270 - A hymn to Vishnu that destroys Evil 

Pushkara said: 

1. O Foremost among brahmins! This (hymn) Vishnupañjara was prescribed by Brahmā for the protection of Śiva, who was desirous of destroying Tripura in olden days. 

2. It was told by Vägisa (Bruhaspati, the preceptor of the celestials) to Indra, who was making efforts to kill (the demon) Bala. Ishall describe its form. You listen to that which will give you victory. 

3-4. (Lord) Vishnu is stationed in the east bearing the disc. (Lord) Hari (is stationed) in the south bearing the mace. (Lord) Vishņu (remains) in the west bearing the bow. (Lord) Vishņu (is stationed) to my north bearing the sword. (Lord) Hrushikeśha is in the angular points and (Lord) Janårdana in the inter-spaces. (Lord) Hari (is stationed) on the earth in the form of a tortoise and (Lord) Narasimha (man-lion form of Vishnu) in the sky (above) me. 

5. Thissharp-edged and stainless Sudarsana disc (of Vishņu) revolves. His garland of rays is imperceivable. “May you kill the evil spirits and those who wander in the night." 

6. This mace has the lustre of the flames given out by the Sun. It is capable of destroying the demons, goblins, spirits and female spirits. 

7. May the bow of Vasudeva (Vishņu), that is striking suddenly, kill all my enemies, such as birds, men, kūsmānda and the spirits of the dead. 

8. Those who have beenshaken by theshining lustre of the stroke of the sword, let those assembed (enemies) be subdued at once, like serpents by Garuda (vehicle of Vishņu). 

9-12. May the kūsmāndas, yakshas, demons, the night wanderers, spirits of the dead, Vinayakas, cruel men, jambhagas (jackals ?), birds, lions and other animals, serpents and others become good being struck by the sound of the conch of Vishņu. Those that take away my thinking faculty, those men who affect my memory, those who affect my strength and splendour, those who cast theirshadow, those who affect my pleasures, those who destroy my traits, may those kūshmāņdas get destroyed by the sound of the disc of (Lord) Vishņu. 

13. May my intellect, mind and sense-organs be healthy by the singing of (the glory of) lord of lords, Vasudeva. 

14. May (Lord) Janárdana, Hari, be behind me, in my front, on the south and north and at the angular points. One that makes obeisance to (the Lord) Janårdana, one worthy of worship, Iśäna, endless and undecaying will not have grief. 

15. Just as (Lord) Hari is the Supreme Brahman, that Keśava is above the form of the universe. May my three kinds of inauspiciousness get destroyed by the truth of singing the name Achyuta (undecaying).