STANZA-20 VISHNU SAHSRANAMAM

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STANZA-20

 

mahesvaso mahibharta

srinivasah satamgatih

aniruddhah suranando

govindo govidampatih

 

Word Meanings:

 

(Mahesvasah) = He who wears a great bow

 

(Mahibharta) = He is the Lord of this earth

 

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(Srinivasah) = The abode of the Goddess of wealth

 

(Satamgatih) = The path and the goal of the

virtuous people

 

(Aniruddhah) = The impeded

 

(Suranandah) = The joy of the devas

 

(Govindah) = the owner of the cows

 

(Govidampatih) = The protector of those who

know the light.

 

MEANING:

 

Invoke the Lord as having a great bow and protecting the earth, the

abode of wealth; and the path and goal of the virtuous. He is the

unimpeded one who is the joy of devas, the owner of the cows and the

protector of those who are after the light.

 

Explanation :

 

1. The Lord always holds the great bow which is known as saranga. The

word means a bow with beautiful curves. It is to drive away the

diabolical forces and protect the devas and the rishis. In its hidden

sense, the bow is the utterence of OM. It is to be meditated upon at

the brow centre. The two eye brows are to be meditated as the bow. In

Saskrit script the letter written for OM ~ has three beautiful curves

and resembles an arrow emerging out of a bow.

 

 

2. This earth appears like a mass of inert matter to the

indiscriminate eye. .In fact, it is the congregation of unit

consciousnesses behaving as atom~ which are held together into the

form of a globe by virtUe of the magnetic lines of force that are

guiding, leading and protecting the atoms night and day. Each atom is

guided through time to evolve into living beings, souls.and  sparks of

the spirit finally. .AII these forces are the very manifestations of

the Lord and hence He is the Lord Protector of this earth.

 

3. The form, natUre, behaviour and the change of everyone and

everything'in tHe creatior(put together serve as the wealth and

splendour of creation. The Lord is the indweller and protector of all

this wealth. By' himseIf He is no form or name or behaviour. All these

come from Him, live on his surface and merge into Him, Hence He.is the

very abode-ofhis wealth. He is said to' have his'Wealth on his chest

in the region of the heart: This means that everything is an

expression as his love inbound that makes its manifestation from his

heart.

 

4 . Virtue makes its appearance as a strong aptitude in the hearts of

the initiated and the chosen people of the earth,It guides them to

resolve the mesh of the individual karma, to liberate themselves of it

unto eternity.Hence virtue is the grace of the Lord which forms the

path and the goal of the individual.

 

5 . Since matter force mind and consciousness are only the

counterparts of the Lord,they cannot block or impede the Lord from

performing the sacrifice of the whole creation.Impediments are only to

those whode condciouness is bound by matter,force or mind,When thry

meditate upon the Lord,thry stand unimpeded.Also Anirudda is one of

the patterns through which the  Lord makes His presence desended into

the creation.

 

6. The devas are the intelligences who work oUt the various stages and

layers of creation. They live in the equilibrium of their

Lord-consciousness and hence He is the bliss and joy of the devas.

Every individual comprehends this bliss and joy in the form of His own

ideal of realisation and what he under- stands and knows as JOY,

7. Lord Krishna is the real owner of all the cows of his village.

Hence He is called Govinda. The word also means the one who brings

forth the light of the sun into the various rays. By virtue of these

rays, he brings forth the planetary globes including our earth into

objectivity. In the individual consciousness, He makes the mind and

senses emerge into objectivity through the power of his nature. All

these manifestations are symbolised as his own cows and Himself, the

cowherd boy.

 

8. The Lord protects those who know the greatness of the cows and

serves them. Cow is the animal that shares the food of its child with

other living beings and hence is ~e symbol of the mother on earth.

Those who serve the cows serve the mother¬goddess. AgricultUre and

cattle-forming are the two sacred duties ordained by Lord Krishna for

the human being to honour the symbiosis of man, animal and plant on

this earth. Hence it is too sacred to serve the cattle in the eyes of

the Lord. In a hidden sense, the student of yoga serves the rays of

his own consciousness and guides his own senses from reacting while he

leads them towards the Lord. Hence the Lord is the protector of those

who know how to guide themselves and others.

 

COURTESY MASTER E.K

 

Regards

Bharathi.A