Shunya

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Jai Sriman Narayana!

 

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion, in

SrinagaSri news group, regarding the nama "Shunya" in

Vishnu Sahasranamavali. I would like to add the

following (without repeating what has been said):

 

Shunya also referes to vacuum, and it is a great

potency of Lord Sriman Narayana. Shunya (vacuum) can

be considered as opposite to Bala (force, pressure).

He has shown this in two instances during Sri Krishna

avatharam.

 

1. When there was a "dhAvAgni" or greta fire in

Brindavana forest, Sri Krishna extinguished it by

simply succing the fire into himself. This great

vacuum or suction capabaility can be referred to as

Shunya.

 

2. Again during Sri krishna AvathAram, when He was

fighting with Shiva (Shiva was fighting on behalf of

Banasura), Sri Krishna released the Vishnu-jwara in

response to Shiva's Shiva-jwara. The Vishnu-jwara is

extreme cold, as opposed to the Shiva-jwara which is

extrem hot. Ofcourse the Vishnu-jwara put down the

Shiva-jwara. The Vishnu=jwara is extrem cold. It is

well known that temperature reduces with pressure.

Extreme cold can result from vacuum Shunya. Thus, Lord

has used the devine quality "shunya" (perfect vacuum)

to put down the Shiva jwaram.

 

3. At the time of dissolution, all the jivas and

universes decrease in size (to that of a small andam

or ball) enter Him with great acceleration. He makes

use of his devine shunya (or vacuum) quality to

compress the universes and succ in to His mouth. Sri

Markendeya Maha Muni has withnessed that the Lord in a

the form of a tiny boy is lying down on a vata-pathra

and inside Him, Markandeya could see all the worlds in

His tiny belly. Srimath Bhagavatham says that

Markandeya (along with the universe) was spraled into

His mouth. Recently, scientists have discovered that

stars and galaxies toward the center of the universse,

are shrinking to small size and are swirling into a

small balck hole. Therefore, He is called shunya.

 

4. Of course, He does not have any bad qualities,

therefore, He can be cosidered as Shunya (shunya of

bad qualities).

 

5. He makes papa-shunyam of His devotees. Shritha jana

papa-shunyaka ithi Shunya. No one else can completely

remove the pApam. Thereforem He can be called as

Shunya

 

6. When water has to flow it has to either have

pressure or balam, or there should be vacuum on the

other side. In order to get-rdi of this material

sambandam and go to Moksham, the jivas should have

enough (anantha or infinite) tapobalam and samskara

balam, etc. However, for us the prapannas, who have no

tapo balam, gnana balam, etc, he transports us to Sri

Vaikuntam using a Shunya (vacuum force). Therefore,

He can be considered as Shunya.

 

7. The universe is shrinking and expanding. It is

expanding becoming anantham, and when it shrinks

becomes sukshmam with the help of Shunya Shakthi.

 

8. The most imporatnt is that to reach Him, we have do

shunyam or nothing. He has to reaveal Himself. In

order to cross the ocean of samsara, the prapanna has

to do nothing (Shunyam). In day to day life, we have

to give everthing upo to Him and do not plan anthing

(shunyam). Therefore He is called Shunya.

 

9. When we become prapannas, our bharam is shunyam,

therefore, he can be called as Shunya.

 

In conclusion, SHUNYA is a devine quality (Kalyana

Gunam) of Lord Sriman Narayana, and is one of His

infinite Kalyana Gunas.

 

With all glories to ZLord Sri Venkateswara, I remain,

 

Sincerely

 

Narender P. Reddy

 

 

 

 

 

 

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