VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM [Part 4 of 5]

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excellence.Khanda-parashur: The battle-axe that destroys enemies. Daruno: One

who is harsh and merciless to those who are on the evil path.Dravinapradah: One

who bestows the desired wealth on devotees.Divah-spruk: One who touches the

heavens.Sarva-drug vyaso: One whose comprehension includes everything in its

ambit.Vachaspatir ayonijah: The Lord is Vachaspati because He is the master of

all learning. He is Ayonija because He was not born of a mother. This forms a

noun in combination with the attribute. Trisama samagah sama nirvanam bheshajam

bhishakSanyasakrut chamah santo nishtha shantih parayanam ..62 Trisama: One who

is praised by the chanters of Sama-gana through the three Samas known as

Devavratam.Samagah: One who chants the Sama-gana.Sama: Among the Vedas, I am

Sama Veda.Nirvanam: That in which all miseries cease and which is of the nature

of supreme bliss.Bheshajam: The medicine for the disease of Samsara.Bhishak: The

Lord is called Bhishak or physician.Sanyasakrut: One who instituted the fourth

Ashrama of Sanyasa for the attainment of Moksha.Chamah: One who has ordained

the pacification of the mind as the most important discipline for Sannyasins

(ascetics).Santo: The peaceful, being without interest in pleasures of the

world. Nishtha: One in whom all beings remain in abeyance at the time of

Pralaya.Santih: One in whom there is complete erasing of Avidya or ignorance.

That is Brahman.Parayanam: The state, which is the highest and from which there

is no return to lower states. Shubhangah shantidah srashta kumudah

kuvalesayahGohito gopatir gopta vrushabhaksho vrushapriyah ..63 Shubhangah: One

with a handsome form.Shantidah: One who bestows shanti, that is, a state of

freedom from

attachment, antagonism, etc.Srashta: One who brought forth everything at the

start of the creative cycle.Kumudah: ‘Ku’ means the earth. One who delights in

it.Kuvalesayah: ‘Ku’ means earth. That which surrounds it is water, so ‘Kuvala’

means water. One who lies in water is Kuvalesaya. ‘Kuvala’ also means the

underside of serpents. One wholies on a serpent, known as Adisesha, is

Kuvalesaya.Gohito: One who protected the cows by uplifting the mount Govardhana

in His incarnation as Krishna. Gopatir: The Lord of the earth is Vishnu.Gopta:

One who is the protector of the earth. Or one who hides Himself by His

Maya.Vrushabhaksho: One whose eyes can rain all desirable objects on devotees.

Vrushabha means Dharma and so one whose look is Dharma.Vrushapriyah: One to

whom Vrusha or Dharma is dear.

0pt">Anivarti nivrutatma samkshepta kshema-kruchivahShrivasta-vakshah shrivasah

shripatih shrimatam-varah ..64 Anivarti: One who never retreats in the battle

with Asuras. Or one who, being devoted to Dharma, never abandons it.Nivrutatma:

One whose mind is naturally withdrawn from the objects of senses.Samkshepta: One

who at the time of cosmic dissolution contracts the expansive universe into a

subtle state.Kshema-krut: One who gives Kshema or protection to those that go

to him.Chivah: One who purifies everyone by the very utterance of His

name.Shrivasta

vakshah: One on whose chest there is a mark called Shrivasta.Shrivasah: One on

whose chest Shridevi always dwells.Shripatih: One whom at the time of the

churning of the Milk ocean Shridevi chose as her consort, rejecting all other

Devas and Asuras. Or Shri mean supreme Cosmic Power. The Lord is the master of

that Power.Shrimatam-varah: One who is supreme over all deities like Brahma who

are endowed with power and wealth of the Vedas. Shridah shrishah shrinivasah

shrinidhih shri-vibhavanahShridharah shrikarah shreyah shriman

loka-trayashrayah ..65

line-break"> Shridah: One who bestows prosperity on devotees.Shrishah: One who

is Lord of the Goddess Shri.Shrinivasah: Shri here denotes men with Shri, that

is, virtue and power. He who dwells in such men is Shrinivasa.Shrinidhih: One

who is the seat of all Shri, that is, virtues and powers.Shri-vibhavanah: One

who grants every form of prosperity and virtue according to their

Karma.Shridharah: One who bears on His chest Shri who is the mother of

all.Shrikarah: One who makes devotees – those who praise, think about Him and

worship Him- into virtuous and powerful beings.Shreyah: ‘Shreyas’ means the

attainment of what is un-decaying good and happiness. Such a state is the

nature of the Lord.Shriman: One in whom there are all forms of Shri that is

power, virtue, beauty etc.Loka-trayashrayah: One

who is the support of all the three worlds. Svakshah svangah shatanando nandir

jyotir-ganeshvarahVijitatma vidheyatma satkirtischinna-samsayah ..66 Svakshah:

One who’s Akshas (eyes) are handsome like lotus flowers.Svangah: One whose

limbs are beautiful.Shatanando: One who is non-dual and is of the nature of

supreme bliss.Nandir: One who is of the nature of supreme

Bliss.Jyotir-ganeshvarah: One

who is the Lord of the stars, that is, Jyotirgana.Vijitatma: One who has

conquered the Atma that is the mind.Vidheyatma: One whose form or nature cannot

be determined as ‘only this’.Satkriti: One whose fame is of the nature of

truth.Schinna-samsayah: One who has no doubts, as everything is clear to him

like a fruit in the palm. Udirnah sarvata-chakshur-anisah

sasvata-sthirahBhushayo bhushano bhutir vishokah shoka-nashanah ..67 Udirnah:

He who is superior to all beings.Sarvata-chakshur: One who, being of the nature

of pure consciousness, can see everthing in all directions.Anisah: One who

cannot have anyone to lord over him.Sasvata –sthirah: One, who though eternal

is also unchanging.Bhushayo: One who, while seeking the means to cross over to

Lanka, had to sleep on the ground of the sea-beach.Bhushano: One who adorned

the earth by manifesting as various incarnations.Bhutir: One who is the abode

or the essence of everthing, or is the source of all glorious

manifestations.Vishokah: One who, being of the nature of bliss, is free from

all sorrow.Shokanashanah: One who effaces the sorrows of devotees even by mere

remembrance.

10.0pt">Archishman architah kumbho vishuddhatma vishodhanahAniruddho pratirathah

pradyumno amita-vikramah ..68 Archishman: He by whose rays of light (Archish),

the sun, the moon and other bodies are endowed with rays of light.Architah: One

who is worshipped by Brahma and other Devas who are themselves the objects of

worship in all the worlds.Kumbho: He who contains in Himself every thing as in

a pot.Vishuddhatma: Being above the three Gunas, Satva, Rajas and Tamas, the

Lord is pure spirit and is also free from all impurities.Vishodhanah: One who

destroys all sins by mere remembrance.Aniruddho: The last one of

the four Vyuhas – Vasudeva, Samkarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. Or one who,

cannot be obstructed by enemies.Pratirathah: One who has no Pratiratha or an

equal antagonist to confront.Pradyumno: One whose Dyumna or wealth is of a

superior and sacred order. Or one of the four Vyuhas.Amita-vikramah: One of

unlimited prowess. Or one whose prowess cannot be obstructed by any one.

Kalaneminiha virah saurih sura-janeshvarahTrilokatma trilokeshah keshavah

keshiha harih ..69

mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Kalanemi-niha: One who destroyed the Asura named

Kalanemi.Virah: One who is courageous.Saurih: One who was born in the clan of

Sura as Krishna.Sura-janeshvarah: One who by his overwhelming prowess controls

even great powers like Indra and others.Trilokatma: One who in his capacity as

the inner pervade is the soul for the three worlds.Trilokeshah: One under whose

guidance and command everything in the three words is functioning.Keshavah: By

Kesha is meant the rays of light spreading within the orbit of the sun.Keshiha:

One who destroyed the Asura named Keshi.Harih: One who destroys Samsara, that

is, entanglement in the cycle of birth and death along with ignorance, its

cause.

mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Kamadevah kamapalah kami kantah

krutagamahAnirdeshya-vapur vishnur viro ananto dhananjayah ..70 Kamadevah: One

who is desired by persons in quest of the four values of life- Dharma, Artha,

Kama and Moksha.Kamapalah: One who protects or assures the desired ends of

people endowed with desires.Kami: One who by nature has all his desires

satisfied.Kantah: One whose form is endowed with great beauty. Or one who

effects the ‘Anta’ or dissolution of ‘Ka’ or Brahma at the end of a

Dviparardha. (the period of Brahma’s lifetime extending over a hundred divine

years).Krutagamah: He who produced

scriptures like Shruti, Smruti and Agama.Anirdeshya-vapur: He is called so,

because, being above the Gunas, His form cannot be determined.Vishnur: One

whose brilliance has spread over the sky and over the earth.Viro: One who has

the power of Gati or movement.Ananto: One who pervades everything, who is

eternal, who is the soul of all, and who cannot be limited by space, time,

location etc.Dhananjayah: Arjuna is called so because by his conquest of the

kingdoms in the four quarters he acquired great wealth. Arjuna is a Vibhuti, a

glorious manifestation of the Lord. Brahmanyo brahmakrud-brahma brahma

brahma-vivardhanahBrahmavid brahmano brahmi brahmgno brahmana-priyah ..71

Brahmanyo: The Vedas, Brahmanas and knowledge are indicated by the word Brahma.

As the Lord promotes these, He is called Brahmanya.Brahmakrud: One who performs

Brahma or Tapas (austerity).Brahma: One who creates everything as the creator

Brahma.Brahma: Being big expanding, the Lord who is known from indications like

Satya (Truth), is called Brahma. Or Brahma is Truth, Knowledge and

Infinity!Brahma-vivardhanah: One who promotes Tapas (austerity) etc.Brahmavid :

One who knows the Vedas and their real meaning.Brahmano:: One who, in the form

of Brahmana, instructs the whole world, saying, ‘It is commanded so and so in

the Veda’.Brahmi: One in whom is established such entities as Tapas, Veda,

mind,

Prana etc. which are parts of Brahma and which are also called

Brahma.Brahmanapriyah: One to whom holy men are devoted. Mahakramo mahakarma

mahateja mahoragahMahakratur mahayajva mahayagyo mahahavih ..72 Mahakramo: One

with enormous strides. May Vishnu with enormous strides bestow on us

happiness.Mahakarma: One who is performing great works like the creation of the

world.Mahateja: He from whose brilliance, sun and other luminaries derive their

brilliance. Or one who is endowed with the brilliance of various

excellences.Mahoragah: He is also the great serpent.Mahakratur: He is the great

Kratu or sacrifice.Mahayajva: One who is great and performs sacrifices for the

good of the world.Mahayayagyo: He who is the great sacrifice. Mahahavih: The

whole universe conceived as Brahman and offered as sacrificial offering (Havis)

into the fire of the Self, which is Brahman. Stavyah Stavapriyah stotram stutih

stota ranapriyahPurnah purayita punyah punyakirtir anamayah ..73

0pt">Stavyah: One who is the object of laudations of everyone but who never

praises any other being.Stavapriyah: One who is pleased with hymns.Stotram: A

Stotra means a hymn proclaiming the glory, attributes and names of the Lord.

Stutih: A praise.Stoat: One who, being all –formed, is also the person who

sings a hymn of praise.Ranapriyah: One who is fond of fight for the protection

of the world, and for the prupose always sports in His hands the five weapons,

the discus Sudarshana, the mace Kaumodaki, the bow Saranga, and the sword

Nandaka besides the conch Panchajanya.Purnah: One who is self-fulfilled, being

the source of all powers and excellences.Purayita: One who is not only

self-fulfilled but gives all fulfillments to others.Punyah: One by only hearing

about whom all sins are erased.Punyakirtir: One of holy fame. His excellences

are capable

of conferring great merit on others.Anamayah: One who is not afflicted by any

disease that is born of cause, internal or external. Manojavas tirthakaro

vasureta vasupradahVasuprado vasudevo vasur vasumana havih ..74 Manojavas: One

who, being all pervading, is said to be endowed with speed likes that of the

mind.Thirthakaro: Tirtha means Vidya, a particular branch of knowledge or

skill.Vasureta: He whose Retas (Semen) is gold (Vasu).Vasupradah:

One who gladly bestows wealth in abundance. He is really the master of all

wealth, and others who seem to be so are in those positions only because of His

grace.Vasuprado: One who bestows on devotees the highest of all wealth, namely

Moksha.Vasudevo: The son of Vasudeva.Vasur: He in whom all creation dwells.

Vasumana: One whose mind dwells equally in all things.Havih: Havis or

sacrificial offerings Sadgatih sat-krutih satta sad-bhutih sat-parayanah

Suraseno yadushreshthah sannivasah suyamunah ..75

mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Sadgatih: One who is attained by such persons. Or

who is endowed with intelligence of great excellence.Sat-krutih: One whose

achievements are for the protection of the world.Satta: Experience that is

without any difference of an external nature from similar objects or dissimilar

objects as also internal differences is called Satta.Sad-bhutih: The Paramatman

who is pure existence and conscousness, who is unsublatable and who manifests

Himself in many ways.Sat-parayanah: He who is the highest Status attainable by

holy men who have realized the Truth.Suraseno: One having an army of heroic

wariours like Hanuman.Yadushreshthah: One who is the greatest among the

Yadus.Sannivasah: One who is the resort of holy knowing ones.Suyamunah: One who

is surrounded by may illustrious persons associated with the river Yamuna like

Devaki, Vasudeva, Nandagopa, Yasoda, Balabhadra, Subhadra etc. Bhutavaso

vasudevah sarvasu-nilayo analahDarpaha darpado drupto durdharo-atha-parajitah

...76 Bhutavaso: He in whom all the beings dwell.Vasudevah: The Divinity who

covers the whole universe by Maya.Sarvasu-nilayo: He in whose form as the Jiva

all the vital energy or Prana of all living beings dissolves.Analah: One whose

wealth or power has no limits.Darpaha: One who puts down the pride of persons

who walk along the unrighteous path.Darpado:

One who endows those who walk the path of righteousness with a sense of

self-respect regarding their way of life.Drupto: One who is ever satisfied by

the enjoyment of His own inherent bliss.Durdharo-atha: One who is very

difficult to be borne orcontained in the heart in meditation.Aparajita: One who

is never conquered by internal enemies like attachment and by external enemies

like Asuras. Vishvamurtir mahamurtir diptamurtir amurtimanAnekamurtir avyaktah

shatamurtih shatananah ..77 Vishvamurtir: One who, being the soul of all, has

the whole universe as His body.Mahamurtir: One with an enormous form stretched

on a bedstead constituted of the serpent Adisesha.Diptamurtir: One with a

luminous form of knowledge. Amuritman: He who is without a body born of

Karma.Anekamuritr: One who assumes several bodies in His incarnations as it

pleases Him in or to help the world.Avyaktah: One who cannot be clearly

described as ‘This’ even though He has many forms.Satamurtih: One who, though

He is of the nature of Pure Consciousness, assumes different forms for

temporary purposes.Shatananah: He is called one with a hundred faces to

indicate that He has several forms. Eko naikah savah kah kim yat tat

padam-anuttamamLokabandhur lokanatho madhavo bhakta-vastalah ..78 Eko: One

without any kind of differences that are internal or that relate to similar

objects external or to dissimilar objects.Naikah: One who has numerous bodies

born of Maya.Savah: That Yagya in which Soma is made.Kah: The syllable ‘Ka’

indicatesjoy or happiness. So it means one who is hymned as constituted of

joy.Kim: One who is fit to be contemplated upon, because He is the summation of

all values.Yat: One who is by nature existent. The word ‘Yat’ indicates a

self-subsisting entity.Tat: Brahma is so called because He

‘expands’.Padam-anuttamam: Braman is ‘Pada’ or

Status, because He is the goal of all Moksha-seekers. It is Anuttama, because It

is that beyond which there is nothing else to be attained.Lokanathah: One to

whom all the worlds pray. Madhavo: One who was born in the clan of

Madhu.Bhaktavatsalah: One who has got love for devotees. Suvarna varno hemango

varangas chandanangadiViraha vishamah sunyo ghrutasir achalaschalah ..79

Suvarna varno: One who has got the colour of gold.Hemango: One

whose form is like that of gold.Varangas: He the parts of whose form are

brilliant.Chandanangadi: One who is adorned with armlets that generate

joy.Viraha: One who destroyed heroes (Viras) like Kiranyakashipu for protecting

Dharma.Vishamah: One to whom there is no euql because nothing is comparable to

Him by any characteristic.Sunyah: One who, being without any attributes,

appears as Sunya (emptiness).Ghrutasir: One whose blessings are

unfailing.Achalas: One who cannot be deprived of His real nature as Truth,

Intelligence and Infinity.Chalah: One who moves in the form of air. Amani

manado manyo lokasvami triloka-dhruk Sumedha medhajo dhanyah satyamedha

dharadharah ..80 Amani: He who, being of the nature of Pure Consciousness, has

no sense of identification with anything that is not Atman.Manado: One who by

His power of Maya induces the sense of self in non-self. Or one who has regard

and beneficence towards devotees. Or one who destroys in the knowing ones the

sense of identification with the non-self.Manyo: One who is to be adored by

all, because He is the God of all.Lokasvami: One who is the Lord of all the

fourteen spheres.Triloka-dhruk: One who supports all the three worlds.Sumedha:

One with great and beneficent intelligence.Medhajo: One who arose from Yaga (a

kind of sacrifice).Dhanyah: One who has attained all His ends and therefore is

self-satisfied.Satyamedhah: One whose intelligence is fruitful.Dharadharah: One

who supports the worlds by His fractiosn like Adisesha. Tejovrusho

dyuti-dharah sarva-shastra-bhrutam-varahPragrahonigraho vyagro naikashrungo

gadagrajah ..81

EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Tejovrusho: One

who in the form of the sun causes rainfall at all times.Dyuti-dharah: One whose

form is always brilliant.Sarva-shastra-bhrutam-varah: One who is superior to all

bearing arms.Pragraho: One who accepts the offerings of devotees with great

delight.Nigraho: One who controls and destroys everything.Vyagro: One who has

no Agra or end. Or one who is very attentive (Vyagra) in granting the prayers

of devotees.Naikashrungo: One with four horns.Gadagrajah: One who is revealed

first by Mantra (Nigada). Or one who is the elder rbother of Gada. TO BE

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