VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM , STANZA-59

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vedhaaH svaaNgojitaH kRishhNo dRiDhaH sankarshhaNoachyutaH |

varuuNo vaaruNo vRikshaH pushhkaraaksho mahaamanaaH

 

Vedhah            the creator and the parent

Svangah           One who has himself as his body

Ajitah               not conquered by anyone

Krsnah             the dark or the mysterious being

Drdhah             One who stands all and survives all changes

Sankarsanah     One who destroys the vehicles(bodies) withdrawing into himself

Achutah            One who has no slip

Varunah           the deva who presides over the water element. He is said to be

the ruler of the west.

Varunah           Bhrigu, the son of Varuna

Vrksah             the formula of the tree through which the whole process of

the germination of prakriti manifests

Puskaraksah     His eyes resemble the petals of the white lotus

Mahamanah      the great mind (the one mind)

 

MEANING :

 

                Meditate the Lord as the creator and father of the whole

universe from whom the bodies and forms emerge as the grosser part of himself.

As the background, he is the grandest mystery which is the eternal darkness to

the comprehension of the mind and the senses . He is strong enough to survive

all the sweeps of creation and he withdraws all the vehicles again into himself,

himself standing eternal with out a slip. Varuna, the Lord of waters and his son

Bhrugu are only His manifestations which germinate the tree of the universe .

His eyes resembles the petals of the white lotus, while He is the one mind of

all.

 

EXPLANATION :

 

1.The principle of father giving birth to himself as the son is always beyond

the relationship of physical bodies and mental relationship between the father

and the son .This principle that transcends is the splendour of the Lord.

 

2.The physical vehicles and the mental structure descend as lower principles

from the higher Himself. Hence he has Himself as his own vehicle.

 

3.Since everything is part of Himself he can never be conquered by anyone.

 

4. Lord Vishnu is described as having his body blue coloured. Hence he is called

Krishna . The appearent blue colour which is only a deception of the eye is

always an unsolvable mystery of the depths of space from which everything comes

and which always stands untouched by anything.

 

5. Since the background is unaffected by creation or prakriti, He is the

strongest who survives all.

 

6. The vehicles of any living being are only to serve the purpose of creation .

Once the purpose is served, the vehicles are decomposed by death and are with

drawn into the basic elements which contain Himself .They recede into him once

again.

 

7. Being the background, everything in the creation slips off in time while . He

has no slip

 

8.Varuna is the God of waters who hatches the egg of creation as the germinating

elements of life in all kingdoms.

 

9. Bhrugu, the son of Varuna is said to have conducted a conversation  with his

father and through this , he received the intiations of the mysteries of

creation.All this drama is enacted by the formation of the germinative tissue in

the physical bodies of the beings.

 

10. Prakriti which produces the whole creation, through its three-fold

functioning is understood as the tree of a universe, Its roots(causes) are above

and the branches (effects) extend below. The leaves that sprout are the various

branches of wisdom, the sum total of which is called Veda . Thus it is described

in the Vedas,  Upanishads and the 15th chapter of Bhagavadgita

 

Courtesy-Master E.K

 

Regards

Bharathi.A