VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM 151 - Courtesy ARUN

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Stanza 17

upendro vaamanah praamsur-

amoghah suchir-oorjitah

ateendrah samgrahah sargo

dhritaatmaa niyamo yamah.

 

(151) Upendrah -The younger brother of Indra. In His Incarnation as

Vaamana, He was born to Aditi, who was the mother of Indra, and hence,

the Lord is known as the " Younger brother of Indra " . In Sanskrit the

prefix upa denotes `Above' in the sense of `superior to'; therefore,

Upendra may also mean " One who is superior to Indra " , the king of

gods. Such an explanation we find in the Harivamsa (76-47).

 

Indra, the king of the sense-organs, is the mind and the

Consciousness, which is the Self, is the One factor that dynamises the

mind. Since life is that which controls even the mind, certainly It is

superior to the mind and this Self is the Maha Vishnu.