Vishnu Sahasranamam [Part 5 of 5]

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VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM [Part 5 of 5] -Concluding part

 

Chaturmurtis chaturbahus chaturvyuhas chaturgatih

Chaturatma chaturbhavas chaturvedavid ekapat…82

 

 

Chaturmurtis: One with four aspects as Virat, Sutratma, Avyakruta,

and Turiya. Or one with four horns with colours white, red, yellow

and black.

Chaturbahus: One with four arms, as Vasudeva is always described.

Chaturvyuhas: One having four manifestations.

Chatur-gatih: One who is sought as the end by the four Orders of life

and four Varnas ordained by the scriptures.

Chaturatma: One whose self is specially endowed with puissance,

because it is without any attachment, antagonism etc.

Chaturbhavas: One from whom has originated the four human values –

Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha.

Chaturvedavid: One who understands the true meaning of the four Vedas.

Ekapat: One with a single Pada, part or leg. Or one with a single

foot or manifestation.

 

 

Samavarto anivrutatma durjayo duratikramah

Durlabho durgamo durgo duravaso durariha...83

 

 

Samavarto: One who effectively whirls the wheel of Samsara.

Anivrutatma: One who is not Nivruta (separated from) anything or

anywhere, because He is all-pervading.

Durjayo: One who cannot be conquered.

Duratikramah: One out of fear of whom, even heavenly objects like sun

do not dare to oppose His command.

Durlabho: One who can be attained by Bhakti, which is difficult for a

person to be endowed with.

Durgamo: One whom it is difficult to attain.

Durgo: One the attainment of whom is rendered difficult by various

obstructions.

Duravaso: He whom the Yogis with very great difficulty bring to

reside in their hearts in Samadhi.

Durariha: One who destroys beings like Asuras.

 

 

Shubhango lokasarangah sutantus tantu-vardhanah

Indrakarma mahakarma krutakarma krutagamah ..84

 

 

Shubhango: One whose form is very auspicious to meditate upon.

Lokasarangah: One who like the Saranga (honey-beetle) grasps the

essence of the world.

Sutantus: As this universe of infinite extension belongs to Him, the

Lord is called Sutantu.

Tantu-vardhanah: One who can augment or contract the web of this

world.

Indrakarma: One whose actions are like that of Indra, that is, are of

a highly commendable nature.

Mahakarma: One of whom the great elements like Akasha are effects.

Krutakarma: One who has fulfilled everything and has nothing more to

accomplish.

Krutagamah: One who has given out the Agama in the shape of the Veda.

 

 

Udbhavah sundarah sundo ratnanabhah sulochanah

Arko vajasanah shrungi jayantah sarva-vij-jayi ..85

 

 

Udbhavah: One who assumes great and noble embodiments out of His own

will.

Sundarah: One who has a graceful attractiveness that surprises

everyone.

Sundo: One who is noted for extreme tenderness (Undanam).

Ratnanabhah: Ratna indicates beauty; so one whose navel is very

beautiful.

Sulochanah: One who has brilliant eyes, that is, knowledge of

everything.

Arko: One who is being worshipped even by beings like Brahma who are

themselves objects of worship.

Vajasanah: One who gives Vajam (food) to those who entreat Him.

Shrungi: One who at the time of Pralaya (cosmic dissolution) assumed

the form of a fish having prominent antenna.

Jayantah: One who conquers enemies easily.

Sarva-vij-jayi: The Lord is `Sarvavit' as He has knowledge of

everything. He is `Jayi' because He is the conqueror of all the inner

forces like attachment, anger etc., as also of external foes like

Hiranyaksha.

 

 

Suvarna-bindur-akshobhyah sarva-vagishvareshvarah

Mahahrado maha-garto maha-bhuto maha-nidhih ..86

 

 

Suvarna-bindur: One whose `Bindus' that is, limbs, are euaql to gold

in brilliance.

Akshobhyah: One who is never perturbed by passions like attachment

and aversion, by objects of the senses like sound, taste, etc., and

by Asuras the antagonists of the Devas.

Sarva-vagishvareshvarah: One who is the master of all masters of

learning, including Brahma.

Mahahrado: He is called a great Hrada (lake), because being the

paramatman who is of the nature of Bliss, the Yogis who contemplate

upon Him dip themselves in that lake of Bliss and attain to great joy.

Maha-garto: One whose Maya is difficult to cross like a ddp pit.

Maha-bhuto: One who is not divided by the three periods of time –

past, present and future.

Mahanidhih: One in whom all the great elements have their support. He

is Mahan or a great one and `Nidhi', the most precious one.

 

 

Kumudah kundarah kundah parjanyah pavano anilah

Amrutasho amrutavapuh sarvagyah sarvato-mukha ..87

 

 

Kumudah: `Ku' means earth; one who gives joy (muda) to the earth by

freeing it of its burdens is Kumuda.

Kundarah: One who offers blessings as pure as Kunda or jasmine.

Kundah: One who has limbs as beautiful as Kunda or Jasmine.

Parjanyah: The word means cloud. One who resembles the cloud in

extinguishing the three Tapas (heats, that is, miseries) arising from

psychological, material and spiritual causes. Or one who rains all

desires like a cloud.

Pavano: One by merely remembering whom a devotee attains purity.

Anilah: `Ilanam' means inducement. One who is without any inducement

is Anila. Ilana also means sleep. So one who sleeps not or is ever

awake is Anila.

Amrutasho: One who consumes Amruta or immortal bliss, which is His

own nature.

Amrutavapuh: One whose form is deathless, that is, undecaying.

Sarvagyah: One who is all-knowing.

Sarvatomukhah: One who has faces everywhere.

 

 

Sulabhah suvratah siddhah shatru-jit shatru-tapanah

Nyagrodho adumbaro-svatthas chanurandhra-nishudhanah ..88

 

 

Sulabhah: One who is attained easily by offering trifles like leaf,

flower, and fruits etc. with devotion.

Suvratah: `Vratati' means enjoys. So, one who enjoys pure offerings.

It can also mean one who is a non-enjoyer, that is, a mere witness.

Siddhah: One whose objects are always attained, that is, omnipotent

and unobstructed by any other will.

Shatru-jit: Conqueror of all forces of evil.

Shatru-tapanah: One who destroys the enemies of the Devas.

Nyagrodho: That which remains above all and grows downward. That is,

He is the source of everything that is manifest.

Adumabaro: One who as the Supreme cause is `above the sky', that is,

superior to all.

Asvatthas: That which does not last even for the next day.

Chanurandhra nishudhanah: One who destroyed a valiant fighter Chanura

belonging to the race of Andhra.

 

 

Sahasrarchi sapta-jihvah saptaidhah sapta-vahanah

Amurtir anagho achintyo bhayakrud bhaya-nashanah ..89

 

 

Sahasrarchi: One with innumerable Archis or rays.

Sapta-jihvah: The Lord in his manifestation as Fire is conceived as

having seven tongues of flame.

Saptaidhah: The Lord who is of the nature of fire has seven Edhas or

forms of brilliance.

Sapta-vahanah: The Lord in the form of Surya or sun has seven horses

as his vehicles or mounts.

Amurtir: One who is without sins or without sorrow.

Achintyo: One who is not determinable by any criteria of knowledge,

being Himself the witnessing Self- certifying all knowledge.

Bhayakrud: One who generates fear in those who go along the evil

path. Or one who cuts at the root of all fear.

Bhaya-nashanah: One who destroys the fears of the virtuous.

 

 

Anur bruhat krusah sthulo gunabrun nirguno mahan

Adhrutah svadhrutah svasyah pragvamsho vamshavardhanah ..90

 

 

Anur: One who is extremely subtle.

Bruhat: The huge and mighty.

Krusah: One who is non-material.

Sthulo: Being the inner pervader of all, He is figuratively described

as Stula or huge.

Gunabrun: The support of the Gunas. He is so called because in the

creative cycle of creation, sustentation, and dissolution, He is the

support of the Gunas – Satva, Rajas and Tamas – with which these

functions are performed.

Nirguno: One who is without the Gunas of Prakruti.

Mahan: The great.

Adhrutah: One who, being the support of all supporting agencies, like

Pruthvi (Earth), is not supported by anything external to Him.

Svadhrutah: One supported by oneself.

Svasyah: One whose face is beautiful and slightly red like the inside

of a lotus flower.

Pragvamsho: The family lines of others are preceded by the lines of

still others, but the Lord's descendent, namely, the world system, is

not preceded by anything else.

Vamshavardhanah: One who augments or destroys the world-system, which

is His off-spring.

 

 

Bhara-bhrut kathito yogi yogishah sarva-kamadah

Ashramah shramanah kshamah suparno vayu-vahanah ..91

 

 

Bhara-bhrut: One who bears the weight of the earth assuming the form

of Ananta.

Kathito: One who is spoken of as the highest by the Veda or one of

whom all Vedas speak.

Yogi: Yoga here means knowledge. So He who is attained by that is

Yogi. Or Yoga means Samadhi. He who is ever established in His own

Self, that is, the Paramatma. He is therefore Yogi.

Yogishah: He who is never shaken from Yoga or knowledge and

establishment in His own Self, unlike ordinary Yogis who slip away

from Yoga on account of obstacles.

Sarva-kamadah: One who bestows all desired fruits.

Ashramah: One who is the bestower of rest on all who are wandering in

the forest of Samsara.

Shramanah: One who brings tribulations to those who live without

using their discriminative power.

Kshamah: He who brings about the decline of all beings.

Suparnah: The lord who has manifested Himself as the tree of Samsara

has excellent leaves (Parna) in the form of Vedic passages (Chandas).

Vayu-vahanah: He for fear of whom Vayu (Air) carries all beings.

 

 

Dhanurdharo dhanurvedo dando damayita damah

Aparajitah sarvasaho niyanta niyamo yamah ..92

 

 

Dhanurdharo: He who as Rama wielded the great bow.

Dhanurvedo: He who as the same Rama, the son of Dasharatha, was the

master of the science of archery.

Dando: He who is discipline among the disciplinarians.

Damayita: He who inflicts punishments on people as Yama and as king.

Damah: He who is in the form of self-descipline in men as a result of

enforcement.

Aparajitah: One who is never defeated by enemies.

Sarvasaho: One who is expert in all Karmas (works).

Niyanta: One who appoints every person to his respective duties.

Aniyamo: One on whom there is no enforcement of any law, or above

whom there can be no overlord to enforce anything, as He is the

controller of everything.

Ayamah: One on whom Yama has no control, that is one who has no death.

 

 

Satvavan satvikah satyah satya-dharma-parayanah

Abhiprayah priyarho-rhah priyakrut pritivardhanah ..93

 

 

Satvavan: One who has got the strengthening qualities like heroism,

prowess etc.

Satvikah: One who is established essentially in the Satva Guna.

Satyah: One who is truly established in good people.

Satya-dharma-parayanah: One who is present in truthfulness and

righteousness in its many aspects.

Abhiprayah: The One who is sought after by those who seek the

ultimate values of life (Purushartha).

Priyarhah: The being to whom the objects that are dear to oneself,

are fit to be offered.

Arhah: One who deserves to be worshipped with all the ingredients and

rites of worship like offerings, praise, prostration etc.

Priyakrut: One who is not only to be loved but who does what is good

and dear to those who worship Him.

Pritivardhanah: One who enhances the joys of devotees.

 

 

Vihayasagatir jyotih suruchir huta-bhug vibhuh

Ravir virochanah suryah savita ravilochanah ..94

 

 

Vihayasagatir: One who is the support of Vishupada.

Jyotih: One who is the light of self-luminous consciousness that

reveals oneself as well as other things.

Suruchir: The Lord whose Ruchi i.e. brilliance or will, is of an

attractive nature.

Huta-bhug: One who eats, that is, receives, whatever is offered to

whatever deities (Devas) in all sacrifices.

Vibhuh: One who dwells everywhere. Or one who is the master of all

the three worlds.

Ravir: One who absorbs all Rasas (fluids) in the form of the Sun.

Virochanah: One who shines in many ways.

Suryah: One who generates Shri or brilliance in Surya. Or Agni (Fire)

is what is called Surya.

Savita: One who brings forth (Prasava) all the worlds.

Ravi-lochanah: One having the sun as the eye.

 

 

Ananto huta-bhug bhokta sukhado naikajo-grajah

Anirvinnah sadamarshi lokadhishthana-madbhutah ..95

 

 

Ananto: One who is eternal, all-pervading and indeterminable by space

and time.

Hutabhuk: One who consumes what is offered in firesacrifices.

Bhokta: One to whom the unconscious Prakruti is the object for

enjoyment.

Sukhado: One who bestows liberation (Miksha) on devotees.

Naikajo: One who takes on birth again and again for the preservation

of Dharma.

Agrajah: One who was born before everything else, that is, Hiranya-

garbha.

Anirvinnah: One who is free from all sorrow, because he has secured

all his desires and has no obstruction in the way of such achievement.

Sadamarshi: One who is always patient towards good men.

Lokadhishthanam: Brahman who, though without any other support for

Himself, supports all the three worlds.

Adbhutah: The wonderful being.

 

 

Sanat sanatana-tamah kapilah kapir avyayah

Svastidah svastikrut svasti svastibhuk svasti-dakshinah ..96

 

 

Sanat: The word Sanat indicates a great length of time. Time also is

the manifestation of the Supreme Being.

Sanatana-tamah: Being the cause of all, He is more ancient than

Brahma and other beings, who are generally considered eternal.

Kapilah: A subterranean fire in the ocean is Kapila, light red in

colour.

Kapir: `Ka' means water. One who drinks or absorbs all water by his

Kapi, that is, the sun.

Avyayah: One in whom all the worlds get dissolved in Pralaya.

Svastidah: One who gives what is auspicious to devotees.

Svastikrut: One who works bestowing what is good.

Svasti: One whose auspicious form is characterized by supreme Bliss.

Svastibhuk: One who enjoys the Svasti mentioned above or who

preserves the Svasti of devotees.

Svasti-dakshinah: One who augments as Svasti (auspiciousness).

 

 

Araudrah kundali chakri vikramyurjita-shasanah

Shabdatigah shabdasahah sisirah sarvari-karah ..97

 

 

Araudrah: Action, attachment and anger these three are Raudra. The

Lord is one whose desires are all accomplished, so He has no

attachment or aversion. So He is free from theRaudras mentioned above.

Kundali: One who has taken the form of Adisesha.

Chakri: One who sports in his hand the discus named Sudarshana, which

is the category known as Manas, for the protection of all the worlds.

Vikrami: Vikrama means taking a stride, as also courage.

Urjita-shasanah: One whose dictates in the form of shrutis and

smrutis are of an extremely sublime nature.

Shabdatigah: One who cannot be denoted by any sound because He has

none of the characteristics, which could be grasped by sound.

Sabdasahah: One who is the purport of all Vedas.

Sisirah: One who is the shelter to those who are bruning in the three

types of wordly fires – sufferings arising from material causes,

psychological causes and spiritual causes.

Sarvari-karah: For those in bondage, the Atman is like Sarvari

(night) and for an enlightened one the state of samsara is like night

(Sarvari). So the Lord is called the one who generates Sarvari or

night for both the enlightened and the bound ones.

 

 

Akrurah peshalo daksho dakshinah kshiminam varah

Vidvattamo vitabhayah punya-shravana-kirtanah ..98

 

 

Akrurah: One who is without cruelty.

Peshalo: One who is handsome in regard to His actions, mind, word and

body.

Daksho: One who is fullgrown, strong and does every thing quickly,

such a person is Daksha.

Dakshinah: This word is also means the same as the above Nama.

Kshiminam varah: The greatest among the patient ones, because He is

more patient than all Yogis noted for patience.

Vidvattamo: He who has got the unsurpassable and all-inclusive

knowledge of everything.

Vitabhayah: One who, being eternally free and the Lord of all, is

free from the fear of trnsmigratory life.

Punya-shravana-kirtanah: One to hear about whom and to sing of whom

is meritorious.

 

 

Uttarano dushkrutiha punyo duh-svapna-nasanah

Viraha rakshanah santo jivanah paryavasthitah ..99

 

 

Uttarano: One who takes beings over to the other shore of the ocean

of Samsara.

Dushkrutiha: One who effaces the evil effects of evil actions. Or one

who destroys those who perform evil.

Punyo: One who bestows holiness on those who remember and adore Him.

Duh-svapna-nasanah: When adored and meditated upon, He saves one from

dreams foreboding danger. Hence He is called so.

Viraha: One who frees Jivas from bondage and thus saves them from the

various transmigratory paths by bestowing liberation on them.

Rakshanah: One who, assuming the Satvaguna, protects all the three

worlds.

Santo: Those who adopt the virtuous path are called good men (Santah).

Jivanah: One who supports the lives of all beings as Prana.

Paryavasthitah: One who remains pervading everywhere in this universe.

 

 

Ananta-rupo ananta-shri jitamanyur bhayapahah

Chaturashro gabhiratma vidisho vyadisho dishah ..100

 

 

Ananta-rupo: One who has innumerable forms, as He dwells in this all-

comprehending universe.

Ananta-shri: One whose Shri (glory) is infinite.

Jitamanyur: One who has overcome anger.

Bhayapahah: One who destroys the fears of beings from Samsara.

Chaturashro: One who is just, because He bestows on Jivas the fruits

of their Karma.

Gabhiratma: One whose nature is unfathomable.

Vidisho: One who distributes various furits of actions to persons

differing in their forms according to competency.

Vyadisho: One who gives to Indra and other deities directions

according to their varied functions.

Dishah: One who in the form of the Vedas bestows the fruits of their

ritualistic actions on different beings.

Anadi bhurbhuvo lakshmih suviro ruchirangadah

Janano janajanmadir bhimo bhima-parakramah ..101

 

 

Anandi: One who has no beginning because He is the ultimate cause of

all.

Bhurbhuvo: `Bhu' means support. One who is the support (Bhu) of even

the earth, which is known to support all things.

Lakshmih: He who is the bestower of all that is auspicious to the

earth besides being its supporter.

Suviro: One who has many brilliant ways of manifestation.

Ruchirangadah: One who has very attractive armlets.

Janano: One who gives brith to living beings.

Jana-janmadir: One who is the root cause of the origin of Jivas that

come to have embodiment.

Bhimo: One who is the cause of fear.

Bhima-parakramah: One whose power and courage in His incarnations

were a cause of fear for the Asuras.

 

 

Adharanilayo dhata pushpahasah prajagarah

Urdhvagah sat-pathacharah pranadah pranavah panah ..102

 

 

Adharanilayo: One who is the support of even all the basic supporting

factors like the five elements – Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth.

Adhata: One who is one's own support and therefore does not require

another support.

Pushpahasah: One whose manifestation as the universe resembles the

Hasa or blooming of buds into flowers.

Prajagarah: One who is particularly awake, because He is eternal

Awareness.

Urdhvagah: One who is above everything.

Sat-pathacharah: One who follows the conduct of the good.

Pranadah: One who givesback life to dead ones as in the case of

Parikshit.

Pranavah: Pranava (Om) the manifesting sound symbol of Brahman. As He

is inseparably related with Pranava, He is called Pranava.

Panah: It comes from the root `Prana' meaning transaction. So one who

bestows the fruits of Karma on all according to their Karma.

 

 

Prmanam prananilayah pranabhrut pranajivanah

Tatvam tatvavidekatma janma-mrutyu-jaratigah ..103

 

 

Pramanam: One who is self-certifying, as He is Pure Consciousness.

Prananilayah: The home or dissolving ground of the Pranas.

Pranabhrut: One who strengthens the Pranas as food (Anna).

Pranajivanah: He who keeps alive human beings with Vayus (airs) known

as Prana, Apana etc.,

Tatvam: Means Brahman, just as words like Amruta, Satya, Paramartha

etc.

Tatvavid: One who knowns His own true nature.

Ekatma: One who is the sole being and the spirit (Atma) in all.

Janma-mrutyu-jaratigah: One who subsists without being subject to the

six kinds of transformations – being born, existing, temporarily,

growing, transforming, decaying and dying.

 

 

Bhurbhuvah svastarus-tarah savita prapitamahah

Yagyo yagya-patir-yajva yagyango yagya-vahanah ..104

 

 

Bhur-bhuvah-svastarus: The three Vyahrutis Bhuh, Bhuvah, Svah are

said to be the essence of the Veda.

Tarah: One who helps Jivas to go across the ocean of Samsara.

Savita: He who generates all the worlds.

Prapitamahah: One who is the father of Brahma and therefore the

grandfather of all.

Yagyo: One who is of the form of Yagya.

Yagya-patir: One who is the protector and the master of the Yagyas.

Yajva: One who manifests as the performer of a Yagya.

Yagyango: All the parts of His body as the incarnate Cosmic Boar are

identified with the parts of a yagya.

Yagya-vahanah: One who supports the Yagya which yield various fruits.

 

 

Yagyabhrud yagyakrud yagyi yagyabhrug yagyasadhanah

Yagyanantakrud yagyaguhyam annam annada eva cha ..105

 

 

Yagyabhrud: He is so called, because He is the protector and

supporter of all yagyas.

Yagyakrud: One who performs Yagya at the beginnig and end of the

world.

Yagyi: One who is the Principal.

Yagyabhrug: One who is the enjoyer of Yagya or Protector of Yagya.

Yagyasadhanah: One to whom the Yagya is the approach.

Yagyanantakrud: One who is the end or the furits of yagya.

Yagyaguhyam: The gyana yagya or the sacrifice of knowledge, which is

the esoteric (Guhyam) of all the yagyams.

Annam: That which is eaten by living beings. Or He who eats all

beings.

Annada eva cha: One who is the eater of the whole world as food. The

word Eva is added to show that He is also Anna, the food eaten.

 

 

Atmayonih svayamjato vaikhanah samagayanah

Devaki-nandanah srashtha kshitishah papanashanah ..106

 

 

Atmayonih: One who is the source of all; that is, there is no

material cause other than Himself for the universe.

Svayam-jato: He is also the instrumental cause.

Vaikhanah: One who excavated the earth, taking a unique form.

Samagayanah: One who recites the Sama chants.

Devakidddd-nandanah: The Son of Devaki in the incarnation as Krishna.

Srashtha: The creator of all the worlds.

Kshitishah: A master of the world. Here it denotes Rama.

Papanashanah: He who destroys the sins of those who adore Him,

meditate upon Him, remember and sing hymns of praise on Him.

 

 

Shankhabrun -nandaki chakri sharangadhnva gadadharah

Rathanga panirakshobhyah sarva-praharanayudhah ..107

 

 

Shankhabrun: One who sports the conch known as Panchajanya, which

stands for Tamasahamkara, of which the five elements are born.

Nandaki: One who has in His hand the sword known as Nandaka, which

stands for Vidya (spiritual illumination).

Chakri: One who sports the discus known as Sudarshana, which stands

for the Rajasahamkara, out of which the Indriyas have come.

Gadadharah: One who has the mace known as the Kaumodaki, which stands

for the category of Buddhi.

Rathangapani: One in whose hand is a wheel (Chakra).

Rakshobhyah: One who cannot be upset by anything, because He controls

all the above-mentioned weapons.

Sarva-praharana-yudhah: There is no rule that the Lord has got only

the above-mentioned weapons. All things, which can be used for

contacting or striking, are His weapons.

 

 

Vanamali gadi sharangi shankhi chakri cha nandaki

Shriman narayano vishnur-vasudevo-abhirakshatu ..108

Om Tat Sat

CONCLUDED