VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM - Courtesy ARUN

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260. Vrishodarah -Vrisha, that which rains; Udara = belly. The idea

here is the seat of all-creative thinking is resting on a psychic,

centre, roughly indicated by the navel, and hence we find the

description that the total Creator of the universe is sustained and

held aloft at the navel of Maha Vishnu. During Pralaya (sleep)

the " creative power " merges back to its source, and thereafter, upon

waking, the creation again starts; the creative power " manifests

itself and continues its creative activities, from the same point of

Its merger, (Udara). This culminating point of all creation, during

the time of the dissolution-which is also the same from wherein,

during creation, the manifestations of names and forms spring forth

(shower down = Vrisha)- is Vishnu, the Supreme, and hence, He is

called as Vrishodarah, " the Showering Belly. "