VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM - Courtesy ARUN

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(180) Mahaadridhrik -One who supports the great Mountain. In the

Puranas, we find two instances, wherein the Lord has been described as

the uplifter of or as having lifted and supported the mountains. While

churning the milky ocean with the Mandara mountain we are told that

the " churning-stick " sunk into the bottom and the Lord had to manifest

in the form of the Great Tortoise (Koorma) and support it, while the

Gods and Demons continued the churning, until they gathered the nectar

(Amritam).

 

Again, the Supreme, as Lord Krishna, in order to protect the cows had

to lift the Govardhana Mountain. Because of these two stories in the

Puranas, Lord, the Protector of the mind in Saadhanaa, is called as

Mahaadridhrik.