Vishnusahasranama 695 to 712

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695.manojavaH

 

One as fast as the mind. Seeghrakaarithvam. Acting with speed

because He is sathyakaama and sathya sankalpa, His wish and His will are sathya

, that is infallible.

 

696.theerTha karaH

 

He who created the

theerthas , holy waters like Ganga etc. gangaadhitheerTha hethuthvaath. The

power of purification of the holy waters is due to the power of the Lord.

TheerTha also means the Vedas and sasthras and the one who is wellversed in

these and the great devotees of the Lord

who has the jnana from bhakthi are also

called as theerThas.

 

The Lord is theerThakara

because He instructed the Vedas to Brahma. smrthisruthyoH

pravarthanaath. This nama can also be taken to mean Lord Hayagreeva who

killed the demons Madhu and Kaitabha who stole the Vedas from Brahman and

retrieved the Vedas and instructed Brahma again.

 

Aathmapravesasopaanam krthathvaath theerThakaraH

smrthaH

 

He created the steps for

His devotees to enter into Him.

 

697. vasurethaaH

 

Starting from this till the nama 786 it refers to

Krishnavathara.

 

vasurethaaH means, of golden lustre.vasu

means gold and rethas means lustre.

Vasathi asmin sarvam ithi

vasuH. He in whom everything exists.

 

This refes to

Krishnavathara when the Lord appeared lustrous at birth.Srimadbhagavatham describing Krishna as adhbutha

baalaka, the wonderful infant, further describes that He illuminated the

whole room with His lustre.

Svarochishaa soothikaa graham virochayantham

 

698.vasupradhaH

 

Gave himself as a supreme

treasure to Devaki and Vasudeva. Vasumeans treasure and pradha is ine who

gives.

 

699. vasupradhaH

 

Provides wealth to His

devotees. Gokulam became prosperous

after the birth of Krishna.

 

700. vaasudevaH

 

The son of vasudeva.

 

Vasathi vaasayathi vaa ithi vaasudevah.

 

He is in everything and

makes everything dwell in Him.

 

701. vasuH

 

Vasathi ithi vasuH. The indweller.

Referring to Krishna it means that

the one who lived in milky ocean has becme Krishna.

Or as the word vasu also means concealing and wealth, this nama could mean that

Krishna was the wealth of all and he concealed His real identity and was acting

as the cowherd boy. Vedanta Desika calls Him a miThyaagopa , a pseudo cowherd.

 

702. vasumanaaH

 

As Krishna He had His mind

always on Vasudeva. Vasu here means Vasudeva. Vasou manaH asya ithi. Or it

could mean that the Lord was always thinking of His wealth, His

devotees, ie.vasu.

 

703. haviH

 

He was given away as an

offering by Vasudeva and Devaki to Yasodha and Nandha gopa.

 

704.sadhgathiH

 

He is the refuge of the

good. Sathaam gathiH. He is the goal of the good. Also He is the

right path by which He could be attained, the means as well as the goal. Sath cha asou gathiH cha sathgathiH. Refers

to the Gitopadesa of Krishna in which He sj hows thepath to attain Him and also

says that Heist e goal to be attained.

 

 

705. sathkrthiH

 

His actions were for the

good only and for the welfare of all. This includes the leelas of Krishna right from His childhood till His doings in the

battle of Mahabharatha. He Himself says in the Gita,

 

janma karma cha me dhivyam evam yo vetthi

thatthvathaH

thyakthvaa dheham punarjanam naithi maamethi so

arjuna

 

which means that one who

knows the birth(incarnations) and the actions of the Lord never returns to

samsara but attains Him. The actions of Krishna

like stealing butter, and play with gopis etc. are conducive of good since

those who think about these with love and devotion get rid of their sinful

propensities.

 

706. satthaa

 

The Lord is the existence

as such. The Brahman is defined as sath chith aanandha, existence, knowledge

and bliss. Krishna says in the Gita, aham aadhiScha maDhyam cha bhoothaanaam

antha eva cha, I am the bredinning, middle and the end of all beings. In

Krishnavathara when Brahma hid the cows and cowherd boys, Krishna

became everyone of them and Brahma saw Keirshna only in them and asked

forgiveness. This was befasue the Lord was the real existence of all.

 

707.sathbhoothiH

 

He is the real wealth of His devotees. For the true devotee, He is the son, friend, messenger, charioteer,

as He proved in His actions towards the Pandavas.

 

This nama also

refers to His vibhoothis or manifestations as explained in th Gita, chapter 10.

 

708. sathparaayaNaH

 

He is the support of the

good.sathaam paraayaNaaH as He was

to Pandavas and the people of Gokula.

In Mahabhaaratha it is

said ,

 

krshNaaSrayAh krshNa balaah krshNa-naaThaaSca

paaNDavaah krshNah paaraayaNam theshaam

 

Krishna is the

resort, strength, the master, and the support of the Pandavas.

 

SathparaayaNa

can also be derived as sath cha asou

paraayaNaHscha , meaning that He is the supreme support to all.

 

709.SoorasenaH

 

The yadhava army was very

powerful led by Krishna.

 

Sooraa senaa yasya saH

 

710. yadhuSreshTaH

 

The best of yadhavas . The

clan of Yadhu became famous only due to the incarnation of Krishna.

 

711. sannivaasaH

 

He is the abode of the

saints like sansakaadhi. Akrura saw when he immersed in Yamuna Krishna as

Narayan with sansakaadhi meditating near Him. Sathaam nivaasaH . The word sath also refers to the nithya sooris

,iike Garuda, Anantha, narada etc. who are always with the Lord

 

712. suyaamunaH

 

One who reveled on the

banks of Yamuna. All the leelas of Krishna on

the banks of Yamuna purifies one who thinks of them.