Lord Vishnu Mantras

oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya॥ — Om, I bow to Narayana.

Oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya — Om, I bow to the Venerable Vasudeva (Lord Krishna).

Oṃ Nārāyaṇāya vidmahe Vāsudevāya dhīmahi Tanno Viṣṇuḥ pracodayāt ॥ — Om. We know Narayana. We meditate on Vasudeva. May Vishnu enlighten us.

śāntākāraṁ bhujagaśayanaṁ padmanābhaṁ sureśaṁ, viśvādhāraṁ gaganasadṛśaṁ meghavarṇaṁ śubhāṅgam. lakṣmīkāntaṁ kamalanayanaṁ yogibhir dhyānagamyaṁ, vande viṣṇuṁ bhavabhayaharaṁ sarvalokaikanātham. — Salutations to Vishnu, who has a peaceful appearance, who reclines on a serpent, whose navel is a lotus, who is the Lord of the gods, who is the support of the universe, who is omnipresent like the sky, whose color is like that of clouds, whose form is auspicious, who is the beloved of Lakshmi, whose eyes are like lotuses, who is realized by yogis through meditation, who removes the fear of worldly existence, and who is the one Lord of all worlds.

Maṅgalaṁ Bhagavān Viṣṇu, Maṅgalaṁ Garuḍadhvaja. Maṅgalaṁ Puṇḍarīkākṣa, Maṅgalāya Tano Hari. — Auspicious is Lord Vishnu, auspicious is He who has Garuda as His emblem. Auspicious is He who has lotus-like eyes, and auspiciousness He bestows, Hari.