SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 85 - sundah.

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SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 85 - sundah.

 

798. sundah – a) He Who presents Himself as a very soft person to the

asura-s in order to convince them to follow His deceitful methods.

b) He Who is soft to His devotees.

c) He Who bestows joy and happiness on His devotees.

 

Om sundAya namah.

 

su is an upasarga. The root involved in the nAma is und – kledane –

to wet, to moisten. sushThu unatti iti sundah – He Who softens.

 

a) SrI BhaTTar gives the interpretation that He is called sundah

because He melted the hearts of the asura-s by His fascinating form,

and drew them towards Him. This is true of His mohini incarnation

as well as His Buddha incarnation.

 

b) SrI Sa'nkara's interpretation is "He Who is of a melting nature

because of His great compassion". SrI cinmayAnada's words

describing His Mercy are: "Whatever be the amount of vAsanA-s

hoarded in our personality, because of our ego-centric, extroverted

activities, once a devotee turns unto Him in total surrender, all the

vAsanA-s are purified, and the devotee moves more and more towards

Him". In His infinite mercy, bhagavAn forgives all sins that a

person might commit in his ignorance.

 

c) SrI satya sandha yatirAja's interpretation is that He has this

nAma signifying that He is the Bestower of joy and happiness to His

devotees – sum sukham dadAti iti sum-dah on sundah.

 

d) SrI satysdevo vAsishTha uses the meaning und – kledane – to wet,

and attributes the nAma to His providing every living being with the

requisite amount of water and other fluids, the crops with the

requisite amount of rain, etc. – yo vRsha karmaNA samyag unatti;

loke'pi ca paSyAmah, manushyo jalena kvacit bahu-kRtvah si'ncati,

kvacicca alpaSah; esha yo niyamo sa tasyaiva vyApakasya vishNoh, etc.

 

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan