stanza- 25 VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM

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STANZA- 25

 

avartano nivrttatma samvrtah sampeamardanah

ahah samvartako vanhiranilo dharanidharah

 

Word Meaning :

Avartanah – One who exists and acts around everything as the whirl-pool of

centripetal and centrifugal forces

Nirvttatma –The soul that exists detached

Samvrtah – The one who exists surrounded

Sampramardanah – One who crushes the diabolical forces according to the

situation and fitness

Ahah – The day

Samvartakah – The whirlpool of consuming fire

Vahnih –Air

Dharanidharah – One who bears the earth- globe

 

Meaning :

                  Meditate the Lord as the whirlpool of

centripetal and centrifugal forces,as the soul that existence.He crushes the

diabolical forces according to the situation and fitness.He is the Lord who

manifests as the situation and fitness.He is the Lord who manifests as the

day,the whirlpool of consuming fire,the fire that transforms,the air and the

forces that keeps the earth globe in equilibrium.

 

Explanation :

 

1.The whole solar system is kept in equilibrium by the centripetal and

centrifugal unit of forces which as the whirlpool of forces in space.Due to this

forces,the planetary bodies are moulded in the form of globes and the planets

are worked out continuously in the form of spirals.

 

2 . Every unit of manifestation has its own subtle counter part which exist

detached of all the splendours of manifestation.It is called the soul of every

unit.

 

3 . Everything  created is surrounded by the Lord as the force that sustains

it.Hence everything exists by Him.

 

4. Diabolical forces work as the egocentric forces of every mind and produce

competition and struggle among themselves This struggle is  one form of the

Lord which keeps these evil forces under tenion and crushes them as and when

required.

 

5 . The day break awakens everyone from sleep and hence it is the form of the

Lord as the awakening consciousness.It forms the unit of existence to an

individual as well as to the creator and exists in various scales.

 

6. After living its legitimate span of life, every unit creation begins to

recede into dissolution.Fire manifests as consuming fire at this stage and plays

its role in the form of abig whirlpool. Such a fire is called samvartaka.

 

7 .  The fire that serves the creation in various stages is another form of the

Lord.It foes on helping the existence by continuously transforming matter from

one form to another and from the grosser to the subtler states, This is called

the fire of transformation  or fire by friction.

 

8 . Air represents the first manifestation of creation from the state of space

which is al –subjectivity to the state of a created entity which is

objectivity.All the forces put together form a unit which keeps the earth globe

in equilibrium and make it rotate around its own axis and revolve around the sun

..This aggregate forms one of the manifestation of the Lord.It is called Dharani,

the goddess of earth.

 

COURTESY -MASTER E.K

 

Regards

Bharathi.A