VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM Part 3 Of 5

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VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM [Part 3 of 5]

 

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Udbhavah kshobhano devan shrigarbhah parameshvarah

Karanam kaaranam karta vikarta gahano guhah ..41

 

Udbhavah: One who is the material cause of creation.

Kshobhano: One who at the time of creation entered into the Purusha

and Prakruti and caused agitation.

Devan: `Divyati' means sports oneself through creation and other

cosmic activities.

Shrigarbhah: One in whose abdomen (Garbha) Shri or His unique

manifestation as Samsara has its existence.

Parameshvarah: `Parama' means the supreme. `Ishvarah' means one who

hold sway over all beings.

Karanam: He who is the most important factor in the generation of

this universe.

Kaaranam: He who is the most important factor in the generation of

this universe.

Karta: One who is free and is therefore one's own master.

Vikarta: One who makes this unique universe.

Gahanah: One whose nature, greatness and actions cannot be known by

anybody.

Guhah: One who hides one's own nature with the help of His power of

Maya.

 

Vyavasayo vyavasthanah samsthanah sthanado dhruvah

Parardhih parama-spashtas tushtah pushtah subhekshanah ..42

 

Vyavasayo: One who is wholly of the nature of knowledge.

Vyavasthanah: He in whom the orderly regulation of the universe rests.

Samsthanah: One in whom all beings dwell in the states of dissolution.

Sthanado: One who gives their particular status to persons like

Dhruva according to their Karma.

Dhruva: One who is indestructible.

Parardhih: One who possesses lordliness of this most exalted type.

Parama-spashtas: One in whom `Para' or supremely glorious `Ma' or

Lakshmi dwells. Or one who is the greatest of all beings without any

other's help.

Tushtah: One who is of the nature of supreme.

Pushtah: One who in fills everything.

Subhekshanah: One whose Ikshanam or vision bestows good on all beings

that is, gives liberation to those who want Moksha and enjoyments to

those who are after it, and also cuts asunder the knots of the heart

by eliminating all doubts.

 

Ramo viramo virato margo neyo nayonayah

Virah shaktimatam shreshtho dharmo dharma-vid uttamah ..43

 

Ramo: The eternally blissful on in whom the Yogis find delight.

Viramo: One in whom the Virama or end of all beings takes place.

Virato: One in whom the desire for enjoyments has ceased.

Margo: That path by knowing which the liberation-seeking ascetics

attain to immortality.

Neyo: One who directs or leads the Jiva to the Supreme Being through

spiritual realization.

Nayo: One who leads, that is, who is the leader in the form of

spiritual illumination.

Anayah: One for whom there is no leader.

Virah: One who is valorous.

Shaktimatam-shreshtho: One who is the most powerful among all

powerful beings like Brahma.

Dharmah: One who supports all beings.

Dharma-viduttamah: The greatest of knower of Dharma. He is called so

because all the scriptures consisting of Shrutis and Smrutis form His

commandments.

 

Vaikunthah purushah pranah pranadah pranavah pruthuh

Hiranya-garbhah shatrughno vyapto vayur adhokshajah ..44

 

Vaikunthah: The bringing together of the diversified categories is

Vikuntha. He who is the agent of it is Vaikunthah.

Purushah: One who existed before everything.

Pranah: One who lives as Kshetrajana (knower in the body) or one who

functions in the form of vital force called Prana.

Pranadah: One who destroys the Prana of beings at the time of Pralaya.

Pranavah: One who is praised or to whom prostration is made with Om.

Pruthuh: One who has expanded himself as the world.

Hiranya-garbhah: He who was the cause of the golden-coloured egg out

of which Brahma was born.

Shatrughno: One who destroys the enemies of the Devas.

Vyaptah: One who as the cause pervades all effects.

Vayur: One who is the cause of smell.

Adhokshajah: He is Adhokshaja because he undergoes no degeneration

from His original nature.

 

Rituh sudarshanah kalah parameshti parigrahah

Ugrah samvatsaro daksho vishramo vishva-dakshinah ..45

 

Rituh: One who is of the nature of Kala (time) which is indicated by

the word Ritu or season.

Sudarshanah: One whose Darshana or vision that is knowledge, bestows

the most auspicious fruit Moksha.

Kalah: One who measures and sets a limit to everything.

Parameshti: One who dwells in his supreme greatness in the sky of the

heart.

Parigrahah: One who, being everywhere, is grasped on all sides by

those who seek refuge in Him. Or one who grasps or receives the

offerings made by devotees.

Ugrah: One who is the cause of fear even to beings like Sun.

Samvatsaro: One in whom all beings reside.

Daksho: One who augments in the form of the world.

Vishramah: One who bestows Vishrama or liberation to aspirants who

seek relief from the ocean of Samsara with its waves of various

tribulations in the from of Hunger, Thirst etc., and difficulties

like Avidya, pride, infatuation etc.,

Vishvadakshinah: One who is more skilled (Daksha) than every one. Or

One who is proficient in everything.

 

Vistarah sthavara-sthanuh pramanam bijam avyayam

Arthonartho mahakosho mahabhogo mahadhanah ..46

 

Vistarah: One in whom all the worlds have attained manifestation.

Sthavara-sthanuh: One who is firmly established is Sthavara, and in

whom long lasting entities like earth are established in Sthanu. The

Lord is both these.

Pramanam: One who is of the nature of pure consciousness.

Bijamavyayam: One who is the seed or cause of Samsara without Himself

undergoing any change.

Arthah: One who is sought (Arthita) by all, as He is of the nature of

bliss.

anarthah: One who, being self-fulfilled, has no other Artha or end to

seek.

Mahakosho: One who has got as His covering the great Koshas like

Annamaya, Pranamaya etc.

Mahabhogo: One who has Bliss as the great source of enjoyment.

Mahadhanah: One who has got the whole universe as the wealth (Dhana)

for His enjoyment.

 

Anirvinnah sthavishthobhur dharma-yupo maha-makhah

Nakshatra-nemir nakshatri kshamah kshamah samihanah ..47

 

Anirvinnah: One who is never heedless, because He is ever self-

fulfilled.

Sthavishtah: One of huge proportions, because He is in the form of

cosmic person.

Abhuh: One without birth. Or one has no existence.

Dharma Yupah: The sacrificial post for Dharmas, that is, one to whom

all the forms of Dharma, which are His own form of worship, are

attached, just as a sacrificial animal is attached to a Yupa or a

sacrificial post.

Maha-makhah: One by offering sacrifices to whom, those sacrifices

deserve to be called great, because they well give the fruit of

Nirvana.

Nakshatra nemir: The heart of all nakshatras.

Nakshatri: He is in the form of the nakshatra, Moon.

Kshamah: One who is clever in everything.

Kshamah: One who remains in the state of pure self after all the

modifications of the mind have dwindled.

Samihanah: One who exerts well for creation etc.

 

Yajna ijyo mahejyas cha kratuh satram satamgatih

Sarvadarshi vimuktatma sarvagyo gynanam-uttamam ..48

 

Yajnah: One who is all-knowing.

Ijayah: One who is fit to be worshipped in sacrifices.

Mahejyascha: He who, of all deities worshipped, is alone capable of

giving the blessing of liberation.

Kratuh: A Yajna in which there is a sacrificial post is Kratu.

Satram: One who is of the nature of ordained Dharma.

Satamgatih: One who is the sole support for holy men who are seekers

of Moksha.

Sarvadarshi: One who by His inborn insight is able to see all good

and evil actions of living beings.

Vimuktatma: One who is naturally free.

Sarvagyo: One who is all and also the knower of all.

Gynanam uttamam: That consciousness which is superior to all,

birthless, unlimited by time and space and the cause of all

achievements.

 

Suvratah sumukhah sukshmah sughoshah sukhadah suhrut

Manoharo jita-krodho virabahur vidaranah ..49

 

Suvratah: One who has take the magnanimous vow to save all refuge-

seekers.

Sumukhah: One with a pleasant face.

Sukshmah: One who is subtle because He is without any gross causes

like sound etc.

Sughoshah: One whose auspicious sound is the Veda. Or one who has got

a deep and sonorous sound like the clouds.

Sukhadah: One who gives happiness to good people.

Suhrut: One who helps without looking for any return.

Manoharo: One who attracts the mind by His incomparable blissful

nature.

Jitakrodho: One who has overcome anger.

Virabahur: One whose arms are capable of heroic deeds as demonstrated

in his destruction of Asuras for establishing Vedic Dharma.

Vidaranah: One who destroys those who live contrary to Dharma.

 

Svapanah svavasho vyapi naikatma naika-karma-krut

Vatsaro vatsalo vatsi ratna-garbho dhaneshvarah ..50

 

Svapanah: One who enfolds the Jivas in the sleep of Ajnana.

Svavasho: One who is dominated by oneself and not anything else, as

He is the cause of the whole cosmic process.

Vyapi: One who interpenetrates everything like Akasha.

Naikatma: One who manifests in different forms as the subsidiary

agencies causing the various cosmic processes.

Naika-karma-krut: One who engages in innumerable activities in the

process of creation, sustentation etc.

Vatsaro: One in whom everything dwells.

Vatsalo: One who has love for His devotees.

Vatsi: One who protects those who are dear to Him.

Ratna-garbho: The Ocean is so called because gems are found in its

depths. As the Lord has taken the form of the ocean, He is called by

this name.

Dhaneshvarah: One who is the Lord of all wealth.

 

Dharmagub dharmakrud dharmi sad-asatksharam aksharam

Avigyata sahashramsur vidhata kruta-lakshanah ..51

 

Dharmagub: One who protects Dharma.

Dharmakrud: Though above. Dharma and Adharma, He performs Dharma in

order to keep up the traditions in respect of it.

Dharmi: One who upholds Dharma.

Sad: The Parabrahman who is of the nature of truth.

Asat: As the Aparabrahma has manifested as the world He is called

Asat (not having reality).

Ksharam: All beings subjected to change.

Aksharam: The changeless one.

Avigyata: One who is without the attributes of a Jiva or vigyata like

sense of agency etc.

Sahashramshur: One with numerous rays, that is the Sun.

Vidhata: One who is the unique support of all agencies like Ananta

who bear the whole universe.

Krutalakshanah: One who is of the nature of conscousness.

 

Gabhasti-nemih sattvasthah simho bhuta-maheshvarah

Adidevo mahadevo devesho devabhrud-guruh ..52

 

Gabhasti-nemih: He who dwells in the middle of Gabhasti or rays as

the Sun.

Sattvasthah: One who dwells specially in sattvaguna, which is

luminous by nature.

Simho: One who ahs irresistible power like a lion.

Bhuta-maheshvarah: The supreme Lord of all beings.

Adidevo: He who is the first of all beings.

Mahadevo: One whose greatness consists in His supreme self-knowledge.

Devesah: One who is the lord of all Devas, being the most important

among them.

Devabhrud-guruh: Indra who governs the Devas is Devabhrut. The Lord

is even that Indra's controller (Guru).

 

Uttaro gopatir gopta gyanagamyah puratanah

Sharira-bhuta-bhrud bhokta kapindro bhuridakshinah ..53

 

Uttaro: One who is Uttirna or liberated from Samsara.

Gopatir: Krishna who tends the cattle in the form of a Gopa. One who

is the master of the earth.

Gopta: One who is the protector of all beings.

Gyanagamyah: The Lord cannot be known through Karma or a combination

of Karma and Gyana.

Puratanah: One who is not limited by time and who existed before

anything else.

Sharira-bhuta-bhrud: One who is the master of the five Bhutas

(elements) of which the body is made.

Bhokta: One who protects. Or one who is the enjoyer of infinite bliss.

Kapindro: Kapi means Varah (boar). The word means, the Lord who is

Indra and also one who manifested as Varaha or the Boar in one of the

incarnations. Or it signifies His Rama incarnation in which He played

the role of the master of the monkeys.

Bhuridakshinah: One to whom numerous Dakshinas or votive offerings

are made in Yagyas.

 

Somapo amrutapah somah purujit purushottamah

Vinayo jayah satyasandho dasharhah satvatampatih ..54

 

Somapo: One who drinks the Soma in all Yagyas in the form of the

Devata (Deit).

Amrutapah: One who drinks the drink of immortal Bliss which is of

one's own nature.

Somah: One who as the moon invigorates the plants.

Purujit: One who gains victory over numerous people.

Purushottamah: As His form is of cosmic dimension He is Puru or

great, and as He is the most important of all, He is Sattama.

Vinayo: One who inflicts Vinaya or punishment on evil ones.

Jayah: One who is victorious over all beings.

Satyasandho: One whose `Sandha' or resolve becomes always true.

Dasharhah: Dasha means charitable offering. Therefore, He to whom

charitable offerings deserve to be made.

Satvatampatih: `Satvatam' is the name of a Tantra. So the one who

gave it out or commented upon it.

 

Jivo vinayita-sakshi mukundo amita vikramah

Ambhonidhir anantatma mahodadhishayonatakah ..55

 

Jivo: One who as the Kshetragya or knower of the field or the body,

is associated with the Pranas.

Vinayita-sakshi: One who witnesses the Vinayita or worshipful

attitude of all devotees.

Mukundo: One who bestows Mukti or Liberation.

Amita vikramah: One whose three strides were limitless.

Ambhonidhir: One in whom the Ambas or all beings from Devas down

dwell.

Anantatma: One who cannot be determined by space, time and causation.

Mahodadhi-sayah: One who lies in the water of Cosmic Dissolution into

which all entities in the universe have been dissolved.

Antakah: One who brings about the end of all beings.

 

Ajo maharhah svabhavyo jitamitrah pramodanah

Anando nandano nandah satya-dharma trivikramah ..56

 

Ajo: ` A' means Mahavishnu. So the word means one who is born of

Vishnu i.e. Kama Deva.

Maharhah: One who is fit for worship.

Svabhavyah: Being eternally perfect He is naturally without a

beginning.

Jitamitrah: One who has conquered the inner enemies like attachment,

anger etc. as also external enemies like Ravana, Kumbhakarna etc.

Pramodanah: One who is always joyous as He is absorbed in immortal

Bliss.

Anando: One whose form is Ananda or Bliss.

Nandano: One who gives delight.

Nandah: One endowed with all perfections.

Satya-dharma: One whose knowledge and other attributes are true.

Trivikramah: One whose three strides covered the whole world.

 

Maharshih kapilacharyah krutagyo medini-patih

Tripadas tridashadhyaksho mahashrungah krutantakrut ..57

 

Maharshih Kapilacharyah: Kapila is called Maharshi because he was

master of all the Vedas.

Krutagyo: Kruta means the world because it is of the nature of an

effect.

Medinipatih: One who is the Lord of the earth.

Tripadas: One having three strides.

Tridashadhyaksho: One who is the witness of the three states of

waking, dream and sleep, which spring from the influence of the Gunas.

Mahashrungah: One with a great antenna.

Krutantakrut: One who brings about the destruction of the Kruta or

the manifested condition of the universe.

 

Mahavaraho goivindah sushenah kanakangadi

Guhyo gabhiro gahano guptas chakra-gadadharah ..58

 

Mahavaraho: The great Cosmic Boar.

Govindah: `Go' means Words, that is the Vedic sentences. He who is

known by them is Govindah.

Sushenah: One who has got about Him an armed guard in the shape of

His eternal associates.

Kanakangadi: One who has Angadas (armlets) made of gold.

Guhyo: One who is to be known by the Guhya or the esoteric knowledge

conveyed by the Upanishads. Or one who is hidden in the Guha or heart.

Gabhiro: One who is of profound majesty because of attributes like

omniscience, lordliness, strength, prowess etc.

Gahano: One who could be entered into only with great difficulty. One

who is the witness of the three states of waking, dreams and sleep as

also their absence.

Guptas: One who is not an object of words, thought etc.

Chakra-gada-dharah: One who has discus and Gada in hand.

 

Vedhah svango ajitah krishno drudhah sankarshano acyutah

Varuno vaaruno vrukshah pushkaraksho mahamanah ..59

 

Vedhah: One who does Vidhana or regulation.

Svango: One who is oneself the participant in accomplishing works.

Ajitah: One who has not been conquered by anyone in His various

incarnations.

Krishno: One who is known as Krishna-dvaipayana.

Drudhah: One whose nature and capacity know no decay.

Sankarshano Acyutah: Sankarshana is one who attracts to oneself all

beings at the time of cosmic Dissolution and Acyuta is one who knows

no fall from His real nature. They form one word with the first as

the qualification – Acyuta who is sankarshana.

Varuno: The evening sun is called Varuna, because he withdraws his

rays into himself.

Vaaruno: Vasishta or Agastya, the sons of Varuna.

Vrukshah: One who is unshakable like a tree.

Pushkaraksho: One who shines as the light of consciousness when

meditated upon in the lotus of the heart. Or one who has eyes

resembling the lotus.

Mahamanah: One who fulfils the three functions of creation,

sustentation and dissolution of the universe by the mind alone.

 

Bhagavan bhagahanandi vanamali halayudhah

Adityo jyotir-adityah sahishnur gatisattamah ..60

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