Vishnusahasranama

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mouths and eyes-neither end nor middle, nor beginning do I see, O Lord of the

Universe. 248. Aprameya-Atmaa -Prameya=Pramaana Vishaya-anything that can be

known through any of the “Sources-of-knowledge”-direct or indirect. Atman, the

Self, cannot be apprehended by the intellect through any of the known

“Sources-of-Knowledge” (Pramaana) and so He is called as Aprameya. One who has

this nature is the Self, Aprameya-Atmaa, Sri Narayana. 249. Visishtah -The One

who transcends every- thing, in His Glory is the Supreme (Visishtah). Something

that is other than the three bodies, something other than the five kosas,

something definitely different from the finite world of perishable things is

the Infinite Self-which cannot be defined in terms of either the waking or the

dream or the sleep conditions. The Self is something other than all these:

This

Supreme-most Troth is Maha Vishnu. 250. Sishtakrit -One who governs; One who is

the Law Maker and the Law that governs the universe. The goal of His

administration is the protection of the good (Sishtah). Maha Vishnu is the

Governor of all, and the Protector of the good. 251. Suchih -One who is Pure.

The immaculate Reality which is never contaminated by the Maayaa and its by-

products is Maha Vishnu. When dirt (Mala) exists upon anything, it becomes

unclean. In the Absolute Oneness there can be nothing other than itself and

therefore the Fourth-plane-of- Consciousness (Tureeyam) is indicated in our

Scriptures as the Transcendental Ever-Pure Self, Sri Hari. 252. Siddhaarthah

-One who has gained all that has to be gained and achieved all that has to be

achieved. That which has to be achieved in life during an individual’s

existence have

all been classified under four heads and they are called as the four “aims of

life” (Purushaartha). Theyare Righteousness in conduct, (Dharma), Wealth and

Possession (Artha), desires and ambitions (Kaama), liberation from

imperfections (Moksha). One who has gained all these “four” have nothing more

to gain as there cannot be any sense of imperfection in Him. One who has gained

(Siddhah) all that has to be gained (Arthah) is Siddhaartha, Lord Vishnu. 253.

Siddhasankalpah -Sankalpa means “intellectual willing and wishing”. One who

gains all that He wishes for, or One who immediately gains what He wills is

called Siddha-sankalpah. Ordinarily we fail to gain what we demand because of

the disintegration within ourselves. The Lord, the Perfect, is One who

instantaneously gains all that He wishes; hence the Upanishads define Him as

the Satya Sankalpavaan. This great Paramesvara of the Upanishads is the Maha

Vishnu, the theme of the “Thousand

Chants’ (Sahasranaama). 254. Siddhiddah -One who is the Giver of the appropriate

reward for all actions, for those who are doing spiritual practices. Lord

Narayana is the great Universal Power that brings about the reward for all

actions. 255. Siddhi-Saadhanah -One who is the very secret force which enables

the seeker to diligently continue all efforts of his seeking. Siddhi ordinarily

means “fulfilment”, here it means all efforts at a given fulfilment. It is also

interpreted by some as the One Mighty Reality, to worship at whose altar is the

very means (Saadhana) for all achievements (Siddhi), and this is Sri Narayana.

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