Easy way to learn sri Vishnu sahsrnama part 1
body of Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram consists of 107 stanzas which
contain the thousand names of Sri Maha Vishnu. Every one of the Thousand
Names in Vishnu Sahasranamam is full of significance in that it refers to one
particular quality, guna, characteristic or attribute of Paramatma. (yani namani
gaunani, where the emphasis is that each name is indicative of a guna of could legitimately ask the question: Why were these 1000 names chosen?
Does the Parama Purusha get absolutely defined by these thousand names?
The obvious answer is that God is Infinite and Indescribable, and can only be
experienced, but cannot be translated into words and communicated from one
to another. The vedas conclude that God is neither accessible to words nor to
mind (yato vacho nivartante aprapya manasa saha - Taittiriya Upanishad). In
Isavasya Upanishad, it is said that you cannot reach (understand) the
Paramatma with the human mind (reasoning) alone even if you spend all your
life. This holds true even though mind can travel (think) faster than anything
known to us, including the speed of light (anejadekam manaso javiyo.... ). Given
this Infinite nature of the Paramatma who is not governed or constrained by
any of the physical laws as we know them, the choice of a thousand names of
Vishnu by Bhishma should be recognized as a representation of some of the
better-known qualities of Sriman Narayana that are repeatedly described in
our great epics, vedas, puranas, etc., and sung by the devout sages repeatedly.
As was indicated earlier, the thousand names are strung together in a poetic
form by Sri Vedavyasa. While identifying the thousand names of Narayana
from this poetic composition describing the qualities of the Infinite
Paramatma, the different revered acharyas have come up with slightly
differing sets of thousand names. This is partly because of the ability of these
great acharyas to be able to enjoy the indescribable Parama Purusha in their
own ways, based on the unique philosophies which they have propounded.
Of the thousand names, some are repeated: For example, in Sri Parasara
Bhattar's choice of the thousand names, two names occur four times, 12 names
occur three times, and 82 names occur twice. When a name occurs more than
once, the revered commentators have interpreted the meaning of the name
differently in each instance depending on the context in which the name
occurs. They have also quoted extensive evidence from ancient scriptures in
support of their interpretation. The commentators have emphasized that the
recurrence is not the result of a dosha (deficiency of being repetitive) in the composition. .......
Om visvam vishnur- vashatkaaro bhoota-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuh
bhoota-krit bhoota-bhith bhaavo bhootaatmaa bhoota-bhaavanah
(1) Visvam - He whose manifestation is the whole universe of forms: the Viraat-Purusha. The cause is always present in the effects and as such That Form from which the whole universe has emerged out can only be its own manifestation. The whole cosmos of gross forms is His own expression, and therefore, He is called as Viraatpurusha. ‘Sa eva Sarva- Bhootaatmaa Visvaroopo Yato-Avyayah’. The Sanskrit term Visvam comes from the root Vis, to enter: Thus it means He who has created and entered into the entire universe, as the All-Pervading Reality. It can also mean, That into which the entire universe has entered to remain therein established. In the Upanishads also we have assertions of similar ideas. It is only when intellectually, we view the Lord that we come to recognise Him as the ‘cause’ for the universe. When viewed through contemplation, since the effect is nothing other than the cause, there can be no world other than Him. In fact, there is nothing other than the Supreme. In the Mandukya Upanishad we read ‘Omkaara Evedam Sarvam’. In Geeta ‘OM ltyekaaksharam Brahma’.
(2) Vishnuh -The term Vishnu is dissolved as Veveshti Vyaapnoti iti Vishnuh-That which pervades everywhere is Vishnu. That which has the nature of pervasiveness is Vishnu. He is the one who pervades all and nothing ever pervades Him. ‘Eesaavaasyam Idam Sarvam’-All this is indwelt, pervaded by the Lord. This very same idea is described in the typical style of the Puranas, in the incarnation of the Lord as Vaamana, the short-boy (Vamana), who, with His three feet, measured the entire universe. Because of this act, the Lord got the name Vishnu, says Mahaabhaarata. Vishnu Purana (3-1) says: The root Vis means ‘to enter’. The entire world of things and beings is pervaded by Him and the Upanishad emphatically insists in its mantra ‘whatever that is there is the world of change’. Hence it means that He is not limited by space (Desa), time (Kaala) or substance (Vastu).
(3) Vashatkaarah - ln the ritualistic portion of the Vedas we find many mantras ending with ‘vashat’ and they are used in pouring devoted and dedicated oblations. Thus the term Vashatkaara means: He who is invoked, and for propitiating whom, the oblations are poured in Vedic ritualism, using mantras ending with vashat.
Also Vashatkaara can mean yajna in its association and thus the term in its suggestion can signify ‘He who is of the form of the Yajna’. In the Upanishads also we find this meaning endorsed when the Upanishad mantra says: “Yajno vai Vishnuh” - Yajna itself is Vishnu.
(4) Bhoota-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuh - He who is the Lord (Prabhu) of the Past (Bhooita), the Future (Bhavya) and the Present (Bhavat). Time is the concept of the intellect; it expresses itself in the interval between experiences. Experiences are registered as thoughts and thoughts are ever changing. This very change is known and experienced by us. The knower of the change must be something other than the change. Thus, He who is the Illuminator of all changes, meaning the Consciousness (Aatman) is the Lord Vishnu. He is the One who is not conditioned by time.
(5) Bhoota-krit -The Creator (Krit) of all creatures (Bhoota). This word can be dissolved in two ways:
(a) One who creates the creatures (Bhootaani Karoti iti Bhoota- Krit) or
(b) One who annihilates all creatures (Bhootaani Krindati iti Bhoota-krit).
In both these cases, Brahman, the Supreme is the One Reality that seems to function as the Creator, Sustainer or Destroyer, when He functions through different gunas in the Total-Mind. Functioning through a preponderance in Rajoguna, He becomes the ‘Creator’; through Sattvaguna the ‘Sustainer’, and through Tamoguna, He Himself expresses as the ‘Destroyer’.
Extra comments: Subjectively, the Atman functioning through my own mind and intellect is I, the individuality. My personality entirely depends upon the quality and texture of my own thoughts. I myself become according to the moods of my mind the creator, sustainer and annihilator of my world of experiences. He who manifests and functions, in these three aspects, is the Supreme Vishnu.
(6) Bhoota-bhrit -One who nurtures ("brith") and nourishes all beings (living creatures: "bhoota") 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.
(7) Bhaavah -One who ‘becomes’ (Bhavati iti Bhaavah) Himself into the movable and the Immovable beings and things in the world. He is the Pure Existence in all the sentient organisms and the insentient objects in the universe. Hence He is indicated by the term Bhaavah.
(8) Bhootaatmaa -He is the Aatman (soul) of all the beings ("bhoota"): The very ‘Be’ in the living beings. Just as the same universal space manifests in all rooms as the room-space, so the Infinite Life manifesting through any given vehicle is called the Aatman of the vehicle. It is well known that space everywhere is one and the same; so too, the One Reality sports as though different Aatmans. This One Universal Soul is called in Vedanta the Supreme Brahman (Para-Brahman) .In Bhaagavata, the Lord is addressed as “You are the One Self in all living creatures ever illumining all their experiences.’’ In Kathopanishad: “The One enchanting Truth that revels in every form manifesting in plurality”.
(9) Bhoota-bhaavanah -One who creates and multiplies the creatures; meaning the One, who is the cause for the birth and who is responsible for the growth of all living creatures.......
हरिः ॐ ।
विश्वं विष्णुर्वषट्कारो भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः ।
भूतकृद्भूतभृद्भावो भूतात्मा भूतभावनः ॥ १॥
| 1. विश्वम् | समस्त जगत्के कारणरूप, |
| 2. विष्णुः | सर्वव्यापी, |
| 3. वषट्कारः | जिनके उद्देश्यसे यज्ञमें वषट्क्रिया की जाती है, ऐसे यज्ञस्वरूप, |
| 4. भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः | भूत, भविष्यत् और वर्तमानके स्वामी, |
| 5. भूतकृत् | रजोगुणका आश्रय लेकर ब्रह्मारूपसे सम्पूर्ण भूतोंकी रचना करनेवाले, |
| 6. भूतभृत् | सत्त्वगुणका आश्रय लेकर सम्पूर्ण भूतोंका पालन-पोषण करनेवाले, |
| 7. भावः | नित्यस्वरूप होते हुए भी स्वत: उत्पन्न होनेवाले, |
| 8. भूतात्मा | सम्पूर्ण भूतोंके आत्मा अर्थात् अन्तर्यामी, |
| 9. भूतभावनः | भूतोंकी उत्पत्ति और वृद्धि करनेवाले. . |
Om namo shivaya
Jai siya rama
Jai Shree Krishna
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