Vishnusahasranama

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heart of all, and spins, through His Maayaa, all layers of personal ties as

though the universe is a complicated machinery.” (229) Nivrittaatmaa -The pure

Self, which has retreated totally (Nivritta) from all Its identifications with

matter. In short, Maha Vishnu is the Pure Self, ever Immaculate and totally

Free from all the sorrows of the constant modifications taking place apparently

in the Prakriti. (230) Samvritah -One who is completely veiled from the

recognition of the “Perceiving-feeling-thinking entity”, the ego (Jeeva) .The

Self is veiled away from direct experience of all Jeevas. This intellectual

state of non-apprehension (Aavarana) creates the agitation (Vikshepa) which is

the cause for the misapprehensions of Truth as the sad and sorrowful world of

imperfections. Thus veiled, lies the Truth today to the seeker, and that

Glorious spiritual Centre is

Vishnu. (231) Sampramardanah -One who persecutes relentlessly men, who are

sensuous, evil-minded, and so, fully extrovert in their personality

(Raakshasas). In the form of disease, decay, disaster or death That which

manifests to annihilate the pride, vanity and conceits of all “animal-men”, as

they live drowned in their flesh cravings, low emotions and materialistic

values, is the Ultimate Reality-the Supreme Lord Vishnu. (232) Ahassamvartakah

-One who thrills the day (Ahas) and makes it function vigorously (pravartakah).

The one who dynamises the day and lends the enchantment of joy to all living

creatures is the Sun. The Mighty Truth, who, in the form of the Sun, gives life

to all and lends this energy to them to act, is Vishnu. In the Geeta, Lord

Krishna says, “Please understand that I am the Light of the Sun that illumines

all earth; and the light and heat in the moon and

fire are all mine only.”(233) Vahnih -Fire. One, who is worshipped at the altar

as the God of gods, was Fire in the Vedic period. Invoking the various deities,

oblations were poured into the Fire in Vedic ritualism and Lord Fire is

entrusted with the duty of conveying the oblations to the appropriate deities

Invoked by the devotee. In short, Vishnu is the Omniscient Lord, who conveys

appropriate Karma-phala to the Kartaa (doer) and thus fulfils all actions of

everybody, at all times. 234. Anilah –This term has four distinct meanings. All

of them are appropriate here. (a) Air (Vaayu); living creatures; (b)

“Beginning-less” (Aadi-rahitah); that Truth, from which the concept of time

itself has born, must have been there even before time, manifested, and

therefore, in terms of our intellectual concept of time, we can only say that

He is “Beginningless”; ©

‘Eater’ of food (Attaa); all experiences that satisfy the inner man is called

the “food”, and since all experiences are lived only when illumined by the

consciousness, the Supreme, in terms of our experience is called the “Eater”

and (d) “The Homeless” since He is All-pervading He is the shelter of all and

He is not sheltered by anything. 235. Dharaneedharah -One who supports (Dharah)

the earth (Dharanee). The field of our experiences is the earth, and for all our

earthly experiences, Consciousness is at once the very substratum and the very

Illuminator. In the Light of Consciousness alone, the web of happenings around

is held together to provide us with our experiences.

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