The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram

Verse 267

अनुत्तमो दुराधर्षः कृतज्ञः कृतिरात्मवान् ॥ २२ ॥सर्वशक्तिमत्तया ईश्वरः ।विक्रमः शौर्यम्, तद्योगात् विक्रमी ।धनुरस्यास्तीति धन्वी ।व्रीह्यादित्वात् इनिः ।'रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम्' इति भगवद्वचनम् ।मेधा बहुग्रन्थधारणसामर्थ्यम्, सा यस्यास्ति सः मेधावी ।'अस्मायामेधास्रजो विनिः' इति विनिप्रत्ययः ।विचक्रमे जगद्विश्वं तेन विक्रमः; विना गरुडेन पक्षिणा क्रमाद्वा ।क्रमणात्, क्रमहेतुत्वाद्वा क्रमः, 'क्रान्ते विष्णुम्' इति मनुवचनात् ।अवि-

In plain words

Anuttama, Duradharsha, Kritajna, Kriti, Atmavan. He is Ishvara because he is omnipotent. Vikrama is valor, and one who possesses it is Vikramī. Dhanvī is one who holds a bow, following the grammatical rule for the vini suffix, as Krishna declares in the Bhagavad Gita: 'Among weapon-bearers I am Rama.' Medhāvī is one endowed with medhā, the vast capacity to retain many texts, formed by the vini affix rule. He is Vikrama because he strode across the entire universe, moving by his own power without needing the bird Garuda, or through his mighty steps. He is Krama because of his continuous stepping and because he is the origin of all orderly progress, as the Manu Smriti states.

Close to the Sanskrit

Anuttama, Durādharṣa, Kṛtajña, Kṛti, Ātmavān. Because of possessing all power, īśvara. Vikrama is valor, on account of possessing that, vikramī. Dhanvī is one who has a bow, due to the vini affix as in the vrihi group; the divine statement is 'Among weapon-bearers I am Rama'. Medhā is the capacity to retain many books, one who possesses that is medhāvī, through the vini suffix prescribed by 'asmāyāmedhāsrajaḥ'. Vikrama is so called because he strode across the entire universe, or because of moving without Garuda the bird, or by strides. Krama is so called from stepping or from being the cause of stepping, according to the Manu text 'When Vishnu has stepped...'