Two Parts of a Prayer

A prayer has two parts: one is soliciting a favour from the Almighty and the other is surrendering ourselves to His will. While the first part is practiced by most of us daily, the second part is the real and goal because it implies dedication. Dedication means feeling the light of God within your heart. If your heart is devoid of divine light, you will not be happy, cheerful and successful in your lives.

These are 16 names of Vishnu to be remembered at different occasions.
It is said that shabda (shabda), sparsha (touch), Roopa (form), rasa
(taste), gandha (smell) and the positive energy or vibration coexist
with words. Repeated chanting of each word with bhava creates
different results in our body since effort to utter each word uses
different muscles and brings different effect in the Sadhak.
Chanting can be done like in the naamaavali.

Om Vishnave Namah

Om Janaaardanaaya Namah:

Om Padmanaabhaaya Namah

We will try to analyze the meaning of each name. May be Vishnu sahastra nama interpretations will help us.

When taking medicine think of Vishnu
Before eating think of Janardhan
Before going to bed think of Padmanabhan
During marriage think of Prajapati
During fight or controversial situations think Chakradhar
When you are away from home or NRIs like lot of us think of Thrivikrama
At the time of death try to think of Narayana
When you are with your spouse, think of Sridhar
To avoid bad dream think of Govinda
When you are sad, think Him as Madhusudan
When you are in forest and afraid think of Narasimha
When you are afraid of fire, think Him as Jalashaayin (who is lying in
the Karana jala)
When you have the fear of drowning, think of Varaha
When you are climbing mountains or hard to reach places think of Him
as Raghunandanan.
Before going for a trip pray Him in the form of Vamana
And for the success of whatever we do, (in all our everyday
activities) pray Him as Madhava

॥ श्रीविष्णोः षोडशनामस्तोत्रम् ॥

औषधे चिन्तयेद्विष्णुं भोजने च जनार्दनम् ।

शयने पद्मनाभं च विवाहे च प्रजापतिम् ॥ १॥

युद्धे चक्रधरं देवं प्रवासे च त्रिविक्रमम् ।

नारायणं तनुत्यागे श्रीधरं प्रियसंगमे ॥ २॥

दुःस्वप्ने स्मर गोविंदं संकटे मधुसूदनम् ।

कानने नारसिंहं च पावके जलशायिनम् ॥ ३॥

जलमध्ये वराहं च पर्वते रघुनन्दनम् ।

गमने वामनं चैव सर्वकार्येषु माधवम् ॥ ४॥

षोडशैतानि नामानि प्रातरूत्थाय यः पठेत् ।

सर्वपापविर्निमुक्तो विष्णुलोके महीयते ॥ ५॥ ।

इति श्रीविष्णोः षोडशनामस्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम् ।