Vishnusahasranama

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travel’. In this sense Vikrama can mean: “One who rides on the white- eagle

(mind) is Vishnu”-who is described as having Garuda for His vehicle (Vaahanam).

(79) Kramah -He who is All-Pervading is Kramah. Because of His

All-Pervasiveness, the Infinite is called as Vishnu. That which goes beyond the

frontiers of the known is the Supreme, and, therefore, in the description of

Him, who has manifested as the Cosmos, we have in Purushasookta an indication

that He not only pervades all that is known but “extends even beyond by ten

digits” (Atyatishthat Dasaangulam). (80) Anuttamah -One who is ‘incomparably

Great’ in glory-Anuttamah. In the Sanskrit construction of the word, it means

something more than what we have said; it means: ‘He is one, beyond whom there

exists none who is greater than He (unexcelled). The Upanishad itself describes

Him: In Geeta (XI-43) we read: “For

Thy equal exists not, whence another superior to Thee?” In Sri Narayana

Upanishad (12) we again read, “There is nothing above or below, equal to Him”.

(81) Duraadharshah -One who cannot be attacked, stormed or beleaguered

successfully. In short, He is All-Powerful. In the Puranas, we find Daityas and

Asuras and others, mighty and powerful ones, become themselves helpless victims

of His Power and come under His sway. To one who has realized the Infinite, the

lower nature of the mind (Daityas) and the enchantments of the senses

(Raakshasas) , are all helpless to overwhelm Him. “Rasopyasya Param Drishtvaa

Nivartate” -Geeta Ch. 2, St. 59. (82) Kritajnah -He who knows all that is done

by all: the One Knower who knows all physical activities, all emotional

feelings, and all intellectual thoughts and motives. He illumines them all, in

all, at all times. Hence He is called

Kritajna. Vishnu is the One who knows clearly the exact depth of sincerity, the

true ardency of devotion, the real amount of purity in the bosom of all his

devotees, and, accordingly, brings joy and bliss to their hearts. (83) Kritih

-The One, who is the very dynamism behind all activities. He is the

Inevitability behind the result of actions. He is called Kritih because it is

He who visits to bless the good and to punish the evil; in short; He is the One

who rewards all our actions. (84) Aatmavaan -One who is the Self in all

beings. In the Chandogya Upanishad (7.24.1) when the disciple asks, “Where does

the Lord, the Infinite, stand established?” the Sruti answers, “In Its own glory

established ever is the Self”-(Sve Mahimni Pratishthitah).

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