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Janardana

Epithet of Vishnu

Janardana () is an epithet of Vishnu in the Puranas. Janardana means, “he who is the original abode and protector of all living beings”.

Literature

Krishna represented as Janardana in The Puthanathani Janardana temple

In the Mahabharata, Sanjaya uses this epithet of Vishnu to describe the latter's prowess to King Dhritarashtra: In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna invokes this epithet: भूयः कथय तृप्तिर् हि शृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम् ॥ १८ ॥

vistareṇātmano yogaṃ vibhūtiṃ ca janārdana bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptir hi śṛṇvato nāsti me'mṛtam 18

O Janārdana, please tell me again in detail about Your mystic powers and opulences, for I am not satiated from hearing Your nectarean words.|author=Vyasa|title=Bhagavad Gita|source=Verse 10,18}}

References

www.wisdomlib.org. (2012-06-29). "Janardana, Janārdana, Jana-ardana: 25 definitions".
www.wisdomlib.org. (2020-03-31). "Section LXVIII [Mahabharata, English]".
www.wisdomlib.org. (2020-05-08). "Verse 10.18 [Bhagavad-gita]".

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