SRI VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM , STANZA -72

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STANZA- 72

 

Maha-kramo maha-karma maha-teja mahoragah |

Maha-kritu rmahayajva maha-yagno maha-havih || 

 

Maha Kramah              One who has big strides

Maha Karma                 One who has big karma

Maha Tejah                  The great light

Maharagah                   The great serpent

Maha kratuh                 The great ritual

Maha Yajva                 One who performs

Maha Yajnah                One who performs the great ritual

Maha Havih                  The great oblation

 

Meaning :

 

Meditate the Lord as the one with big strides and big karma . He is the great

light, the great serpent, the great ritual and the great ritualist . He is also

the great sacrifice and the great oblation .

 

EXPLATION :

 

1.The great strides of the Lord are the earth, the heaven and his own presemce .

he occupied the whole universe with his three strides.

2. The great karma of the lord is the creation and its chain actions. It is the

cause and effect of chain action of the whole universe . It should not be

confused with the involvement of the individual in his motivation of his own

acts .

3.All lights like fire , sun, and the intellect of the individuals are only the

manifestations of the Lord’s light . Hence the real light which illumines all

lives is the Lord himself. Hence he is the greatest light .

4. Adisesha or Ananta, the serpent of eternity exists as the potential coil that

ever unwinds . He is the abode of the Lord with in ,.

5.Ritual is pattern of work done in accordance with the pattern of the creation

..

6.The one who conducts the ritual in an actor enacting the role of Deva, who is

conducting his role in creatin . When the whole universe is the one grand

ritual, the Lord is the one who performs the ritual.

7.The whole ritual of creatin is for no purpose of his own. Hence it is the

greatest sacrifice of Himself as time and space .

8.Oblation is the offering given to the gods through the fire . It is the

formation of matter in creation . It is also the archetype of the various levels

of combustion in metabolism.

 

 

COURTESY-MASTER E.K

 

Regards

Bharathi.A