Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 890 of 1000: विश्वग्रासाविश्व-ग्रासा · ViśvagrāsāViśva-grāsā
For Whom The Universe Is One Mouthful
Artha
What the name means
When a cycle closes she swallows the whole world as easily as a single lump of food.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ विश्वग्रासायै नमः
oṃ viśvagrāsāyai namaḥ
om vishvagrasayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, viśvagrāsā, as part of Shloka 166. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
for whom the universe is a mouthful
vigraha viśvaṃ grāsaḥ yasyāḥ sā
all, the whole, the universe
a mouthful, a lump of food
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 166Names 890–897
विश्वग्रासा विद्रुमाभा वैष्णवी विष्णुरूपिणी ।
अयोनिर्योनिनिलया कूटस्था कुलरूपिणी ॥ १६६ ॥
viśvagrāsā vidrumābhā vaiṣṇavī viṣṇurūpiṇī
ayoniryoninilayā kūṭasthā kularūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: The world as one mouthful, and a printed word that hides a seam
Chanted with it
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- vishvagrasaom vishvagrasayai namah
- ITRANS
- vishvagrAsAOM vishvagrAsAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- vizvagrAsAOM vizvagrAsAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- విశ్వగ్రాసాఓం విశ్వగ్రాసాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ವಿಶ್ವಗ್ರಾಸಾಓಂ ವಿಶ್ವಗ್ರಾಸಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- വിശ്വഗ്രാസാഓം വിശ്വഗ്രാസായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- விஶ்வக்³ராஸாஓம் விஶ்வக்³ராஸாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- વિશ્વગ્રાસાૐ વિશ્વગ્રાસાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- বিশ্বগ্রাসাওঁ বিশ্বগ্রাসায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ବିଶ୍ୱଗ୍ରାସାଓଁ ବିଶ୍ୱଗ୍ରାସାୟୈ ନମଃ