STANZA-15 VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM

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STANZA -15

 

Wording Meaning :

 

(Lokadhyaksah) = One who supervises

the worlds

 

(Suradhyaksah) = Supervisor of devas

 

..

(Dharmadhyksah) = Supervisor of Law

 

(Krtakrtah) = accomplished and not accomplished

 

(caturatma) = the four fold self

 

(caturvyuhah) = the four-fold arrangement

 

(caturdramstrah) = the four-fanged one

 

(caturbhujah) = the four-armed one

 

MEANING:

 

Invoke the Lord as the supervisor of the worlds; devas and Law, as the

accomplished and not accomplished among the beings. He is the

four-fold selfi the four-fold arrangement and the one with four fangs

and four arms.

 

Explanation :

 

1. The whole creation is divided into the three, the four, the seven

and the fourteen planes of manifestation which are called the lokas or

the worlds. All these lokas are lived by the presence of the same Lord

and form under the supervision of His awareness or presence.

 

2. Every plane has its own creation of devas. Every atom has its own

devasworking. All these devas are the manifestations of the same Lord

in the form of His own becoming or maya. They all form and work under

his supervision or awareness,

 

3. The law of creation produces the various lokas, the various devas

and the laws governing them all. All of them abide the law since they

can behave only according to the laws of existence and the properties

of matter, force and mind. This law which includes the laws of the

universe works under the awareness of the Lord.

 

4. Every part of the creation forms in its completeness and

exactitude. Hence, the Lord is accomplished in every part of his

creation. Yet each part is incomplete in .itself and each individual

falls short of the perfection of the totality since he has his own

defects of the lower natUre, while progressing each individual falls

short of the accomplishment and after attaining liberation he is

accomplished.

 

5. The individual self is made up of four layers:

a) the physical body b) prana, c) mind, d) soul. All these

are the manifestations of the same Lord.

 

6. The manifestation of the. cosmos and the formation of the

individual takes place in four steps of descent: a) Vasudeva b)

Sankarshana c) Pradyumna d) Aniruddha.

 

7. As the approaching form of death, the lord has four fangs which

crush the being from existence into non,..existence. They are: a) old

age b) disease c) sorrow d) death.

 

8. The Lord has the four-states of the utterance of creation as His four-arms.

The four states of utterance are :

a) The objective universe uttered forth as the objectivity of space and time.

b) The whole universe as the mental, difffrentiation of the detail in

the mind of the Lord before it is uttered.

c) As the concept before it expands into the mental differentiation.

d) As the first spur to utter.

 

All these four states sprout as the four-arms of the first cross which

manifests as the four states of consciousness; a) the awakened

Consciousness; b) the dream state; c) the sleep State; d) the state of

subjective awareness or ananda.

 

The four cardinal points of the day which we notice as the dawn, the

noon, dusk and midnight are the manifestations of the four arms of the

Lord in time.

 

COURTESY --  MASTER E.K

 

Regards

Bharathi.A      .

 

 

 

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