Vishnusahasranama-823 to 839

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823. sulabhaH

 

Sukhena labhyathe ithi sulabhaH- He is attained easily as He says in the Gita,

pathram pushpam phalam thoyam yo

me bhakthyaa prayacChathi , He could be propitiated with a leaf, a

flower and a fruit.

 

..Ha also gives joy .Sukham labhatha.

 

824. suvrathaH

 

He has the vow , vratha

of protecting those who surrender to Him. He says in Ramavathara ,Sakrdheva prapannaanaam thavaasmi ithi vaadhinaam abhayam sarvabhoothaanaam dhadhaami ithi vratham mama.' `It is my vow to give refuge to all beings

who come to me once and says "I am yours."

 

 

825. sidDhaH

 

He is the siddhopaaya,

readily established means of attaining Him.

 

826.Sathrujith

One who vanquishes all

enemies.

 

827. SathruthaapanaH

 

The scorcher of foes.

 

828. nyagroDhaH udhumbaraH

 

athyucchrita-sevyo

api atyanta-neechaanaamapi anuvarthana- saadhyah

 

Though

He is worshipped by the highest devas like Brahma and Rudra , He is easily

available to the lowliest like us who pray to Him with folded hands. That is

His soulabhya.

 

He

is udhumbara , having the supreme

abode,udh means above and ambara is sky.

 

nyak means below. roDhaH is one who is controlled. The

Lord is subservient to His devotees who are much below Him and pray to Him with

folded hands.

 

829.aSvatThaH

 

Sva means

tomorrow. na Sva asva, that which has no tomorrow, meaning

impermanent . It denotes the devas who are changing and the Lord is the one who

establishes them in their positions. theshaam

niyaamakathyaa thishTathi.

 

The word asvattha occurs in Gita where the cycle of

samsara to which the asvattha tree is

compared to, is described as rooted in Brahman.

 

The word aSva also means

the five elements, aSnuvathe vyaaonuvanthi viSvam , pervading the universe as

it is made up of the five elements.The Lord is called aSvatTha as he stands

inside them as the inner self.

 

830.chaaNooraanDhra nishoodhanaH

 

He who killed ChaNoora,

and other wicked persons . chaayyanthe poojyanthe ithi chaaNooraaH, the good

and saintly who deserve worship and anDgra is derived from anDha, blind to the

good , wicked who give trouble to the good .The Lord destroys them.

 

831.saharaarchiH

 

The one who has thousand

rays It is His luminance which causes

the luminance of the sun and athe moon.

 

832. saptha jihvaH

 

The Lord in the form of

fire carries the offerings in the sacrifices to the devas. In the Gita the Lord

says,

 

aham karthuraham yajnaH svaDhaaham aham oushaDham

 

manthro ham aham evaajyam ahamagniH aham hutham

 

"I am the krathu, I am the yajna, sacrifice, I am

svadhaa, the offering made to pithrs, I am the herbs , I am the manthra, I am

the clarified butter, I am the fire and the act of offering."

The fire is called saptha jihvaa, seven tongued.

The seven tounges of the fire are, kaalee, karaalee, manojavaa sulohithaa,

suDhoomravarna, spulingini and viSvaruchi.

 

833. sapthaiDhaaH

 

One who shines like the

fire with seven kinds of fuel. They are palaasa, banyan, fig, jack,

samee,aSanuhatha and pushkaraparNa. These are yhte seven forest trees that put

forth no flowers but bear only fruits.

 

834. sapthavaahanaH

 

He who has seven vehicles

in the form of seven mantras which reveal Him in seven metres, gayathri,

anushtup,brhathi, pankthi,thrshtup and jagathi which are represented by the

seven horses of the Sun.

 

835.amoorthiH

 

One who has no body made

of five elements , praakrtha Sareera. Also He is the embodiment of pranava

denoted by the letter `a' of the pranava

 

836. anaghaH

 

Blemishless.

 

837. achinthyaH

 

Not comprehensible by

senses, mind and intellect or by any means of cognition

 

838. bhayakrth

 

He strikes fear at the

heart of those who acts against dharma.

 

839. bhayanaaSanaH

 

He destroys the fear in

the heart of His devotees