sree vishnu sahasra naamaavali - post 43

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Post no. 43

 

Dear Sri vaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

 

In this post we will see first the common thread of "pathi" meaning master

president ruler husband father.

 

1. Om prajaa pathayE nama: -- naamaa no. 70 occurring in slOkam 8

Also naamaa no 199 occurring in slOkam 22

Meaning: for 70 -- lord of ever free souls

For 192 - lord of all living people or beings or subjects.

prajaanaam pathi prajaapathi:

 

2. Om gOvidhaam pathayE nama: -- naamaa no. 190 occurring in slOkam 20

Meaning: one who is the lord of all seers and men of wisdom.

 

3. Om vaachas pathayE nama: -- naamaa no. 218 occurring in slOkam 21

Also naamaa no. 579 occurring in slOkam 61

Meaning: for both - the master of speech.

 

4. Om saathvathaam pathayE nama: -- naamaa no. 514 occurring in slOkam 54

Meaning: the lord of the people who follow the saathvatha thanthram

[-which is sathvic in nature].

- Knower of para brahman.

 

5. Om mEdhinee pathayE nama: -- naamaa no. 537 occurring in slOkam 57

Meaning: the lord of the earth.

 

6. Om gO pathayE nama: -- naamaa no. 599 occurring in slOkam 63

Meaning: husband of the earth.

- Lord of the celestial worlds.

- Lord of sense organs.

 

7. Om sree pathayE nama: -- naamaa no. 610 occurring in slOkam 65

meaning: husband of lakshmi - the divine consort of lakshmi

 

8. 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.

 

Now we will see the common thread of "aadhi - meaning Old, first, also" etc.

 

9. Om Bhootha aadhayE nama: -- naamaa no. 29 occurring in slOkam 4

Meaning: the oldest or first among all people or beings.

 

10. Om anaadhi niDhanaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 42 occurring in slOkam 5

meaning: one who has neither born nor has death - aadhi- birth, niDhanam -

death.

 

11. Om sarva aadhayE nama: -- naamaa no. 100 occurring in slOkam 11

meaning: prime source of all - the very beginning of all.

 

12. Om jagath aadhi jaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 147 occurring in slOkam 16

Meaning: born at the beginning of [or before] the universe.

-- one who had born in the very beginning of the world.

 

13. Om yuga aadhi kruthaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 301 occurring in slOkam 33

Meaning: the creator of the commencement of the yugaas. Aadhi means year month

etc.

 

14. Om aadhi dhEvaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 336 occurring in slOkam 36

Also naamaa no. 491 occurring in slOkam 52

meaning: for 336 - the first diety, prime diety and cause for universe.

For 491 - first cause, endowed with effulgence.

 

15. Om anaadhayE nama: -- naamaa no. 941 occurring in slOkam 101

Meaning: one who is the first cause - brahma and others are not recognising him

as master,

so he is a naadhayE nama.

 

16. Om jana janma aadhayE nama: -- naamaa no. 947 occurring in slOkam 101

Meaning: one who is the sole cause of birth for all in the universe - who is the

purpose of birth of beings.

 

Dhasan

 

Vasudevan m.g.