Shloka 82 of 107 · Names 767–774
Vishnu Sahasranama — Shloka 82
Sanskrit
Transliteration
caturmūrtiścaturbāhuścaturvyūhaścaturgatiḥ | caturātmā caturbhāvaścaturvedavidekapāt || 82 ||
Names in this Shloka (8)
He who has four forms — Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha.
He who has four arms, bearing the conch, discus, mace, and lotus.
He who manifests as the four vyuhas — the fourfold emanation of divine powers.
He who is the goal of all four types of seekers — the distressed, the curious, the wealth-seeker, and the wise.
He who has a fourfold Self, presiding over mind, intellect, ego, and consciousness.
He who is the origin of the four purusharthas — dharma, artha, kama, and moksha.
He who is the knower of all four Vedas — Rig, Yajur, Sama, and Atharva.
He who pervades the transcendent realm with one foot, three-quarters of His glory being beyond creation.