Svarthakrtyasadojjhita (स्वार्थकृत्यसदोज्झित, IAST: Svārthakṛtyasadojjhita) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Ever free from self-interested action”. This compound unites svārtha (self-interest), kṛtya (action or duty), and sadā-ujjhita (perpetually abandoned), revealing the Lord as one who has eternally relinquished all personal motivation.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The name is a profound theological statement: unlike conditioned beings who act from desire, Viṣṇu's every act is purely for the welfare of creation, utterly devoid of selfish purpose. The prefix sadā (ever, always) intensifies the absoluteness of this renunciation, placing it beyond time and circumstance. Meditating on this name invites the devotee to aspire toward niṣkāma karma, selfless action as taught in the Bhagavad Gītā.

This epithet appears in the Viṣṇu Sahasranāma tradition as a tribute to the Lord's transcendence over ego-driven motivation; because it is a lengthy compound descriptive phrase, it is rarely adopted as a standalone given name. Pronunciation note: stress falls on svār-tha-kṛ-tya-sa-doj-jhi-ta, with the visarga elided in sandhi.

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Scriptural source

Svarthakrtyasadojjhita appears in the Vishnu Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Vishnu.