Fwd: VishNu Sahasranama

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Dear bhAgavata-s:

 

One devotee was kind enough to send me some comments

based on his reading of some of my earlier postings on

SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam. I found it very interesting

and useful in giving additional perspectives on these

nAma-s, and am sharing them with you.

 

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

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--- Venkataraman <venkataraman wrote:

> Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:43:49 +0800

> Venkataraman <venkataraman

> Reply-to: venkataraman

> Organization: Venkataraman

> Narasimhan Krishnamachari <champakam

> VishNu Sahasranama

>

> Dear Sir,

>

> Jagat-prasuuti-sthiti-nasa-hetave namaH.

>

> I have been studying your posts on Sri Vishnu

> Sahasranama and

> benefitting from the efforts you are putting in to

> collate different

> interpretations given by different

> scholars. I salute your marathon effort for the

> benefit of others.

>

> As my own insignificant contribution (like the

> squirrel which is said

> to have contributed to the building of the Sethu),

> may I bring to

> your kind notice some points which I came across

> during my aimless

> reading of books. Pardon me if you find this

> irrelevant. Be assured

> that I am not trying to be irreverent.

>

>

> 1. Re: the nama *vashatkaraH* -- *va* is a

> mangalavachaka. *shat* is

> six. vashatkarah perhaps refers to the six qualities

> called *bhaga* in

> bhagavan.

>

>

> 2. Re: the nama *mahaa maayaH* --- An example of

> how He cast his

> spell even over other mayaavis occurs in Srimad

> Bhaagavatam X.6.8 :

>

> vibudhya taam balaka-maarikaa-grahaM

> cara-acara-atmaa''sa

> nimiilitekshanaH |

>

> anantam-aaropayad-ankam-antakam yathoragam

> suptam-abuddhi-rajju-dhiiH ||

>

>

> Puutanaa approached baby Krishna's cradle in

> disguise as a maayaavi.

> The cara-acara-atmaa recognised her to be a baby

> killer. HE closed

> His eyelids and pretended to be asleep. She lifted

> up the snake

> (sleeping ananta) and laid Him on her lap under the

> illusion that it

> was a harmless piece of rope.

>

> Thus the Lord proved to be the greater mayaavi.

>

>

> 3. Re: The naama *mahabalaH* --- Many instances

> of the Lord's

> superior bala can be talked of. When RaavaNa tried

> to lift the Kailas

> mountain with his hands, the Lord merely pressed His

> big toe down and

> RaavaNaa's hands were crushed underneath the

> mountain. The latter

> gave out a loud cry, which earned him the epithet of

> RaavaNa. This

> story is given in Valmiki RaamaayaNam, uttara

> kaaNdam.

>

>

> naraayaNa naaraayaNa.

>

> --- V.M.Sundaram <venkataraman

>

 

 

 

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