Vishnusahasranama-namas6to9

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6. Bhoothabrth

 

He is bhoothakrth when He turns creator and also when He is the annihilator. He is bhoothabrth when He is the sustainer and nourisher. bhoothaani bibhrathi ithi bhoothabhrth.

He is the sustainer in the sense that all exists because of His support like the spokes of the wheel are supported by the axle. Yet He is not different from the universe He supports not like a basket which supports the fruits but like the soul to the body.

 

Upanishad says `vaachaarambhaNam vikaaraH naamaDheyam mrttthikethyeva sathyam `(Chandhogya) which means that when you see a pot or a jar or a plate made of mud, the differences are due only to name and form but the essential and basic material is the mud which alone is real while others ,viz.name and form changes. Thus the only reality in the universe of sentient and non-sentient beings is the Lord without whom nothing can exist. In this sense He is the bhoothabhrth.

 

7. Bhaavah

 

Bhaavah is existence. The Lord is existence itself. This has

reference to the creation of four kinds of beings, andaja, birds, or beings born out of egg, svedhaja, insects and flies, born from vapour or sweat, udbijja plants that come out of seeds and jaraayuja animals and humans born from the womb. Bhaava not only includes the living beings but existence in general, sentient and insentient as everything owes its existence to Him.

 

8. Bhoothaathma

 

The self of all. The universe is His sarira, body of which He is

the self being the antharyaamin, indweller. `Esha tha aathmaa

antharyaamyamrthah' (Brhadhaaranyaka up.)

 

`eko vasI sarva bhUtAntarArmA rUpam rUpam pratirUpo bahisca' (Katopanishad)

The One Lord manifesting Himself as the souls of all beings who have

different external forms.

 

 

 

9. Bhootha bhaavanah

 

He creates everything and gives them existence, bhoothaani

bhaavayathi and saththayaa sthaapayathi. It also means He makes them flourish. and grow, vikaasayathi,pushpyathi, vardhayathi vaa.

 

He makes all things grow by providing what makes them sustained, nourished and making them enjoy.

 

tAni dhAraka poshaka bhogyapradAnena vardhayati iti bhUta-bhAvanah

 

For example if plant has to grow it needs earth to sustain it, water to nourish it and air and sunshine for it to enjoy. All this are provided by the Lord and the whole nature is provided for the sake of man for him to grow.

 

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