Shree Vishnu Sahasra Naama sthothram 13-16

Bhooma devi and markandeya along with lord oppilliappan is shared under this video clipping while the slokas on vishnu from 13 to 21 is recited.Oppilliappan in his very old age gets married to bhoomadevi who didnot know even to add salt in the food "Uppu" means salt, "illa" means no salt hence he is called Uppilliappan.Lord Vishnu in thirunageshvaram is oherwise called as ennappan,maniappan,muthappan,thiruvinagarappan,oppilla appan,uppillaappan,oppillaappan.The people when they become very old and could not climb the steps of thirupathy and offer their prayers can do it at Oppilliappan temple.As he is elder to thirupathy venkatachalapathy.Oppilliappa perumalae

Rudro bahushira babhrur vishva-yonih shuchi sravah
Amrutah shashvata-sthanur vararoho maha-tapah .13
Rudro: One who makes all beings cry at the time of cosmic dissolution.
Bahushira: One with innumerable heads.
Babhrur: One who governs the world.
Vishvayonih: One who is the cause of the world.
Shuchi sravah: : One whose names and glories are very holy and purifying to be heard.
Amrutah: One who is deathless.
Shashvata-sthanur: One who is both eternal and firmly established, unchanging.
Vararoho: He whose lap gives the highest blessings.
Mahatapah: The austerity connected with creation, which is of the nature of knowledge is of great potency.

Sarvagah sarva-vid-bhanur vishvaksheno janardanah
Vedo vedavid avyango vedango vedavit kavih..14
Sarvagah: One who pervades everything, being of the nature of their material cause.
Sarva-vid-bhanur: One who is omniscient and illumines everything.
Vishvaksheno: He before whom all Asura armies get scattered.
Janardanah: One who inflicts suffering on evil men.
Vedah: He who is of the form of the Veda.
Vedavid: One who knows the Veda and its meaning.
Avyango: One who is self-fulfilled by knowledge and other great attributes and is free from every defect.
Vedango: He to whom the Vedas stand as organs.
Vedavit: One who knows all the Vedas.
Kavih: One who sees everything.

Lokadhyakshah suradhyaksho dharmadhyakshah krutakrutah
Chaturatma chaturvyuhas chaturdamstras chatur-bhujah ..15
Lokadhyakshah: He who witnesses the whole universe.
Suradhyaksho: One who is the overlord of the protecting Divinities of all regions.
Dharmadhyakshah: One who directly sees the merits (Dharma) and demerits (Adharma) of beings by bestwing their due rewards on all beings.
Krutakrutah: One who is an effect in the form of the worlds and also a non-effect as their cause.
Chaturatma: One who for the sake of creation, sustentation and dissolution assumes forms.
Chaturvyuhas: One who adopts a fourfold manifestation.
Chaturdamstras: One with four fangs in His Incarnation as Nisimha.
Chaturbhujah: One with four arms.

Bhrajishnur-bhojanam bhokta sahishnur jagad-adhijah
Anagho vijayo jeta vishva-yonih punar-vasuh ..16
Bhrajishnur: One who is pure luminosity.
Bhojanam: Prakruti or Maya is called Bhojanam or what is enjoyed by the Lord.
Bhokta: As he, purusha, enjoys the prakruti, He is called the enjoyer or Bhokta.
Sahishnur: As He suppresses Asuras like Kiranyaksha, He is Sahishnu.
Jagad-adhijah: One who manifested as Hiranyagarbha by Himself at the beginning of creation.
Anagho: The sinless one.
Vijayo: One who has mastery over the whole universe by virtue of his six special excellences like omnipotence, omniscience etc. known as Bhagas.
Jeta: One who is naturally victorious over beings, i.e. superior to all beings.
Vishva-yonih: The source of the universe.
Punar-vasuh: One who dwells again and again in the bodies as the Jivas.

Vishnu Sahasra Naama sthothram -9 to 12

Ishvaro vikrami dhanvi medhavi vikramah kramah
Anuttamo duradharsah krutajnah krutiratmavan ..9
Ishvara: The Omnipotent Being.
Vikrami: The courageous One.
Dhanvi: One armed with bow.
Medhavi: He who has great intelligence capable of grasping all texts.
Vikramah: He who crosses (Karmana) i.e. transcends samsara. Or one who has Vih, bird i.e. Garuda as His mount.
Kramah: Vishnu is called Kramah, because He is the cause of Kramana or crossing of the ocean of samsara by devotees, or because from Him all Krama or manifestation of the universe, has taken place.
Anuttamo: He than whom there is none greater.
Duradharsah: One whom none (Asuras) can overcome.
Krutajnah: One who knows everything about what has been done (Kruta) by Jivas. Also one who is pleased even with those who offer such simple offerings as leaves, flowers, fruits and water.
Krutir: The word means what is achieved through all human efforts or works.
Atmavan: One established in his own greatness i.e. requiring no other support than Himself.

Suresah sharanam sharma vishvaretah prajabhavah
Ahah samvasaro vyalah pratyayah sarvadarshanah .10
Suresah: The lord of the Suras or Devas. It can also mean the greatest of those who bestow good.
Saranam: One who removes the sorrows of those in distress.
Sharma: One who is of the nature of supreme bliss.
Vishvaretah: The seed of the universe.
Prajabhavah: He from whom all beings have originated.
Ahah: Luminous one.
Samvasaro: As Time is a from of Vishnu, He is called Samvasara or a year.
Vyalah: Being ungraspable like a serpent, He is called Vyalah.
Pratyayah: One who is of the nature of Pratiti or Prajna (consciousness)
Sarvadarshanah: One with eyes everywhere. As the Lord has assumed all forms, the eye-sight of all beings is His.

Ajah sarveshvarah siddhah siddhih sarvadir acyutah
Vrushakapir ameyatma sarva-yoga-vinihshrutah .11
Ajah: One who has no birth.
Sarveshvarah: The Lord of all Lords or the supreme Lord.
Siddhah: One ever established in one's own nature.
Siddhih: One who is of the nature of Consciousness in all.
Sarvadih: One who is the first cause of all elements.
Achyutah: One who never lost and will never lose his inherent nature and powers.
Vrushakapir: One who shwers all objects of desire.
Ameyatma: One whose form or nature cannot be measured and determined.
Sarva-yoga-vinihshrutah: One who stands aside completely from all bondage.

Vasur vasumanah satyah samatma sammitah samah
Amoghah pundarikaksho vrusha-karma vrushakrutih .12
Vasur: One in whom all beings dwell and one who dwells in all beings.
Vasumanah: The term Vasu means wealth or riches. Here it indicates greatness. So it means one possessed of a great mind i.e. a mind free from attachments, anger and other evil qualities.
Satyah: One whose nature is Truth.
Samatma: One whose mind is Sama, without partiality or anger and thus the same towards all beings.
Sammitah: This name and the previous (samatma) occurring together, can be split in two ways - as samatma + sammitah and as samatma + asammitah.
Samah: One unpertubed at all times.
Amoghah: One whose worship will never go in vain, but will bear ample fruits.
Pundarikaksho: One who has pervaded, i.e. is realized in, the lotus of the heart. Or One whose eyes resemble the petals of a lotus.
Vrushakarma: One whose actions are according to vrushas i.e. Dharma.
Vrushakrutih: One who takes form for the sake of Vrushas or Dharma.

Vishnu Sahasra Naama sthothram -5 to 8

Svayambhuh sambhur-adityah pushkaraksho mahasvanah Anandi-nidhano dhata vidhata dhaturuttamah ..5

Svayambhuh: One who exists by Himself, uncaused by any other.
Sambhur: One who bestows happiness on devotees.
Adityah: The golden-hued person in the sun's orb.
Pushkaraksho: One who has eyes resembling the petals of Pushkara or lotus.
Mahasvanah: One from whom comes the great sound - the Veda.
Anandi-nidhano: The one existence that has neither birth nor death.
Dhata: One who is the support of the universe.
Vidhata: He who generates Karmas and their fruits.
Dhaturuttamah: The ultimate support of every thing.

Aprameyo hrishikesah padma-nabho~mara-prabhuh
Visvakarma manustvashta sthavishtah sthaviro-dhruvah ..6
Aprameyo: One who is not measurable or understandable by any of the accepted means of knowledge like sense, perception, inference etc.
Hrishikesah: The master of the senses or He under whose control the senses subsist.
Padma-nabho: He in whose navel (nabhi) the lotus (padma), the source of the universe, stands.
Amara-prabhuh: The master of Amaras or the deathless ones, i.e. the Devas.
Visvakarma: He whose Karma (work) has resulted in all that exists (Vishvam) or He whose power of creation is unique and wonderful.
Manu: He who thinks.
Stvashta: He who makes all beings shrunken (Tanukarana) at the time of cosmic dissolution.
Sthavishtah: He who excels in everything in bulk or substantiality.
Sthaviro-dhruvah: Eternal One, being the most ancient. It is taken as a single phrase, the name along with its qualification.

Agrahyah sasvatah krishno lohitakshah pratardanah
Prabhutas-trikakubdhama pavitram mangalam param ..7
Agrahyah: One who cannot be grasped by the organs or knowledge or conceived by the mind.
Sasvatah: One who exists at all times.
Krishno: The existence-Knowledge-Bliss.
Lihitakshah: One whose eyes are tinged red.
Pratardanah: Destroyer of all at the time of cosmic dissolution.
Prabhutas: Great because of unique qualities like omnipotence, omniscience etc.
Trikakubdhama: He who is the support (dharma) of the three regions above, below and in the middle.
Pavitram: That which purifies everything.
Mangalam param: Supremely auspicious.

Isanah pranadah prano jyeshthah sreshthah prajapatih
Hiranyagarbho bhugarbho madhavo madhusudanah .. 8
Isanah: He who controls and regulates everything.
Pranadah: One who bestows or activates the Prana, the vital energy.
Prano: The Supreme Being.
Jyeshthah: The eldest of all; for there is nothing before Him.
Sreshthah: One deserving the highest praise.
Prajapatih: The master of all living beings, because He is Ishvara.
Hiranyagarbho: One who is Atman of even Brahma the creator.
Bhugarbho: One who has got the world within Himself.
Madhavo: The Consort of Ma or Mahalakshmi or one who is fit to be known through Madhu-Vidya.
Madhusudanah: The destroyer of the demon Madhu.

Vishnu Sahasra Naama sthothram -1 to 4

Vishnu Sahasra Naama or the 1008 names of Lord Vishnuappears in the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata articulated by Bhishma, while he was lying on a bed of arrows,awaiting his death. In response to Yudhistra's question as to what is the easiest and best means by which mankind can attain everlasting happiness, peace of mind, relief from bondage & sorrows and obtain salvation. Bhisma replied by imparting Vishnu Sahasra Naama in the presence of Lord Krishna Himself.

The oppilliappan sthalapuranam is covered under you tube Video clipping “ Vishnu sahasra naama Part I”

The first four slokas of the Vishnu sahasra naama sthothram are explained here.

Om vishvam vishnur-vashatkaro bhuta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuh
Bhutakrud bhutabhrud bhavo bhutatma bhuta-bhavanah ..1
Vishvam: The all or the Universe.
Vishnur: He who pervades every thing.
Vashatkara: For whom the sacrificial versus are uttered in the yagyas.
Bhuta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuh: The one who is the master and beyond the past, present and the future.
Bhutakrud: The creator and destroyer of all existences in the universe.
Bhutabhrud: One who supports or sustains or governs the universe.
Bhava: Pure existence.
Bhutatma: The essence of all beings.
Bhuta-bhavanah: He who originates and develops all Elements.

Putatma paramatma cha muktanam parama gatih
Avyayah purusha sakshi kshetrajno~kshara eva cha ..2
Putatma: One whose nature is purity/who is purity
Paramatma cha: He who is the supreme one and the Atman.
Muktanam parama gatih: The highest goal of the liberated ones.
Avyayah: One for whom there is no decay.
Purusha: One who abides in the body or pura.
Sakshi: One who witnesses everything
Kshetrajno: The knower of the field or body.
Akshara eva cha: He who is without destruction.

Yogo yogavidam neta pradhana-purushesvarah
Narasimha-vapu shriman kesavah purushottamah ..3
Yogo: One attainable through Yoga.
Yogavidam neta: The master of those who are established in the above-mentioned Yoga.
Pradhana-purushesvarah: The master of pradhana or Prakruti and Purusha or Jiva.
Narasimha-vapu: One in whom the bodies of a man and a lion are combined.
Shirman: One on whose chest the goddess Shri always dwells.
Kesavah: One whose Kesa or locks are beautiful
Purushottamah: The greatest among all Purushas

Sarvah sarvah sivah sthanur-bhutadir-nidhir-avyayah
Sambhavo bhavano bharta prabhavah prabhur-isvarah ..4
Sarvah: The omniscient source of all existence.
Sarvah: Destroyer.
Sivah: One pure.
Sthanur: One who is steady, immovable and changeless.
Bhutadir: Source of all elements or existing things.
Avyayah nidhir: The changeless and indestructible Being in whom the whole universe becomes merged and remains in seminal condition at the time of Pralaya or cosmic dissolution.
Sambhavo: One born out of His own will as incarnation.
Bhavano: One who generates the fruits or Karmas of all Jivas for them to enjoy.
Bharta: One who supports the universe as its substratum.
Prabhavah: One from whom all the great elements have their birth. Or one who has exalted births as incarnations.
Prabhur: One who is an adept in all rites.
Ishvarah: One who has unlimited lordliness or power over all things.

Aum sairam

Dhayanam continued V

chaayaayaam paarijaathasya hemasimhasanopari aasinamambuda shyama
maaya thakshamalankritham | 

chandrananam chaturbaahum srivatsangitavakshasam rukmani satyabhaamaabhyam
sahitam krishnam asrayei || 

I surrender myself totally to that of Krishna who is flanked on both sides by rukmani and Bhama, who is seated on a golden throne under the shade of the Prajapathi tree, who is decorated with eyes of grey hue like the cloud, who has face like a moon, who is four armed and who has his chest embedded with goddess Lakshmi.

Dhayanam continued IV

meghashyaamam peethakausheya- vaasam  srivata-saangam
kausthubhodh-bhaasithaangam | 

punyopeytham pundareekayathaksham vande vishnum sarva-lokaika-naatham || 

cloud hued pure milk ocean dweller Laksmi on his chest I prostrate before vishNu,
the one Lord of the worlds, blue as the cloud and clothed in yellow robes. His chest
 is marked by the mole known as srivatsa. His body is resplendent with kaustubha
gem. He is surrounded by holy persons. And he has wide eyes like lotuses.

namaH samasta bhuutaanaamaadibhuutaaya bhuubhR^ite . 

aneka ruupa ruupaaya vishhNave prabhavishhNave 

sashankha chakram sakireeda kundalam sapeetha vastram saraseeruhekshanam | 

sahaaravakshah sthalakausthubhasriyam namaami vishnum shirsachaturbhujam || 

I bow down my head before the four-handed Vishnu who sports in His hand the
Sankha and the discuss,  who is adorned with a crown and ear-pendants,
who wears a yellow cloth, whose eyes resemble  a lotus and whose chest is
beautified by many necklaces and the kaustubha mark.

Dhayanam continued III

AUM namo bhagavate vaasudevaaya | 

shaantaakaaraM   bhujaga-shayanaM padma naabhaM sureshaM

viswaa dhaaram gagana sadrsam meghavarnam subhangam  

lakshmee-kaantaM kamala-nayanaM  yogibhir- dhyaana-   gamyaM 

vande vishhNuM  bhava- bhaya-haraM sarva-  lokaika-naatham || 

Ever peaceful, lying on a serpent bed, lotus (from) navel (springs) ,
gods (the) controller of Universe form cloud hued  good limbs Lakshmi's Lord ,
lotus eyed , (in) yogi's heart (by) meditation approachable. (We) pray to
Vishnu samara’s fear remover the entire world's ruler Salutations to Lord Vishnu,
peace personified, residing on the serpent couch (Adisesa), from his navel Sprouts,
a lotus. He is the overlord of the celestials. The universe is but his form.
He resembles the sky and has the complexion of the clouds, with graceful limbs
(of exquisite charm and perfect symmetry) He is the consort of Lakhsmi.
His eyes are like lotus. He resides in the heart region of the yogis Steeped in,
loving contemplation. He dispels (destroys) the dread of samsara.
He is the peerless Lord of the universe, the supreme monarch.