STANZA-48 VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM

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STANZA-48

yajna ijyo mahejyasca kratuh satram satam gatih

sarvadarsi vimuktatma sarvajno jnanamuttamam

Yajnah- Sacrifice

Ijyah-that which can be desired to achieve in the sacrifice

Mahejyah-the greater sacrifice

Ca- and

Kratuh-works ritualized

Satram-the sacrifice of gathering people

Satam-for the good people

Gatih-path and goal

Sarvadarsi-the seer of all

Vimuktatma-the liberated soul

Sarvajnah-the all-konwer

Uttamam-the greatest

Jnanam-wisdom

Meaning:

Meditate the Lord as sacrifice, sacrifice for an end and for a greater end.Also

meditate Him as ritual and the gathering of a seminar sacrifice which is the

path and goal of the well behaved ones.He is the all-seer,all knower, the

liberated soul and the supreme wisdom

EXPLANATION:

1.The word Yajna signified doing some good work for the collective benefit with

a spirit of contribution, without a personal benefit.

2.Ijya is an offering and sacrifice to get a desired end.For example,performing

sacred rituals to get success in wars, to get good rains etc

3.Sacrifice for a greater end is performing a sacrifice for the soul elevation

of all.For example, building a temple, establishing a religious ideology etc.

4.Kratu means a ritual with a specific pratical procedure which works as a

sacrament to liberate one’s own consciousness

5.Satram means the gathering of many liberated souls into a seminar for the

benefit of spreading spiritual light and the sciences applied thereof.The

gathering lasts from one day to 1,000 years.Ex :  Suta  and all the great

sages gathering at Naimisa to conduct the gathering for 1,000 years. This they

do, by handing over the whole ritual to the next generation continuously. Such a

ritual is the path for training as well as the means of liberation for the well

behaved people. All these rituals of various types have their objects in

knowledge,wisdom and liberation and hence they are the various forms of the Lord

Himself.

6.The Lord is the all-seer of  all the sacrifices. Here the word seer means

supervisor as well as the consciousness that pervades the whole sacrifice.

7.Where there is liberation of an individual soul, there is already one of the

forms of the Lord.Real knowledge and supreme wisdom is a proper knowledge of the

rituals, the spirit of sacrifice and the process of the liberation of a soul.All

these signify the grace of the Lord.

 

COURTESY-MASTER E.K

 

Regards

Bharathi.A