STANZA-23 VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM

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STANZA- 23

 

" guruh gurutamo dhamh satya satya parakramah

nimiso nimisah sragvi vacaspatirudaradhih "

 

Word Meaning :

Guruh - Preceptor

Gurutamah - The preceptor of preceptors

Dhamah - The path of light

Satyah - The truth of existence

Satyaparakramah - One who replaces other things with truth

Nimisah - The wink of the eye

Animisah - The Lord with his eyes having no wink

Sragwi - Decorated with a garland

Vacahspatih - The lord of speech

Usaradhih - The self-effulgent will

 

MEANING:

 

Meditate the Lord as the preceptor,the preceptoe of all preceptors,the path of

light and the truth of existence.He conquers by replacing other things with the

truth of his existence.Even the wink of the eye is Himself while He has the

glance with out awink of the eye .He is the lord of speech since He exists in us

in the form of our very self -effulgent will.

 

EXPLANATION:

 

1. When the time for the realisation of the spirit comes, everyone comes accross

the presence of his own guru.Till then, the Lord waits in the hearts of the guru

and the disciple,as the two sparks of consciousness dormant of each other's

presence.Hence guru is the principle that exists in all and not a person to

another person.The science of yoga teaches us '' The Lord who exist in the

hearts of all is the guru of gurus. ''He is the seed of all wisdom and all

realisation. ............Guru is the creator,the Lord of pervasion and the

Lord-Executive.He is the wisdom of the very omni-presence of one's presence.

Therefore,I bow down with my presence to the very omni-presence .......... He

exists in the hearts of all making the rotation of all and everyone by fitting

them into the machine of maya

 

3. Since every part of our body,life,mind and senses is an externalisation of

the Lord's spirit, pur process of retracing Him through meditation forms the

path of the light of the soul which is the ray of the spirit.

 

4. Truth ranges from what we know as truth to the very law that governs the

existence of the whole creation. ''The earth is kept in poise by the sun.The

vault of space is kept in poise kof allby the power of truth,the law of

ecistence,'' says Rig-Veda.

 

5. Our knowledge of anything leads to its own core which is the truth of the

omni-presence of the Lord.

 

6. The wink of our eye marks the existence of our own objective presence as a

unit of our own measure of time and activity.It is lived by His presence.

 

7. Our mind lives through an alternation of unconsciousness on the baclground of

the continuity, the undercurrent of consciousness.Our unconsciousness alternates

in the form of sleep,unawareness,abesence of mind and death.All these states

float on the waves of the undercurrent which is the presence of the Lord

Himself.Hence He is the glance without a wink

 

8. All flowers of the earth decorate the Lord's presence in them in the form of

their own graceful blossoming.In doing so they form an ever forming garland to

the Lord.Hence the Lord is to be meditated as one who is garlanded by the aray

of the presence of all of us.

 

9. The source of our speech and expression is our own consciousness of which we

are its expression.Our individual consciouss is a unit of the flood of light

which is the Lord Himself.Hence He is the Lord of whatever we speak out and

express through our behaviour.

 

10. Thus,He is the self-effulgent will and wisdom that belongs to ourselves and

to which we belong.

 

COURTESY -- MASTER E.K

 

Regards

Bharathi.A