Vishnusahasranama

March 22, 2006

(19) Yoga-vidaam netaa –One who guides all the activities of all men ‘who

knows yoga’ (Yogaviti) .To all men of realization, He who is the Ideal, is the

Supreme Lord. Just as our activities are today ordered by our selfishness and

individuality, the Ideal that commands and orders all activities in the bosom

of a Man of Realization is his God-Consciousness. This realm of experience is

Mahaa Vishnu. In the Geeta also we find the same idea expressed, in the

language of emotion, when the Lord says: “Those who contemplate upon Me with

total dedication, their daily welfare and spiritual progress I shall bear”.

(20) Pradhaana-purusha-eesvarah -Lord of both Pradhaana and Parusha. The term

Pradhaana means ‘maayaa’-the total cause for the entire universe of forms.

Purusha indicates the individuality in each one of us-the Jeeva Lord Eesvara

means the

Master (Eeshte iti Eesvarah). The Lord of Maayaa and Jeeva means the one who

makes both these possible to exist and function. The One Infinite Reality which

Itself manifests as Maayaa, Jeeva and Eesvara is the Essence in Vishnu. (21)

Naarasimha-vapuh -One whose form is half human and half lion This is the famous

fourth incarnation of Lord Vishnu which He took in order to destroy the

atheistic tyrant Hiranyakasipu and bless his devotee, Prahlaada. (22) Sreemaan

-One who is always with Sree. Mother Sree is Mother Lakshmi. In the Puranic

terminology Laksmi stands for all powers, all faculties. The total manifested

power potential in the Omnipotent is Lakshmi. These powers are ever in Him and

therefore, He is the Sreemaan. (23) Keshavah -He who has beautiful and

graceful (Va) locks of hair (Kesa) is familiar as in Lord Krishna’s form. Or,

it can also mean, one who destroyed the demon Kesin who was sent to destroy the

child-Krishna by his uncle Kamsa This interpretation is endorsed by the Vishnu

Purana, 5.16.23. (24) Purushottamah -The constitution of the individuality,

Jeeva, when analysed, we find that it is made up of both the perishable-matter

and the Imperishable-Spirit. The Spirit expressing through matter is the

individuality, Jeeva. Reflected moon is the moon of the heavens dancing on the

surface of water. Just as the moon is something different from its reflections

and the water surfaces, so too the Self is, in its transcendental nature,

something different from both matter, the perishable, and Spirit, the

Imperishable, ever playing in matter. This Transcendental Truth is indicated by

the term the Supreme Purusha (Purushottama). For More Information on

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