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Vishnu
StotramSanskrit
यं ब्रह्मा वरुणेन्द्ररुद्रमरुतः स्तुन्वन्ति दिव्यैः स्तवैः वेदैः साङ्गपदक्रमोपनिषदैः गायन्ति यं सामगाः । ध्यानावस्थिततद्गतेन मनसा पश्यन्ति यं योगिनो यस्यान्तं न विदुः सुरासुरगणा देवाय तस्मै नमः ॥
Transliteration
Yaṃ Brahmā Varuṇendrarudramarutaḥ Stunvanti Divyaiḥ Stavair Vedaiḥ Sāṅgapadakramopaniṣadair Gāyanti Yaṃ Sāmagāḥ, Dhyānāvasthitatadgatena Manasā Paśyanti Yaṃ Yogino Yasyāntaṃ Na Viduḥ Surāsuragaṇā Devāya Tasmai Namaḥ
Translation
Whom Brahma, Varuna, Indra, Rudra and the Maruts praise with celestial hymns; whom the Sama chanters sing through the Vedas with their limbs, syllables, sequences and Upanishads; whom yogis behold with minds fixed in meditation; whose end neither gods nor demons have known — to that God, salutations.
Meaning
This verse opens the setting for the Vishnu Sahasranama, establishing Vishnu as beyond the full grasp of gods, sages and scripture, known only through single-minded devotion.
Source
Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva 149 (preamble to the Vishnu Sahasranama)
Om, salutations to Narayana.
Of tranquil form, resting on the serpent-couch, lotus-navelled, lord of the gods; support of the universe, boundless as the sky, cloud-dark and radiant of limb; beloved of Lakshmi, lotus-eyed, reached by sages only through meditation — I bow to Vishnu, remover of worldly fear, sole lord of all realms.
One should meditate on Vishnu, clad in white, moon-hued, four-armed, and serene-faced, for the pacifying of all obstacles.
Whatever I do — by body, speech, mind, senses, intellect, or simply by the nature I was born with — I offer all of it to the Supreme, to Narayana.