Vishnusahahranama-10and11

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10. Poothaathma

 

The word can be split in two ways, to mean `the pure

self of all,'

poothascha asou atmaa cha taken as a karmadhaaraya compound,

and `one whose self is pure,' poothah aathmaa yasya saha when

construed as a bahuvrihi compound. But the former meaning alone is

applicable here as the Lord is the self of all and pure. As the

imperfections of the body do not adhere to the soul, the

imperfections of the world which is His sarira, do not affect the

Lord, its soul. This is what is meant by the words of Krishna in

Bhagavtgita, `na maam karmaNi limpanthe' the actions of the sarira

which is His body do not affect the Lord , the indweller and the

inner self of all. The individual soul , jeevaathma, is not affected

by the actions of the body, mind and intellect but imagines itself

to be attached through ignorance.

 

 

 

11. Paramaathma

 

He is not only poothaathma and sarvabhoothaathma but also

Paramaathma. All beings are ensouled by Him and He is their real

self.

 

The Lord says in the Gita,

`utthamaH purushaH thu anyaH paramaathmaa ithi udhaahrthaH yo

lokathrayam aaviSya bibharthi avyaya eesvaraH'- BG 15-17

 

The Supreme Lord Narayana, other than the individual soul is called

paramaathma and He entering into everything as its inner self

supports all.

 

Also the Lord says ,'matthaH paratharam naanyath kimchith asthi

Dhananjaya,' there is nothing higher than myself. This is what

Nammazvar says in his thiruvaimozi, `uyarvaRa uyar nalam udaiyavan

yavanavan,' who has no one higher than Him in nature and qualities.