vishnusahasranama648 to 666

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648. kaalaneminihaa

 

Kaalanemi here means the wheel of

ignorance revolving from anaadhikala. The Lord is the destroyer of it.

The

Lord destroyed the asura named Kalanemi and he was born as Kamsa and was

destroyed again by Krishna.

 

649. veeraH

 

Hence

He is the valiant.

 

650. SouriH

 

SouryaH asya sthi ithi One who is valiant and

victorious. Also this means Soorasya apathyam pumaan, meaning Krishna who was born in the clan of Soora.Parasarabhattar

sees a reference to SourirajaPerumal of ThirukkaNNapuram.

 

651.SoorajaneSvaraH

 

Hence

He is the master of Sooras, the valiant.

 

652. thrilokaathmaa

 

thrayaaNaam lokanaam

antharyaamithayaa aathmaa. He is the Self of all beings in the three worlds.

 

653. thrilokeSaH

 

Master

of the three lokas.

 

654. keSavaH

 

brahmaangayoH

svaangajathvaath. Brahma, (ka) and Siva(Esa) were born from Him.

 

KeSa

also means ray and the Lord is the source of the rays of the Sun.

keSa samjnithaH

sooryaadhisankraanthaah amSavaH Thadhvatthayaa kesavaH.

Sankraantha means going from one

point to another

 

655. keSihaa

 

Slayer

of the demon Kesi

 

656.hariH

 

Sahethuka samsaaram

harathi. He

removes the samsara along with its cause, namely the ignorance.

harathi ithi hariH- He removes the sins of

His devotees.

Hari

means green.The Lord is described as green hued. `Pachaimaamalai pOl mEni,'

says Thondardippodi azavr in his Thirmaalai. In Mahabharatha The Lord Himself

says,

 

varNaSca me harih SreshThah tasmAd

harir-iti smRtah ||

(mahA. SAnti.

343. 39)

 

657.kaamadhevaH

 

Kaamaan dheevyathi ithi

kaamadhevaH. One who gives what is desired.

Kaama

is the name of the god of love ManmaTha.The Lord is kaamajanaka , the father of

Kaama and hence he is the giver of Kama in that sense also. In srimadbhagavaTha Krishna is

described when he appeared in front of gopis, after disappearing from them, as saakshaath

manmaTha manmaThaH , one who attracts even the mind of the god of love.

 

658. kaamapaalaH

 

Kaamaan dhdhaathi thaan

paalayathi cha.

He

bestows what is desired and also protects them till the life time of the

receiver.

 

659. kaamee

 

Possesses

all desirable things and He is paripoorNakaama, or avaapthasamastha kaama, one

who has everything.

 

660.kaanthaH

 

Svayameva kaamaneeyaH. He Himself is the object

of desire . kasya, brahmaNaH anthaH asmaath ithi vaa. He causes the end of Brahma at the

end of his lifetime.

kaanthiH asya asthi

ithi vaa, He is effulgent.

 

661. krthaagamaH

 

Prepounder of Vedas and Pancharathra aagama.

vedhaaH SaasthraaNi

vijnaanam ethath sarvam janaardhanaath, The veda-s, SaSthra-s, wisdom, and

all these, came from JanArdana

 

662.anirdheSyavapuH

 

He

is of indefinable form. idham thath eedhrSam ithi vaa nirdheshtum na SakyaH.

Vedantadesika says in his Yadhavbhyudhaya that all the Vedas starting to

describe His gunas, became fatigued even before they finished with one guna of

the Lord.

 

663.vishNuH

 

The

Lord is called Vishnu because He is allpervading. Krishna

says to Arjuna in Mahabharatha,

 

vyaapthe me rodhasee

paarTha kaanthirapyaDhikaasThithaa

kramaaNaam chapyaham

paarThavishnurithi abhi samjnithaH

 

"The

heaven and earth were pervaded by Me and My effulgence was even greater.And due

to My stride also (refers to the Thrivikramaavathaara) I am called Vishnu.

 

 

664. veeraH

 

veeH means gathiH and has

relevance to the previous nama, meaning all pervading.

 

665. ananthaH

 

Limitless. dheSa kaala vasthu avaDhayaH naasthi

thasya ithi.

He

cannot be limited by time , space or entity because He is eternal, allpervading

and therefore His form is not limited like any other

entity.

 

666.DhananjayaH

 

Dhanam jayathi ithi

DhananjayaH

 

The

Lord excels in all wealth , being the greatest wealth.

Krishna says in Gita , paandavaanaam

DhananjayaH,

I

am Dhananjaya, that is , Arjuna among the Pandavas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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