An ancient Sanskrit manuscript beside a brass oil lamp

Sacred Prayers

Devotional texts of the Vaishnava tradition — with transliteration and meaning in your language

These are foundational devotional compositions chanted in temples and homes worldwide. Each prayer page presents the original Sanskrit alongside script transliteration and a meaning translation, so the text can be both chanted and understood.

Devotional hymn
Venkatesa Suprabhatam
The dawn awakening of Lord Sri Venkateswara
The Venkatesa Suprabhatam is a Sanskrit composition by Sri Prativadi Bhayankaram Annangaracharya Swami (15th century) sung at dawn to gently awaken Lord Sri Venkateswara. It opens with verses addressed to Lord Rama and unfolds into prayers describing the beauty, glory, and grace of the Lord of the Seven Hills.
Duration: ~25 minView prayer
Sacred name recitation
Vishnu Sahasranamam
The thousand names of Lord Vishnu
The Vishnu Sahasranamam — "the thousand names of Vishnu" — is one of the most revered hymns in the Vaishnava tradition. It appears in the Anushasanika Parva of the Mahabharata, where Bhishma teaches Yudhishthira that meditation on these names brings peace to the mind, freedom from sorrow, and the highest spiritual fruit.
Duration: ~30 minView prayer

More prayers and stotrams will be added over time.