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bold;"> (26) Sarvah - The Auspicious One: meaning, the One who gives

auspiciousness to those who hear of Him, to those who have a vision of Him, and

to those who meditate upon Him. (27) Sivah -The One who is Eternally Pure. In

Him can never be any contamination of the imperfection of Rajas and Tamas.

‘Non-apprehension of Reality’ is Tamas and ‘misapprehensions of Reality’

constitute the Rajas. In the Reality Itself there can be neither of them ‘He is

Brahman; He is Siva’, so the Upanishad declares of the Absolute Oneness, which

is Vishnu. (28) Sthaanuh: -Generally this term Sthaanuh is used for the

permanent pillars that mark the frontiers of a country. They are permanent,

immovable, fixed. The Truth, that remains thus firm and motionless, without

movement, permanently established in Its own Realm of Purity, is called by the

term Sthaanuh-the Pillar. “Eternal, All-Pervading, the Pillar, Motionless (is)

this Ancient One,” so says Geeta Ch. 2, 24. (29) Bhootaadih - The very cause

for the five great elements: Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. (30) Avyayah

Nidhih -The Imperishable treasure. The term Nidhi means ‘that in which precious

things are stored away or preserved secretly’: (Nidheeyate Asmin iti Nidhih).

Therefore, He who is the substratum-container-for the entire universe is the

Nidhi. During the dissolution (sleep) the One into Whom all things go to lie

merged therein temporarily, till the next projection or creation (waking), as

this Immutable Treasure Chest-the Vishnu. Here ‘unchangeable’ (Avyaya) is

qualifying ‘Nidhi’. (31) Sambhavah -One who takes up by his own free will

various incarnations for the glory of the world is Sambhavah.

In fact, He alone is the source of all that is created. In Harivamsa we read the

assertion: “I am the Narayana, the Source from which all creatures and things

spring forth”. To uphold Dharma I shall manifest again and again, declares the

Lord in His Geeta: (32) Bhaavanah -To do Bhaavana is to give: One who gives

everything to His devotees is Bhaavanah. The Lord is One who gives both joy and

sorrow to each one according to his deserts. In the case of humanity it is He

again who destroys the evil and blesses the good. (33) Bhartaa -The One who

‘Governs’ the entire living world. Governing includes protecting the world from

all harms and serving it positively with progress and joy. One who does these to

all creatures at all times is Vishnu-the great Bhartaa. (34) Prabhavah - The

One who is the very womb of all the

Five Great Elements. It is That from which even the very concepts of time and

space have sprung from. (35) Prabhuh -The Almighty Lord. He who is the

All-Powerful. He who has the supreme freedom to do (Kartum), not to do

(Akartum), or to do quite differently from what He had already done (Anyathaa

Kartum) is considered as the Prabhuh. (36) Eesvarah -One who has the ability

to do anything without the help of other beings or things is called Eesvara.

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