VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM - Courtesy ARUN

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490. Aadidevah -The first Deity. Or it can also mean as one who is First (Aadi)

and one who is resplendent (Deva); further we can also take it to mean that He

is the First Deva, meaning, He is the God of all gods. The term `Aadi' also

means " one who eats; " the term' Deva' can mean `one who evolves': thus the term

can mean " one who evolves in eating up, " by consuming the names and forms. This

implies that to the extent one withdraws himself from his false occupations with

the perceived names and forms, he moves deeper and deeper into the experiences

of the divine Lord in himself; with this idea in mind, Lord is described by this

term, " One who evolves in consuming the names and forms. "