VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM 6 - COURTESY ARUN

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(6) Bhoota-bhrit -One who nurtures and nourishes all beings (living

creatures) in all their attitudes is this Great Reality and,

therefore, He is called as the Bhoota Bhrit. In Geeta there is an

elaborate description of this idea in the l5th Chapter where the Lord

points out how, He, as the light in the sun, fertility in the earth,

growth in the plants, nourishment in food, heat in fire, -becomes

Himself the `eater', and, therefore, how He Himself presides over all

the functions of the body and mind, and apparently nurtures and

nourishes the creatures, who are in fact nothing other than Himself.