Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Vishnu Sahasra Naama 46-50

Vistarah sthavara-sthanuh pramanam bijam avyayam
Arthonartho mahakosho mahabhogo mahadhanah ..46

Vistarah: One in whom all the worlds have attained manifestation.
Sthavara-sthanuh: One who is firmly established is Sthavara, and in whom long lasting entities like earth are established in Sthanu. The Lord is both these.
Pramanam: One who is of the nature of pure consciousness.
Bijamavyayam: One who is the seed or cause of Samsara without Himself undergoing any change.
Arthah: One who is sought (Arthita) by all, as He is of the nature of bliss.
anarthah: One who, being self-fulfilled, has no other Artha or end to seek.
Mahakosho: One who has got as His covering the great Koshas like Annamaya, Pranamaya etc.
Mahabhogo: One who has Bliss as the great source of enjoyment.
Mahadhanah: One who has got the whole universe as the wealth (Dhana) for His enjoyment.

Anirvinnah sthavishthobhur dharma-yupo maha-makhah
Nakshatra-nemir nakshatri kshamah kshamah samihanah ..47

Anirvinnah: One who is never heedless, because He is ever self-fulfilled.
Sthavishtah: One of huge proportions, because He is in the form of cosmic person.
Abhuh: One without birth. Or one has no existence.
Dharma Yupah: The sacrificial post for Dharmas, that is, one to whom all the forms of Dharma, which are His own form of worship, are attached, just as a sacrificial animal is attached to a Yupa or a sacrificial post.
Maha-makhah: One by offering sacrifices to whom, those sacrifices deserve to be called great, because they well give the fruit of Nirvana.
Nakshatra nemir: The heart of all nakshatras.
Nakshatri: He is in the form of the nakshatra, Moon.
Kshamah: One who is clever in everything.
Kshamah: One who remains in the state of pure self after all the modifications of the mind have dwindled.
Samihanah: One who exerts well for creation etc.

Yajna ijyo mahejyas cha kratuh satram satamgatih
Sarvadarshi vimuktatma sarvagyo gynanam-uttamam ..48
Yajnah: One who is all-knowing.
Ijayah: One who is fit to be worshipped in sacrifices.
Mahejyascha: He who, of all deities worshipped, is alone capable of giving the blessing of liberation.
Kratuh: A Yajna in which there is a sacrificial post is Kratu.
Satram: One who is of the nature of ordained Dharma.
Satamgatih: One who is the sole support for holy men who are seekers of Moksha.
Sarvadarshi: One who by His inborn insight is able to see all good and evil actions of living beings.
Vimuktatma: One who is naturally free.
Sarvagyo: One who is all and also the knower of all.
Gynanam uttamam: That consciousness which is superior to all, birthless, unlimited by time and space and the cause of all achievements.

Suvratah sumukhah sukshmah sughoshah sukhadah suhrut
Manoharo jita-krodho virabahur vidaranah ..49

Suvratah: One who has take the magnanimous vow to save all refuge-seekers.
Sumukhah: One with a pleasant face.
Sukshmah: One who is subtle because He is without any gross causes like sound etc.
Sughoshah: One whose auspicious sound is the Veda. Or one who has got a deep and sonorous sound like the clouds.
Sukhadah: One who gives happiness to good people.
Suhrut: One who helps without looking for any return.
Manoharo: One who attracts the mind by His incomparable blissful nature.
Jitakrodho: One who has overcome anger.
Virabahur: One whose arms are capable of heroic deeds as demonstrated in his destruction of Asuras for establishing Vedic Dharma.
Vidaranah: One who destroys those who live contrary to Dharma.

Svapanah svavasho vyapi naikatma naika-karma-krut
Vatsaro vatsalo vatsi ratna-garbho dhaneshvarah ..50

Svapanah: One who enfolds the Jivas in the sleep of Ajnana.
Svavasho: One who is dominated by oneself and not anything else, as He is the cause of the whole cosmic process.
Vyapi: One who interpenetrates everything like Akasha.
Naikatma: One who manifests in different forms as the subsidiary agencies causing the various cosmic processes.
Naika-karma-krut: One who engages in innumerable activities in the process of creation, sustentation etc.
Vatsaro: One in whom everything dwells.
Vatsalo: One who has love for His devotees.
Vatsi: One who protects those who are dear to Him.
Ratna-garbho: The Ocean is so called because gems are found in its depths. As the Lord has taken the form of the ocean, He is called by this name.
Dhaneshvarah: One who is the Lord of all wealth.

1 comment:

Sudha Srinivasan said...

Dear Akila,
viwed your blog, first of sai and vishu sahasranamam, 4000divyaprabhandam and kalil gibran. great. i am sudha formely was in chennai recently moved to pune. we both share the same interest in reading and praying. Happy deepavali to you and your family. Do keep me posted about your work. excellent writings.

sudha srinivasan