The book titled Hidden Secrets in Vishnu Sahasranama will be useful for the researchers and the devotees Sahasranama contains thousand names of the God, in fact thousand attributes of God. Sahasra in Sanskrit is thousand and Naama is name. English word name is derived from Sanskrit naama. Though many gods of Hindus such as Vishnu, Siva, Lalitha got Sahasranamas, Vishnu Sahasranama (VS) is the oldest of all Sahasranamas. It is part of 5000-year-old Mahabharata. Moreover, Adi Shankara has written a commentary on it. Following him many scholars have written commentaries on it. The internal evidence itself shows that this is the most ancient one. Vedic gods’ names are found init. They are not used anywhere else nowadays.

We all love to chant and the 1000 names of Lord Vishnu are the ultimate stotram to -relieve fatigue, -cure illness and -feel strengthened. This book attempts to make the chanting easy, enjoyable, and proper by suitably placed hyphens between the long Sanskrit words. That makes each letter and syllable clearly visible. Apart from Original verses in Devanagari, -a Latin transliteration, -an Alphabetical Index, as well as -Sequential names make it a useful guide for Home, Temple and Gurukul. ------------------------ oṃ viśvaṃ viṣṇur vaṣaṭkāro bhūta–bhavya–bhavat prabhuḥ । bhūta–kṛd–bhūta–bhṛd–bhāvo bhūtātmā bhūta–bhāvanaḥ ॥ 1॥ ॐ विश्वं विष्णुर् वषट्कारो भूत–भव्य–भवत् प्रभुः । भूत–कृद्–भूत–भृद्–भावो भूतात्मा भूत–भावनः ॥ १॥

Viṣṇusahasranāma, Sanskrit text enumerating one thousand names of Vishnu, Hindu deity; Sanskrit text with exhaustive English translation and commentary.

Hymn to Vishnu, Hindu deity, from the Mahābhārata, enumerating his one thousand names; includes English translation.

In today’s India, the scene that presents itself before any impartial observer is a welter of conflicting ideologies amidst drift and restlessness. In such a situation, the youth of the country are restive. They seek an answer. Swami Vivekananda’s words, touching upon every facet of our national life, provide answers to questions that agitate both the individual and society. Vivekananda's words are as pertinent today as when they were uttered more than a hundred years ago and his words carry an appeal not just to the people of India, but to the nation of humankind. The book published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, is a compilation of short excerpts taken from the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda arranged under the following headings: Faith and Strength Powers of the mind Man: The Maker of his Destiny Education and Society Serve Man as God Religion and Ethics India: Our Motherland Other Exhortations The first third of the book presents a brief life of Swami Vivekananda.