sree vishnu sahasra naamaavali - post 30

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Post 30

 

Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

 

In this post we will see naamaas of sree Vishnu sahasra naamam, having the

common thread of "yagnam" the sacrifice and phalan - the fruits obtained by

doing the yagnam like rain, food etc.

 

In sreemadh bhagavath geetha, sri krishna bhagavaan says -

annaadh Bhavanthi Bhoothani parjanyadh anna-samBhavah

yajnaadh Bhavati parjanyo yajnah: karma-samudBhavah

(bagavath geethaa 3.14)

 

meaning: - from food arise all beings (i.e., their bodies);

from rain food is produced;

from sacrifice comes rain and

sacrifice springs from activity.

 

a. the yajnam - the sacrifice:

 

1. Om sipi vishtaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 274 occurring in slOkam 29

Meaning: [sipi is the sacrificial cow]

- one who sanctified all dedicated offerings in the yajnaas

- he who pervades the rays of the sun.

 

2. Om sama yajnaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 360 occurring in slOkam 38

Meaning: One whose worship [yajna] is nothing more than keeping equal vision of

the mind by the devotee.

- the knower of conventions and time.

 

3. Om havir harayE nama: -- naamaa no. 361 occurring in slOkam 38

Meaning: he who takes the offerings in the sacrifices - receiver of oblations.

 

4. Om mahaa Bhaagaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 372 occurring in slokam 40

meaning: the extremely fortunate - one enjoying happiness of high order

- one taking greatest share in all yajnaas.

 

5. Om Dharma yoopaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 439 occurring in slOkam 47

meaning: who is rigidly united with Dharma - the very essence behind Dharma.

[yoopa is the post in which the sacrificial animal is tied in the yagnaas-

sacrifices]

 

6. Om mahaa makhaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 440 occurring in slokam 47

meaning: he who is a great sacrifice ,

- all sacrifices dedicated to him confer total liberation from bondage.

 

7. Om yajnaaya nama: -- naamaa no.446 occurring in slOkam 48

Also naamaa no. 971 occurring in slOkam 104

Meaning: for - 446 - the sacrifice

For 971- he who is himself the sacred yajna - the sacrifice.

 

8. Om sathraaya nama: -- naamaa no.450 occurring in slOkam 48

Meaning:he who is the sacifice and and worshipped through the sacrifice.

 

9. Om mahaa krathavE nama: - naamaa no. 680 occurring in slokam 72

meaning: the great sacrifice - one who is worshipped by easy means and not

great sacrifices - the yajnaas.

 

10. Om mahaa yajvanE nama: -- naama no. 681 occurring in slokam 72

meaning: one who performed great yajnaas - whose worshippers are very superior.

 

11. Om mahaa yajnaaya nama: -- naama no. 682 occurring in slokam 72

meaning: he whose worship itself is the greatest yajna.

[japa yajna is glorified by krishna as supreme and hence he is maha yajnaaya

nama:]

 

12. Om mahaa havishE nama: -- naama no. 683 occurring in slokam 72

meaning: one who is worshipped with supreme oblations - himself is the great

offering

 

13. Om yajna pathayE nama: -- naamaa no. 972 occurring in slOkam 104

Meaning: he who is the lord and presiding diety of the sacrifice

and confers the fruits of the performance of yajna.

 

14. Om yajvanE nama: -- naamaa no. 973 occurring in slOkam 104

Meaning: he who is himself the performer of the sacrificial ritual.

 

15. Om yagna angaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 974 occurring in slokam 104

meaning: one whose limbs are the things employed in the sacrifices - yagnams

[such as vEdham and yoopam]

 

16. Om yajna vaahanaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 975 occurring in slOkam 104

Meaning: he who enables the performers of yajna to carry out the yagna

with physical ability, piety, and the responsibility for the same.

 

17. Om yagna BhruthE nama: -- naamaa no 976 occurring in slOkam 105

Meaning: one who brings all sacrifices to their fruition despite the

deficiencies.

 

18. Om yajna kruthE nama: -- naamaa no.977 occurring in slOkam 105

meaning: one who performs yajna,

- one who created sacrificial rites in the beginning for prosperity of the

world.

- [jagath hithaaya yajnam aadhou srujathi ithi yajnakruth]

 

19. Om yajninE nama: -- naamaa no. 978 occurring in slOkam 105

Meaning: he for whom the sacrifices are performed.

 

20. Om yajna BhujE nama: -- naamaa no. 979 occurring in slOkam 105

Meaning: the enjoyer and protector of the sacrifices.

 

21. Om yajna saadhanaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 980 occurring in slOkam 105

Meaning: he who is the accessory for the sacrificial ritual.

 

22. Om yajna antha kruthE nama: -- naamaa no. 981 occurring in slOkam 105

meaning: one who makes the realisation of supreme being as the end of the

successful sacrifice.

 

23. Om yajna guhyaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 982 occurring in slOkam 105

Meaning: he, who is the very secret of all sacrifices.

 

24. Om ijyaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 447 occurring in slOkam 48

Meaning: the object of worship - Fit to be invoked through sacrifice.

 

25. Om mahaa ijyaaya: -- naamaa no. 448 occurring in slokam 48

meaning: he, who is the object of superior worship, which is not sullied by

desire for other fruits.

 

26. Om krathavE nama: -- naamaa no. 449 occurring in slOkam 48

Meaning: the object of all types of sacrificial acts.

A kind of yaaga with inherent violence in it.

 

b. the fruits of yajnam - rain and others:

 

27. Om mahaa bhOgaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 434 occurring in slokam 46

meaning: he who grants objects of great enjoyment to his devotess.

 

28. Om parjanyaaya nama: -- naamaa no.816 occurring in slOkam 87

Meaning: the water bearing cloud that will rain

- he whois similar to the waterbearing clouds.

 

c. the fruit of rain - food:

 

29. Om BhOjanaaya nama: -- naamaa no.144 occurring in slOkam 16

Meaning: the food - the object of enjoyment.

 

30. Om vaaja sanayE nama: -- naamaa no.802 occurring in slOkam 85

Meaning: he who preached mundane pleasures like sumptuous eating

the giver of food.

 

31. Om annaaya nama: -- naamaa no.983 occurring in slOkam 105

Meaning: the food or the object of enjoyment

- one who has become the food himself.

 

32. Om anna dhaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 984 occurring in slOkam 105

Meaning: giver of enjoyment of himself.

Lord who enjoys those that enjoy him.

 

d. other fruits of yajnam:

 

33. Om BhOkthrE nama: -- naamaa no. 145 occurring in slOkam 16

Also naamaa no. 502 occurring in slOkam 53

Meaning: for both naamaa nos - the enjoyer

 

34. Om amitha asanaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 373 occurring in slOkam 40

Meaning: the voracious eater

- One who with endless appetite.

 

35. Om amrutha asanaaya nama: -- naamaa no.819 occurring in slOkam 87

Meaning: he who enables his devotees feed on his nectar like qualities

one whose desires are never fruitless.

 

36. Om sOmapaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 505 occurring in slOkam 54

Meaning: one who partook the ambrosia [the soma juicewhich is the sacrificial

offering] in the holy sacrifices performed

- who drinks soma juice in sacrifices.

 

37. Om amruthapaaya nama: -- naamaa no.506 occurring in slOkam 54

Meaning: one who drinks the nectar into which the sacrificial offerings are

transformed.

 

38. Om Bhoori dhakshiNaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 504 occurring in slOkam 53

Meaning: the giver of liberal presents to officiators of holy sacrices

he who gives away large gifts as presents at the end of sarifices.

 

39. Om svasthi dhakshiNaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 905 occurring in slOkam 96

Meaning: he who gifts auspicious things in yajnaas.

 

Dhasan

 

Vasudevan m.g.