VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM [Part 4 of 5]

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VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM [Part 4 of 5]

 

Sudhanva-khandaparashur-daruno dravinapradah

Divah-spruk sarva-drug vyaso vachaspatir ayonijah ..61

 

 

Sudhanva: One who has got as His weapon the bow named Saranga of

great excellence.

Khanda-parashur: The battle-axe that destroys enemies.

Daruno: One who is harsh and merciless to those who are on the evil

path.

Dravinapradah: One who bestows the desired wealth on devotees.

Divah-spruk: One who touches the heavens.

Sarva-drug vyaso: One whose comprehension includes everything in its

ambit.

Vachaspatir ayonijah: The Lord is Vachaspati because He is the master

of all learning. He is Ayonija because He was not born of a mother.

This forms a noun in combination with the attribute.

 

 

Trisama samagah sama nirvanam bheshajam bhishak

Sanyasakrut chamah santo nishtha shantih parayanam ..62

 

 

Trisama: One who is praised by the chanters of Sama-gana through the

three Samas known as Devavratam.

Samagah: One who chants the Sama-gana.

Sama: Among the Vedas, I am Sama Veda.

Nirvanam: That in which all miseries cease and which is of the nature

of supreme bliss.

Bheshajam: The medicine for the disease of Samsara.

Bhishak: The Lord is called Bhishak or physician.

Sanyasakrut: One who instituted the fourth Ashrama of Sanyasa for the

attainment of Moksha.

Chamah: One who has ordained the pacification of the mind as the most

important discipline for Sannyasins (ascetics).

Santo: The peaceful, being without interest in pleasures of the

world.

Nishtha: One in whom all beings remain in abeyance at the time of

Pralaya.

Santih: One in whom there is complete erasing of Avidya or ignorance.

That is Brahman.

Parayanam: The state, which is the highest and from which there is no

return to lower states.

 

 

Shubhangah shantidah srashta kumudah kuvalesayah

Gohito gopatir gopta vrushabhaksho vrushapriyah ..63

 

 

Shubhangah: One with a handsome form.

Shantidah: One who bestows shanti, that is, a state of freedom from

attachment, antagonism, etc.

Srashta: One who brought forth everything at the start of the

creative cycle.

Kumudah: `Ku' means the earth. One who delights in it.

Kuvalesayah: `Ku' means earth. That which surrounds it is water,

so `Kuvala' means water. One who lies in water is

Kuvalesaya. `Kuvala' also means the underside of serpents. One

wholies on a serpent, known as Adisesha, is Kuvalesaya.

Gohito: One who protected the cows by uplifting the mount Govardhana

in His incarnation as Krishna.

Gopatir: The Lord of the earth is Vishnu.

Gopta: One who is the protector of the earth. Or one who hides

Himself by His Maya.

Vrushabhaksho: One whose eyes can rain all desirable objects on

devotees. Vrushabha means Dharma and so one whose look is Dharma.

Vrushapriyah: One to whom Vrusha or Dharma is dear.

 

 

Anivarti nivrutatma samkshepta kshema-kruchivah

Shrivasta-vakshah shrivasah shripatih shrimatam-varah ..64

 

 

Anivarti: One who never retreats in the battle with Asuras. Or one

who, being devoted to Dharma, never abandons it.

Nivrutatma: One whose mind is naturally withdrawn from the objects of

senses.

Samkshepta: One who at the time of cosmic dissolution contracts the

expansive universe into a subtle state.

Kshema-krut: One who gives Kshema or protection to those that go to

him.

Chivah: One who purifies everyone by the very utterance of His name.

Shrivasta vakshah: One on whose chest there is a mark called

Shrivasta.

Shrivasah: One on whose chest Shridevi always dwells.

Shripatih: One whom at the time of the churning of the Milk ocean

Shridevi chose as her consort, rejecting all other Devas and Asuras.

Or Shri mean supreme Cosmic Power. The Lord is the master of that

Power.

Shrimatam-varah: One who is supreme over all deities like Brahma who

are endowed with power and wealth of the Vedas.

 

 

Shridah shrishah shrinivasah shrinidhih shri-vibhavanah

Shridharah shrikarah shreyah shriman loka-trayashrayah ..65

 

 

Shridah: One who bestows prosperity on devotees.

Shrishah: One who is Lord of the Goddess Shri.

Shrinivasah: Shri here denotes men with Shri, that is, virtue and

power. He who dwells in such men is Shrinivasa.

Shrinidhih: One who is the seat of all Shri, that is, virtues and

powers.

Shri-vibhavanah: One who grants every form of prosperity and virtue

according to their Karma.

Shridharah: One who bears on His chest Shri who is the mother of all.

Shrikarah: One who makes devotees – those who praise, think about Him

and worship Him- into virtuous and powerful beings.

Shreyah: `Shreyas' means the attainment of what is un-decaying good

and happiness. Such a state is the nature of the Lord.

Shriman: One in whom there are all forms of Shri that is power,

virtue, beauty etc.

Loka-trayashrayah: One who is the support of all the three worlds.

 

 

Svakshah svangah shatanando nandir jyotir-ganeshvarah

Vijitatma vidheyatma satkirtischinna-samsayah ..66

 

 

Svakshah: One who's Akshas (eyes) are handsome like lotus flowers.

Svangah: One whose limbs are beautiful.

Shatanando: One who is non-dual and is of the nature of supreme bliss.

Nandir: One who is of the nature of supreme Bliss.

Jyotir-ganeshvarah: One who is the Lord of the stars, that is,

Jyotirgana.

Vijitatma: One who has conquered the Atma that is the mind.

Vidheyatma: One whose form or nature cannot be determined as `only

this'.

Satkriti: One whose fame is of the nature of truth.

Schinna-samsayah: One who has no doubts, as everything is clear to

him like a fruit in the palm.

 

 

Udirnah sarvata-chakshur-anisah sasvata-sthirah

Bhushayo bhushano bhutir vishokah shoka-nashanah ..67

 

 

Udirnah: He who is superior to all beings.

Sarvata-chakshur: One who, being of the nature of pure consciousness,

can see everthing in all directions.

Anisah: One who cannot have anyone to lord over him.

Sasvata –sthirah: One, who though eternal is also unchanging.

Bhushayo: One who, while seeking the means to cross over to Lanka,

had to sleep on the ground of the sea-beach.

Bhushano: One who adorned the earth by manifesting as various

incarnations.

Bhutir: One who is the abode or the essence of everthing, or is the

source of all glorious manifestations.

Vishokah: One who, being of the nature of bliss, is free from all

sorrow.

Shokanashanah: One who effaces the sorrows of devotees even by mere

remembrance.

 

 

Archishman architah kumbho vishuddhatma vishodhanah

Aniruddho pratirathah pradyumno amita-vikramah ..68

 

 

Archishman: He by whose rays of light (Archish), the sun, the moon

and other bodies are endowed with rays of light.

Architah: One who is worshipped by Brahma and other Devas who are

themselves the objects of worship in all the worlds.

Kumbho: He who contains in Himself every thing as in a pot.

Vishuddhatma: Being above the three Gunas, Satva, Rajas and Tamas,

the Lord is pure spirit and is also free from all impurities.

Vishodhanah: One who destroys all sins by mere remembrance.

Aniruddho: The last one of the four Vyuhas – Vasudeva, Samkarshana,

Pradyumna and Aniruddha. Or one who, cannot be obstructed by enemies.

Pratirathah: One who has no Pratiratha or an equal antagonist to

confront.

Pradyumno: One whose Dyumna or wealth is of a superior and sacred

order. Or one of the four Vyuhas.

Amita-vikramah: One of unlimited prowess. Or one whose prowess cannot

be obstructed by any one.

 

 

Kalaneminiha virah saurih sura-janeshvarah

Trilokatma trilokeshah keshavah keshiha harih ..69

 

 

Kalanemi-niha: One who destroyed the Asura named Kalanemi.

Virah: One who is courageous.

Saurih: One who was born in the clan of Sura as Krishna.

Sura-janeshvarah: One who by his overwhelming prowess controls even

great powers like Indra and others.

Trilokatma: One who in his capacity as the inner pervade is the soul

for the three worlds.

Trilokeshah: One under whose guidance and command everything in the

three words is functioning.

Keshavah: By Kesha is meant the rays of light spreading within the

orbit of the sun.

Keshiha: One who destroyed the Asura named Keshi.

Harih: One who destroys Samsara, that is, entanglement in the cycle

of birth and death along with ignorance, its cause.

 

 

Kamadevah kamapalah kami kantah krutagamah

Anirdeshya-vapur vishnur viro ananto dhananjayah ..70

 

 

Kamadevah: One who is desired by persons in quest of the four values

of life- Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha.

Kamapalah: One who protects or assures the desired ends of people

endowed with desires.

Kami: One who by nature has all his desires satisfied.

Kantah: One whose form is endowed with great beauty. Or one who

effects the `Anta' or dissolution of `Ka' or Brahma at the end of a

Dviparardha. (the period of Brahma's lifetime extending over a

hundred divine years).

Krutagamah: He who produced scriptures like Shruti, Smruti and Agama.

Anirdeshya-vapur: He is called so, because, being above the Gunas,

His form cannot be determined.

Vishnur: One whose brilliance has spread over the sky and over the

earth.

Viro: One who has the power of Gati or movement.

Ananto: One who pervades everything, who is eternal, who is the soul

of all, and who cannot be limited by space, time, location etc.

Dhananjayah: Arjuna is called so because by his conquest of the

kingdoms in the four quarters he acquired great wealth. Arjuna is a

Vibhuti, a glorious manifestation of the Lord.

 

 

Brahmanyo brahmakrud-brahma brahma brahma-vivardhanah

Brahmavid brahmano brahmi brahmgno brahmana-priyah ..71

 

 

Brahmanyo: The Vedas, Brahmanas and knowledge are indicated by the

word Brahma. As the Lord promotes these, He is called Brahmanya.

Brahmakrud: One who performs Brahma or Tapas (austerity).

Brahma: One who creates everything as the creator Brahma.

Brahma: Being big expanding, the Lord who is known from indications

like Satya (Truth), is called Brahma. Or Brahma is Truth, Knowledge

and Infinity!

Brahma-vivardhanah: One who promotes Tapas (austerity) etc.

Brahmavid : One who knows the Vedas and their real meaning.

Brahmano:: One who, in the form of Brahmana, instructs the whole

world, saying, `It is commanded so and so in the Veda'.

Brahmi: One in whom is established such entities as Tapas, Veda,

mind, Prana etc. which are parts of Brahma and which are also called

Brahma.

Brahmanapriyah: One to whom holy men are devoted.

 

 

Mahakramo mahakarma mahateja mahoragah

Mahakratur mahayajva mahayagyo mahahavih ..72

 

 

Mahakramo: One with enormous strides. May Vishnu with enormous

strides bestow on us happiness.

Mahakarma: One who is performing great works like the creation of the

world.

Mahateja: He from whose brilliance, sun and other luminaries derive

their brilliance. Or one who is endowed with the brilliance of

various excellences.

Mahoragah: He is also the great serpent.

Mahakratur: He is the great Kratu or sacrifice.

Mahayajva: One who is great and performs sacrifices for the good of

the world.

Mahayayagyo: He who is the great sacrifice.

Mahahavih: The whole universe conceived as Brahman and offered as

sacrificial offering (Havis) into the fire of the Self, which is

Brahman.

 

 

Stavyah Stavapriyah stotram stutih stota ranapriyah

Purnah purayita punyah punyakirtir anamayah ..73

 

 

Stavyah: One who is the object of laudations of everyone but who

never praises any other being.

Stavapriyah: One who is pleased with hymns.

Stotram: A Stotra means a hymn proclaiming the glory, attributes and

names of the Lord.

Stutih: A praise.

Stoat: One who, being all –formed, is also the person who sings a

hymn of praise.

Ranapriyah: One who is fond of fight for the protection of the world,

and for the prupose always sports in His hands the five weapons, the

discus Sudarshana, the mace Kaumodaki, the bow Saranga, and the sword

Nandaka besides the conch Panchajanya.

Purnah: One who is self-fulfilled, being the source of all powers and

excellences.

Purayita: One who is not only self-fulfilled but gives all

fulfillments to others.

Punyah: One by only hearing about whom all sins are erased.

Punyakirtir: One of holy fame. His excellences are capable of

conferring great merit on others.

Anamayah: One who is not afflicted by any disease that is born of

cause, internal or external.

 

 

Manojavas tirthakaro vasureta vasupradah

Vasuprado vasudevo vasur vasumana havih ..74

 

 

Manojavas: One who, being all pervading, is said to be endowed with

speed likes that of the mind.

Thirthakaro: Tirtha means Vidya, a particular branch of knowledge or

skill.

Vasureta: He whose Retas (Semen) is gold (Vasu).

Vasupradah: One who gladly bestows wealth in abundance. He is really

the master of all wealth, and others who seem to be so are in those

positions only because of His grace.

Vasuprado: One who bestows on devotees the highest of all wealth,

namely Moksha.

Vasudevo: The son of Vasudeva.

Vasur: He in whom all creation dwells.

Vasumana: One whose mind dwells equally in all things.

Havih: Havis or sacrificial offerings

 

 

Sadgatih sat-krutih satta sad-bhutih sat-parayanah

Suraseno yadushreshthah sannivasah suyamunah ..75

 

 

Sadgatih: One who is attained by such persons. Or who is endowed with

intelligence of great excellence.

Sat-krutih: One whose achievements are for the protection of the

world.

Satta: Experience that is without any difference of an external

nature from similar objects or dissimilar objects as also internal

differences is called Satta.

Sad-bhutih: The Paramatman who is pure existence and conscousness,

who is unsublatable and who manifests Himself in many ways.

Sat-parayanah: He who is the highest Status attainable by holy men

who have realized the Truth.

Suraseno: One having an army of heroic wariours like Hanuman.

Yadushreshthah: One who is the greatest among the Yadus.

Sannivasah: One who is the resort of holy knowing ones.

Suyamunah: One who is surrounded by may illustrious persons

associated with the river Yamuna like Devaki, Vasudeva, Nandagopa,

Yasoda, Balabhadra, Subhadra etc.

 

 

Bhutavaso vasudevah sarvasu-nilayo analah

Darpaha darpado drupto durdharo-atha-parajitah ..76

 

 

Bhutavaso: He in whom all the beings dwell.

Vasudevah: The Divinity who covers the whole universe by Maya.

Sarvasu-nilayo: He in whose form as the Jiva all the vital energy or

Prana of all living beings dissolves.

Analah: One whose wealth or power has no limits.

Darpaha: One who puts down the pride of persons who walk along the

unrighteous path.

Darpado: One who endows those who walk the path of righteousness with

a sense of self-respect regarding their way of life.

Drupto: One who is ever satisfied by the enjoyment of His own

inherent bliss.

Durdharo-atha: One who is very difficult to be borne orcontained in

the heart in meditation.

Aparajita: One who is never conquered by internal enemies like

attachment and by external enemies like Asuras.

 

 

Vishvamurtir mahamurtir diptamurtir amurtiman

Anekamurtir avyaktah shatamurtih shatananah ..77

 

 

Vishvamurtir: One who, being the soul of all, has the whole universe

as His body.

Mahamurtir: One with an enormous form stretched on a bedstead

constituted of the serpent Adisesha.

Diptamurtir: One with a luminous form of knowledge.

Amuritman: He who is without a body born of Karma.

Anekamuritr: One who assumes several bodies in His incarnations as it

pleases Him in or to help the world.

Avyaktah: One who cannot be clearly described as `This' even though

He has many forms.

Satamurtih: One who, though He is of the nature of Pure

Consciousness, assumes different forms for temporary purposes.

Shatananah: He is called one with a hundred faces to indicate that He

has several forms.

 

 

Eko naikah savah kah kim yat tat padam-anuttamam

Lokabandhur lokanatho madhavo bhakta-vastalah ..78

 

 

Eko: One without any kind of differences that are internal or that

relate to similar objects external or to dissimilar objects.

Naikah: One who has numerous bodies born of Maya.

Savah: That Yagya in which Soma is made.

Kah: The syllable `Ka' indicatesjoy or happiness. So it means one who

is hymned as constituted of joy.

Kim: One who is fit to be contemplated upon, because He is the

summation of all values.

Yat: One who is by nature existent. The word `Yat' indicates a self-

subsisting entity.

Tat: Brahma is so called because He `expands'.

Padam-anuttamam: Braman is `Pada' or Status, because He is the goal

of all Moksha-seekers. It is Anuttama, because It is that beyond

which there is nothing else to be attained.

Lokanathah: One to whom all the worlds pray.

Madhavo: One who was born in the clan of Madhu.

Bhaktavatsalah: One who has got love for devotees.

 

 

Suvarna varno hemango varangas chandanangadi

Viraha vishamah sunyo ghrutasir achalaschalah ..79

 

 

Suvarna varno: One who has got the colour of gold.

Hemango: One whose form is like that of gold.

Varangas: He the parts of whose form are brilliant.

Chandanangadi: One who is adorned with armlets that generate joy.

Viraha: One who destroyed heroes (Viras) like Kiranyakashipu for

protecting Dharma.

Vishamah: One to whom there is no euql because nothing is comparable

to Him by any characteristic.

Sunyah: One who, being without any attributes, appears as Sunya

(emptiness).

Ghrutasir: One whose blessings are unfailing.

Achalas: One who cannot be deprived of His real nature as Truth,

Intelligence and Infinity.

Chalah: One who moves in the form of air.

 

 

Amani manado manyo lokasvami triloka-dhruk

Sumedha medhajo dhanyah satyamedha dharadharah ..80

 

 

Amani: He who, being of the nature of Pure Consciousness, has no

sense of identification with anything that is not Atman.

Manado: One who by His power of Maya induces the sense of self in non-

self. Or one who has regard and beneficence towards devotees. Or one

who destroys in the knowing ones the sense of identification with the

non-self.

Manyo: One who is to be adored by all, because He is the God of all.

Lokasvami: One who is the Lord of all the fourteen spheres.

Triloka-dhruk: One who supports all the three worlds.

Sumedha: One with great and beneficent intelligence.

Medhajo: One who arose from Yaga (a kind of sacrifice).

Dhanyah: One who has attained all His ends and therefore is self-

satisfied.

Satyamedhah: One whose intelligence is fruitful.

Dharadharah: One who supports the worlds by His fractiosn like

Adisesha.

 

Tejovrusho dyuti-dharah sarva-shastra-bhrutam-varah

Pragrahonigraho vyagro naikashrungo gadagrajah ..81

 

 

Tejovrusho: One who in the form of the sun causes rainfall at all

times.

Dyuti-dharah: One whose form is always brilliant.

Sarva-shastra-bhrutam-varah: One who is superior to all bearing arms.

Pragraho: One who accepts the offerings of devotees with great

delight.

Nigraho: One who controls and destroys everything.

Vyagro: One who has no Agra or end. Or one who is very attentive

(Vyagra) in granting the prayers of devotees.

Naikashrungo: One with four horns.

 

 

To be Continued.......