Sri Vishnu Sahasrnama Meaning for the Second Nama: Vishnuh

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Vishnuh

 

The term Vishnu is dissolved as Veveshti Vyaapnoti iti Vishnuh-That which

pervades everywhere is Vishnu. That which has the nature of pervasiveness is

Vishnu. He is the one who pervades all and nothing ever pervades Him.

‘Eesaavaasyam Idam Sarvam’-All this is indwelt, pervaded by the Lord. This very

same idea is described in the typical style of the Puranas, in the incarnation

of the Lord as Vaamana, the short-boy (Vamana), who, with His three feet,

measured the entire universe. Because of this act, the Lord got the name Vishnu,

says Mahaabhaarata. Vishnu Purana (3-1) says: The root Vis means ‘to enter’. The

entire world of things and beings is pervaded by Him and the Upanishad

emphatically insists in its mantra ‘whatever that is there is the world of

change’. Hence it means that He is not limited by space (Desa), time (Kaala) or

substance (Vastu).