The world's sustenance, dissolution, and creation, its great powers, activity, manifestation, restraint, concealment, bondage, and release — all are empowered by a mere fragment of Her sidelong glance: that Śrī; and I bow to the unconquered Lord (Ajita), by whose glance She is made mighty.
This whole host of gods — Brahmā, Śiva, Indra, the Sun, Yama, the Moon, and the rest — resting on a fraction of Her sidelong glance, wins its conquest of the world: that inconceivable Śrī; and I bow to the unconquered Lord, by whose glance She is made mighty.
Righteousness, wealth, desire, good understanding, and every other auspicious thing, the gods bring about resting on a fraction of Her sidelong glance — She who is worthy of worship even by those to whom the worshipful bow; and I bow to the unconquered Lord, by whose glance She is made mighty.
Sages, freed of every fault by subduing the six passions, meditate on Viṣṇu resting on a fraction of Her sidelong glance, and on reaching whom sorrow comes no more: that Śrī; and I bow to the unconquered Lord, by whose glance She is made mighty.
The Creator, resting on a fraction of Her sidelong glance, fashions this entire universe with its wondrous, vast works, marshalling Śeṣa, Garuḍa, Śiva, Indra, Manu, and the chief beings: that Śrī; and I bow to the unconquered Lord, by whose glance She is made mighty.
Śiva, resting on a fraction of Her sidelong glance, having first dissolved the whole creation along with Indra, the fierce-rayed Sun, the Moon, Yama, and the rest, dances forth with vast, manifest power: that Śrī; and I bow to the unconquered Lord, by whose glance She is made mighty.
The lord of serpents (Śeṣa), whose feet are adored by Śiva and others, resting on a fraction of Her sidelong glance, attained the great seat of being the couch for the Lord's lotus-feet — a state unattainable by other gods: that Śrī; and I bow to the unconquered Lord, by whose glance She is made mighty.
Garuḍa, foe of serpents, of fierce strength, valor, and supreme swiftness, resting on a fraction of Her sidelong glance, won the office of being Viṣṇu's mount — a thing inconceivable to Indra and the host of gods: that Śrī; and I bow to the unconquered Lord, by whose glance She is made mighty.
Whoever, enshrining Ajita within his own heart, devotedly recites this hymn — sprung from the lotus-mouth of the sage Ānanda Tīrtha, dear to the very hearts of Ramā and Hari, of supreme import — attains the grace desired by them both. (the author's signature / phalaśruti)
About Viśvasthiti Pralaya
Viśvasthiti Pralaya is a Sanskrit stotra, composed by Śrī Madhvācārya (Ānanda Tīrtha), addressed to Vishnu — a Dvadasha Stotra. It is presented here in Devanagari, Roman (IAST), Kannada, each verse with its English meaning. Source text: sanskritdocuments.org.
Founder of the Dvaita (Tattvavāda) school of Vedānta and third of the great Vaiṣṇava ācāryas; author of the Sarvamūla works, including devotional stotras such as the Dvādaśa Stotra.
What is Viśvasthiti Pralaya and what does it mean?
Viśvasthiti Pralaya is a Sanskrit stotra (devotional hymn), composed by Śrī Madhvācārya (Ānanda Tīrtha), addressed to Vishnu, of 8 verses. On Avabodhak every verse is shown with its English meaning, so you can understand the text line by line as you read.
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Who composed Viśvasthiti Pralaya?
Viśvasthiti Pralaya is attributed to Śrī Madhvācārya (Ānanda Tīrtha).
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