VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM - Courtesy ARUN

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553. Varunah -Since, in the evening, the sun reaches the western horizon

(Varuna-Dik), the sun is called Varunah. Also after his day's functioning in the

world, in the dusk he gathers his scorching rays unto himself and disappears.

Like the setting sun, the Lord withdraws the entire pluralistic world unto

Himself. The Eternal Reality, functioning through the sun as the sun's energy

and light, is described in the Upanishads as the `Golden One', and hence the

appropriateness of using this term Varunah for Narayana. The designation Soorya-

Narayana is very familiar to the students of Purana.