विष्णुसहस्रनाम स्तोत्र (महाभारत अनुशासन पर्व - जगद्गुरु आदि शंकराचार्य भाष्य सानुवाद सटीक)

164 VISHNU SAHASRANAMA
from fear ; and he that is plunged in calamity becomes
freed from calamity.
129. The man who hymns the praises of that fore-
most of Beings, by reciting His thousand names with
devotion, succeeds in quickly surmounting all difficulties.
130. That mortal who takes refuge in Vāsudeva and
who becomes devoted to Him, becomes freed from all sins
and attains eternal Brahman.
131. They who are devoted to Vāsudeva have never to
encounter any evil. They become freed from the fear of
birth, death, decrepitude and disease.
132. That man, who with devotion and faith recites
this hymn (of thousand names), succeeds in acquiring
felicity of soul, disposition of forgiveness, prosperity, in-
telligence, memory and fame.
Faith : the theistic idea.
133. Neither wrath nor jealousy, nor cupidity, nor
evil thoughts, ever appear in those men of righteousness
who are devoted to that foremost of Beings.
134. The firmament with the sun, moon, and stars,
the welkin, the points of the compass, the earth and the
ocean, are all held and supported by the prowess of the
high-souled Vāsudeva.
This verse is here introduced to show that the effects
of the reciting of this hymn are literally true and not
mere praise.
135. The whole Universe, movable and immovable,
with the Gods, Asuras, and Gandharvas, Yakshas, Uragas,
and Rākshasas, is under the sway of Krishna.
136. The senses, the mind, understanding, life, energy,
strength, and memory, it has been said, have Vāsudeva