme fortune; the most blessed one who is the source of all auspiciousness
He of tremendous speed; the swift Lord who reaches His devotees instantly when they call
He of boundless appetite; the one who consumes the entire universe at the time of dissolution