shri Vishnu sahasra Naama sangalpa ellaborated

The sangalpa narrates the nature on which the action is to be performed.

For the above sthothra and great mantra of the thousand divine names of Vishnu; the saint is the Bhagvan Sri Vedavyasa; the meter is anusthup: The deity is Shri Maha Vishnu; The supreme soul, Sriman narayana. the seed is the sun formed from the ray of nectar; the power is the creator Krishna (darling of devaki);the great mantra is the deity of origination and agitator; the key is the bearer of conch (Panchjanya) and nadanki (The sword) and charka (Sudarshana); the missile is the bearer of the bow sharnga and the bearer of the mace(Kaumodaki); the eye is the weilder of the charka(Sudarshana), the impertuble (who will not discomfited);the armour is the three Vedas sung by the samagana singers; The origin is the Bliss of the supreme Brahma; The season is the sudarshana and the outer spatial limitation is Time; the meditation is on Sri Vishwarupa(the huge cosmc form);the offering for pleasing Sri mahavishnu is the recitation of the thousand names.