STANZA -12 VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM

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STANZA -12

 

Vasurvasumanah satyah

samatma sammitah samah

amoghah pundarikakso

vrsakarma �vrsakrtih

 

(Vasuh) = the wealth of the creation

 

(Vasumanah) = the mind after wealth

 

(Satyah) = truth, the law of existence

..

(Samatma) = the spirit as equilibrium

 

(Sammitah) = well-measured by the

well-behaved

 

(Samah) = One who is equal to all

 

(Amoghah) = nothing in vain

 

(Pundarikaksah) = the Lord with eyes

resembling the petals of a lotus

 

Vrsakarma) = one who acts as the shower

 

(Vrsakrtih) = the shape of the shower itself

 

 

MEANING:

 

Invoke the Lord as the wealth of the creation, the mind after wealth;

as the truth which is the law of existence; as the spirit acting as

equilibrium and the one who is well-measured by the well-behaved ones.

He is equal to all. He has nothing of his creation existing in vain.

He has eyes resembling the petals of a lotus. He is the act of

showering and the very form of showering.

 

Explanation :

 

1. Matter is the wealth of creation. Irs evolution and functioning is

presided over by the eight groups of devas called Vasus, the lords of

matter.

 

2. The mind runs after matter and reacts with it, hence it is after

the wealth of creation. This is the hidden reason why the mind of

people runs after the material plane before it begins to recollect its

own content.

 

3. Everything in this creation exists as the name and the qualities of

the objective plane but still theSe things exist upon the basis of the

inner truth which is the law of existence.

 

4. For example, we are conscious that we exist because we are floating

on the surface of the truth of existence.

 

5. Matter, life, mind and senses exist on different planes and lose

their equilibrium on the objective plane of consciousness. They regain

the equilibrium when they are recollected into the spirit which is the

equilibrium of all.

 

6. Everyone measures others in his own capacity when he is on the

mental and intellectual planes. He judges others according to his

capacity of judgement. When he is well-trained to get at the spirit of

all, he measures all in the light of the spirit. Hence he measures the

spirit in terms of the creation.

 

7. The Lord as omnipresence is equal to all the planes and all the

creatures though they are diversified in themselves.

 

8. From the lowest to the highest, all the planes work as the vehicles

of the Lord. Hence, no vehicle, no part of creation and no incident in

the creation exists or occurs in vain.

 

9.. The eyes of the living beings respond to the rays of the sun and

are hence compared with the petals of a lotus. The power of seeing in

the beings is due to the power of heliotropism. This is because the

power to see is only an objectified counterpart of the sun, who is the

Lord of sight and light. In this respect, the Lord is described as

having his eyes as the petals of the lotus.

 

10. The act of showering is the cause of germination of all beings

bring seed-state to the sprouting of its full-fledged existence. Hence

the Lord is himself the act of showering.

 

11. The shower itself includes the form of the beings that are to be

germinated. All the living beings are called forth into form by the

act of showering. Hence, the Lord is the act of showering in one of

his manifestations.

 

COURTESY-MASTER E.K

 

Regards

Bharathi.A