[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Vishnu Sahasranama Stanza 55

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HAPPY VISHU TO ALL IN THE GROUP. Hope you all had a

nice Vishu.

Sunithaji,

Your mails on Vishnu Sahasranamam and its meaning is

very helpful. I am trying to put all that together in

one file. I went through the earlier slokas and

combined it together. But I couldnt get stanzas 10, 30

and 40. I couldnt see it in the group messages also.

If you dont mind, could you please send it again?

Jai Sree Krishna.

 

Seema

 

--- rsunitaa <rsunitaa wrote:

 

> Om Namo Narayanaya!

>

> jeevo vinayitaa-saakshee mukundo-amitavikramah

> ambhonidhiranantaatmaa mahadadhisayo-antakah.

>

>

> 513. Jeevah – One who as the Ksetrajna or the knower

> of the field or

> the body is associated with the Pranas [sri

> Sankara]. He helps

> bhAgavata-s keep away from committing sinful acts

> and thereby

> bringing about their ruin, and instead makes them

> lead a life of

> Bliss by doing service to Him [sri Bhattar].

>

> 514. Vinayitaa-saakshee -The Witness of the Vinayita

> or worshipful

> attitude of all devotees. He is the one

> Consciousness that illumines

> the very sense of humility in His devotee's heart.

> It can also mean

> that as Pure Consciousness, He is one without a

> second, and,

> therefore, from His state of Universal Oneness He

> sees nothing other

> than Himself everywhere. In this Absolute Nature He

> does not see the

> world of finitude constituted of the ego and its

> deluded devilry.

>

> 515. Mukundah -One who gives mukti or liberation. To

> those who are

> trying to free themselves from the imperfections of

> the matter-

> conditionings, and who are struggling hard to end

> their delusions,

> Sri Narayana, being the very Goal, ultimately gives

> complete

> liberation for all devotees who reach Him in the

> true spirit of

> total surrender " muktim dadAti iti mukundah " .

>

> 516. Amita-vikramah -Of immeasurable Prowess or One

> whose step

> (Vikramah) is immeasurable (Amita). SrI Sankara

> gives two

> interpretations for the nAma. One is based on

> vikrama referring to

> Saurya, which means strength, power, might -

> amitam vikramaNam Sauryam asya iti amita-vikramah.

> The nAma occurs in SrImad bhagavad-gItA in Slokam

> 11.40 -

> The second interpretation SrI Sankara gives for the

> nAma is based on

> the meaning " stride, step, pace " for vikramah, or

> vikramaNa - amitA

> aparicchinnA vikramAstrayah pAdavikshepA asya - He

> whose three

> strides, or steps, were immeasurable. The reference

> here is to the

> tri-vikrama incarnation. The Lord's steps were so

> vast, they were

> indeed immeasurable.

> SrI BhaTTar interprets the nAma-s 517 to 525 which

> follow in terms

> of the kUrmAvatara.

>

> 517. Ambho-nidhih -The direct meaning of the word is

> " ocean " and the

> Lord Himself in the Bhagavat Geeta has declared, " Of

> the lakes I am

> the ocean " . According to the Taittireeya Braahmana:

> " These are the

> four Ambhas: viz. the Devas, Men, Manes and the

> Asuras. " Therefore,

> the term Ambhonidhih should mean " One who is the

> substratum for all

> the four types of creatures. SrI BhaTTar gives the

> first

> interpretation- He who has the waters as His abode

> (kUrma

> incarnation).

> pAtAlAmbhasi akhila-jagadAdhAra-pITha nidhIyate iti

> ambhonidhih -

> He has kept His form as a Tortoise in the waters of

> the pAtAla loka

> as the base plank to support the Universe. The

> mantra quoted by SrI

> BhaTTar in support is:

> " ananta bala Saktaye bhuvanabhr*te kacchapAtmane " -

> Unto Him of unlimited power and strength Who

> supports the worlds in

> the form of a Tortoise.

> nidhi means reservoir, abode, receptacle.

>

> 518. Ananta-atmaa -The Infinite Self. He is

> undefeated by time,

> space, or substance, and, therefore, in His own

> unconditioned nature

> He is the Infinite One Self. Or it can also mean One

> who manifests

> Himself as the endless varieties of entities

> constituting the

> universe. Ananta also means " end-less " and,

> therefore, the Endless

> Self, which means the Paramaatman, the Supreme Self.

> SrI BhaTTar

> interprets the nAma as referring to bhagavAn being

> the Inner Soul of

> ananta, who bears the Universe standing on top of

> the kUrma.

>

> 519. Mahodadhisayah -One who rests on the great

> ocean. SrI Sankara

> gives the interpretation that during pralaya

> bhagavAn disintegrates

> everything and reduces them all into one ocean and

> reclines in those

> primeval waters. According to the description of

> Vishnupurana, Lord

> Narayana reclines upon the Aadisesha in the

> Milky-ocean of Vaikuntha

> [sri Bhattar]. SrI cinmayAnanda suggests that the

> nAma can also be

> interpreted as referring to bhagavAn reclining on a

> fig-leaf on the

> waters after the deluge.

>

> 520. Antakah -The Death. As Time, He is the One who

> brings about

> constant changes in the world, without which no

> evolution or

> creative development is ever possible. SrI Sankara

> gives the

> derivation " antam karoti bhUtAnAm iti antakah " . SrI

> BhaTTar gives

> several supporting quotes. ante pr*thivyAm salile

> dr*Syase tvam

> mahoragah (SrImad rAmAyaNa, yuddha. 120.23)- " At the

> time of the end

> of this world, Thou art seen on the AdiSesha in the

> waters of the

> deep " . SrI cinmayAnanda adds that as Time He brings

> an end to all

> things thus creating constant changes in this world,

> without which

> no evolution or creative development is ever

> possible, and in this

> sense bhagavAn is the antakah.

>

> Krishnarpanamastu!

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DEAR MS SEEMA,

 

PLS GO TO THE BELOW LINK U WILL GET THE VISHNU SAHASRA

NAMAM MEANINGS FOR ALL THE SLOKAS

 

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anings.htm

 

REGARDS

 

SANDHYA

 

http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/vishnu-sahasranamam-me\

anings.htm

--- Seema Ravindran <seemawarrier wrote:

 

> HAPPY VISHU TO ALL IN THE GROUP. Hope you all had a

> nice Vishu.

> Sunithaji,

> Your mails on Vishnu Sahasranamam and its meaning is

> very helpful. I am trying to put all that together

> in

> one file. I went through the earlier slokas and

> combined it together. But I couldnt get stanzas 10,

> 30

> and 40. I couldnt see it in the group messages also.

> If you dont mind, could you please send it again?

> Jai Sree Krishna.

>

> Seema

>

> --- rsunitaa <rsunitaa wrote:

>

> > Om Namo Narayanaya!

> >

> > jeevo vinayitaa-saakshee mukundo-amitavikramah

> > ambhonidhiranantaatmaa mahadadhisayo-antakah.

> >

> >

> > 513. Jeevah – One who as the Ksetrajna or the

> knower

> > of the field or

> > the body is associated with the Pranas [sri

> > Sankara]. He helps

> > bhAgavata-s keep away from committing sinful acts

> > and thereby

> > bringing about their ruin, and instead makes them

> > lead a life of

> > Bliss by doing service to Him [sri Bhattar].

> >

> > 514. Vinayitaa-saakshee -The Witness of the

> Vinayita

> > or worshipful

> > attitude of all devotees. He is the one

> > Consciousness that illumines

> > the very sense of humility in His devotee's heart.

> > It can also mean

> > that as Pure Consciousness, He is one without a

> > second, and,

> > therefore, from His state of Universal Oneness He

> > sees nothing other

> > than Himself everywhere. In this Absolute Nature

> He

> > does not see the

> > world of finitude constituted of the ego and its

> > deluded devilry.

> >

> > 515. Mukundah -One who gives mukti or liberation.

> To

> > those who are

> > trying to free themselves from the imperfections

> of

> > the matter-

> > conditionings, and who are struggling hard to end

> > their delusions,

> > Sri Narayana, being the very Goal, ultimately

> gives

> > complete

> > liberation for all devotees who reach Him in the

> > true spirit of

> > total surrender " muktim dadAti iti mukundah " .

> >

> > 516. Amita-vikramah -Of immeasurable Prowess or

> One

> > whose step

> > (Vikramah) is immeasurable (Amita). SrI Sankara

> > gives two

> > interpretations for the nAma. One is based on

> > vikrama referring to

> > Saurya, which means strength, power, might -

> > amitam vikramaNam Sauryam asya iti amita-vikramah.

>

> > The nAma occurs in SrImad bhagavad-gItA in Slokam

> > 11.40 -

> > The second interpretation SrI Sankara gives for

> the

> > nAma is based on

> > the meaning " stride, step, pace " for vikramah, or

> > vikramaNa - amitA

> > aparicchinnA vikramAstrayah pAdavikshepA asya - He

> > whose three

> > strides, or steps, were immeasurable. The

> reference

> > here is to the

> > tri-vikrama incarnation. The Lord's steps were so

> > vast, they were

> > indeed immeasurable.

> > SrI BhaTTar interprets the nAma-s 517 to 525 which

> > follow in terms

> > of the kUrmAvatara.

> >

> > 517. Ambho-nidhih -The direct meaning of the word

> is

> > " ocean " and the

> > Lord Himself in the Bhagavat Geeta has declared,

> " Of

> > the lakes I am

> > the ocean " . According to the Taittireeya

> Braahmana:

> > " These are the

> > four Ambhas: viz. the Devas, Men, Manes and the

> > Asuras. " Therefore,

> > the term Ambhonidhih should mean " One who is the

> > substratum for all

> > the four types of creatures. SrI BhaTTar gives the

> > first

> > interpretation- He who has the waters as His

> abode

> > (kUrma

> > incarnation).

> > pAtAlAmbhasi akhila-jagadAdhAra-pITha nidhIyate

> iti

> > ambhonidhih -

> > He has kept His form as a Tortoise in the waters

> of

> > the pAtAla loka

> > as the base plank to support the Universe. The

> > mantra quoted by SrI

> > BhaTTar in support is:

> > " ananta bala Saktaye bhuvanabhr*te kacchapAtmane "

> -

> > Unto Him of unlimited power and strength Who

> > supports the worlds in

> > the form of a Tortoise.

> > nidhi means reservoir, abode, receptacle.

> >

> > 518. Ananta-atmaa -The Infinite Self. He is

> > undefeated by time,

> > space, or substance, and, therefore, in His own

> > unconditioned nature

> > He is the Infinite One Self. Or it can also mean

> One

> > who manifests

> > Himself as the endless varieties of entities

> > constituting the

> > universe. Ananta also means " end-less " and,

> > therefore, the Endless

> > Self, which means the Paramaatman, the Supreme

> Self.

> > SrI BhaTTar

> > interprets the nAma as referring to bhagavAn being

> > the Inner Soul of

> > ananta, who bears the Universe standing on top of

> > the kUrma.

> >

> > 519. Mahodadhisayah -One who rests on the great

> > ocean. SrI Sankara

> > gives the interpretation that during pralaya

> > bhagavAn disintegrates

> > everything and reduces them all into one ocean and

> > reclines in those

> > primeval waters. According to the description of

> > Vishnupurana, Lord

> > Narayana reclines upon the Aadisesha in the

> > Milky-ocean of Vaikuntha

> > [sri Bhattar]. SrI cinmayAnanda suggests that the

> > nAma can also be

> > interpreted as referring to bhagavAn reclining on

> a

> > fig-leaf on the

> > waters after the deluge.

> >

> > 520. Antakah -The Death. As Time, He is the One

> who

> > brings about

> > constant changes in the world, without which no

> > evolution or

> > creative development is ever possible. SrI Sankara

> > gives the

> > derivation " antam karoti bhUtAnAm iti antakah " .

> SrI

> > BhaTTar gives

> > several supporting quotes. ante pr*thivyAm salile

> > dr*Syase tvam

> > mahoragah (SrImad rAmAyaNa, yuddha. 120.23)- " At

> the

> > time of the end

> > of this world, Thou art seen on the AdiSesha in

> the

> > waters of the

> > deep " . SrI cinmayAnanda adds that as Time He

> brings

> > an end to all

> > things thus creating constant changes in this

> world,

> > without which

> > no evolution or creative development is ever

> > possible, and in this

> > sense bhagavAn is the antakah.

> >

> > Krishnarpanamastu!

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

=== message truncated ===

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sunita

 

guruvayur , Seema Ravindran <seemawarrier

wrote:

>

> HAPPY VISHU TO ALL IN THE GROUP. Hope you all had a

> nice Vishu.

> Sunithaji,

> Your mails on Vishnu Sahasranamam and its meaning is

> very helpful. I am trying to put all that together in

> one file. I went through the earlier slokas and

> combined it together. But I couldnt get stanzas 10, 30

> and 40. I couldnt see it in the group messages also.

> If you dont mind, could you please send it again?

> Jai Sree Krishna.

>

> Seema

>

> --- rsunitaa <rsunitaa wrote:

>

> > Om Namo Narayanaya!

> >

> > jeevo vinayitaa-saakshee mukundo-amitavikramah

> > ambhonidhiranantaatmaa mahadadhisayo-antakah.

> >

> >

> > 513. Jeevah – One who as the Ksetrajna or the knower

> > of the field or

> > the body is associated with the Pranas [sri

> > Sankara]. He helps

> > bhAgavata-s keep away from committing sinful acts

> > and thereby

> > bringing about their ruin, and instead makes them

> > lead a life of

> > Bliss by doing service to Him [sri Bhattar].

> >

> > 514. Vinayitaa-saakshee -The Witness of the Vinayita

> > or worshipful

> > attitude of all devotees. He is the one

> > Consciousness that illumines

> > the very sense of humility in His devotee's heart.

> > It can also mean

> > that as Pure Consciousness, He is one without a

> > second, and,

> > therefore, from His state of Universal Oneness He

> > sees nothing other

> > than Himself everywhere. In this Absolute Nature He

> > does not see the

> > world of finitude constituted of the ego and its

> > deluded devilry.

> >

> > 515. Mukundah -One who gives mukti or liberation. To

> > those who are

> > trying to free themselves from the imperfections of

> > the matter-

> > conditionings, and who are struggling hard to end

> > their delusions,

> > Sri Narayana, being the very Goal, ultimately gives

> > complete

> > liberation for all devotees who reach Him in the

> > true spirit of

> > total surrender " muktim dadAti iti mukundah " .

> >

> > 516. Amita-vikramah -Of immeasurable Prowess or One

> > whose step

> > (Vikramah) is immeasurable (Amita). SrI Sankara

> > gives two

> > interpretations for the nAma. One is based on

> > vikrama referring to

> > Saurya, which means strength, power, might -

> > amitam vikramaNam Sauryam asya iti amita-vikramah.

> > The nAma occurs in SrImad bhagavad-gItA in Slokam

> > 11.40 -

> > The second interpretation SrI Sankara gives for the

> > nAma is based on

> > the meaning " stride, step, pace " for vikramah, or

> > vikramaNa - amitA

> > aparicchinnA vikramAstrayah pAdavikshepA asya - He

> > whose three

> > strides, or steps, were immeasurable. The reference

> > here is to the

> > tri-vikrama incarnation. The Lord's steps were so

> > vast, they were

> > indeed immeasurable.

> > SrI BhaTTar interprets the nAma-s 517 to 525 which

> > follow in terms

> > of the kUrmAvatara.

> >

> > 517. Ambho-nidhih -The direct meaning of the word is

> > " ocean " and the

> > Lord Himself in the Bhagavat Geeta has declared, " Of

> > the lakes I am

> > the ocean " . According to the Taittireeya Braahmana:

> > " These are the

> > four Ambhas: viz. the Devas, Men, Manes and the

> > Asuras. " Therefore,

> > the term Ambhonidhih should mean " One who is the

> > substratum for all

> > the four types of creatures. SrI BhaTTar gives the

> > first

> > interpretation- He who has the waters as His abode

> > (kUrma

> > incarnation).

> > pAtAlAmbhasi akhila-jagadAdhAra-pITha nidhIyate iti

> > ambhonidhih -

> > He has kept His form as a Tortoise in the waters of

> > the pAtAla loka

> > as the base plank to support the Universe. The

> > mantra quoted by SrI

> > BhaTTar in support is:

> > " ananta bala Saktaye bhuvanabhr*te kacchapAtmane " -

> > Unto Him of unlimited power and strength Who

> > supports the worlds in

> > the form of a Tortoise.

> > nidhi means reservoir, abode, receptacle.

> >

> > 518. Ananta-atmaa -The Infinite Self. He is

> > undefeated by time,

> > space, or substance, and, therefore, in His own

> > unconditioned nature

> > He is the Infinite One Self. Or it can also mean One

> > who manifests

> > Himself as the endless varieties of entities

> > constituting the

> > universe. Ananta also means " end-less " and,

> > therefore, the Endless

> > Self, which means the Paramaatman, the Supreme Self.

> > SrI BhaTTar

> > interprets the nAma as referring to bhagavAn being

> > the Inner Soul of

> > ananta, who bears the Universe standing on top of

> > the kUrma.

> >

> > 519. Mahodadhisayah -One who rests on the great

> > ocean. SrI Sankara

> > gives the interpretation that during pralaya

> > bhagavAn disintegrates

> > everything and reduces them all into one ocean and

> > reclines in those

> > primeval waters. According to the description of

> > Vishnupurana, Lord

> > Narayana reclines upon the Aadisesha in the

> > Milky-ocean of Vaikuntha

> > [sri Bhattar]. SrI cinmayAnanda suggests that the

> > nAma can also be

> > interpreted as referring to bhagavAn reclining on a

> > fig-leaf on the

> > waters after the deluge.

> >

> > 520. Antakah -The Death. As Time, He is the One who

> > brings about

> > constant changes in the world, without which no

> > evolution or

> > creative development is ever possible. SrI Sankara

> > gives the

> > derivation " antam karoti bhUtAnAm iti antakah " . SrI

> > BhaTTar gives

> > several supporting quotes. ante pr*thivyAm salile

> > dr*Syase tvam

> > mahoragah (SrImad rAmAyaNa, yuddha. 120.23)- " At the

> > time of the end

> > of this world, Thou art seen on the AdiSesha in the

> > waters of the

> > deep " . SrI cinmayAnanda adds that as Time He brings

> > an end to all

> > things thus creating constant changes in this world,

> > without which

> > no evolution or creative development is ever

> > possible, and in this

> > sense bhagavAn is the antakah.

> >

> > Krishnarpanamastu!

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

>