VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM 55 - Courtesy ARUN

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Stanza 7

agraahyah saasvatah krishno

lohitaakshah pratardanah

prabhootah trikakub-dhaama

pavitram mangalam param.

 

(55) Agraahyah -That which cannot be perceived through the play of

the sense organs; in short, that which is not an `object' of

perception, but which is the very `subject'-who is the Perceiver in

all that is perceived. The `subject' can never become the `object',

and hence Truth is something that the sense organs cannot apprehend,

as they do any other sense-objects. He is the one `subject' ever-

perceiving all objects, through all sense-organs of all living

creatures, everywhere, at all times. The Lord is the `subject', not

only in the sense organs, but He is the " feeler " in the mind and

the " thinker " in the intellect.

 

And thus the sense organs cannot perceive It, nor the mind feel It,

nor the intellect apprehend It; says the Upanishad, " That from which

words retire unapproached along with the mind " is the Supreme. Hence

He is Agraahya-Imperceptible and Incomprehensible. Kenopanishad is

very clear and emphatic: " That which the eyes cannot perceive, but

because of which eyes are perceiving, understand That to be Brahman

(Maha Vishnu) and not that which you here worship. "