VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM [Part 2 of 5]

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fear of Samsara from those who practise the sense of identity with Him.

Suparnah: One who has two wings in the shape of Dharma and

Adharma.Bhujagottamah: One who is the greatest among those who move on Bhujas

or arms, that is, serpents. The great serpents like Ananta and Vasuki are the

powers of Vishnu, so he has come to have this name.Sutapah: One who performs

rigorous austerities at Badarikashrama as Nara and Narayana.Padmanabhah: One

whose navel is beautifully shaped like lotus. Prajapatih: The father of all

beings, who are His children.Amrutyuh sarva-druk simhah sandhata sandhiman

sthirahAjo durmarshanah shasta vishrutatma surariha ..22Amrutyuh: One who is

without death or its cause.Sarva-druk: One who sees the Karmas of all Jivas

through His inherent wisdom.Simhah: One who does Himsa or destruction.Sandhata:

One who unites the Jivas with the fruits of their

actions.Sandhiman: One who is Himself the enjoyer of the fruits of

actions.Sthirah: One who is always of the same nature.Ajo: The root `Aj’ has

got as meanings both `go’ and `throw’. So the name means One who goes into the

hearts of devotees or One who throws the evil Asuras to a distance, i.e.

destroys them.Durmarshanah: One whose might the Asuras cannot bear.Shasta: One

who instructs and directs all through the scriptures.Vishrutatma: One who is

specially known through signifying terms like Truth, Knowledge etc.Surariha:

One who destroys the enemies of Suras or Devas.Gurur gurutamo dhama satyah

satya-parakramahNimisho animishah sragvi vachaspatir udaradhih ..23Gurur: One

who is the teacher of all forms of knowledge.Gurutamo: One who gives the

knowledge of Brahman even to divinities like Brahma.Dhama: It means

brilliance.Satyah: One who is embodied as virtue of

truth specially.Satya-parakamah: One of unfailing valour.Nimisho: One whose

eye-lids are closed in Yoga-nidra.Animishah: One who is ever awake.Sragvi: One

who has on Him the necklace called Vaijayanti, which is strung with the subtle

aspects of the five elements.Vachaspatir-udaradhih: Being the master of Vak or

word i.e. knowledge, He is called so. As his intellect perceives everything, He

is Udaradhih. Both these epithets together constitute one name.Agranir gramanih

shriman nyayo neta samiranahSahsra-murdha vishvatma sahasraksha sahasrapat

...24Agranir: One who leads all liberation-seekers to the highest

status.Gramanih: One who has the command over Bhutagrama or the collectivity of

all beings.Shriman: One more resplendent than everything.Nyayo: The consistency

which runs through all ways of knowing and which leads one to the truth of

Non-duality.Neta: One who

moves this world of becoming.Samiranah: One who in the form of breath keeps all

living beings functioning.Sahasramurdha: One with a thousand, i.e. innumerable,

heads.Vishvatma: The soul of the universe.Sahasraksha: One with a thousand or

innumerable eyes.Sahasrapat: One with a thousand, i.e. innumerable legs.

Avrtano nivrutatma samvrutah sampramardanahAhah samvartako vahnir anilo

dharani-dharah ..25Avartano: One who whirls round and round the Samsara-chakra,

the wheel of Samsara or worldy existence.Nivrutatma: One whose being is free or

untouched by the bondage of Samsara.Samvrutah:

One who is covered by all-covering Avidya or ignorance.Sampramardanah: One who

delivers destructive blows on all beings through His Vibhutis (power

manifestation like Rudra, Yama etc.).Ahah samvartako: The Lord who, as the sun,

regulates the succession of day and night.Vahnir: One who as fire carries the

offerings made to the Devas in sacrifices.Anilo: One who has no fixed

residence.Dhanani dharah: One who supports the worlds, Adisesha, elephants of

the quarters etc.Suprasadah prasannatma vishva-dhrug vishva-bhug

vibhuhSat-karta sat-krutah sadhur jahnur narayano narah ..26Suprasadah: One

whose Prasada or mercy is uniquely wonderful, because He gives salvation to

Sisupala and others who try to harm Him.Prasannatma: One whose mind is never

contaminated by Rajas or Tamas.Vishva-dhrug: One who holds the universe by his

power.Vishva-bhug: One who eats up or enjoys or protects the

worlds.Vibhuh: One who becomes many from Hiranyagarbha downwards.Satkarta: One

who offers benefits.Sat-krutah: One who is adored even by those who deserve

adoration.Sadhur: One who acts according to justice. Jahnuh: One who dissolves

all beings in oneself at the time of dissolution.Narayanah: Nara means Atman.

Narayana, that is, one having His residence in all beings.Narah: He directs

everything, the eternal Paramatma is called Nara”.Asankhyeyo prameyatma

visistah shishtakruch chucih Siddharthah siddha-sankalpah siddhidah

siddhisadhanah ..27Asankhyeyo: One who has no Sankhya or differences of name

and form.Aprameyatma: One whose nature cannot be grasped by any of the means of

knowledge.Visistah: One who excels everything.Shishtakrch: Shihstam means

commandment. So, one who commands everything. Or one who protects shishtas or

good men.Siddharthah:

One whose object is always fulfilled.Siddha-sankalpah: One whose resolutions are

always fulfilled. Siddhidah: One who bestows Siddhi or fulfillment on all who

practise disciplines, in accordance with their eligibility.Siddhisadhanah: One

who brings fulfillment to works that deserve the same.Vrushahi vrushabho

vishnur vrushaparva vrushodarahVardhano vardhamanascha viviktah shruti-sagarah

...28Vrushahi: Vrusha means dharma or merit.Vrushabho: One who showers on the

devotees all that they pray for.Vishnur: One who pervades

everything.Vrushaparva: One who has given as steps (Parvas), observances of the

nature of Dharma, to those who want to attain the supreme state.Vrushodarah: One

whose abdomen showers offspring.Vardhamanascha: One who multiplies in the form

of the universe.Viviktah: One who is untouched and unaffected. Shruti-sagarah:

One to whom all the

shruti or Vedic words and sentences flow.Subhujo durdharo vagmi mahendro vasodo

vasuhNaikarupo bruhad-rupah shipivishtah prakashana ..29Subhujo: One possessing

excellent arms that protect the worlds.Durdharo: One who holds up the universe –

a work which none else can do.Vagmi: One from whom the words constituting the

Veda come out.Mahendro: The great Lord, that is, the Supreme Being, who is the

God of all gods.Vasudo: One who bestows riches.Vasuh: One who is himself

theVasu.Naikarupo: One who is without an exclusive form.Bruhad-rupah: One who

has adopted mysterious forms like that of a Boar.Shipivishtah: Shipi means cow.

One who resides in cows as Yagya.Prakashana: One who illumines everthing.Ojas

tejo dyuti-dharah prakashatma pratapanahVruddhah spahstaksharo mantras

chandramshur bhaskaradyutih

...30Ojas tejo duti-dharah: Ojas means inherent vitality. Tejas means puissance

and such qualities. Dyuti means radiance. So the word means one who possesses

all these qualities.Prakashatma: One whose form is radiant.Pratapanah: One who

warms the world through the power manifestations like the Sun.Vruddhah: One who

is rich in excellences like Dharma, Gyana (knowledge), Vairagya (renunciation)

etc.Spashstaksharo: He is so called because Omkara, the manifesting sound of

the Lord, is Spashta or high pitched.Mantras: One who manifests as the Mantras

of the Rk, Sama, Yajus etc., or one who is known through Mantras.Chandramshur:

He is called `Chandramshu’ or moonlight because just as the moon-light gives

relief to men burnt in the heat of the sun, He gives relief and shelter to

those who are subjected to the heat of Samsara.Amrtamshu dbhavo bhanuh

shashabinduh sureshvarahAushadham

jagatah setuh satya-dharma-prarakramah ..31Amrtamshu dbhavo: The Paramatman from

whom Amrutamshu or the Moon originated at the time of the churning of the

Milk-ocean.Bhanuh: One who shines.Shashabinduh: The word means one who has the

mark of the hare, that is the Moon.Sureshvarah: One who is the Lord of all

Devas and those who do good.Aushadham: One who is the Aushadha or medicine for

the great disease of Samsara.Jagatah setuh: One who is the aid to go across the

ocean of Samsara.Satya-dharma-parakramah: One whose excellences like

righteousness, omniscience, puissance, etc. are all

true.Bhuta-bhavya-bhavan-nathah pavanah pavano analahKamaha kamakrut kantah

kamah kamapradah prabhuh ..32Bhuta-bhavya-bhavan-nathah: One who is the master

for all the beings of the past, future and present. Pavanah: One who is the

purifier.Pavanah: One who causes

movement.Analah: The Jivatma is called Anala because it recognizes Ana or Prana

as Himself.Kamaha: One who destroys the desire-nature in seekers after

liberation.Kamakrut: One who fulfils the wants of pure minded devotees.Kantah:

One who is extremely beautiful.Kamah: One who is sought after by those who

desire to attain the four supreme values of life.Kamapradah: One who liberally

fulfils the desires of devotees.Prabhuh: One who surpasses all.Yugadikrud

yugavarto naikamayo mahashanahAdrushyo vyakta-rupascha sahasrajid anantajit

...33Yugadikrud: One who is the cause of periods of time like Yuga.Yugavarto:

One who as time causes the repetition of the four Yugas beginning with Satya

Yuga.Naikamayo: One who can assume numerous forms of Maya, not one

only.Mahashanah: One who consumes everything at the end of a Kalpa.Adrushyo:

One who cannot be grasped by any of

the five organs of knowledge. Vyakta-rupascha: He is so called because His gross

form as universe can be clearly perceived.Sahasrajid: One who is victorious over

innumerable enemies of the Devas in battle.Anantajit: One who, being endowed

with all powers, is victorious at all times over everything.Ishtovishistah

shishtestah sikhandi nahusho vrushahKrodhaha krodhakrut karta vishva-bahur

mahidharah ..34Ishto: One who is dear to all because He is of the nature of

supreme Bliss.Avishistah: One who resides within all.Shishtestah: One who is

dear to shishta or Knowing Ones. Sikhandi: Sikhanda means feather of a peacock.

One who used it as a decoration for His crown when he adopted the form of a

cowherd (Gopa).Nahusho: One who binds all beings by Maya the root `nah’ means

bondage.Vrushah: One who is of the form of Dharma.Krodhaha: One who eradicates

anger in

virtuous people.Krodhakrut karta: One who generates Krodha or anger in evil

people.Vishva-bahur: One who is the support of all or one who has got all

beings as His arms.Mahidharah: Mahi means both earth and worship. So the name

means one who supports the earth or receives all forms of worship. Achyutah

prathitah pranah pranado vasavanujahApam-nidhir adhishthanam apramattah

pratishtitah ..35Achyutah: One who is without the six transformations beginning

with birth.Prathitah: One who is famous because of His works like creation of

the worlds etc.Pranah: One who as Hiranyagarbha endows all

beings with Prana.Pranado: One who bestows Prana, that is, strength, on Devas

and Asuras and also destroys them by withdrawing it.Vasavanujah: One who was

born as younger brother of Indra (Vasava) in His incarnation as

Vamana.Apam-nidhir: The word means collectivity of water or the

ocean.Adhishthanam: The seat or support for everything.Apramattah: One who is

always vigilant in awarding the fruits of actions to those who are entiled to

them.Pratishtitah: One who is supported and established in His own

greatness.Skandah skanda-dharo dhuryo varado vayuvahanahVashudevo bruhad-bhanur

adidevah purandarah ..36Skandah: One who drives everything as air.Skanda-dharo:

One who supports Skanda or the righteous path.Dhuryo: One who bears the weight

of the burden of all beings in the form of birth etc.Varado: One who gives

boons.Vayuvahanah: One who vibrates the seven Vayus or

atmospheres beginning with Avaha. Vashudevo: One who is both Vasu and

Deva.Bruhad-bhanur: The great brilliance. Adidevah: The Divinity who is the

source of all Devas.Purandarah: One who destroys the cities of the enemies of

Devas.Ashokas-taranas-tarah surah saurir janeshvarahAnukulah shatavartah padmi

padma-nibhekshanah ..37Ashokas: One without the six defects – sorrow,

infatuation, hunger, thirst, birth and death.Taranas: One who uplifts beings

from the ocean of samsara.Tarah: One who liberates beings from the fear of

residence in the womb, birth, old age, death etc.Surah: One of great prowess,

that is, who fulfils the four supreme satisfactions of life – Dharma, Artha,

Kama and Moksha.Saurih: One who as Krishna as the son of Sura, that is

Vasudeva.Janeshvarah: The Lord of all beings.Anukulah: One who, being the Atman

of all beings, is favorable to

all, for no one will act against oneself.Shatavartah: One who has had several

Avataras or incarnations.Padmi: One having Padma or lotus in his

hands.Padma-nibhekshanah: One with eyes resembling lotus.Padmanabho

aravindakshah padmagarbhah sarirabhrutMahardhir ruddho vruddhatma mahaksho

garuda-dhvajah ..38Padmanabho: One who resides in the Nabhi or the central part

of the heart-lotus.Aravindakshah: One whose eyes resemble Aravinda or the

Lotus.Padmagarbhah: One who is fit to be worshipped in the middle of the

heart-lotus.Sarirabhrut: One who supports the bodies of beings, strengthening

them in the form of Anna (Food) and Prana.Mahardhir: One who has enormous

Ruddhi or prosperity.Ruddho: One who is seen as standing in the form of the

world.Vruddhatma: One whose Atma or body is Vruddha or ancient.Mahaksho: One

who has got two or many glorious

eyes.Garuda-dhvajah: One who has got Garuda as his flag.Atulah sarabho bhimah

samayagno havirharihSarvalakshana lakshanyo lakshmivan samitinjayah ..39Atulah:

One who cannot be compared to anything else.Sarabho: The body is called `Sara’

as it is perishable.Bhimah: One of whom everyone is afraid. Samayajno: One who

knows the time for creation, sustentation and dissolution.Havir-harih: One who

takes the portion of offerings (Havis) in Yajnas. Sarvalakshana-lakshanyo: The

supreme knowledge obtained through all criteria of knowledge i.e.

Paramatma.Lakshmivan: One on whose chest the Goddess Lakshmi is always

residing.Samitinjayah: One who is vicotious in Samiti or war.Viksharo rohito

margo hetur-damodarah sahahMahidharo mahabhago vegavan amitashanah

...40Viksharo: One who is without

Kshara or desruction.Rohito: One who assumed the form of a kind of fish called

Rohita.Margah: One who is sought after by persons seeking Moksha or

Liberation.Hetur: One who is both the instrumental and the material cause of

the universe.Damodarah: One who has very benevolent mind because of disciplines

like self-control.Sahah: One who subordinates everything.Mahidharo: One who

props up the earth in the form of mountain. Mahabhago: He who, taking a body by

His own will, enjoys supreme felicities.Vegavan: One of tremendous

speed.Amitashanah: He who consumes all the worlds at the time of Dissolution.

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