The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram

Verse 167

यानि नामानि गौणानि गुणसंबन्धीनि गुणयोगात् प्रवृत्तानि तेषु च यानि विख्यातानि प्रसिद्धानि ऋषिभिः मन्त्रैः तद्दर्शिभिश्च परिगीतानि परितः समन्ततः परमेश्वराख्यानेषु तत्र तत्र गीतानि ।महांश्चासावात्मा चेति महात्मा— 'यच्चाप्नोति यदादत्ते यच्चात्ति विषयानिह ।यच्चास्य संततो भावस्तस्मादात्मेति कीर्त्यते' इति वचनात् ।अयमेव महानात्मेति महात्मा ।तस्याचिन्त्यप्रभावस्य तानि वक्ष्यामि भूतये पुरुषार्थचतुष्टयसिद्धये पुरुषार्थचतुष्टयार्थिनामिति ॥अत्र नामसहस्रे आदित्यादिशब्दानाम् अर्थान्तरे प्रसि

In plain words

Those names which are secondary, arising from specific qualities and attributes, and those renowned names established by seers and mantras, sung everywhere in the narratives of the Supreme Lord—and as the scripture says: 'Because he obtains all, takes all, consumes the objects of experience here, and because of his eternal continuity, therefore he is celebrated as the Atman'—this very reality is the Great Self (Mahatma). Of that Lord of inconceivable majesty, I will now declare these names for spiritual prosperity and for the attainment of the fourfold human goals by those who seek them. Here, regarding the words like Aditya in the thousand names...

Close to the Sanskrit

Which names are secondary, connected to qualities, originated from the connection of qualities, and among those which are renowned, established, sung all around by seers, by mantras, by their seers completely in supreme lord narratives there and there sung. And 'Because he obtains, because he takes, because he consumes objects here, and because of his continuous being, therefore he is celebrated as the self'—from this statement, this very great self is the Mahatma. Of that of inconceivable power, those I will speak for prosperity, for the attainment of the fourfold human goals, for seekers of the fourfold human goals. Here in the thousand names of Aditya and other words in another meaning established...