नमोऽस्त्वनन्ताय सहस्रमूर्तये
सहस्रपादाक्षिशिरोरुबाहवे ।
सहस्रनाम्ने पुरुषाय शाश्वते
सहस्रकोटी युगधारिणे नमः ॥
Meaning:
Salutation to that God with a thousand forms, having a thousand eyes, heads, feet, and arms. Salutations to that eternal being called by a thousand names, and sustaining the world through a billions ages.
Word meanings:
नमोऽस्त्वनन्ताय = let there be salutation to Anantha[4];
सहस्रमूर्तये = to the form having 1000 names or one having 1000 forms;
सहस्रपादाक्षिशिरोरुबाहवे = to the one having 1000 legs, eyes,
heads, thighs and arms or hands[4];
सहस्रनाम्ने = Oh! the 1000-named one[4];
पुरुषाय = to the person[4];
शाश्वते = the permanent one[4];
सहस्रकोटी = thousand crores;
युगधारिणे = to the one who sustains (the world) thru Yuga’s[4];
नमः = bowing; salutation;
