Opening Prayer :
Shaantakaarambhujangashayanam Padmanaabham suresham
Vishvaadhaaram gagana-sacristanMegha-varnam shubha-angam
With peaceful demeanorResting on the world-serpent i.e. the energy running the universe, or Prana
Withthe lotus-navel Beloved of the gods
Supporter of the world Who looks infinite & magnificentlike the sky
With the color of cloudsEvery part of whose body is auspicious

Lakshmee-kaantam kamala-nayanamYogibhir-dhyaana-gamyam
Vande-vishnumbhava-bhaya-haram Sarva-lokaika-naatham

Who glows with theradiance of Lakshmi, or Glory With eyes like the lotus
Whom yogis strive to reach in their deepest states ofmeditation
I bow to that Vishnu Whotakes away(eliminates) all fears from the minds of
devotees as soon as theyarise To He, who is the Master & Supporter of all
worlds

OM Sri Vedavyasa rishihi
Anushtup Chandhaha
Vishwaroopo Mahavishnudevata

Om Vishvam Vishnuvashatkaro bhuta bhavya bhavat prabhuh
Bhutakrudbhutabhrud bhavo bhutatma bhuta bhavana (1)

Vishvam: the Universe.Vishnur: He who pervades every thing.Vashatkara: For whom
the sacrificial versus are uttered in the yagyas.Bhuta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuh:
The one who is the master and beyond the past,present and the future.Bhutakrud:
The creator and destroyer of all existences in the universe.Bhutabhrud: One who
supports or sustains or governs the universe.Bhava: Pure existence.Bhutatma:
The essence of all beings.Bhuta-bhavanah: He who originates and develops all
Elements.
Putatma paramatma cha muktanam parama gatihAvyayah purusha sakshi kshetrajno~kshara eva cha ..2
Putatma: One whose nature ispurity/who is purityParamatma cha: He who is the
supreme one and the Atman.Muktanam parama gatih: The highest goal of the
liberated ones.Avyayah: One for whom there is no decay.Purusha: One who abides
in the body or pura.Sakshi: One who witnesses everythingKshetrajno: The knower
of the field or body.Akshara eva cha: He who is without destruction
Yogo yogavidam neta pradhana-purushesvarahNarasimha-vapu shriman kesavah purushottamah ..3
Yogo: One attainable throughYoga.Yogavidam neta: The master of those who are
established in the above-mentionedYoga.Pradhana-purushesvarah: The master of
pradhana or Prakruti and Purusha or Jiva.Narasimha-vapu: One in whom the bodies
of a man and a lion are combined.Shirman: One on whose chest the goddess Shri
always dwells.Kesavah: One whose Kesa or locks are beautifulPurushottamah: The
greatest among all Purushas
Sarvah sarvah sivah sthanur-bhutadir-nidhir-avyayahSambhavo bhavano bharta
prabhavah prabhur-isvarah ..4
Sarvah: The omniscient sourceof all existence.Sarvah: Destroyer.Sivah: One
pure.Sthanur: One who is steady, immovable and changeless.Bhutadir: Source of
all elements or existing things.Avyayah nidhir: The changeless and
indestructible Being in whom the wholeuniverse becomes merged and remains in
seminal condition at the time of Pralayaor cosmic dissolution.Sambhavo: One
born out of His own will as incarnation.Bhavano: One who generates the fruits
or Karmas of all Jivas for them to enjoy.Bharta: One who supports the universe
as its substratum.Prabhavah: One from whom all the great elements have their
birth. Or one who hasexalted births as incarnations.Prabhur: One who is an
adept in all rites.Ishvarah: One who has unlimited lordliness or power over all
things.
Svayambhuh sambhur-adityah pushkaraksho mahasvanahAnandi-nidhano dhata vidhata dhaturuttamah ..5
Svayambhuh: One who exists byHimself, uncaused by any other.Sambhur: One who
bestows happiness on devotees.Adityah: The golden-hued person in the sun’s orb.
Pushkaraksho: One who haseyes resembling the petals of Pushkara or
lotus.Mahasvanah: One from whom comes the great sound – the Veda.
Anandi-nidhano:The one existence that has neither birth nor death.Dhata: One
who is the support of the universe.Vidhata: He who generates Karmas and their
fruits.Dhaturuttamah: The ultimate support of every thing.
Aprameyohrishikesah padma-nabho~mara-prabhuhVisvakarma manustvashta sthavishtah
sthaviro-dhruvah ..6
Aprameyo: One who is notmeasurable or understandable by any of the accepted
means of knowledge likesense, perception, inference etc.Hrishikesah: The master
of the senses or He under whose control the sensessubsist.Padma-nabho: He in
whose navel (nabhi) the lotus (padma), the source of theuniverse,
stands.Amara-prabhuh: The master of Amaras or the deathless ones, i.e. the
Devas.Visvakarma: He whose Karma (work) has resulted in all that exists
(Vishvam) orHe whose power of creation is unique and wonderful.Manu: He who
thinks.Stvashta: He who makes all beings shrunken (Tanukarana) at the time of
cosmicdissolution.Sthavishtah: He who excels in everything in bulk or
substantiality.Sthaviro-dhruvah: Eternal One, being the most ancient. It is
taken as a singlephrase, the name along with its qualification.
Agrahyah sasvatah krishno lohitakshah pratardanahPrabhutas-trikakubdhama
pavitram mangalam param ..7
Agrahyah: One who cannot begrasped by the organs or knowledge or conceived by
the mind.Sasvatah: One who exists at all times.Krishno: The
existence-Knowledge-Bliss.Lihitakshah: One whose eyes are tinged
red.Pratardanah: Destroyer of all at the time of cosmic dissolution.Prabhutas:
Great because of unique qualities like omnipotence, omniscience
etc.Trikakubdhama: He who is the support (dharma) of the three regions above,
belowand in the middle.Pavitram: That which purifies everything.Mangalam param:
Supremely auspicious.
Isanah pranadah prano jyeshthah sreshthah prajapatihHiranyagarbho bhugarbho
madhavo madhusudanah .. 8
Isanah: He who controls andregulates everything.Pranadah: One who bestows or
activates the Prana, the vital energy.Prano: The Supreme Being.Jyeshthah: The
eldest of all; for there is nothing before Him.Sreshthah: One deserving the
highest praise.Prajapatih: The master of all living beings, because He is
Ishvara.Hiranyagarbho: One who is Atman of even Brahma the creator.Bhugarbho:
One who has got the world within Himself.Madhavo: The Consort of Ma or
Mahalakshmi or one who is fit to be known throughMadhu-Vidya.Madhusudanah: The
destroyer of the demon Madhu.

Ishvarovikrami dhanvi medhavi vikramah kramahAnuttamo duradharsah krutajnah krutiratmavan ..9
Ishvara: The Omnipotent Being.Vikrami: The courageous One.Dhanvi: One armed with
bow.Medhavi: He who has great intelligence capable of grasping all
texts.Vikramah: He who crosses (Karmana) i.e. transcends samsara. Or one who
has Vih,bird i.e. Garuda as His mount.Kramah: Vishnu is called Kramah, because
He is the cause of Kramana or crossingof the ocean of samsara by devotees, or
because from Him all Krama ormanifestation of the universe, has taken
place.Anuttamo: He than whom there is none greater.Duradharsah: One whom none
(Asuras) can overcome.Krutajnah: One who knows everything about what has been
done (Kruta) by Jivas.Also one who is pleased even with those who offer such
simple offerings asleaves, flowers, fruits and water.Krutir: The word means
what is achieved through all human efforts or
works.Atmavan: One established in his own greatness i.e. requiring no other supportthan Himself.
Suresah sharanam sharma vishvaretah prajabhavahAhah samvasaro vyalah pratyayah sarvadarshanah …10
Suresah: Thelord of the Suras or Devas. It can also mean the greatest of those
who bestowgood.Saranam: One who removes the sorrows of those in
distress.Sharma: One who is of the nature of supreme bliss.Vishvaretah: The
seed of the universe.Prajabhavah: He from whom all beings have originated.Ahah:
Luminous one.Samvasaro: As Time is a from of Vishnu, He is called Samvasara or a
year.Vyalah: Being ungraspable like a serpent, He is called Vyalah.Pratyayah:
One who is of the nature of Pratiti or Prajna (consciousness)Sarvadarshanah:
One with eyes everywhere. As the Lord has assumed all forms, theeye-sight of
all beings is His.
Ajah sarveshvarah siddhah siddhih sarvadir acyutahVrushakapir ameyatma sarva-yoga-vinihshrutah …11
Ajah: One whohas no birth.Sarveshvarah: The Lord of all Lords or the supreme
Lord.Siddhah: One ever established in one’s own nature. Siddhih: One who is of
thenature of Consciousness in all.Sarvadih: One who is the first cause of all
elements.Achyutah: One who never lost and will never lose his inherent nature
and powers.Vrushakapir: One who shwers all objects of desire.Ameyatma: One
whose form or nature cannot be measured and determined.Sarva-yoga-vinihshrutah:
One who stands aside completely from all bondage.
Vasurvasumanah satyah samatma sammitah samahAmoghah pundarikaksho vrusha-karma
vrushakrutih …12
Vasur: One inwhom all beings dwell and one who dwells in all beings.Vasumanah:
The term Vasu means wealth or riches. Here it indicates greatness. Soit means
one possessed of a great mind i.e. a mind free from attachments, angerand other
evil qualities.Satyah: One whose nature is Truth.Samatma: One whose mind is
Sama, without partiality or anger and thus the sametowards all beings.Sammitah:
This name and the previous (samatma) occurring together, can be splitin two ways
– as samatma + sammitah and as samatma + asammitah. Samah: Oneunpertubed at all
times.Amoghah: One whose worship will never go in vain, but will bear ample
fruits.Pundarikaksho: One who has pervaded, i.e. is realized in, the lotus of
theheart. Or One whose eyes resemble the petals of a lotus.Vrushakarma: One
whose actions are according to vrushas i.e. Dharma.Vrushakrutih: One who takes
form for the sake of Vrushas or
Dharma.
Rudrobahushira babhrur vishva-yonih shuchi sravahAmrutah shashvata-sthanur vararoho maha-tapah …13
Rudro: One whomakes all beings cry at the time of cosmic dissolution.Bahushira:
One with innumerable heads.Babhrur: One who governs the world.Vishvayonih: One
who is the cause of the world.Shuchi sravah:: One whose names and glories are
very holy and purifying to beheard.Amrutah: One who is
deathless.Shashvata-sthanur: One who is both eternal and firmly established,
unchanging.Vararoho: He whose lap gives the highest blessings.Mahatapah: The
austerity connected with creation, which is of the nature ofknowledge is of
great potency.Sarvagah sarva-vid-bhanur vishvaksheno janardanahVedo vedavid
avyango vedango vedavit kavih..14Sarvagah: One who pervades everything, being
of the nature of their materialcause.Sarva-vid-bhanur: One who is omniscient
and illumines everything.Vishvaksheno: He before whom all Asura armies get
scattered.Janardanah: One who inflicts
suffering on evil men.Vedah: He who is of the form of the Veda.Vedavid: One who
knows the Veda and its meaning.Avyango: One who is self-fulfilled by knowledge
and other great attributes andis free from every defect.Vedango: He to whom the
Vedas stand as organs.Vedavit: One who knows all the Vedas.Kavih: One who sees
everything.
Lokadhyakshah suradhyaksho dharmadhyakshah krutakrutahChaturatma chaturvyuhas
chaturdamstras chatur-bhujah ..15Lokadhyakshah: He whowitnesses the whole
universe.Suradhyaksho: One who is the overlord of the protecting Divinities of
allregions.Dharmadhyakshah: One who directly sees the merits (Dharma) and
demerits (Adharma)of beings by bestwing their due rewards on all
beings.Krutakrutah: One who is an effect in the form of the worlds and also
anon-effect as their cause.Chaturatma: One who for the sake of creation,
sustentation and dissolutionassumes forms.Chaturvyuhas: One who adopts a
fourfold manifestation.Chaturdamstras: One with four fangs in His Incarnation
as Nisimha.Chaturbhujah: One with four arms.
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Bhrajishnur-bhojanam bhokta sahishnur jagad-adhijahAnagho vijayo jeta vishva-yonih punar-vasuh ..16
Bhrajishnur: One who is pureluminosity.Bhojanam: Prakruti or Maya is called
Bhojanam or what is enjoyed by the Lord.Bhokta: As he, purusha, enjoys the
prakruti, He is called the enjoyer or Bhokta.Sahishnur: As He suppresses Asuras
like Kiranyaksha, He is Sahishnu.Jagad-adhijah: One who manifested as
Hiranyagarbha by Himself at the beginningof creation.Anagho: The sinless
one.Vijayo: One who has mastery over the whole universe by virtue of his six
specialexcellences like omnipotence, omniscience etc. known as Bhagas.Jeta: One
who is naturally victorious over beings, i.e. superior to all
beings.Vishva-yonih: The source of the universe.Punar-vasuh: One who dwells
again and again in the bodies as the Jivas.
Upendro vamanah pramshur amoghah suchir urjitahAtindrah samgrahah sargo
dhrutatma niyamo yamah ..17Upendro: One born as theyounger brother of
Indra.Vamanah: One who, in the form of Vamana (dwarf), went begging to
Bali.Pramshur: One of great height.Amoghah: One whose acts do not go in
vain.Suchir: One who purifies those who adore and praise Him.Urjitah: One of
infinite strength.Atindrah: One who is superior to Indra by His inherent
attributes likeomnipotence, omniscience etc.Samgrahah: One who is of the subtle
form of the universe to be created.Dhrutatma: One who is ever in His inherent
form or nature, without thetransformation involved in birth and death.Niyamo:
One who appoints His creatures in particular stations.Yamah: One who regulates
all, remaining
within them.
Vedyo vaidyah sada-yogi viraha madhavo madhuhAtindriyo mahamayo mahotsaho
mahabalah ..18Vedyo: One who has to be knownby those who aspire for
Mokshas.Vaidhyah: One who knows all Vidyas or branches of knowledge.Sada-yogi:
One who is ever experienceble, being ever existent.Viraha: One who destroys
heroic Asuras for the protection of Dharma.Madhavo: One who is the Lord or
Master of Ma or knowledge.Madhuh: Honey, because the Lord gives joy, just like
honey.Atindriyo: One who is not knowable by the senses.Mahamayo: One who can
cause illusion even over other great illusionists.Mahotsaho: One who is ever
busy in the work of creation, sustentation anddissolution.Mahabalah: The
strongest among all who have strength.
Mahabuddirmahaviryo mahasaktir mahadyutihAnirdesyavapuh shriman ameyatma
mahadridhruk ..19Mahabuddir: The wisest amongthe wise.Mahaviryo: The most
powerful one, because Ignorance which is the cause ofSamsara is His great
power.Mahasaktir: One with great resources of strength and skill.Mahadyutih:
One who is intensely brilliant both within and without.Anirdesyavapuh: One who
cannot be indicated to another as: `He is this’,because He cannot be
objectively known. Shriman: One endowed with greatness ofevery kind.Ameyatma:
The Spirit with intelligence that cannot be measured by any one.Mahadridhruk:
One who held up the great mountain `Mandara’ at the time of thechurning of the
Milk Ocean and
also Govardhana in his Krishna incarnation.
Maheshvaso mahibharta shrinivasah satam gatihAniruddhah suranando govindo govidam patih ..20
Maheshvaso: Oneequipped with the great bow.Mahibharta: One who held up the earth
submerged in Pralaya waters.Shrinivasah: One on whose chest the Goddess Shri,
eternal in nature, dwells.Satam gatih: One who bestows the highest destiny
attainable, to all holy men.Aniruddhah: One who has never been obstructed by
any one or anything frommanifesting in various forms.Suranando: One who bestows
joy on all divinities.Govindo: Gau means words. Thou pervadest all words, giving
them power. Thereforesages call the Govinda.Govindam patih: Gau means words. One
who knows them is Govid. He who is themaster of words is indicated by this name.

Marichir-damanohamsah suparno bhujagottamahHiranya-nabha sutapah padmanabhah
prajapatih ..21Marchir: The supreme power and impressiveness seen in persons
endowed with suchqualities.Damano: One who in the form of Yama inflicts
punishments on those who tread thepath of unrighteousness.Hamsah: One who
removes the fear of Samsara from those who practise the sense ofidentity with
Him.Suparnah: One who has two wings in the shape of Dharma and
Adharma.Bhujagottamah: One who is the greatest among those who move on Bhujas
or arms,that is, serpents. The great serpents like Ananta and Vasuki are the
powers ofVishnu, so he has come to have this name.Sutapah: One who performs
rigorous austerities at Badarikashrama as Nara andNarayana.Padmanabhah: One
whose navel is beautifully shaped like lotus.Prajapatih:
The father of all beings, who are His children.Amrutyuh sarva-druk simhah
sandhata sandhiman sthirahAjo durmarshanah shasta vishrutatma surariha
...22Amrutyuh: One who is without death or its cause.Sarva-druk: One who sees
the Karmas of all Jivas through His inherent wisdom.Simhah: One who does Himsa
or destruction.Sandhata: One who unites the Jivas with the fruits of their
actions.Sandhiman: One who is Himself the enjoyer of the fruits of
actions.Sthirah: One who is always of the same nature.Ajo: The root `Aj’ has
got as meanings both `go’ and `throw’. So the namemeans One who goes into the
hearts of devotees or One who throws the evil Asurasto a distance, i.e.
destroys them.Durmarshanah: One whose might the Asuras cannot bear.Shasta: One
who instructs and directs all through the scriptures.Vishrutatma: One who is
specially known through signifying terms like Truth,Knowledge
etc.Surariha: One who destroys the enemies of Suras or Devas.Gurur gurutamo
dhama satyah satya-parakramahNimisho animishah sragvi vachaspatir udaradhih
...23Gurur: One who is the teacher of all forms of knowledge.Gurutamo: One who
gives the knowledge of Brahman even to divinities like Brahma.Dhama: It means
brilliance.Satyah: One who is embodied as virtue of truth
specially.Satya-parakamah: One of unfailing valour.Nimisho: One whose eye-lids
are closed in Yoga-nidra.Animishah: One who is ever awake.Sragvi: One who has
on Him the necklace called Vaijayanti, which is strung withthe subtle aspects
of the five elements.Vachaspatir-udaradhih: Being the master of Vak or word
i.e. knowledge, He iscalled so. As his intellect perceives everything, He is
Udaradhih. Both theseepithets together constitute one name.Agranir gramanih
shriman nyayo neta samiranahSahsra-murdha vishvatma
sahasraksha sahasrapat ..24Agranir: One who leads all liberation-seekers to the
highest status.Gramanih: One who has the command over Bhutagrama or the
collectivity of allbeings.Shriman: One more resplendent than everything.Nyayo:
The consistency which runs through all ways of knowing and which leadsone to
the truth of Non-duality.Neta: One who moves this world of becoming.Samiranah:
One who in the form of breath keeps all living beings
functioning.Sahasramurdha: One with a thousand, i.e. innumerable,
heads.Vishvatma: The soul of the universe.Sahasraksha: One with a thousand or
innumerable eyes.Sahasrapat: One with a thousand, i.e. innumerable legs.Avrtano
nivrutatma samvrutah sampramardanahAhah samvartako vahnir anilo dharani-dharah
...25Avartano: One who whirls round and round the Samsara-chakra, the wheel
ofSamsara or worldy existence.Nivrutatma: One whose being
is free or untouched by the bondage of Samsara.Samvrutah: One who is covered by
all-covering Avidya or ignorance.Sampramardanah: One who delivers destructive
blows on all beings through HisVibhutis (power manifestation like Rudra, Yama
etc.).Ahah samvartako: The Lord who, as the sun, regulates the succession of
day andnight.Vahnir: One who as fire carries the offerings made to the Devas in
sacrifices.Anilo: One who has no fixed residence.Dhanani dharah: One who
supports the worlds, Adisesha, elephants of the quartersetc.Suprasadah
prasannatma vishva-dhrug vishva-bhug vibhuhSat-karta sat-krutah sadhur jahnur
narayano narah ..26Suprasadah: One whose Prasada or mercy is uniquely
wonderful, because He givessalvation to Sisupala and others who try to harm
Him.Prasannatma: One whose mind is never contaminated by Rajas or
Tamas.Vishva-dhrug: One who holds the universe by his
power.Vishva-bhug: One who eats up or enjoys or protects the worlds.Vibhuh: One
who becomes many from Hiranyagarbha downwards.Satkarta: One who offers
benefits.Sat-krutah: One who is adored even by those who deserve
adoration.Sadhur: One who acts according to justice.Jahnuh: One who dissolves
all beings in oneself at the time of dissolution.Narayanah: Nara means Atman.
Narayana, that is, one having His residence in allbeings.Narah: He directs
everything, the eternal Paramatma is called Nara”.Asankhyeyo prameyatmavisistah
shishtakruch chucihSiddharthah siddha-sankalpah siddhidah siddhisadhanah
...27Asankhyeyo: One who has no Sankhya or differences of name and
form.Aprameyatma: One whose
nature cannot be grasped by any of the means ofknowledge.Visistah: One who
excels everything.Shishtakrch: Shihstam means commandment. So, one who commands
everything. Or onewho protects shishtas or good men.Siddharthah: One whose
object is always fulfilled.Siddha-sankalpah: One whose resolutions are always
fulfilled.Siddhidah: One who bestows Siddhi or fulfillment on all who
practisedisciplines, in accordance with their eligibility.Siddhisadhanah: One
who brings fulfillment to works that deserve the same.Vrushahi vrushabho
vishnur vrushaparva vrushodarahVardhano vardhamanascha viviktah shruti-sagarah
...28Vrushahi: Vrusha means dharma or merit.Vrushabho: One who showers on the
devotees all that they pray for.Vishnur: One who pervades
everything.Vrushaparva: One who has given as steps (Parvas), observances of the
nature ofDharma, to those who want to attain the supreme
state.Vrushodarah: One whose abdomen showers offspring.Vardhamanascha: One who
multiplies in the form of the universe.Viviktah: One who is untouched and
unaffected.Shruti-sagarah: One to whom all the shruti or Vedic words and
sentences flow.Subhujo durdharo vagmi mahendro vasodo vasuhNaikarupo
bruhad-rupah shipivishtah prakashana ..29Subhujo: One possessing excellent arms
that protect the worlds.Durdharo: One who holds up the universe – a work which
none else can do.Vagmi: One from whom the words constituting the Veda come
out.Mahendro: The great Lord, that is, the Supreme Being, who is the God of
allgods.Vasudo: One who bestows riches.Vasuh: One who is
himselftheVasu.Naikarupo: One who is without an exclusive form.Bruhad-rupah:
One who has adopted mysterious forms like that
of a Boar.Shipivishtah: Shipi means cow. One who resides in cows as
Yagya.Prakashana: One who illumines everthing.Ojas tejo dyuti-dharah
prakashatma pratapanahVruddhah spahstaksharo mantras chandramshur
bhaskaradyutih ..30Ojas tejo duti-dharah: Ojas means inherent vitality. Tejas
means puissance andsuch qualities. Dyuti means radiance. So the word means one
who possesses allthese qualities.Prakashatma: One whose form is
radiant.Pratapanah: One who warms the world through the power manifestations
like theSun.Vruddhah: One who is rich in excellences like Dharma, Gyana
(knowledge),Vairagya (renunciation) etc.Spashstaksharo: He is so called because
Omkara, the manifesting sound of theLord, is Spashta or high pitched.Mantras:
One who manifests as the Mantras of the Rk, Sama, Yajus
etc., or onewho is known through Mantras.Chandramshur: He is called
`Chandramshu’ or moonlight because just as themoon-light gives relief to men
burnt in the heat of the sun, He gives relief andshelter to those who are
subjected to the heat of Samsara.Amrtamshu dbhavo bhanuh shashabinduh
sureshvarahAushadham jagatah setuh satya-dharma-prarakramah ..31Amrtamshu
dbhavo: TheParamatman from whom Amrutamshu or the Moon originated at the time
of thechurning of the Milk-ocean.Bhanuh: One who shines.Shashabinduh: The word
means one who has the mark of the hare, that is the Moon.Sureshvarah: One who
is the Lord of all Devas and those who do good.Aushadham: One who is the
Aushadha or medicine for the great disease of Samsara.Jagatah setuh: One who is
the aid to go across the ocean of
Samsara.Satya-dharma-parakramah: One whose excellences like righteousness,
omniscience,puissance, etc. are all true.Bhuta-bhavya-bhavan-nathah pavanah
pavano analahKamaha kamakrut kantah kamah kamapradah prabhuh
...32Bhuta-bhavya-bhavan-nathah:One who is the master for all the beings of the
past, future and present.Pavanah: One who is the purifier.Pavanah: One who
causes movement.Analah: The Jivatma is called Anala because it recognizes Ana
or Prana asHimself.Kamaha: One who destroys the desire-nature in seekers after
liberation.Kamakrut: One who fulfils the
wants of pure minded devotees.Kantah: One who is extremely beautiful.Kamah: One
who is sought after by those who desire to attain the four supremevalues of
life.Kamapradah: One who liberally fulfils the desires of devotees.Prabhuh: One
who surpasses all.Yugadikrud yugavarto naikamayo mahashanahAdrushyo
vyakta-rupascha sahasrajid anantajit ..33Yugadikrud: One who is the cause of
periods of time like Yuga.Yugavarto: One who as time causes the repetition of
the four Yugas beginningwith Satya Yuga.Naikamayo: One who can assume numerous
forms of Maya, not one only.Mahashanah: One who consumes everything at the end
of a Kalpa.Adrushyo: One who cannot be grasped by any of the five organs of
knowledge.Vyakta-rupascha: He is so called because His gross form as universe
can beclearly perceived.Sahasrajid: One who is victorious over innumerable
enemies of the Devas
inbattle.Anantajit: One who, being endowed with all powers, is victorious at all
timesover everything.Ishtovishistah shishtestah sikhandi nahusho vrushahKrodhaha
krodhakrut karta vishva-bahur mahidharah ..34Ishto: One who is dear to all
because He is of the nature of supreme Bliss.Avishistah: One who resides within
all.Shishtestah: One who is dear to shishta or Knowing Ones.Sikhandi: Sikhanda
means feather of a peacock. One who used it as a decorationfor His crown when
he adopted the form of a cowherd (Gopa).Nahusho: One who binds all beings by
Maya the root `nah’ means bondage.Vrushah: One who is of the form of
Dharma.Krodhaha: One who eradicates anger in virtuous people.Krodhakrut karta:
One who generates Krodha or anger in evil people.Vishva-bahur: One who is the
support of all or one who has got all beings as Hisarms.Mahidharah: Mahi means
both earth and worship. So the
name means one whosupports the earth or receives all forms of worship.Achyutah
prathitah pranah pranado vasavanujahApam-nidhir adhishthanam apramattah
pratishtitah ..35Achyutah: One who is without the six transformations beginning
with birth.Prathitah: One who is famous because of His works like creation of
the worldsetc.Pranah: One who as Hiranyagarbha endows all beings with
Prana.Pranado: One who bestows Prana, that is, strength, on Devas and Asuras
and alsodestroys them by withdrawing it.Vasavanujah: One who was born as
younger brother of Indra (Vasava) in Hisincarnation as Vamana.Apam-nidhir: The
word means collectivity of water or the ocean.Adhishthanam: The seat or support
for everything.Apramattah: One who is always vigilant in awarding the fruits of
actions tothose who are entiled to them.Pratishtitah: One who is supported and
established in His own greatness.Skandah
skanda-dharo dhuryo varado vayuvahanahVashudevo bruhad-bhanur adidevah
purandarah ..36Skandah: One who drives everything as air.Skanda-dharo: One who
supports Skanda or the righteous path.Dhuryo: One who bears the weight of the
burden of all beings in the form ofbirth etc.Varado: One who gives
boons.Vayuvahanah: One who vibrates the seven Vayus or atmospheres beginning
withAvaha.Vashudevo: One who is both Vasu and Deva.Bruhad-bhanur: The great
brilliance.Adidevah: The Divinity who is the source of all Devas.Purandarah:
One who destroys the cities of the enemies of Devas.Ashokas-taranas-tarah surah
saurir janeshvarahAnukulah shatavartah padmi padma-nibhekshanah ..37Ashokas: One
without the six defects – sorrow, infatuation, hunger, thirst,birth and
death.Taranas: One who uplifts beings from the ocean of samsara.Tarah: One who
liberates beings from the fear of
residence in the womb, birth,old age, death etc.Surah: One of great prowess,
that is, who fulfils the four supreme satisfactionsof life – Dharma, Artha,
Kama and Moksha.Saurih: One who as Krishna as the son of Sura, that is
Vasudeva.Janeshvarah: The Lord of all beings.Anukulah: One who, being the Atman
of all beings, is favorable to all, for noone will act against
oneself.Shatavartah: One who has had several Avataras or incarnations.Padmi:
One having Padma or lotus in his hands.Padma-nibhekshanah: One with eyes
resembling lotus.Padmanabho aravindakshah padmagarbhah sarirabhrutMahardhir
ruddho vruddhatma mahaksho garuda-dhvajah ..38Padmanabho: One who resides in
the Nabhi or the central part of the heart-lotus.Aravindakshah: One whose eyes
resemble Aravinda or the Lotus.Padmagarbhah: One who is fit to be worshipped in
the middle of the heart-lotus.Sarirabhrut: One who supports
the bodies of beings, strengthening them in theform of Anna (Food) and
Prana.Mahardhir: One who has enormous Ruddhi or prosperity.Ruddho: One who is
seen as standing in the form of the world.Vruddhatma: One whose Atma or body is
Vruddha or ancient.Mahaksho: One who has got two or many glorious
eyes.Garuda-dhvajah: One who has got Garuda as his flag.Atulah sarabho bhimah
samayagno havirharihSarvalakshana lakshanyo lakshmivan samitinjayah ..39Atulah:
One who cannot be compared to anything else.Sarabho: The body is called `Sara’
as it is perishable.Bhimah: One of whom everyone is afraid.Samayajno: One who
knows the time for creation, sustentation and dissolution.Havir-harih: One who
takes the portion of offerings (Havis) in Yajnas.Sarvalakshana-lakshanyo: The
supreme knowledge obtained through all criteria ofknowledge i.e.
Paramatma.Lakshmivan: One on whose chest the Goddess
Lakshmi is always residing.Samitinjayah: One who is vicotious in Samiti or
war.Viksharo rohito margo hetur-damodarah sahahMahidharo mahabhago vegavan
amitashanah ..40Viksharo: One who is without Kshara or desruction.Rohito: One
who assumed the form of a kind of fish called Rohita.Margah: One who is sought
after by persons seeking Moksha or Liberation.Hetur: One who is both the
instrumental and the material cause of the universe.Damodarah: One who has very
benevolent mind because of disciplines likeself-control.Sahah: One who
subordinates everything.Mahidharo: One who props up the earth in the form of
mountain.Mahabhago: He who, taking a body by His own will, enjoys supreme
felicities.Vegavan: One of tremendous speed.Amitashanah: He who consumes all
the worlds at the time of Dissolution.
line-break">Udbhavah kshobhano devanshrigarbhah parameshvarahKaranam kaaranam
karta vikarta gahano guhah ..41Udbhavah: One who is the material cause of
creation.Kshobhano: One who at the time of creation entered into the Purusha
and Prakrutiand caused agitation.Devan: `Divyati’ means sports oneself through
creation and other cosmicactivities.Shrigarbhah: One in whose abdomen (Garbha)
Shri or His unique manifestation asSamsara has its existence.Parameshvarah:
`Parama’ means the supreme. `Ishvarah’ means one who holdsway over all
beings.Karanam: He who is the most important factor in the generation of this
universe.Kaaranam: He who is the most important factor in the generation of
thisuniverse.Karta: One who is free and is therefore one’s own
master.Vikarta: One who makes this unique universe.Gahanah: One whose nature,
greatness and actions cannot be known by anybody.Guhah: One who hides one’s own
nature with the help of His power of Maya.Vyavasayo vyavasthanah samsthanah
sthanado dhruvahParardhih parama-spashtas tushtah pushtah subhekshanah
...42Vyavasayo: One who is wholly of the nature of knowledge.Vyavasthanah: He in
whom the orderly regulation of the universe rests.Samsthanah: One in whom all
beings dwell in the states of dissolution.Sthanado: One who gives their
particular status to persons like Dhruva accordingto their Karma.Dhruva: One
who is indestructible.Parardhih: One who possesses lordliness of this most
exalted type.Parama-spashtas: One in whom `Para’ or supremely glorious `Ma’ or
Lakshmidwells. Or one who is the greatest of all beings without any other’s
help.Tushtah: One who is of the nature of
supreme.Pushtah: One who in fills everything.Subhekshanah: One whose Ikshanam or
vision bestows good on all beings that is,gives liberation to those who want
Moksha and enjoyments to those who are afterit, and also cuts asunder the knots
of the heart by eliminating all doubts.Ramo viramo virato margo neyo
nayonayahVirah shaktimatam shreshtho dharmo dharma-vid uttamah ..43Ramo: The
eternally blissful on in whom the Yogis find delight.Viramo: One in whom the
Virama or end of all beings takes place.Virato: One in whom the desire for
enjoyments has ceased.Margo: That path by knowing which the liberation-seeking
ascetics attain toimmortality.Neyo: One who directs or leads the Jiva to the
Supreme Being through spiritualrealization.Nayo: One who leads, that is, who is
the leader in the form of spiritualillumination.Anayah: One for whom there is no
leader.Virah: One who is
valorous.Shaktimatam-shreshtho: One who is the most powerful among all powerful
beingslike Brahma.Dharmah: One who supports all beings.Dharma-viduttamah: The
greatest of knower of Dharma. He is called so because allthe scriptures
consisting of Shrutis and Smrutis form His commandments.Vaikunthah purushah
pranah pranadah pranavah pruthuhHiranya-garbhah shatrughno vyapto vayur
adhokshajah ..44Vaikunthah: The bringing together of the diversified categories
is Vikuntha. Hewho is the agent of it is Vaikunthah.Purushah: One who existed
before everything.Pranah: One who lives as Kshetrajana (knower in the body) or
one who functionsin the form of vital force called Prana.Pranadah: One who
destroys the Prana of beings at the time of Pralaya.Pranavah: One who is
praised or to whom prostration is made with Om.Pruthuh: One who has expanded
himself as the world.Hiranya-garbhah: He who was the cause
of the golden-coloured egg out of whichBrahma was born.Shatrughno: One who
destroys the enemies of the Devas.Vyaptah: One who as the cause pervades all
effects.Vayur: One who is the cause of smell.Adhokshajah: He is Adhokshaja
because he undergoes no degeneration from Hisoriginal nature.Rituh sudarshanah
kalah parameshti parigrahahUgrah samvatsaro daksho vishramo vishva-dakshinah
...45Rituh: One who is of the nature of Kala (time) which is indicated by the
wordRitu or season.Sudarshanah: One whose Darshana or vision that is knowledge,
bestows the mostauspicious fruit Moksha.Kalah: One who measures and sets a limit
to everything.Parameshti: One who dwells in his supreme greatness in the sky of
the heart.Parigrahah: One who, being everywhere, is grasped on all sides by
those who seekrefuge in Him. Or one who grasps or receives the offerings made
by devotees.Ugrah: One who is the cause of
fear even to beings like Sun.Samvatsaro: One in whom all beings reside.Daksho:
One who augments in the form of the world.Vishramah: One who bestows Vishrama
or liberation to aspirants who seek relieffrom the ocean of Samsara with its
waves of various tribulations in the from ofHunger, Thirst etc., and
difficulties like Avidya, pride, infatuation etc.,Vishvadakshinah: One who is
more skilled (Daksha) than every one. Or One who isproficient in
everything.Vistarah sthavara-sthanuh pramanam bijam avyayamArthonartho
mahakosho mahabhogo mahadhanah ..46Vistarah: One in whom all the worlds have
attained manifestation.Sthavara-sthanuh: One who is firmly established is
Sthavara, and in whom longlasting entities like earth are established in
Sthanu. The Lord is both these.Pramanam: One who is of the nature of pure
consciousness.Bijamavyayam: One who is the seed or cause of Samsara without
Himself undergoingany
change.Arthah: One who is sought (Arthita) by all, as He is of the nature of
bliss.anarthah: One who, being self-fulfilled, has no other Artha or end to
seek.Mahakosho: One who has got as His covering the great Koshas like
Annamaya,Pranamaya etc.Mahabhogo: One who has Bliss as the great source of
enjoyment.Mahadhanah: One who has got the whole universe as the wealth (Dhana)
for Hisenjoyment.Anirvinnah sthavishthobhur dharma-yupo
maha-makhahNakshatra-nemir nakshatri kshamah kshamah samihanah ..47Anirvinnah:
One who is never heedless, because He is ever self-fulfilled.Sthavishtah: One
of huge proportions, because He is in the form of cosmicperson.Abhuh: One
without birth. Or one has no existence.Dharma Yupah: The sacrificial post for
Dharmas, that is, one to whom all theforms of Dharma, which are His own form of
worship, are attached, just as asacrificial animal is attached to a Yupa or a
sacrificial post.Maha-makhah: One by offering sacrifices to whom, those
sacrifices deserve to becalled great, because they well give the fruit of
Nirvana.Nakshatra nemir: The heart of all nakshatras.Nakshatri: He is in the
form of the nakshatra, Moon.Kshamah: One who is clever in everything.Kshamah:
One who remains in the state of pure self after all the modificationsof the
mind have dwindled.Samihanah: One who exerts well for creation etc.Yajna ijyo
mahejyas chakratuh satram satamgatihSarvadarshi vimuktatma sarvagyo
gynanam-uttamam ..48Yajnah: One who is all-knowing.Ijayah: One who is fit to be
worshipped in sacrifices.Mahejyascha: He who, of all deities worshipped, is
alone capable of
giving theblessing of liberation.Kratuh: A Yajna in which there is a sacrificial
post is Kratu.Satram: One who is of the nature of ordained Dharma.Satamgatih:
One who is the sole support for holy men who are seekers of Moksha.Sarvadarshi:
One who by His inborn insight is able to see all good and evilactions of living
beings.Vimuktatma: One who is naturally free.Sarvagyo: One who is all and also
the knower of all.Gynanam uttamam: That consciousness which is superior to all,
birthless,unlimited by time and space and the cause of all achievements.Suvratah
sumukhah sukshmah sughoshah sukhadah suhrutManoharo jita-krodho virabahur
vidaranah ..49Suvratah: One who has take the magnanimous vow to save all
refuge-seekers.Sumukhah: One with a pleasant face.Sukshmah: One who is subtle
because He is without any gross causes like soundetc.Sughoshah: One whose
auspicious sound is the Veda. Or
one who has got a deep andsonorous sound like the clouds.Sukhadah: One who gives
happiness to good people.Suhrut: One who helps without looking for any
return.Manoharo: One who attracts the mind by His incomparable blissful
nature.Jitakrodho: One who has overcome anger.Virabahur: One whose arms are
capable of heroic deeds as demonstrated in hisdestruction of Asuras for
establishing Vedic Dharma.Vidaranah: One who destroys those who live contrary
to Dharma.
Svapanahsvavasho vyapi naikatma naika-karma-krutVatsaro vatsalo vatsi
ratna-garbho dhaneshvarah ..50Svapanah: One who enfolds the Jivas in the sleep
of Ajnana.Svavasho: One who is dominated by oneself and not anything else, as
He is thecause of the whole cosmic process.Vyapi: One who interpenetrates
everything like Akasha.Naikatma: One who manifests in different forms as the
subsidiary agenciescausing the various cosmic processes.Naika-karma-krut: One
who engages in innumerable activities in the process ofcreation, sustentation
etc.Vatsaro: One in whom everything dwells.Vatsalo: One who has love for His
devotees.Vatsi: One who protects those who are dear to Him.Ratna-garbho: The
Ocean is so called because gems are found in its depths. Asthe Lord has taken
the form of the ocean, He is
called by this name.Dhaneshvarah: One who is the Lord of all
wealth.Dharmagubdharmakrud dharmi sad-asatksharam aksharamAvigyata sahashramsur
vidhata kruta-lakshanah ..51Dharmagub: One who protects Dharma.Dharmakrud:
Though above. Dharma and Adharma, He performs Dharma in order tokeep up the
traditions in respect of it.Dharmi: One who upholds Dharma.Sad: The Parabrahman
who is of the nature of truth.Asat: As the Aparabrahma has manifested as the
world He is called Asat (nothaving reality).Ksharam: All beings subjected to
change.Aksharam: The changeless one.Avigyata: One who is without the attributes
of a Jiva or vigyata like sense ofagency etc.Sahashramshur: One with numerous
rays, that is the Sun.Vidhata: One who is the unique support of all agencies
like
Ananta who bear thewhole universe.Krutalakshanah: One who is of the nature of
conscousness.Gabhasti-nemih sattvasthah simho bhuta-maheshvarahAdidevo mahadevo
devesho devabhrud-guruh ..52Gabhasti-nemih: He who dwellsin the middle of
Gabhasti or rays as the Sun.Sattvasthah: One who dwells specially in
sattvaguna, which is luminous bynature.Simho: One who ahs irresistible power
like a lion.Bhuta-maheshvarah: The supreme Lord of all beings.Adidevo: He who
is the first of all beings.Mahadevo: One whose greatness consists in His
supreme self-knowledge.Devesah: One who is the lord of all Devas, being the
most important among them.Devabhrud-guruh: Indra who governs the
Devas is Devabhrut. The Lord is even thatIndra’s controller (Guru).Uttarogopatir
gopta gyanagamyah puratanahSharira-bhuta-bhrud bhokta kapindro bhuridakshinah
...53Uttaro: One who is Uttirna orliberated from Samsara.Gopatir: Krishna who
tends the cattle in the form of a Gopa. One who is themaster of the
earth.Gopta: One who is the protector of all beings.Gyanagamyah: The Lord
cannot be known through Karma or a combination of Karmaand Gyana.Puratanah: One
who is not limited by time and who existed before anything
else.Sharira-bhuta-bhrud: One who is the master of the five Bhutas (elements)
ofwhich the body is made.Bhokta: One who protects. Or one who is the enjoyer of
infinite bliss.Kapindro: Kapi means Varah
(boar). The word means, the Lord who is Indra andalso one who manifested as
Varaha or the Boar in one of the incarnations. Or itsignifies His Rama
incarnation in which He played the role of the master of
themonkeys.Bhuridakshinah: One to whom numerous Dakshinas or votive offerings
are made inYagyas.Somapoamrutapah somah purujit purushottamahVinayo jayah
satyasandho dasharhah satvatampatih ..54Somapo: One who drinks theSoma in all
Yagyas in the form of the Devata (Deit).Amrutapah: One who drinks the drink of
immortal Bliss which is of one’s ownnature.Somah: One who as the moon
invigorates the plants.Purujit: One who gains victory over numerous
people.Purushottamah: As His form is of cosmic dimension He is Puru or great,
and as
Heis the most important of all, He is Sattama.Vinayo: One who inflicts Vinaya or
punishment on evil ones.Jayah: One who is victorious over all
beings.Satyasandho: One whose `Sandha’ or resolve becomes always
true.Dasharhah: Dasha means charitable offering. Therefore, He to whom
charitableofferings deserve to be made.Satvatampatih: `Satvatam’ is the name of
a Tantra. So the one who gave it outor commented upon it.Jivo vinayita-sakshi
mukundo amita vikramahAmbhonidhir anantatma mahodadhishayonatakah ..55Jivo: One
who as the Kshetragya or knower of the field or the body, isassociated with the
Pranas.Vinayita-sakshi: One who witnesses the Vinayita or worshipful attitude
of alldevotees.Mukundo: One who bestows Mukti or Liberation.Amita vikramah: One
whose three strides were limitless.Ambhonidhir: One in whom the Ambas or all
beings from Devas down dwell.Anantatma: One who cannot be
determined by space, time and causation.Mahodadhi-sayah: One who lies in the
water of Cosmic Dissolution into which allentities in the universe have been
dissolved.Antakah: One who brings about the end of all beings.Ajo maharhah
svabhavyo jitamitrah pramodanahAnando nandano nandah satya-dharma trivikramah
...56Ajo: ` A’ means Mahavishnu. So the word means one who is born of Vishnu
i.e.Kama Deva.Maharhah: One who is fit for worship.Svabhavyah: Being eternally
perfect He is naturally without a beginning.Jitamitrah: One who has conquered
the inner enemies like attachment, anger etc.as also external enemies like
Ravana, Kumbhakarna etc.Pramodanah: One who is always joyous as He is absorbed
in immortal Bliss.Anando: One whose form is Ananda or Bliss.Nandano: One who
gives delight.Nandah: One endowed with all perfections.Satya-dharma: One whose
knowledge and other attributes are
true.Trivikramah: One whose three strides covered the whole world.Maharshih
kapilacharyah krutagyo medini-patihTripadas tridashadhyaksho mahashrungah
krutantakrut ..57Maharshih Kapilacharyah: Kapila is called Maharshi because he
was master of allthe Vedas.Krutagyo: Kruta means the world because it is of the
nature of an effect.Medinipatih: One who is the Lord of the earth.Tripadas: One
having three strides.Tridashadhyaksho: One who is the witness of the three
states of waking, dreamand sleep, which spring from the influence of the
Gunas.Mahashrungah: One with a great antenna.Krutantakrut: One who brings about
the destruction of the Kruta or themanifested condition of the
universe.Mahavaraho goivindah sushenah kanakangadiGuhyo gabhiro gahano guptas
chakra-gadadharah ..58Mahavaraho: The great Cosmic Boar.Govindah: `Go’ means
Words, that is the Vedic sentences. He who
is known bythem is Govindah.Sushenah: One who has got about Him an armed guard
in the shape of His eternalassociates.Kanakangadi: One who has Angadas
(armlets) made of gold.Guhyo: One who is to be known by the Guhya or the
esoteric knowledge conveyed bythe Upanishads. Or one who is hidden in the Guha
or heart.Gabhiro: One who is of profound majesty because of attributes like
omniscience,lordliness, strength, prowess etc.Gahano: One who could be entered
into only with great difficulty. One who is thewitness of the three states of
waking, dreams and sleep as also their absence.Guptas: One who is not an object
of words, thought etc.Chakra-gada-dharah: One who has discus and Gada in
hand.Vedhah svango ajitah krishno drudhah sankarshano acyutahVaruno vaaruno
vrukshah pushkaraksho mahamanah ..59Vedhah: One who does Vidhana or
regulation.Svango: One who is oneself the participant in accomplishing
works.Ajitah: One who has not been conquered by anyone in His various
incarnations.Krishno: One who is known as Krishna-dvaipayana.Drudhah: One whose
nature and capacity know no decay.Sankarshano Acyutah: Sankarshana is one who
attracts to oneself all beings atthe time of cosmic Dissolution and Acyuta is
one who knows no fall from His realnature. They form one word with the first as
the qualification – Acyuta who issankarshana.Varuno: The evening sun is called
Varuna, because he withdraws his rays intohimself.Vaaruno: Vasishta or Agastya,
the sons of Varuna.Vrukshah: One who is unshakable like a tree.Pushkaraksho: One
who shines as the light of consciousness when meditated uponin the lotus of the
heart. Or one who has eyes resembling the lotus.Mahamanah: One who fulfils the
three functions of creation, sustentation anddissolution of the universe by the
mind alone.Bhagavan bhagahanandi vanamali
halayudhahAdityo jyotir-adityah sahishnur gatisattamah ..60Bhagavan: The origin,
dissolution, the bondage and salvation of creatures,knowledge, ignorance – one
who knows all these is Bhagavan.Bhagaha: One who withdraws the Bhagas,
beginning with lordliness, into Himselfat the time of dissolution.Anandi: One
whose nature is Ananda (bliss).Vanamali: One who wears the floral wreath
(Vanamala) called Vaijayanti, whichconsists of the categories of five
Elements.Halayudhah: One who in His incarnation as Balabhadra had Hala or
ploughshare asHis weapon.Adityo: One who was born of Aditi in His incarnation
as Vamana.Jyotir-adityah: One who dwells in the brilliance of the sun’s
orb.Sahishnur: One who puts up with the contraries like heat and
cold.Gatisattamah: One who is the ultimate resort and support of all, and
thegreatest of all
beings.Sudhanva-khandaparashur-darunodravinapradahDivah-spruk sarva-drug vyaso
vachaspatir ayonijah ..61Sudhanva: One who has got as His weapon the bow named
Saranga of greatexcellence.Khanda-parashur: The battle-axe that destroys
enemies.Daruno: One who is harsh and merciless to those who are on the evil
path.Dravinapradah: One who bestows the desired wealth on devotees.Divah-spruk:
One who touches the heavens.Sarva-drug vyaso: One whose comprehension includes
everything in its ambit.Vachaspatir ayonijah: The Lord is Vachaspati because He
is the master of alllearning. He is Ayonija because He was not born of a mother.
This forms a nounin combination with the attribute.
line-break">Trisama samagah sama nirvanam bheshajam bhishakSanyasakrut chamah
santo nishtha shantih parayanam ..62
Trisama: One who is praised bythe chanters of Sama-gana through the three Samas
known as Devavratam.Samagah: One who chants the Sama-gana.Sama: Among the
Vedas, I am Sama Veda.Nirvanam: That in which all miseries cease and which is
of the nature of supremebliss.Bheshajam: The medicine for the disease of
Samsara.Bhishak: The Lord is called Bhishak or physician.Sanyasakrut: One who
instituted the fourth Ashrama of Sanyasa for the attainmentof Moksha.Chamah:
One who has ordained the pacification of the mind as the most
importantdiscipline for Sannyasins (ascetics).Santo: The peaceful, being
without interest in pleasures of the world.Nishtha: One in whom all beings
remain in abeyance at the time of Pralaya.Santih: One in whom there is complete
erasing of Avidya or ignorance. That isBrahman.Parayanam: The
state, which is the highest and from which there is no return tolower states.
Shubhangah shantidah srashta kumudah kuvalesayahGohito gopatir gopta vrushabhaksho vrushapriyah ..63
Shubhangah: One with ahandsome form.Shantidah: One who bestows shanti, that is,
a state of freedom from attachment,antagonism, etc.Srashta: One who brought
forth everything at the start of the creative cycle.Kumudah: ‘Ku’ means the
earth. One who delights in it.Kuvalesayah: ‘Ku’ means earth. That which
surrounds it is water, so‘K
"Gurur Brahma Gurur VishnuGurur Devoh Maheshwar;Gurur Shakshat
ParambramhaTashmai Shri Gurur Veh Namah"May the Merciful Sri Sai Baba always
shower His grace on us and our families and remove our problems and anxieties
by giving us all - strength , goodluck, success and happiness with peace of
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