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VISHNU SAHASRANAAM 284. Bhaanuh -Self-Effulgent; One who expresses Himself for the blessing of the world in the form of the Sun and presides over the entire solar system. 285.
Sasabinduh -The
patch in the moon looks like the silhouette of a rabbit for the naked eye;
that which has a “beauty-spot” (Bindu) in the shape of a rabbit (Sasa) is
called Sasabindu -the moon. Since the Lord is the Nourisher of all and He
is Himself the entire world of matter, He Himself is the Moon “that
nourishes with essence all plant kingdom”. 286.
Suresvarah -Sura
means Deva and so the term indicates “the God of all gods”. The word Sura
also can be dissolved to mean Giver (Ra) of Plenty (Su); Sura therefore
stands for a person of extreme charity .The Lord, Eesvara, who prompts and
fulfils the loving kindness of all charitable men is Suresvarah, Lord
Vishnu. 287.
Aushadham -Medicine.
Narayana is the Divine Medicine for the immediate cure for all the burning
sorrows of Samsar. Even to consider it more directly as the specific cure
for all bodily ailments is not necessarily wrong, for ailments of the body
are caused by mental disintegration, and when the inner man has
surrendered in devotion to Him, Lord Narayana indeed becomes a specific
cure for even all the physical diseases of His devotees.
288.
Jagatassetuh -A reclamation bund thrown across
waters connecting distant islands to the main land is called Setu. Sri
Ramachandraji built one and reached Lanka. The term Jagatassetuh,
therefore, implies that the Lord is Himself the Bridge over which one can
safely cross over the realm of egocentric imperfections and reach the
joyous realms of the Infinite Perfection. 289.
Satyadharmaparaakramah -One
who champions heroically for Truth (Satya) and Righteousness (Dharma). It
can also imply as One who has Truthfulness (Sat yam), Righteousness
(Dharma) and Heroism (Paraakramah) .In short, Lord is One, who fights
constantly against the false and the unrighteous to establish Truth and
Purity. Stanza
32 bhoota-bhavya-bhavan-naathah
pavanah paavano-analah 290.
Bhoota-Bhavya-Bhavan-Naathah -
The Lord of the three periods of time: the past, the present and the
future. Lord of Time is the One, in whose presence alone, time concept is
possible. “Time” is the interval between “thoughts” and the Awareness that
illumines the rise and fall of thoughts is the very Lord of Time.
Objectively He is the Lord of all those, that exist in the three periods
of time; or He to whom all creatures conditioned by time, pray for
comforts, solace and protection. 291.
Pavanah -One who purifies everything. Or
One who manifests as the life-giving atmosphere around the world and
sustains the existence everywhere. 292.
Paavanah -In
the earlier term “Pavanah” the Lord is indicated as the One who has, in
the form of the atmospheric air, filled the universe. He is the One who
sustains life in all living creatures as the life-giving atmospheric air.
Here, the present term “Paavanah” means the One who gives this
life-sustaining power to the atmospheric air. It is very well-known that
the moving air (Breeze) purifies more than any other known thing in the
world. This purifying power is acquired by the atmosphere by His Grace. In
short, He is the secret glory that lends the atmosphere, the very
life-sustaining property for the air, and He is the dynamism that moves
the air. 293.
Analah -The term itself means Fire. So He
who is in the form of fire, and sustains life. A certain amount of minimum
thermal heat is necessary for life to continue, be it in the human body or
be it in the Earth itself. This warmth of life in the world around and in
the organism itself, without which life cannot continue. that mighty
warmth of life is none other than the Lord, and hence, He is called
Analah. Also the term ‘Ana’ has the meaning of Praana, and ‘La’ means to
receive. Therefore, the term can also imply “One who is the very Self, the
very Vital Factor, in the Praana”. 294.
Kaamahaa -One
who destroys all desires. Desires spring forth from the Vaasanaas. We can
experience the Self only on transcending the vaasanaas. Just as the sun is
the destroyer of night, similarly, the Pure consciousness, the Atman and
the Vaasanaas cannot remain at the one and the same time. The Vaasanaas
end when the Atman is experienced. From the devotees’ stand-point, He is
the One who fulfils all his desires. Or He who is the father of Kaama,
Pradyumna, which again is one of the names of Vishnu.
Desire
is the source from which endless series of other sources of sorrows flow
into the human life. When a desire arises in the mind, only two things are
possible. Either we fulfil the desire or we do not. In case we get our
desires fulfilled, it is natural for the human mind to crave for more and
thus he becomes restless due to greed. If, on the other hand, the desire
is not fulfilled, anger rises and when anger increases, it brings about
delusion of the mind and makes the victim see things in others, in himself
and the situation he is in, which are not in fact there around him. In
such a deluded one, Wisdom slips away and, naturally, therefore, his
discriminative power cannot function, since he cannot judge the present
situation with reference to any standard ideal that he had in the past.
When the rational discriminative power fades away that man falls
completely off the dignity of mall and becomes worse than a brute. Geeta
charters thus, a steady psychological fall in a spiritual being, and this
entire chain of self-destruction springs forth from desire. A devotee, or
a meditator, when he approaches this Great Reality, existing in the
subjective Core of his own personality, he transcends all the realms of
his desires and passions and, therefore, this Great Inner Self is
indicated here as the “Destroyer of all Desires”. He is the One who
fulfils all desires in His devotees, and thus bring about a calm fullness
of joy within. 295.
Kaama-krit -One
who fulfils all desires. The implications have been indicated in the
analysis of the previous term. It can also mean as the Very Creator of the
Lord of Love-Kaama Deva. Even though desires spring forth from the realm
of the Causal Body, constituted of the Vaasanaas without the thrilling
touch of the Self, even Vaasanaas cannot express all by themselves. In
that sense of the term, the very agitations of desire, erupt from His
Grace. Hence, He is called the Kaama-krit. 296.
Kaantah -One
who is of enchanting form. Infinite Beauty is the very nature of the Self,
and the Upanishads define the Self as Saantam-Sivam-Sundaram.
The aestheticism in man craves for
harmony and where we experience the greatest of harmony, there we detect
the presence of beauty. In front of beauty, the entire personality of an
intelligent man becomes calm and peaceful, hushed in silence, transported
to ecstasy. These are moments when the meditator has transcended his
Sheaths and is in union with the Pure Self. Naturally therefore, the Pure
personality of an intelligent man becomes calm and peaceful. Self is
indicated here as Kaantah-Divine Auspicious form of Absolute Beauty.
297.
Kaamah -One who is the beloved. Not only
He is the beloved of the devotees, but every activity of all living
creatures is an attempt at courting and winning bliss and happiness. The
Blissful Self is the goal of all creatures in life. Even insignifical1t
unicellular organisms revolt against pain, and they too seek happiness.
Man is no exception. The Infinite Bliss which is experienced only on
transcending the body, mind and intellect, is that which is constantly
demanded by every organism that breathes in this universe. In the
ignorance of this All Satisfying Goal, the world suffers. That Lord is the
beloved of all devotees, and in fact, He is also the beloved of even those
who deny Him and run after the sense- objects. The theist seeks Him
through devotion or meditation. The atheist too seeks Him only in and
through all his diligent pursuits of the sense-stimuli.
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