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विश्वम्viśvamआत्मवान्ātmavān
ओं विश्वं विष्णुर्वषट्कारो भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः।ōṃ viśvaṃ viṣṇurvaṣaṭkārō bhūtabhavyabhavatprabhuḥ|
भूतकृद् भूतभृद्भावो भूतात्मा भूतभावनः॥ १ ॥bhūtakṛd bhūtabhṛdbhāvō bhūtātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ|| 1 ||
1विश्वम्viśvam
the All, full in every way
He is whole and complete: all that is lies within Him, and every good quality is His in full.
ओं विश्वाय नमःōṃ viśvāya namaḥ
2विष्णुःviṣṇuḥ
He who pervades
From viś, to enter: He enters and fills all that He has made, and nothing is outside His reach.
ओं विष्णवे नमःōṃ viṣṇavē namaḥ
3वषट्कारःvaṣaṭkāraḥ
He for whom vaṣaṭ is called
Vaṣaṭ is the call at which an offering is given in the fire; He is the One to whom every offering truly goes.
ओं वषट्काराय नमःōṃ vaṣaṭkārāya namaḥ
4भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुःbhūtabhavyabhavatprabhuḥ
Lord of past, future and present
What was, what will be and what is now are all under His rule; time itself is His servant.
ओं भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभवे नमःōṃ bhūtabhavyabhavatprabhavē namaḥ
5भूतकृत्bhūtakṛt
Maker of all beings
He brings every being into existence.
ओं भूतकृते नमःōṃ bhūtakṛtē namaḥ
6भूतभृत्bhūtabhṛt
Bearer of all beings
Having made them, He holds and sustains them.
ओं भूतभृते नमःōṃ bhūtabhṛtē namaḥ
7भावःbhāvaḥ
He who is, and shines
He exists in His own right and is glorious in His own nature, needing nothing from another.
ओं भावाय नमःōṃ bhāvāya namaḥ
8भूतात्माbhūtātmā
the Self of all beings
He dwells within every being as its inner self and ruler, and they are His body.
ओं भूतात्मने नमःōṃ bhūtātmanē namaḥ
9भूतभावनःbhūtabhāvanaḥ
He who makes beings flourish
He nourishes what He has made and brings it to its growth.
ओं भूतभावनाय नमःōṃ bhūtabhāvanāya namaḥ
He is the All and the One who pervades it; He is the One to whom the offering is given at the call of vaṣaṭ, the Lord of what was, what will be and what is. He makes all beings and bears them; He is, in His own glory; He is the inner Self of every being and the One who makes them flourish.
Bhāvam
The hymn opens with the widest of His names and then turns at once to the creatures He holds: five of the nine names begin with bhūta, the beings. Greatness and care stand side by side from the first line.
पूतात्मा परमात्मा च मुक्तानां परमा गतिः।pūtātmā paramātmā ca muktānāṃ paramā gatiḥ|
अव्ययः पुरुषः साक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञोऽक्षर एव च॥ २ ॥avyayaḥ puruṣaḥ sākṣī kṣētrajñō’kṣara ēva ca|| 2 ||
10पूतात्माpūtātmā
the Pure One, who purifies
His own nature is spotless, untouched by any fault; and those who remember Him are made clean by that remembrance.
ओं पूतात्मने नमःōṃ pūtātmanē namaḥ
11परमात्माparamātmā
the Supreme Self
He is the highest Self, the inner Self of every self; all living beings are as His body, and He dwells within them as their ruler.
ओं परमात्मने नमःōṃ paramātmanē namaḥ
12मुक्तानां परमा गतिःmuktānāṃ paramā gatiḥ
the highest goal of the freed
For those who have gone free of the bonds of birth there is no goal beyond Him; they reach Him and abide with Him, and He is their joy for ever.
ओं मुक्तानां परमागतये नमःōṃ muktānāṃ paramāgatayē namaḥ
13अव्ययःavyayaḥ
the Imperishable, never lessened
Nothing wears Him down or takes anything from Him; though He gives Himself to all, He remains whole.
ओं अव्ययाय नमःōṃ avyayāya namaḥ
14पुरुषःpuruṣaḥ
the Person
He is the full Person, complete in Himself, who dwells within the city of every body as its inner ruler.
ओं पुरुषाय नमःōṃ puruṣāya namaḥ
15साक्षीsākṣī
the Witness
He beholds all things directly: no being, deed or thought is hidden from Him.
ओं साक्षिणे नमःōṃ sākṣiṇē namaḥ
16क्षेत्रज्ञःkṣētrajñaḥ
the Knower of the field
The body is the field in which the self lives and acts; He knows every such field, and the self within it, as no other can.
ओं क्षेत्रज्ञाय नमःōṃ kṣētrajñāya namaḥ
17अक्षरःakṣaraḥ
He who never falls or changes
He does not slip from His state and does not decay; amid all change He abides the same.
ओं अक्षराय नमःōṃ akṣarāya namaḥ
He is the Pure One and the Supreme Self, and for those who have been set free He is the highest goal. He is the Imperishable, the Person, the Witness who sees all, and the Knower of the field of every body; and He is, beyond doubt, the One who never changes.
Bhāvam
The names move inward from purity to the Supreme Self and the goal of the freed, and then turn to what He is to each self: the Person, the Witness, the Knower of the field. The verse begins by saying that He is pure and ends by saying that He does not change.
योगो योगविदां नेता प्रधानपुरुषेश्वरः।yōgō yōgavidāṃ nētā pradhānapuruṣēśvaraḥ|
नारसिंहवपुः श्रीमान् केशवः पुरुषोत्तमः॥ ३ ॥nārasiṃhavapuḥ śrīmān kēśavaḥ puruṣōttamaḥ|| 3 ||
18योगःyōgaḥ
the Way, the very means
He Himself is the means by which He is reached: the path of yōga leads to Him, and it is He who joins the seeker to Himself.
ओं योगाय नमःōṃ yōgāya namaḥ
19योगविदां नेताyōgavidāṃ nētā
the Leader of those who know yōga
Those who know the way are led by Him step by step, from the first effort to the end of the road.
ओं योगविदां नेत्रे नमःōṃ yōgavidāṃ nētrē namaḥ
20प्रधानपुरुषेश्वरःpradhānapuruṣēśvaraḥ
Lord of matter and of souls
Primal matter, which has no awareness, and the souls, which have, both lie in His rule; He is Lord of the two.
ओं प्रधानपुरुषेश्वराय नमःōṃ pradhānapuruṣēśvarāya namaḥ
21नारसिंहवपुःnārasiṃhavapuḥ
He whose form is man and lion
He took the one form of man and lion together, and in it overcame the demon Hiraṇya and guarded His young devotee Prahlāda.
ओं नारसिंहवपुषे नमःōṃ nārasiṃhavapuṣē namaḥ
Points to Narasiṃha, Hiraṇyakaśipu
22श्रीमान्śrīmān
He who is ever with Śrī
Śrī, Lakṣmī, dwells on His chest and is never apart from Him; He is the Lord of all fortune and beauty, and with Her He is the shelter of all.
ओं श्रीमते नमःōṃ śrīmatē namaḥ
Points to Narasiṃha, Śrī Lakṣmī
23केशवःkēśavaḥ
He of lovely locks, slayer of Kēśin
The name speaks of His beautiful hair and of the day He slew the demon Kēśin, who came against Him in the form of a great horse.
ओं केशवाय नमःōṃ kēśavāya namaḥ
Points to Kēśī
24पुरुषोत्तमःpuruṣōttamaḥ
the Highest of Persons
He stands above the bound souls and the freed alike; He is the Person beyond all persons.
ओं पुरुषोत्तमाय नमःōṃ puruṣōttamāya namaḥ
He is the Way itself and the Leader of those who know the way to Him, the Lord of matter and of souls. His form was the man-lion's; He is Śrīmān, never apart from Śrī; He is Kēśava, of lovely locks and slayer of Kēśin, and the Highest of Persons.
Bhāvam
The verse moves from the path to the Lord of the world: first He is yōga itself and the guide of those who walk it, then the Lord of matter and of souls, and then He is seen close at hand, in the man-lion's form that guarded a child, in Śrī's company, and as Kēśava. The name Śrīmān stands in the middle, as if to say that whatever form He takes, She is with Him.
In this verseNarasiṃhaŚrī LakṣmīHiraṇyakaśipuKēśī
सर्वः शर्वः शिवः स्थाणुर्भूतादिर्निधिरव्ययः।sarvaḥ śarvaḥ śivaḥ sthāṇurbhūtādirnidhiravyayaḥ|
संभवो भावनो भर्ता प्रभवः प्रभुरीश्वरः॥ ४ ॥saṃbhavō bhāvanō bhartā prabhavaḥ prabhurīśvaraḥ|| 4 ||
25सर्वःsarvaḥ
He who is all
All that is belongs to Him as His body, so that nothing can be named that is not His own.
ओं सर्वाय नमःōṃ sarvāya namaḥ
26शर्वःśarvaḥ
He who draws all back at the end
From śṛ, to break: at the close of an age He withdraws all that He has made and takes it back into Himself.
ओं शर्वाय नमःōṃ śarvāya namaḥ
Points to Śiva
27शिवःśivaḥ
the Auspicious One
Śiva means good and kindly: He is pure goodness, and He wills nothing but the good of those who come to Him.
ओं शिवाय नमःōṃ śivāya namaḥ
Points to Śiva
28स्थाणुःsthāṇuḥ
the Steadfast One
A sthāṇu is a firm post that does not move; He stands unshaken through all change, the fixed support on which everything rests.
ओं स्थाणवे नमःōṃ sthāṇavē namaḥ
Points to Śiva
29भूतादिःbhūtādiḥ
the Beginning of all beings
Every being has its start in Him, and nothing came before Him to give Him a start.
ओं भूतादये नमःōṃ bhūtādayē namaḥ
30निधिः अव्ययःnidhiḥ avyayaḥ
the Treasure that never fails
He is the store of all good, which no drawing can exhaust; those who take from Him find Him undiminished.
ओं अव्ययाय निधये नमःōṃ avyayāya nidhayē namaḥ
31संभवःsaṃbhavaḥ
He who is born by His own will
In every age He comes among beings by His own wish; His birth is no bondage of karma but a gift of grace.
ओं सम्भवाय नमःōṃ sambhavāya namaḥ
32भावनःbhāvanaḥ
He who brings things to be
From bhū, to be: He makes things come into being and brings them to their growth and their fruit.
ओं भावनाय नमःōṃ bhāvanāya namaḥ
33भर्ताbhartā
the Upholder and Nourisher
He bears the world He has made and keeps it fed and safe; every being stands because He holds it up.
ओं भर्त्रे नमःōṃ bhartrē namaḥ
34प्रभवःprabhavaḥ
the Source from which all spring
All things rise from Him, and every power in the world has its rising in Him alone.
ओं प्रभवाय नमःōṃ prabhavāya namaḥ
35प्रभुःprabhuḥ
the Mighty Master
Prabhu is one who has power over all; nothing He wills is beyond His reach, and all things abide by His word.
ओं प्रभवे नमःōṃ prabhavē namaḥ
36ईश्वरःīśvaraḥ
the Ruler of all
From īś, to rule: the whole world is governed by His command, and no one commands Him.
ओं ईश्वराय नमःōṃ īśvarāya namaḥ
He is the All; He is the One who draws all back at the end, the Auspicious and the Steadfast. He is the beginning of beings and the imperishable treasure in which they rest; He is the One who comes to birth by His own will and the One who brings things to be, the Upholder, the Source from which all springs, the mighty Master and the Ruler.
Bhāvam
The verse opens with names that gather everything into Him, the All and the One who draws all back. Straight after them stand the Auspicious and the Steadfast, which say first that He is good and then that He does not move. The names that follow speak of beginning, birth and upholding, and the verse closes on source and power.
In this verseŚiva
स्वयंभूः शम्भुरादित्यः पुष्कराक्षो महास्वनः।svayaṃbhūḥ śambhurādityaḥ puṣkarākṣō mahāsvanaḥ|
अनादिनिधनो धाता विधाता धातुरुत्तमः॥ ५ ॥anādinidhanō dhātā vidhātā dhāturuttamaḥ|| 5 ||
37स्वयंभूःsvayaṃbhūḥ
the Self-existent One
He is not made by any other: He is of Himself, and when He appears among beings it is by His own will.
ओं स्वयम्भुवे नमःōṃ svayambhuvē namaḥ
38शम्भुःśambhuḥ
the Giver of happiness
Śam is joy and welfare, and bhū means to be or to make: He is the One from whom happiness comes to those who turn to Him.
ओं शम्भवे नमःōṃ śambhavē namaḥ
Points to Śiva
39आदित्यःādityaḥ
the Radiant One, the Sun
He is the shining sun that lights the world; the name also recalls Aditi's son, Vāmana.
ओं आदित्याय नमःōṃ ādityāya namaḥ
Points to Sūrya, the Sun
40पुष्कराक्षःpuṣkarākṣaḥ
the Lotus-eyed One
His eyes are wide and fresh as lotus petals, and His look falls on His devotees with tender grace.
ओं पुष्कराक्षाय नमःōṃ puṣkarākṣāya namaḥ
41महास्वनःmahāsvanaḥ
He of the mighty voice
Great is His voice, for the Vēdas are His own word sounding through all the worlds.
ओं महास्वनाय नमःōṃ mahāsvanāya namaḥ
42अनादिनिधनःanādinidhanaḥ
without beginning or end
Nothing came before Him and nothing will end Him; He knows no birth and no death.
ओं अनादिनिधनाय नमःōṃ anādinidhanāya namaḥ
43धाताdhātā
the Bearer who sets all in place
From dhā, to place and to hold: He sets all things in their places and holds them there.
ओं धात्रे नमःōṃ dhātrē namaḥ
Points to Brahmā
44विधाताvidhātā
the Ordainer
He gives the world its order and its law, and assigns to every being the fruit of what it has done.
ओं विधात्रे नमःōṃ vidhātrē namaḥ
Points to Brahmā
45धातुः उत्तमःdhātuḥ uttamaḥ
Highest of all makers and bearers
Even those who make and bear the worlds stand beneath Him; He is the highest of all that create and sustain.
ओं धातुरुत्तमाय नमःōṃ dhāturuttamāya namaḥ
He is the Self-existent, the Giver of happiness, the Radiant Sun, the Lotus-eyed, and the One of the mighty voice. He has no beginning and no end; He is the One who sets all in place and the One who ordains, and He is the highest of all that make and bear.
Bhāvam
The first half of the verse tells what He is of Himself: self-existent, a giver of joy, a light, gracious in the eyes. The second half tells what He does for the world, with His endless nature set between: He sets, ordains and upholds, and stands above all who do the same.
In this verseSūrya, the SunŚivaBrahmā
अप्रमेयो हृषीकेशः पद्मनाभोऽमरप्रभुः।apramēyō hṛṣīkēśaḥ padmanābhō’maraprabhuḥ|
विश्वकर्मा मनुस्त्वष्टा स्थविष्ठः स्थविरो ध्रुवः॥ ६ ॥viśvakarmā manustvaṣṭā sthaviṣṭhaḥ sthavirō dhruvaḥ|| 6 ||
46अप्रमेयःapramēyaḥ
the Immeasurable
No measure of the mind or the senses can take His full measure; He is known only as far as He allows Himself to be known.
ओं अप्रमेयाय नमःōṃ apramēyāya namaḥ
47हृषीकेशःhṛṣīkēśaḥ
Lord of the senses
Hṛṣīka means the senses and īśa the Lord: He is master of the senses of every being, and gives them the power to act and to know.
ओं हृषीकेशाय नमःōṃ hṛṣīkēśāya namaḥ
49अमरप्रभुःamaraprabhuḥ
Lord of the immortals
The gods, who do not die, have Him for their Lord and protector; in every need they come to Him as their refuge.
ओं अमरप्रभवे नमःōṃ amaraprabhavē namaḥ
50विश्वकर्माviśvakarmā
the Maker of the universe
All the world is His work: He is the master craftsman by whose will each thing is shaped, and whose art shines in all things.
ओं विश्वकर्मणे नमःōṃ viśvakarmaṇē namaḥ
51मनुःmanuḥ
the Thinker who knows all
From man, to think: He knows and thinks all things, and the worlds are ordered by His thought.
ओं मनवे नमःōṃ manavē namaḥ
52त्वष्टाtvaṣṭā
the Fashioner
The tvaṣṭā is the craftsman who pares and shapes; He gives every creature its form, and at the end of an age draws it back to a subtle state.
ओं त्वष्ट्रे नमःōṃ tvaṣṭrē namaḥ
53स्थविष्ठःsthaviṣṭhaḥ
the Most Vast
He is the greatest in extent: the whole universe is His body, and nothing is too great to lie within Him.
ओं स्थविष्ठाय नमःōṃ sthaviṣṭhāya namaḥ
54स्थविरःsthaviraḥ
the Most Ancient
He is the Ancient One, there before all else, whom time has not aged.
ओं स्थविराय नमःōṃ sthavirāya namaḥ
55ध्रुवःdhruvaḥ
the Fixed, the Unmoving
All things turn and change, but He is the fixed point that does not move; He is the sure refuge that never shifts.
ओं ध्रुवाय नमःōṃ dhruvāya namaḥ
He is beyond all measure, the Lord of the senses, the One with the lotus in His navel, and the Lord of the immortals. He is the Maker of the universe, the Thinker and the Fashioner; He is the most vast and the most ancient, and He is the One who does not move.
Bhāvam
Most of these names set Him beside the world: He cannot be measured, He is its maker and thinker, its vastness and its age. The verse ends on dhruva, the fixed, so that after all the sweep of the names the last word is the still point.
अग्राह्यः शाश्वतः कृष्णो लोहिताक्षः प्रतर्दनः।agrāhyaḥ śāśvataḥ kṛṣṇō lōhitākṣaḥ pratardanaḥ|
प्रभूत स्त्रिककुद्धाम पवित्रं मङ्गळं परम्॥ ७ ॥prabhūta strikakuddhāma pavitraṃ maṅgaḻaṃ param|| 7 ||
56अग्राह्यःagrāhyaḥ
He who cannot be grasped
Neither the eye nor the senses nor the mind can lay hold of Him by their own power; He is known only as He shows Himself.
ओं अग्राह्याय नमःōṃ agrāhyāya namaḥ
57शाश्वतःśāśvataḥ
the Everlasting
He always is: the same through all time, without end and without change.
ओं शाश्वताय नमःōṃ śāśvatāya namaḥ
58कृष्णःkṛṣṇaḥ
the Dark One who draws all hearts
Kṛṣṇa means dark, and it means the One who draws: He pulls every heart to Himself with joy. It is also the name He bore when He came as the son of Dēvakī and Vasudēva.
ओं कृष्णाय नमःōṃ kṛṣṇāya namaḥ
Points to Kṛṣṇa
59लोहिताक्षःlōhitākṣaḥ
the Red-eyed One
His eyes are tinged with red at the corners, like the lotus, a beauty that His devotees love to dwell on.
ओं लोहिताक्षाय नमःōṃ lōhitākṣāya namaḥ
60प्रतर्दनःpratardanaḥ
the Crusher of every foe
He utterly overthrows the enemies of those who are His, and every evil that stands against them.
ओं प्रतर्दनाय नमःōṃ pratardanāya namaḥ
61प्रभूतःprabhūtaḥ
the Abundant, the Full
Prabhūta means plentiful: knowledge, power, glory and every other virtue are in Him in overflowing fullness.
ओं प्रभूताय नमःōṃ prabhūtāya namaḥ
62त्रिककुद्धामtrikakuddhāma
Support and abode of the three worlds
Kakud is a summit and dhāma an abode and radiance; it seems the name praises Him as the One whose shining abode crowns the three worlds and upholds them.
ओं त्रिककुद्धाम्ने नमःōṃ trikakuddhāmnē namaḥ
63पवित्रम्pavitram
the Purifier, purity itself
He is purity, and whoever remembers Him or speaks His name is cleansed; whatever is holy is holy by Him.
ओं पवित्राय नमःōṃ pavitrāya namaḥ
64मङ्गळम् परम्maṅgaḻam param
the Supreme Auspiciousness
Maṅgaḻa is what brings good; He is the highest good and the highest giver of it, and with Śrī beside Him He is blessing in its fullness.
ओं परस्मै मङ्गळाय नमःōṃ parasmai maṅgaḻāya namaḥ
He cannot be grasped, and He is everlasting; He is Kṛṣṇa, the dark One who draws all hearts, the red-eyed, who overthrows the foes of His own. He is the Abundant, the Support and Abode of the three worlds, the Purifier, and the Supreme Auspiciousness.
Bhāvam
The verse opens by saying that He cannot be grasped, and then names the very forms in which He lets Himself be seen: dark Kṛṣṇa, the red-cornered eyes, the Purifier, the highest blessing. What the senses cannot hold, He gives to love.
In this verseKṛṣṇa
ईशानः प्राणदः प्राणो ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठः प्रजापतिः।īśānaḥ prāṇadaḥ prāṇō jyēṣṭhaḥ śrēṣṭhaḥ prajāpatiḥ|
हिरण्यगर्भो भूगर्भो माधवो मधुसूदनः॥ ८ ॥hiraṇyagarbhō bhūgarbhō mādhavō madhusūdanaḥ|| 8 ||
65ईशानःīśānaḥ
the all-governing Ruler
Īśāna is the one who rules without pause; the world goes on under His governance.
ओं ईशानाय नमःōṃ īśānāya namaḥ
Points to Śiva
66प्राणदःprāṇadaḥ
the Giver of life
Every living creature has its breath from Him; He is the giver of life and of strength.
ओं प्राणदाय नमःōṃ prāṇadāya namaḥ
67प्राणःprāṇaḥ
life itself, the life of all
Prāṇa is the life that moves in every creature; He is the life within that life, the inner support of every breath.
ओं प्राणाय नमःōṃ prāṇāya namaḥ
68ज्येष्ठःjyēṣṭhaḥ
the Eldest
He is the eldest of all, there before anything else; nothing was born before Him.
ओं ज्येष्ठाय नमःōṃ jyēṣṭhāya namaḥ
69श्रेष्ठःśrēṣṭhaḥ
the Best, most worthy of praise
He is the most praiseworthy: in goodness, knowledge and love none is beyond Him.
ओं श्रेष्ठाय नमःōṃ śrēṣṭhāya namaḥ
70प्रजापतिःprajāpatiḥ
Lord of all creatures
Prajā are the born and pati is the lord and guardian: He is the father and protector of every creature.
ओं प्रजापतये नमःōṃ prajāpatayē namaḥ
71हिरण्यगर्भःhiraṇyagarbhaḥ
the Golden Seed of creation
Hiraṇya is gold and garbha is womb or seed: the shining golden germ from which the world unfolds is His.
ओं हिरण्यगर्भाय नमःōṃ hiraṇyagarbhāya namaḥ
72भूगर्भःbhūgarbhaḥ
He who holds the earth within Him
The earth rests in Him as a child in the womb, kept safe in His care; Bhūdēvī, the Earth, is dear to Him.
ओं भूगर्भाय नमःōṃ bhūgarbhāya namaḥ
Points to Bhūdēvī
73माधवःmādhavaḥ
the Lord and spouse of Lakṣmī
Mā is Lakṣmī, Śrī, and dhava is Her Lord: He is the Spouse of Śrī, and She is never apart from Him.
ओं माधवाय नमःōṃ mādhavāya namaḥ
Points to Śrī Lakṣmī
74मधुसूदनःmadhusūdanaḥ
the Slayer of the demon Madhu
Sūdana is one who destroys: He slew the demon Madhu, who rose against Brahmā at the beginning of creation.
ओं मधुसूदनाय नमःōṃ madhusūdanāya namaḥ
Points to Madhu
He is the Ruler of all, the Giver of life and life itself, the Eldest and the Best. He is the Lord of creatures and the golden seed of creation, He holds the earth within Him, and He is Mādhava, the Spouse of Śrī, and Madhusūdana, the slayer of Madhu.
Bhāvam
The names turn from rule to life, and from life to age and worth: the Eldest, the Best, the Lord of creatures, the golden seed. The verse ends on two names of nearness, the Spouse of Śrī and the slayer of the demon Madhu, so that the vast Ruler is named last as the One who is with Her and who protects.
In this verseŚrī LakṣmīBhūdēvīŚivaMadhu
ईश्वरो विक्रमी धन्वी मेधावी विक्रमः क्रमः।īśvarō vikramī dhanvī mēdhāvī vikramaḥ kramaḥ|
अनुत्तमो दुराधर्षः कृतज्ञः कृतिरात्मवान्॥ ९ ॥anuttamō durādharṣaḥ kṛtajñaḥ kṛtirātmavān|| 9 ||
75ईश्वरःīśvaraḥ
the Lord of all power
His mastery is His own and has no limit: He is able to do whatever He wills, without help from anyone.
ओं ईश्वराय नमःōṃ īśvarāya namaḥ
76विक्रमीvikramī
the Valiant One
He is full of valour: mighty in courage, and sure in every deed He undertakes.
ओं विक्रमिणे नमःōṃ vikramiṇē namaḥ
77धन्वीdhanvī
the Bowman
He bears the bow Śārṅga, and as Rāma He bent His bow to protect the righteous.
ओं धन्विने नमःōṃ dhanvinē namaḥ
78मेधावीmēdhāvī
the One of perfect wisdom
His understanding never fails and nothing slips from His memory; He holds all knowledge and gives wisdom to those who seek it.
ओं मेधाविने नमःōṃ mēdhāvinē namaḥ
79विक्रमःvikramaḥ
the Great Strider
Vikrama is the stride: as Vāmana, who grew to Trivikrama, He measured the worlds in three strides.
ओं विक्रमाय नमःōṃ vikramāya namaḥ
80क्रमःkramaḥ
the Course and Order of all
Krama is step and succession: day follows night and season follows season in the order He keeps.
ओं क्रमाय नमःōṃ kramāya namaḥ
81अनुत्तमःanuttamaḥ
He than whom none is higher
There is nothing above Him in any quality, and nothing that equals Him.
ओं अनुत्तमाय नमःōṃ anuttamāya namaḥ
82दुराधर्षःdurādharṣaḥ
the Unassailable
No enemy can overpower Him, and no force can overcome His will.
ओं दुराधर्षाय नमःōṃ durādharṣāya namaḥ
83कृतज्ञःkṛtajñaḥ
the One who remembers every kindness
He knows all that has been done and forgets nothing; even the smallest act of devotion is remembered by Him, and rewarded many times over.
ओं कृतज्ञाय नमःōṃ kṛtajñāya namaḥ
84कृतिःkṛtiḥ
the One by whom all is done
Kṛti is action and accomplishment: every act in the world is done by His power, and in Him no purpose is left unfulfilled.
ओं कृतये नमःōṃ kṛtayē namaḥ
85आत्मवान्ātmavān
the One established in Himself
He rests in His own glory and needs nothing from any other, master of His own self and power.
ओं आत्मवते नमःōṃ ātmavatē namaḥ
He is the Lord whose power is limitless, the Valiant, the Bowman and the One of perfect wisdom. He is the Great Strider and the Order of all things; none is higher than He and none can overcome Him. He is the One who remembers every kindness, the One by whom all is done, and the One who rests in His own self.
Bhāvam
Valour and wisdom stand together in the first half: the strider, the bowman, the wise. Then the verse turns to His greatness, unsurpassed and unassailable, and ends with a quiet virtue: the mighty Lord remembers every kindness done to Him.
Text: prapatti.com, Śrīmad Āṇḍavan Āśramam edition prepared by Sunder Kidāmbi. Sources.