STANZA-18 VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM

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STANZA-18

vedyo vaidyah sadayogi

viraha madhavo madhuh

atindriyo mahamayo

mahatsaho mahabalah

Word Meaning :

Vedyah  -  the knowable

Vaidyah  - the healer

Sada yogi  - yogi forever

Madhavah  - dear husband of the Goddess of splendour

Madhuh  - embodiment of sweetness

Atindriyah  - one who transcends the senses and one who is beyond the

comprehension of the senses

Mahamayah  - the great illusion

Mahotstahah  - the great fondness

Mahabalah  - the great strength

 

MEANING:

 

Invoke the Lord as the knowable and the healer; as the yogi forever

and the one who strikes down great heroes in war; as the dear husband of the

Goddess of splendour and as the very embodiment of sweetness. The Lord

transcends the senses and is beyond the comprehension of senses. He is also the

great illusion, the great fondness and the great strength that leads the beings

of creation.

 

Explanation :

 

1. Everyone has something knowable according to his own degree of

comprehension. This goes on increasing as the individual unfolds into

knowledge and hence, it leads him on unto perfection which is the

experience of the presence of the Lord everywhere through eternity.

This capacity is one form of the grace of the Lord and hence, He is

the knowable.

 

2. The Lord heals the defects of the body by revealing the science of

medicine. He heals the man, by rev~aling the path of yoga. Through the incidents

occuring to everyone according to his past deeds, everyone gains in experience

and goes on rectifying himself Hence the Lord is the healer of all in the form

of the result of one's own karma.

 

3. The Lord consciousness in everyone keeps all the vehicles in

synthesis which we call life. Hence, the Lord is the power of

synthesis which is yoga itself When anyone is ready to appreciate this synthesis

and practise yoga, he finds a yogi to guide him as his own guru. This occurs

unfailingly. One yogi creates another yogi as his disciple and the process goes

on forever. Thus the Omnipresence

continues to be a yogi in the form of a relation between the Master

and the disciple. Thus the Lord is a Yogi forever.

 

4. Valour among the warriors manifests as a force which establishes

the law by destroying the enimical forces in war. Hence, the Lord is

the war-like nature among the rulers.

 

5. The Goddess of splendour manifests as the name, shape and the

beauty of everything while the Lord forms the content of it. Hence, Heis the

Lord of the splendour.

 

.. 6. Everyone has his own object of sweetness which leads him from

plane to plane until he tastes the highest plane of pervasion which is

the presence of the Lord Himsel£

 

7. Since the senses are the very manifestations of the Lord through

the working of Prakriti, they caimot comprehend the Lord who is within Him.

Hence, the Lord is the comprehension beyond the sense and at the same time, He

is the object of realisation to the senses.

 

8. Just as the fabric of cloth makes us forget about the cotton with

which it is made and attracts our view away towards the utility of

cloth and its ownership etc., so also the forms and the behaviour of

the worlds make us forget about the Lord who is the content and

attract our attention away towards the relationships we establish and

the utility we work out. This quality is called mahamaya or the great

illusion which keeps the living beings interested in working out the

plan of the whole universe. It is all a play of the Lord Himsel£  

      .

9. Everyone has his own spur towards action which works as the

fondness that attracts him towards his work. It is also a play of the

Lord.

 

10. Every one has his own source of strength according to his own

concept. This sustains him and keeps him work out things that are to

be accomplished through him. It is also a play of the Lord.

 

COURTESY  MASTER E.K

 

Regards

Bharathi.A

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namaste,

 

I love the idea of invoking the Divine as the " knowable " so accessible. This is

such great reassurance of Her presence in our lives, even without special

training or esoteric knowledge.

 

I do believe that training and knowledge are helpful, and to the devoted,

precious pleasure, but for all people simply to know that our Creator is

immediately there is a blessing.

 

pr

 

, live life <livelife2k7 wrote:

>

> STANZA-18

> vedyo vaidyah sadayogi

> viraha madhavo madhuh

> atindriyo mahamayo

> mahatsaho mahabalah

> Word Meaning :

> Vedyah� -� the knowable

> Vaidyah� - the healer

> Sada yogi� - yogi forever

> Madhavah� - dear husband of the Goddess of splendour

> Madhuh� - embodiment of sweetness

> Atindriyah� - one who transcends the senses and one who is beyond the

> comprehension of the senses

> Mahamayah� - the great illusion

> Mahotstahah� - the great fondness

> Mahabalah� - the great strength

>

> MEANING:

>

> Invoke the Lord as the knowable and the healer; as the yogi forever

> and the one who strikes down great heroes in war; as the dear husband of the

Goddess of splendour and as the very embodiment of sweetness. The Lord

transcends the senses and is beyond the comprehension of senses. He is also the

great illusion, the great fondness and the great strength that leads the beings

of creation.

>

> Explanation :

>

> 1. Everyone has something knowable according to his own degree of

> comprehension. This goes on increasing as the individual unfolds into

> knowledge and hence, it leads him on unto perfection which is the

> experience of the presence of the Lord everywhere through eternity.

> This capacity is one form of the grace of the Lord and hence, He is

> the knowable.

>

> 2. The Lord heals the defects of the body by revealing the science of

> medicine. He heals the man, by rev~aling the path of yoga. Through the

incidents occuring to everyone according to his past deeds, everyone gains in

experience and goes on rectifying himself Hence the Lord is the healer of all in

the form of the result of one's own karma.

>

> 3. The Lord consciousness in everyone keeps all the vehicles in

> synthesis which we call life. Hence, the Lord is the power of

> synthesis which is yoga itself When anyone is ready to appreciate this

synthesis and practise yoga, he finds a yogi to guide him as his own guru. This

occurs unfailingly. One yogi creates another yogi as his disciple and the

process goes on forever. Thus the Omnipresence

> continues to be a yogi in the form of a relation between the Master

> and the disciple. Thus the Lord is a Yogi forever.

>

> 4. Valour among the warriors manifests as a force which establishes

> the law by destroying the enimical forces in war. Hence, the Lord is

> the war-like nature among the rulers.

>

> 5. The Goddess of splendour manifests as the name, shape and the

> beauty of everything while the Lord forms the content of it. Hence, Heis the

Lord of the splendour.

>

> . 6. Everyone has his own object of sweetness which leads him from

> plane to plane until he tastes the highest plane of pervasion which is

> the presence of the Lord Himsel�

>

> 7. Since the senses are the very manifestations of the Lord through

> the working of Prakriti, they caimot comprehend the Lord who is within Him.

Hence, the Lord is the comprehension beyond the sense and at the same time, He

is the object of realisation to the senses.

>

> 8. Just as the fabric of cloth makes us forget about the cotton with

> which it is made and attracts our view away towards the utility of

> cloth and its ownership etc., so also the forms and the behaviour of

> the worlds make us forget about the Lord who is the content and

> attract our attention away towards the relationships we establish and

> the utility we work out. This quality is called mahamaya or the great

> illusion which keeps the living beings interested in working out the

> plan of the whole universe. It is all a play of the Lord Himsel���

> ����� .

> 9. Everyone has his own spur towards action which works as the

> fondness that attracts him towards his work. It is also a play of the

> Lord.

>

> 10. Every one has his own source of strength according to his own

> concept. This sustains him and keeps him work out things that are to

> be accomplished through him. It is also a play of the Lord.

>

> COURTESY� MASTER E.K

>

> Regards

> Bharathi.A

>