VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM [Part 1 of 5]

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Roman"> Putatma paramatma cha muktanam parama gatihAvyayah purusha sakshi

kshetrajno~kshara eva cha..2 Putatma: One whose nature is purity/who is purity

Paramatma cha: He who is the supreme one and the Atman. Muktanam parama gatih:

The highest goal of the liberated ones. Avyayah: One for whom there is no

decay. Purusha: One who abides in the body or pura. Sakshi: One who witnesses

everything Kshetrajno: The knower of the field or body. Akshara eva cha: He who

is without destruction

line-break">Yogo yogavidam neta pradhana-purushesvarah Narasimha-vapu shriman

kesavah purushottamah ..3 Yogo: One attainable through Yoga. Yogavidam neta:

The master of those who are established in the above-mentioned Yoga.

Pradhana-purushesvarah: The master of pradhana or Prakruti and Purusha or Jiva.

Narasimha-vapu: One in whom the bodies of a man and a lion are combined.

Shirman: One on whose chest the goddess Shri always dwells. Kesavah: One whose

Kesa or locks are beautiful Purushottamah: The greatest among all Purushas

style="mso-special-character: line-break">Sarvah sarvah sivah

sthanur-bhutadir-nidhir-avyayah Sambhavo bhavano bharta prabhavah

prabhur-isvarah ..4 Sarvah: The omniscient source of all existence. Sarvah:

Destroyer. Sivah: One pure. Sthanur: One who is steady, immovable and

changeless. Bhutadir: Source of all elements or existing things. Avyayah

nidhir: The changeless and indestructible Being in whom the whole universe

becomes merged and remains in seminal condition at the time of Pralaya or

cosmic

dissolution. Sambhavo: One born out of His own will as incarnation. Bhavano: One

who generates the fruits or Karmas of all Jivas for them to enjoy. Bharta: One

who supports the universe as its substratum. Prabhavah: One from whom all the

great elements have their birth. Or one who has exalted births as incarnations.

Prabhur: One who is an adept in all rites. Ishvarah: One who has unlimited

lordliness or power over all things. Svayambhuh sambhur-adityah pushkaraksho

mahasvanah Anandi-nidhano dhata vidhata dhaturuttamah ..5 Svayambhuh: One who

exists by Himself, uncaused by any other. Sambhur: One who bestows happiness on

devotees. Adityah: The golden-hued person in the sun’s orb. Pushkaraksho: One

who has eyes resembling the petals of Pushkara or lotus. Mahasvanah: One from

whom comes the great sound – the Veda. Anandi-nidhano: The one existence that

has neither birth nor death. Dhata: One who is the support of the universe.

Vidhata: He who generates Karmas and their fruits. Dhaturuttamah: The ultimate

support of every thing. Aprameyo hrishikesah padma-nabho~mara-prabhuh

Visvakarma manustvashta sthavishtah sthaviro-dhruvah

...6 Aprameyo: One who is not measurable or understandable by any of the accepted

means of knowledge like sense, perception, inference etc. Hrishikesah: The

master of the senses or He under whose control the senses subsist. Padma-nabho:

He in whose navel (nabhi) the lotus (padma), the source of the universe stands.

Amara-prabhuh: The master of Amaras or the deathless ones, i.e. the Devas.

Visvakarma: He whose Karma (work) has resulted in all that exists (Vishvam) or

He whose power of creation is unique and wonderful. Manu: He who thinks.

Stvashta: He who makes all beings shrunken (Tanukarana) at the time of cosmic

dissolution. Sthavishtah: He who excels

in everything in bulk or substantiality. Sthaviro-dhruvah: Eternal One, being

the most ancient. It is taken as a single phrase, the name along with its

qualification. Agrahyah sasvatah krishno lohitakshah pratardanah

Prabhutas-trikakubdhama pavitram mangalam param ..7 Agrahyah: One who cannot be

grasped by the organs or knowledge or conceived by the mind. Sasvatah: One who

exists at all times. Krishno: The existence-Knowledge-Bliss. Lihitakshah: One

whose eyes

are tinged red. Pratardanah: Destroyer of all at the time of cosmic dissolution.

Prabhutas: Great because of unique qualities like omnipotence, omniscience etc.

Trikakubdhama: He who is the support (dharma) of the three regions above, below

and in the middle. Pavitram: That which purifies everything. Mangalam param:

Supremely auspicious. Isanah pranadah prano jyeshthah sreshthah prajapatih

Hiranyagarbho bhugarbho madhavo madhusudanah .. 8 Isanah: He who

controls and regulates everything. Pranadah: One who bestows or activates the

Prana, the vital energy. Prano: The Supreme Being. Jyeshthah: The eldest of

all; for there is nothing before Him. Sreshthah: One deserving the highest

praise. Prajapatih: The master of all living beings, because He is Ishvara.

Hiranyagarbho: One who is Atman of even Brahma the creator. Bhugarbho: One who

has got the world within Himself. Madhavo: The Consort of Ma or Mahalakshmi or

one who is fit to be known through Madhu-Vidya. Madhusudanah: The destroyer of

the demon Madhu. Ishvaro vikrami dhanvi medhavi vikramah kramah Anuttamo

duradharsah krutajnah krutiratmavan ..9 Ishvara: The Omnipotent Being. Vikrami:

The courageous One. Dhanvi: One armed with bow. Medhavi: He who has great

intelligence capable of grasping all texts. Vikramah: He who crosses (Karmana)

i.e. transcends samsara. Or one who has Vih, bird i.e. Garuda as His mount.

Kramah: Vishnu is called Kramah, because He is the cause of Kramana or crossing

of the ocean of samsara by devotees, or because from Him all Krama or

manifestation of the universe, has taken place. Anuttamo: He than whom there is

none greater. Duradharsah: One whom none (Asuras) can overcome. Krutajnah: One

who knows everything about what has been done (Kruta) by Jivas. Also one who is

pleased even with

those who offer such simple offerings as leaves, flowers, fruits and water.

Krutir: The word means what is achieved through all human efforts or works.

Atmavan: One established in his own greatness i.e. requiring no other support

than Himself. Suresah sharanam sharma vishvaretah prajabhavah Ahah samvasaro

vyalah pratyayah sarvadarshanah …10 Suresah: The lord of

the Suras or Devas. It can also mean the greatest of those who bestow good.

Saranam: One who removes the sorrows of those in distress. Sharma: One who is

of the nature of supreme bliss. Vishvaretah: The seed of the universe.

Prajabhavah: He from whom all beings have originated. Ahah: Luminous one.

Samvasaro: As Time is a from of Vishnu, He is called Samvasara or a year.

Vyalah: Being ungraspable like a serpent, He is called Vyalah. Pratyayah: One

who is of the nature of Pratiti or Prajna (consciousness) Sarvadarshanah: One

with eyes everywhere. As the Lord has assumed all forms, the eye-sight of all

beings is His. Ajah sarveshvarah

siddhah siddhih sarvadir acyutah Vrushakapir ameyatma sarva-yoga-vinihshrutah

…11 Ajah: One who has no birth. Sarveshvarah: The Lord of all Lords or the

supreme Lord. Siddhah: One ever established in one’s own nature. Siddhih: One

who is of the nature of Consciousness in all. Sarvadih: One who is the first

cause of all elements. Achyutah: One who never lost and will never lose his

inherent nature and powers. Vrushakapir: One who shwers all objects of desire.

Ameyatma: One whose form or nature cannot be measured and

determined. Sarva-yoga-vinihshrutah: One who stands aside completely from all

bondage. Vasur vasumanah satyah samatma sammitah samah Amoghah pundarikaksho

vrusha-karma vrushakrutih …12 Vasur: One in whom all beings dwell and one

who dwells in all beings. Vasumanah: The term Vasu means wealth or riches. Here

it indicates greatness. So it means one possessed of a

great mind i.e. a mind free from attachments, anger and other evil qualities.

Satyah: One whose nature is Truth. Samatma: One whose mind is Sama, without

partiality or anger and thus the same towards all beings. Sammitah: This name

and the previous (samatma) occurring together, can be split in two ways – as

samatma + sammitah and as samatma + asammitah. Samah: One unpertubed at all

times. Amoghah: One whose worship will never go in vain, but will bear ample

fruits. Pundarikaksho: One who has pervaded, i.e. is realized in, the lotus of

the heart. Or One whose eyes resemble the petals of a lotus. Vrushakarma: One

whose actions are according to vrushas i.e. Dharma. Vrushakrutih: One who takes

form for the sake of Vrushas or Dharma. Rudro bahushira babhrur vishva-yonih

shuchi sravah Amrutah shashvata-sthanur vararoho maha-tapah …13 Rudro: One

who makes all beings cry at the time of cosmic dissolution. Bahushira: One with

innumerable heads. Babhrur: One who governs the world. Vishvayonih: One who is

the cause of the world. Shuchi sravah:: One whose names and glories are very

holy and purifying to be heard. Amrutah: One who is deathless.

Shashvata-sthanur: One who is both eternal and firmly

established, unchanging. Vararoho: He whose lap gives the highest blessings.

Mahatapah: The austerity connected with creation, which is of the nature of

knowledge is of great potency. Sarvagah sarva-vid-bhanur vishvaksheno

janardanah Vedo vedavid avyango vedango vedavit kavih..14 Sarvagah: One who

pervades everything, being of the nature of their material

cause. Sarva-vid-bhanur: One who is omniscient and illumines everything.

Vishvaksheno: He before whom all Asura armies get scattered. Janardanah: One

who inflicts suffering on evil men. Vedah: He who is of the form of the Veda.

Vedavid: One who knows the Veda and its meaning. Avyango: One who is

self-fulfilled by knowledge and other great attributes and is free from every

defect. Vedango: He to whom the Vedas stand as organs. Vedavit: One who knows

all the Vedas. Kavih: One who sees everything. Lokadhyakshah suradhyaksho

dharmadhyakshah krutakrutah Chaturatma chaturvyuhas chaturdamstras

chatur-bhujah ..15 Lokadhyakshah: He who witnesses the whole universe.

Suradhyaksho: One who is the overlord of the protecting Divinities of all

regions. Dharmadhyakshah: One who directly sees the merits (Dharma) and

demerits (Adharma) of beings by bestwing their due rewards on all beings.

Krutakrutah: One who is an effect in the form of the worlds and also a

non-effect as their cause. Chaturatma: One who for the sake of creation,

sustentation and dissolution assumes forms. Chaturvyuhas: One who adopts a

fourfold manifestation. Chaturdamstras: One with four fangs in His Incarnation

as Nisimha. Chaturbhujah: One with four arms. Bhrajishnur-bhojanam bhokta

sahishnur jagad-adhijah Anagho vijayo jeta vishva-yonih punar-vasuh ..16

Bhrajishnur: One who is pure luminosity. Bhojanam: Prakruti or Maya is called

Bhojanam or what is enjoyed by the Lord. Bhokta: As he, purusha, enjoys the

prakruti, He is called the enjoyer or Bhokta. Sahishnur: As He suppresses

Asuras like Kiranyaksha, He is

Sahishnu. Jagad-adhijah: One who manifested as Hiranyagarbha by Himself at the

beginning of creation. Anagho: The sinless one. Vijayo: One who has mastery

over the whole universe by virtue of his six special excellences like

omnipotence, omniscience etc. known as Bhagas. Jeta: One who is naturally

victorious over beings, i.e. superior to all beings. Vishva-yonih: The source

of the universe. Punar-vasuh: One who dwells again and again in the bodies as

the Jivas. Upendro vamanah pramshur amoghah suchir urjitah Atindrah samgrahah

sargo dhrutatma niyamo yamah ..17 Upendro: One born as the younger brother of

Indra. Vamanah: One who, in the form of Vamana (dwarf), went begging to Bali.

Pramshur: One of great height. Amoghah: One whose acts do not go in vain.

Suchir: One who purifies those who adore and praise Him. Urjitah: One of

infinite strength. Atindrah: One who is superior to Indra by His inherent

attributes like omnipotence, omniscience etc. Samgrahah: One who is of the

subtle form of the universe to be created. Dhrutatma: One who is ever in His

inherent form or nature, without the transformation involved in birth and

death. Niyamo: One who appoints His creatures in particular stations. Yamah:

One who regulates

all, remaining within them. Vedyo vaidyah sada-yogi viraha madhavo madhuh

Atindriyo mahamayo mahotsaho mahabalah ..18 Vedyo: One who has to be known by

those who aspire for Mokshas. Vaidhyah: One who knows all Vidyas or branches of

knowledge. Sada-yogi: One who is ever experienceble, being ever existent.

Viraha: One who destroys heroic Asuras for the protection of

Dharma. Madhavo: One who is the Lord or Master of Ma or knowledge. Madhuh:

Honey, because the Lord gives joy, just like honey. Atindriyo: One who is not

knowable by the senses. Mahamayo: One who can cause illusion even over other

great illusionists. Mahotsaho: One who is ever busy in the work of creation,

sustentation and dissolution. Mahabalah: The strongest among all who have

strength. Mahabuddir mahaviryo mahasaktir mahadyutih Anirdesyavapuh shriman

ameyatma mahadridhruk ..19

line-break"> Mahabuddir: The wisest among the wise. Mahaviryo: The most powerful

one, because Ignorance which is the cause of Samsara is His great power.

Mahasaktir: One with great resources of strength and skill. Mahadyutih: One who

is intensely brilliant both within and without. Anirdesyavapuh: One who cannot

be indicated to another as: `He is this’, because He cannot be objectively

known. Shriman: One endowed with greatness of every kind. Ameyatma: The Spirit

with intelligence that cannot be measured by any one. Mahadridhruk: One who

held up the great mountain `Mandara’ at the time of the churning of the Milk

Ocean and also Govardhana in his Krishna incarnation.

0pt"> Maheshvaso mahibharta shrinivasah satam gatih Aniruddhah suranando

govindo govidam patih ..20 Maheshvaso: One equipped with the great bow.

Mahibharta: One who held up the earth submerged in Pralaya waters. Shrinivasah:

One on whose chest the Goddess Shri,

eternal in nature, dwells. Satam gatih: One who bestows the highest destiny

attainable, to all holy men. Aniruddhah: One who has never been obstructed by

any one or anything from manifesting in various forms. Suranando: One who

bestows joy on all divinities. Govindo: Gau means words. Thou pervadest all

words, giving them power. Therefore sages call the Govinda. Govindam patih: Gau

means words. One who knows them is Govid. He who is the master of words is

indicated by this name.

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