अस्य श्री विष्णोर्दिव्यसहस्रनामस्तोत्रमहामान्त्रस्य ।
श्री वेदव्यासो भगवान ऋषिः ।
അസ്യ ശ്രീ വിഷ്ണോര്ദിവ്യസഹസ്രനാമസ്തോത്രമഹാമന്ത്രസ്യ
ശ്രീ വേദവ്യസോ ഭഗവാന് ഋഷിഃ
அஸ்ய ஸ்ரீ விஷ்ணோர் திவ்ய ஸஹஸ்ரநாம ஸ்தோத்திர மஹாமந்திரஸ்ய
ஸ்ரீ வேதவியாசோ பகவான் ரிஷி
ಅಸ್ಯ ಶ್ರೀ ವಿಷ್ಣೋರ್ದಿವ್ಯಸಹಸ್ರನಾಮಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮಹಾಮನ್ತ್ರಸ್ಯ
ಶ್ರೀ ವೆದವ್ಯಾಸೋ ಭಗವಾನ್ ಋಷಿಃ
అస్య శ్రీ విష్ణోర్దివ్యసహస్రనామస్తొత్రమహామన్త్రస్య
శ్రీ వేదవ్యాసో భగవాన్ ఋషిః
Asya Sree Vishnordivya-sahasranaama-stotra Mahamanthrasya
Sree veda-vyaaso Bhagavan RishihFor this sacred chant, the “Thousand Names of Lord Vishnu”, Sri Veda Vyaasa is the divine Rishi.
Great mantras of deep spiritual significance and sublime Vedic dignity are not mere poetic compositions by mortal fallible intellects. When a mastermind through meditation transcends the lower levels of his personality and soars into the higher mental altitudes, through his contemplation, there he ‘receives’ certain ‘revelations’ that are faithfully repeated by them to the world. Such ‘heard’ statements (Srutam) alone have the power to stand against the onslaught of the intellect, the ravages of time, the forces of criticism etc.
Such statements when contemplated upon by lesser seekers, they too, in the spiritual cadence of these mantras, get unconsciously uplifted into realms unknown, and there they come to live a world of experiences unfrequented by the ordinary multitudes. The ‘author of the mantra’ is thus termed in our Vedas as the ‘Seer’ (Mantra- Drashtaa). Such Rishis themselves admit that they did not manufacture, compose or create the mantra, but they had a revelation or vision (Darsanam) of the mantra.
The Mantra- Drashtaa, the Rishi, is the guru of the seeker, who is seeking his path with the help of that particular mantra. The Rishi of a mantra is installed at the roof of the head and the seeker, in his seat of Vishnu-Sahasranaama-chanting,
Symbolism: ... chants this mantra in his mind, and, with his right-hand thumb, middle-finger and ring-finger touches the top of his head.
