VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM 17 - Courtesy ARUN

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(17) Aksharah -lndestructible: things which are finite are necessarily

conditioned by time and space; the Infinite is unconditioned, and so

It is Aksharah. Since It is Indestructible, It cannot come under the

methods of universal destruction arising from nature or through the

wilful actions of man. " It cannot be cleaved by instruments of

destruction, nor can fire burn It, nor water drench It, nor air dry

It " -(Geeta Ch. 2, St. 23). It is also indicated that the Supreme

Brahman is the Akshara- " Aksharam Brahma Paramam " -(Geeta Ch. 8, St. 3).

 

Please note that in the stanza there is the extra word `only' (Eva)

used, indicating that Kshetrajnah is the Aksharah; there is no

difference between them both: the " Knower-of-the-field " and

the " field " .