VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM - Courtesy ARUN

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349. Sareerabhrit – " One who sustains and nourishes all bodies " . Or, it

can mean " One who is form of food and praana, becomes the very cause

for the sustenance of the body " . It is a fact very well known that even

though a body can continue existing without visibly decaying for 50

years, once Life has ebbed away, the deadbody cannot maintain its form

and it does not exist even for 48 hours intact. He who while presiding

over the body nourishes and maintains it, and in whose absence the body

decays and nourishes, He is the One who is the Sustainer of the body

(Dehahhrit).