1000 names of Vishnu

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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.

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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

mind.Sai bhakt,Deepa Hdebu7366

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