VISHNU
SAHASRANAMA STOTRAM
Om
vishvam vishnur-vashatkaro bhuta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuh
Bhutakrud
bhutabhrud bhavo bhutatma bhuta-bhavanah ..1
Vishvam:
The all or the Universe.
Vishnur:
He who pervades every thing.
Vashatkara:
For whom the sacrificial versus are uttered in the yagyas.
Bhuta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuh:
The one who is the master and beyond the past,
present and the future.
Bhutakrud:
The creator and destroyer of all existences in the universe.
Bhutabhrud:
One who supports or sustains or governs the universe.
Bhava:
Pure existence.
Bhutatma:
The essence of all beings.
Bhuta-bhavanah:
He who originates and develops all Elements.
Putatma
paramatma cha muktanam parama gatih
Avyayah
purusha sakshi kshetrajno~kshara eva cha ..2
Putatma:
One whose nature is purity/who is purity
Paramatma
cha: He who is the supreme one and the Atman.
Muktanam
parama gatih: The highest goal of the liberated ones.
Avyayah:
One for whom there is no decay.
Purusha:
One who abides in the body or pura.
Sakshi:
One who witnesses everything
Kshetrajno:
The knower of the field or body.
Akshara
eva cha: He who is without destruction
Yogo
yogavidam neta pradhana-purushesvarah
Narasimha-vapu
shriman kesavah purushottamah ..3
Yogo:
One attainable through Yoga.
Yogavidam
neta: The master of those who are established in the above-mentioned
Yoga.
Pradhana-purushesvarah:
The master of pradhana or Prakruti and Purusha or Jiva.
Narasimha-vapu:
One in whom the bodies of a man and a lion are combined.
Shirman:
One on whose chest the goddess Shri always dwells.
Kesavah:
One whose Kesa or locks are beautiful
Purushottamah:
The greatest among all Purushas
Sarvah
sarvah sivah sthanur-bhutadir-nidhir-avyayah
Sambhavo
bhavano bharta prabhavah prabhur-isvarah ..4
Sarvah:
The omniscient source of all existence.
Sarvah:
Destroyer.
Sivah:
One pure.
Sthanur:
One who is steady, immovable and changeless.
Bhutadir:
Source of all elements or existing things.
Avyayah
nidhir: The changeless and indestructible Being in whom the whole
universe becomes merged and remains in seminal
condition at the time of Pralaya
or cosmic dissolution.
Sambhavo:
One born out of His own will as incarnation.
Bhavano:
One who generates the fruits or Karmas of all Jivas for them to enjoy.
Bharta:
One who supports the universe as its substratum.
Prabhavah:
One from whom all the great elements have their birth. Or one who has
exalted births as incarnations.
Prabhur:
One who is an adept in all rites.
Ishvarah:
One who has unlimited lordliness or power over all things.
Svayambhuh
sambhur-adityah pushkaraksho mahasvanah
Anandi-nidhano
dhata vidhata dhaturuttamah ..5
Svayambhuh:
One who exists by Himself, uncaused by any other.
Sambhur:
One who bestows happiness on devotees.
Adityah:
The golden-hued person in the sun’s orb. Pushkaraksho: One who has
eyes resembling the petals of Pushkara or
lotus.
Mahasvanah:
One from whom comes the great sound – the Veda.
Anandi-nidhano:
The one existence that has neither birth nor death.
Dhata:
One who is the support of the universe.
Vidhata:
He who generates Karmas and their fruits.
Dhaturuttamah:
The ultimate support of every thing.
Aprameyo
hrishikesah padma-nabho~mara-prabhuh
Visvakarma
manustvashta sthavishtah sthaviro-dhruvah ..6
Aprameyo:
One who is not measurable or understandable by any of the accepted
means of knowledge like sense, perception,
inference etc.
Hrishikesah:
The master of the senses or He under whose control the senses
subsist.
Padma-nabho:
He in whose navel (nabhi) the lotus (padma), the source of the
universe, stands.
Amara-prabhuh:
The master of Amaras or the deathless ones, i.e. the Devas.
Visvakarma:
He whose Karma (work) has resulted in all that exists (Vishvam) or
He whose power of creation is unique and wonderful.
Manu:
He who thinks.
Stvashta:
He who makes all beings shrunken (Tanukarana) at the time of cosmic
dissolution.
Sthavishtah:
He who excels in everything in bulk or substantiality.
Sthaviro-dhruvah:
Eternal One, being the most ancient. It is taken as a single
phrase, the name along with its qualification.
Agrahyah
sasvatah krishno lohitakshah pratardanah
Prabhutas-trikakubdhama
pavitram mangalam param ..7
Agrahyah:
One who cannot be grasped by the organs or knowledge or conceived
by the mind.
Sasvatah:
One who exists at all times.
Krishno:
The existence-Knowledge-Bliss.
Lihitakshah:
One whose eyes are tinged red.
Pratardanah:
Destroyer of all at the time of cosmic dissolution.
Prabhutas:
Great because of unique qualities like omnipotence, omniscience etc.
Trikakubdhama:
He who is the support (dharma) of the three regions above, below
and in the middle.
Pavitram:
That which purifies everything.
Mangalam
param: Supremely auspicious.
Isanah
pranadah prano jyeshthah sreshthah prajapatih
Hiranyagarbho
bhugarbho madhavo madhusudanah .. 8
Isanah:
He who controls and regulates everything.
Pranadah:
One who bestows or activates the Prana, the vital energy.
Prano:
The Supreme Being.
Jyeshthah:
The eldest of all; for there is nothing before Him.
Sreshthah:
One deserving the highest praise.
Prajapatih:
The master of all living beings, because He is Ishvara.
Hiranyagarbho:
One who is Atman of even Brahma the creator.
Bhugarbho:
One who has got the world within Himself.
Madhavo:
The Consort of Ma or Mahalakshmi or one who is fit to be known
through Madhu-Vidya.
Madhusudanah:
The destroyer of the demon Madhu.
Ishvaro
vikrami dhanvi medhavi vikramah kramah
Anuttamo
duradharsah krutajnah krutiratmavan ..9
Ishvara:
The Omnipotent Being.
Vikrami:
The courageous One.
Dhanvi:
One armed with bow.
Medhavi:
He who has great intelligence capable of grasping all texts.
Vikramah:
He who crosses (Karmana) i.e. transcends samsara. Or one who has Vih,
bird i.e. Garuda as His mount.
Kramah:
Vishnu is called Kramah, because He is the cause of Kramana or crossing
of the ocean of samsara by devotees, or because from Him all Krama
or
manifestation of the universe, has taken
place.
Anuttamo:
He than whom there is none greater.
Duradharsah:
One whom none (Asuras) can overcome.
Krutajnah:
One who knows everything about what has been done (Kruta) by Jivas.
Also
one who is pleased even with those who offer such simple offerings as leaves,
flowers, fruits and water.
Krutir:
The word means what is achieved through all human efforts or works.
Atmavan:
One established in his own greatness i.e. requiring no other support than
Himself.
Suresah
sharanam sharma vishvaretah prajabhavah
Ahah
samvasaro vyalah pratyayah sarvadarshanah …10
Suresah:
The lord of the Suras or Devas. It can also mean the greatest of those who
bestow good.
Saranam:
One who removes the sorrows of those in distress.
Sharma:
One who is of the nature of supreme bliss.
Vishvaretah:
The seed of the universe.
Prajabhavah:
He from whom all beings have originated.
Ahah:
Luminous one.
Samvasaro:
As Time is a from of Vishnu, He is called Samvasara or
a year.
Vyalah:
Being ungraspable like a serpent, He is called Vyalah.
Pratyayah:
One who is of the nature of Pratiti or Prajna (consciousness)
Sarvadarshanah:
One with eyes everywhere. As the Lord has assumed all forms,
the eye-sight of all beings is His.
Ajah
sarveshvarah siddhah siddhih sarvadir acyutah
Vrushakapir
ameyatma sarva-yoga-vinihshrutah …11
Ajah:
One who has no birth.
Sarveshvarah:
The Lord of all Lords or the supreme Lord.
Siddhah:
One ever established in one’s own nature. Siddhih: One who is of the
nature of Consciousness in all.
Sarvadih:
One who is the first cause of all elements.
Achyutah:
One who never lost and will never lose his inherent nature and powers.
Vrushakapir:
One who shwers all objects of desire.
Ameyatma:
One whose form or nature cannot be measured and determined.
Sarva-yoga-vinihshrutah:
One who stands aside completely from all bondage.
Vasur
vasumanah satyah samatma sammitah samah
Amoghah
pundarikaksho vrusha-karma vrushakrutih …12
Vasur:
One in whom all beings dwell and one who dwells in all beings.
Vasumanah:
The term Vasu means wealth or riches. Here it indicates greatness. So
it means one possessed of a great mind i.e. a mind free from
attachments, anger and
other evil qualities.
Satyah:
One whose nature is Truth.
Samatma:
One whose mind is Sama, without partiality or anger and thus the same
towards all beings.
Sammitah:
This name and the previous (samatma) occurring together, can be split
in two ways – as samatma + sammitah and as samatma + asammitah.
Samah: One
unpertubed at all times.
Amoghah:
One whose worship will never go in vain, but will bear ample fruits.
Pundarikaksho:
One who has pervaded, i.e. is realized in, the lotus of the heart. Or
One whose eyes resemble the petals of a lotus.
Vrushakarma:
One whose actions are according to vrushas i.e. Dharma.
Vrushakrutih:
One who takes form for the sake of Vrushas or Dharma.
Rudro
bahushira babhrur vishva-yonih shuchi sravah
Amrutah
shashvata-sthanur vararoho maha-tapah …13
Rudro:
One who makes all beings cry at the time of cosmic dissolution.
Bahushira:
One with innumerable heads.
Babhrur:
One who governs the world.
Vishvayonih:
One who is the cause of the world.
Shuchi
sravah:: One whose names and glories are very holy and
purifying to be
heard.
Amrutah:
One who is deathless.
Shashvata-sthanur:
One who is both eternal and firmly established, unchanging.
Vararoho:
He whose lap gives the highest blessings.
Mahatapah:
The austerity connected with creation, which is of the nature of
knowledge is of great potency.
Sarvagah
sarva-vid-bhanur vishvaksheno janardanah
Vedo
vedavid avyango vedango vedavit kavih..14
Sarvagah:
One who pervades everything, being of the nature of their material
cause.
Sarva-vid-bhanur:
One who is omniscient and illumines everything.
Vishvaksheno:
He before whom all Asura armies get scattered.
Janardanah:
One who inflicts suffering on evil men.
Vedah:
He who is of the form of the Veda.
Vedavid:
One who knows the Veda and its meaning.
Avyango:
One who is self-fulfilled by knowledge and other great attributes and is
free from every defect.
Vedango:
He to whom the Vedas stand as organs.
Vedavit:
One who knows all the Vedas.
Kavih:
One who sees everything.
Lokadhyakshah
suradhyaksho dharmadhyakshah krutakrutah
Chaturatma
chaturvyuhas chaturdamstras chatur-bhujah ..15
Lokadhyakshah:
He who witnesses the whole universe.
Suradhyaksho:
One who is the overlord of the protecting Divinities of all regions.
Dharmadhyakshah:
One who directly sees the merits (Dharma) and demerits
(Adharma)
of beings by bestwing their due rewards on all beings.
Krutakrutah:
One who is an effect in the form of the worlds and also a non-effect
as their cause.
Chaturatma:
One who for the sake of creation, sustentation and dissolution assumes
forms.
Chaturvyuhas:
One who adopts a fourfold manifestation.
Chaturdamstras:
One with four fangs in His Incarnation as Nisimha.
Chaturbhujah:
One with four arms.
Bhrajishnur-bhojanam
bhokta sahishnur jagad-adhijah
Anagho
vijayo jeta vishva-yonih punar-vasuh ..16
Bhrajishnur:
One who is pure luminosity.
Bhojanam:
Prakruti or Maya is called Bhojanam or what is enjoyed by the Lord.
Bhokta:
As he, purusha, enjoys the prakruti, He is called the enjoyer or Bhokta.
Sahishnur:
As He suppresses Asuras like Kiranyaksha, He is Sahishnu.
Jagad-adhijah:
One who manifested as Hiranyagarbha by Himself at the beginning
of creation.
Anagho:
The sinless one.
Vijayo:
One who has mastery over the whole universe by virtue of his six special
excellences like omnipotence, omniscience
etc. known as Bhagas.
Jeta:
One who is naturally victorious over beings, i.e. superior to all beings.
Vishva-yonih:
The source of the universe.
Punar-vasuh:
One who dwells again and again in the bodies as the Jivas.
Upendro
vamanah pramshur amoghah suchir urjitah
Atindrah
samgrahah sargo dhrutatma niyamo yamah ..17
Upendro:
One born as the younger brother of Indra.
Vamanah:
One who, in the form of Vamana (dwarf), went begging to Bali.
Pramshur:
One of great height.
Amoghah:
One whose acts do not go in vain.
Suchir:
One who purifies those who adore and praise Him.
Urjitah:
One of infinite strength.
Atindrah:
One who is superior to Indra by His inherent attributes like omnipotence,
omniscience etc.
Samgrahah:
One who is of the subtle form of the universe to be created.
Dhrutatma:
One who is ever in His inherent form or nature, without the
transformation involved in birth and death.
Niyamo:
One who appoints His creatures in particular stations.
Yamah:
One who regulates all, remaining within them.
Vedyo
vaidyah sada-yogi viraha madhavo madhuh
Atindriyo
mahamayo mahotsaho mahabalah ..18
Vedyo:
One who has to be known by those who aspire for Mokshas.
Vaidhyah:
One who knows all Vidyas or branches of knowledge.
Sada-yogi:
One who is ever experienceble, being ever existent.
Viraha:
One who destroys heroic Asuras for the protection of Dharma.
Madhavo:
One who is the Lord or Master of Ma or knowledge.
Madhuh:
Honey, because the Lord gives joy, just like honey.
Atindriyo:
One who is not knowable by the senses.
Mahamayo:
One who can cause illusion even over other great illusionists.
Mahotsaho:
One who is ever busy in the work of creation, sustentation and
dissolution.
Mahabalah:
The strongest among all who have strength.
Mahabuddir
mahaviryo mahasaktir mahadyutih
Anirdesyavapuh
shriman ameyatma mahadridhruk ..19
Mahabuddir:
The wisest among the wise.
Mahaviryo:
The most powerful one, because Ignorance which is the cause of
Samsara
is His great power.
Mahasaktir:
One with great resources of strength and skill.
Mahadyutih:
One who is intensely brilliant both within and without.
Anirdesyavapuh:
One who cannot be indicated to another as: `He is this’, because
He
cannot be objectively known. Shriman: One endowed with greatness of every
kind.
Ameyatma:
The Spirit with intelligence that cannot be measured by any one.
Mahadridhruk:
One who held up the great mountain `Mandara’ at the time of the
churning of the Milk Ocean and also Govardhana in
his Krishna incarnation.
Maheshvaso
mahibharta shrinivasah satam gatih
Aniruddhah
suranando govindo govidam patih ..20
Maheshvaso:
One equipped with the great bow.
Mahibharta:
One who held up the earth submerged in Pralaya waters.
Shrinivasah:
One on whose chest the Goddess Shri, eternal in nature, dwells.
Satam
gatih: One who bestows the highest destiny attainable, to all holy men.
Aniruddhah:
One who has never been obstructed by any one or anything from
manifesting in various forms.
Suranando:
One who bestows joy on all divinities.
Govindo:
Gau means words. Thou pervadest all words, giving them power.
Therefore
sages call the Govinda.
Govindam
patih: Gau means words. One who knows them is Govid. He who is the
master of words is indicated by this name.
Marichir-damano
hamsah suparno bhujagottamah
Hiranya-nabha
sutapah padmanabhah prajapatih ..21
Marchir:
The supreme power and impressiveness seen in persons endowed with
such qualities.
Damano:
One who in the form of Yama inflicts punishments on those who tread the
path of unrighteousness.
Hamsah:
One who removes the fear of Samsara from those who practise the sense
of identity with Him.
Suparnah:
One who has two wings in the shape of Dharma and Adharma.
Bhujagottamah:
One who is the greatest among those who move on Bhujas or
arms, that is, serpents. The great serpents
like Ananta and Vasuki are the powers of
Vishnu,
so he has come to have this name.
Sutapah:
One who performs rigorous austerities at Badarikashrama as Nara and
Narayana.
Padmanabhah:
One whose navel is beautifully shaped like lotus.
Prajapatih:
The father of all beings, who are His children.
Amrutyuh
sarva-druk simhah sandhata sandhiman sthirah
Ajo
durmarshanah shasta vishrutatma surariha ..22
Amrutyuh:
One who is without death or its cause.
Sarva-druk:
One who sees the Karmas of all Jivas through His inherent wisdom.
Simhah:
One who does Himsa or destruction.
Sandhata:
One who unites the Jivas with the fruits of their actions.
Sandhiman:
One who is Himself the enjoyer of the fruits of actions.
Sthirah:
One who is always of the same nature.
Ajo:
The root `Aj’ has got as meanings both `go’ and `throw’. So the name means
One who
goes into the hearts of devotees or One who throws the evil Asuras to a
distance, i.e. destroys them.
Durmarshanah:
One whose might the Asuras cannot bear.
Shasta:
One who instructs and directs all through the scriptures.
Vishrutatma:
One who is specially known through signifying terms like Truth,
Knowledge etc.
Surariha:
One who destroys the enemies of Suras or Devas.
Gurur
gurutamo dhama satyah satya-parakramah
Nimisho
animishah sragvi vachaspatir udaradhih ..23
Gurur:
One who is the teacher of all forms of knowledge.
Gurutamo:
One who gives the knowledge of Brahman even to divinities like
Brahma.
Dhama:
It means brilliance.
Satyah:
One who is embodied as virtue of truth specially.
Satya-parakamah:
One of unfailing valour.
Nimisho:
One whose eye-lids are closed in Yoga-nidra.
Animishah:
One who is ever awake.
Sragvi:
One who has on Him the necklace called Vaijayanti, which is strung with
the subtle aspects of the five elements.
Vachaspatir-udaradhih:
Being the master of Vak or word i.e. knowledge, He is
called so. As his intellect perceives everything,
He is Udaradhih. Both these
epithets together constitute one name.
Agranir
gramanih shriman nyayo neta samiranah
Sahsra-murdha
vishvatma sahasraksha sahasrapat ..24
Agranir:
One who leads all liberation-seekers to the highest status.
Gramanih:
One who has the command over Bhutagrama or the collectivity of all
beings.
Shriman:
One more resplendent than everything.
Nyayo:
The consistency which runs through all ways of knowing and which leads
one to the truth of Non-duality.
Neta:
One who moves this world of becoming.
Samiranah:
One who in the form of breath keeps all living beings functioning.
Sahasramurdha:
One with a thousand, i.e. innumerable, heads.
Vishvatma:
The soul of the universe.
Sahasraksha:
One with a thousand or innumerable eyes.
Sahasrapat:
One with a thousand, i.e. innumerable legs.
Avrtano
nivrutatma samvrutah sampramardanah
Ahah
samvartako vahnir anilo dharani-dharah ..25
Avartano:
One who whirls round and round the Samsara-chakra, the wheel of
Samsara or worldy existence.
Nivrutatma:
One whose being is free or untouched by the bondage of Samsara.
Samvrutah:
One who is covered by all-covering Avidya or ignorance.
Sampramardanah:
One who delivers destructive blows on all beings through His
Vibhutis
(power manifestation like Rudra, Yama etc.).
Ahah
samvartako: The Lord who, as the sun, regulates the succession of day and
night.
Vahnir:
One who as fire carries the offerings made to the Devas in sacrifices.
Anilo:
One who has no fixed residence.
Dhanani
dharah: One who supports the worlds, Adisesha, elephants of the quarters
etc.
Suprasadah
prasannatma vishva-dhrug vishva-bhug vibhuh
Sat-karta
sat-krutah sadhur jahnur narayano narah ..26
Suprasadah:
One whose Prasada or mercy is uniquely wonderful, because He gives
salvation to Sisupala and others who try to harm
Him.
Prasannatma:
One whose mind is never contaminated by Rajas or Tamas.
Vishva-dhrug:
One who holds the universe by his power.
Vishva-bhug:
One who eats up or enjoys or protects the worlds.
Vibhuh:
One who becomes many from Hiranyagarbha downwards.
Satkarta:
One who offers benefits.
Sat-krutah:
One who is adored even by those who deserve adoration.
Sadhur:
One who acts according to justice.
Jahnuh:
One who dissolves all beings in oneself at the time of dissolution.
Narayanah:
Nara means Atman. Narayana, that is, one having His residence in all
beings.
Narah:
He directs everything, the eternal Paramatma is called
Nara”.
Asankhyeyo
prameyatma visistah shishtakruch chucih
Siddharthah
siddha-sankalpah siddhidah siddhisadhanah ..27
Asankhyeyo:
One who has no Sankhya or differences of name and form.
Aprameyatma:
One whose nature cannot be grasped by any of the means of
knowledge.
Visistah:
One who excels everything.
Shishtakrch:
Shihstam means commandment. So, one who commands everything.
Or one
who protects shishtas or good men.
Siddharthah:
One whose object is always fulfilled.
Siddha-sankalpah:
One whose resolutions are always fulfilled.
Siddhidah:
One who bestows Siddhi or fulfillment on all who practise disciplines,
in accordance with their eligibility.
Siddhisadhanah:
One who brings fulfillment to works that deserve the same.
Vrushahi
vrushabho vishnur vrushaparva vrushodarah
Vardhano
vardhamanascha viviktah shruti-sagarah ..28
Vrushahi:
Vrusha means dharma or merit.
Vrushabho:
One who showers on the devotees all that they pray for.
Vishnur:
One who pervades everything.
Vrushaparva:
One who has given as steps (Parvas), observances of the nature of
Dharma, to those who want to attain the supreme state.
Vrushodarah:
One whose abdomen showers offspring.
Vardhamanascha:
One who multiplies in the form of the universe.
Viviktah:
One who is untouched and unaffected.
Shruti-sagarah:
One to whom all the shruti or Vedic words and sentences flow.
Subhujo
durdharo vagmi mahendro vasodo vasuh
Naikarupo
bruhad-rupah shipivishtah prakashana ..29
Subhujo:
One possessing excellent arms that protect the worlds.
Durdharo:
One who holds up the universe – a work which none else can do.
Vagmi:
One from whom the words constituting the Veda come out.
Mahendro:
The great Lord, that is, the Supreme Being, who is the God of all gods.
Vasudo:
One who bestows riches.
Vasuh:
One who is himself theVasu.
Naikarupo:
One who is without an exclusive form.
Bruhad-rupah:
One who has adopted mysterious forms like that of a Boar.
Shipivishtah:
Shipi means cow. One who resides in cows as Yagya.
Prakashana:
One who illumines everthing.
Ojas
tejo dyuti-dharah prakashatma pratapanah
Vruddhah
spahstaksharo mantras chandramshur bhaskaradyutih ..30
Ojas
tejo duti-dharah: Ojas means inherent vitality. Tejas means puissance and such
qualities. Dyuti means radiance. So the word means
one who possesses all these
qualities.
Prakashatma:
One whose form is radiant.
Pratapanah:
One who warms the world through the power manifestations like the
Sun.
Vruddhah:
One who is rich in excellences like Dharma, Gyana (knowledge),
Vairagya (renunciation) etc.
Spashstaksharo:
He is so called because Omkara, the manifesting sound of the
Lord,
is Spashta or high pitched.
Mantras:
One who manifests as the Mantras of the Rk, Sama, Yajus etc., or one
who is known through Mantras.
Chandramshur:
He is called `Chandramshu’ or moonlight because just as the moonlight
gives relief to men burnt in the heat of the
sun, He gives relief and shelter to
those who are subjected to the heat of Samsara.
Amrtamshu
dbhavo bhanuh shashabinduh sureshvarah
Aushadham
jagatah setuh satya-dharma-prarakramah ..31
Amrtamshu
dbhavo: The Paramatman from whom Amrutamshu or the Moon
originated at the time of the churning of
the Milk-ocean.
Bhanuh:
One who shines.
Shashabinduh:
The word means one who has the mark of the hare, that is the
Moon.
Sureshvarah:
One who is the Lord of all Devas and those who do good.
Aushadham:
One who is the Aushadha or medicine for the great disease of
Samsara.
Jagatah
setuh: One who is the aid to go across the ocean of Samsara.
Satya-dharma-parakramah:
One whose excellences like righteousness,
omniscience, puissance, etc. are all true.
Bhuta-bhavya-bhavan-nathah
pavanah pavano analah
Kamaha
kamakrut kantah kamah kamapradah prabhuh ..32
Bhuta-bhavya-bhavan-nathah:
One who is the master for all the beings of the past,
future and present.
Pavanah:
One who is the purifier.
Pavanah:
One who causes movement.
Analah:
The Jivatma is called Anala because it recognizes Ana or Prana as Himself.
Kamaha:
One who destroys the desire-nature in seekers after liberation.
Kamakrut:
One who fulfils the wants of pure minded devotees.
Kantah:
One who is extremely beautiful.
Kamah:
One who is sought after by those who desire to attain the four supreme
values of life.
Kamapradah:
One who liberally fulfils the desires of devotees.
Prabhuh:
One who surpasses all.
Yugadikrud
yugavarto naikamayo mahashanah
Adrushyo
vyakta-rupascha sahasrajid anantajit ..33
Yugadikrud:
One who is the cause of periods of time like Yuga.
Yugavarto:
One who as time causes the repetition of the four Yugas beginning with
Satya
Yuga.
Naikamayo:
One who can assume numerous forms of Maya, not one only.
Mahashanah:
One who consumes everything at the end of a Kalpa.
Adrushyo:
One who cannot be grasped by any of the five organs of knowledge.
Vyakta-rupascha:
He is so called because His gross form as universe can be clearly
perceived.
Sahasrajid:
One who is victorious over innumerable enemies of the Devas in battle.
Anantajit:
One who, being endowed with all powers, is victorious at all times over
everything.
Ishtovishistah
shishtestah sikhandi nahusho vrushah
Krodhaha
krodhakrut karta vishva-bahur mahidharah ..34
Ishto:
One who is dear to all because He is of the nature of supreme Bliss.
Avishistah:
One who resides within all.
Shishtestah:
One who is dear to shishta or Knowing Ones.
Sikhandi:
Sikhanda means feather of a peacock. One who used it as a decoration
for His crown when he adopted the form of a cowherd (Gopa).
Nahusho:
One who binds all beings by Maya the root `nah’ means bondage.
Vrushah:
One who is of the form of Dharma.
Krodhaha:
One who eradicates anger in virtuous people.
Krodhakrut
karta: One who generates Krodha or anger in evil people.
Vishva-bahur:
One who is the support of all or one who has got all beings as His
arms.
Mahidharah:
Mahi means both earth and worship. So the name means one who
supports the earth or receives all forms of
worship.
Achyutah
prathitah pranah pranado vasavanujah
Apam-nidhir
adhishthanam apramattah pratishtitah ..35
Achyutah:
One who is without the six transformations beginning with birth.
Prathitah:
One who is famous because of His works like creation of the worlds etc.
Pranah:
One who as Hiranyagarbha endows all beings with Prana.
Pranado:
One who bestows Prana, that is, strength, on Devas and Asuras and also
destroys them by withdrawing it.
Vasavanujah:
One who was born as younger brother of Indra (Vasava) in His
incarnation as Vamana.
Apam-nidhir:
The word means collectivity of water or the ocean.
Adhishthanam:
The seat or support for everything.
Apramattah:
One who is always vigilant in awarding the fruits of actions to those
who are entiled to them.
Pratishtitah:
One who is supported and established in His own greatness.
Skandah
skanda-dharo dhuryo varado vayuvahanah
Vashudevo
bruhad-bhanur adidevah purandarah ..36
Skandah:
One who drives everything as air.
Skanda-dharo:
One who supports Skanda or the righteous path.
Dhuryo:
One who bears the weight of the burden of all beings in the form of birth
etc.
Varado:
One who gives boons.
Vayuvahanah:
One who vibrates the seven Vayus or atmospheres beginning with
Avaha.
Vashudevo:
One who is both Vasu and Deva.
Bruhad-bhanur:
The great brilliance.
Adidevah:
The Divinity who is the source of all Devas.
Purandarah:
One who destroys the cities of the enemies of Devas.
Ashokas-taranas-tarah
surah saurir janeshvarah
Anukulah
shatavartah padmi padma-nibhekshanah ..37
Ashokas:
One without the six defects – sorrow, infatuation, hunger, thirst, birth and
death.
Taranas:
One who uplifts beings from the ocean of samsara.
Tarah:
One who liberates beings from the fear of residence in the womb, birth, old
age, death etc.
Surah:
One of great prowess, that is, who fulfils the four supreme satisfactions of
life – Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha.
Saurih:
One who as Krishna as the son of Sura, that is Vasudeva.
Janeshvarah:
The Lord of all beings.
Anukulah:
One who, being the Atman of all beings, is favorable
to all, for no one
will act against oneself.
Shatavartah:
One who has had several Avataras or incarnations.
Padmi:
One having Padma or lotus in his hands.
Padma-nibhekshanah:
One with eyes resembling lotus.
Padmanabho
aravindakshah padmagarbhah sarirabhrut
Mahardhir
ruddho vruddhatma mahaksho garuda-dhvajah ..38
Padmanabho:
One who resides in the Nabhi or the central part of the heart-lotus.
Aravindakshah:
One whose eyes resemble Aravinda or the Lotus.
Padmagarbhah:
One who is fit to be worshipped in the middle of the heart-lotus.
Sarirabhrut:
One who supports the bodies of beings, strengthening them in the form
of Anna (Food) and Prana.
Mahardhir:
One who has enormous Ruddhi or prosperity.
Ruddho:
One who is seen as standing in the form of the world.
Vruddhatma:
One whose Atma or body is Vruddha or ancient.
Mahaksho:
One who has got two or many glorious eyes.
Garuda-dhvajah:
One who has got Garuda as his flag.
Atulah
sarabho bhimah samayagno havirharih
Sarvalakshana
lakshanyo lakshmivan samitinjayah ..39
Atulah:
One who cannot be compared to anything else.
Sarabho:
The body is called `Sara’ as it is perishable.
Bhimah:
One of whom everyone is afraid.
Samayajno:
One who knows the time for creation, sustentation and dissolution.
Havir-harih:
One who takes the portion of offerings (Havis) in Yajnas.
Sarvalakshana-lakshanyo:
The supreme knowledge obtained through all criteria of
knowledge i.e. Paramatma.
Lakshmivan:
One on whose chest the Goddess Lakshmi is always residing.
Samitinjayah:
One who is vicotious in Samiti or war.
Viksharo
rohito margo hetur-damodarah sahah
Mahidharo
mahabhago vegavan amitashanah ..40
Viksharo:
One who is without Kshara or desruction.
Rohito:
One who assumed the form of a kind of fish called Rohita.
Margah:
One who is sought after by persons seeking Moksha or Liberation.
Hetur:
One who is both the instrumental and the material
cause of the universe.
Damodarah:
One who has very benevolent mind because of disciplines like selfcontrol.
Sahah:
One who subordinates everything.
Mahidharo:
One who props up the earth in the form of mountain.
Mahabhago:
He who, taking a body by His own will, enjoys supreme
felicities.
Vegavan:
One of tremendous speed.
Amitashanah:
He who consumes all the worlds at the time of Dissolution.
Udbhavah
kshobhano devan shrigarbhah parameshvarah
Karanam
kaaranam karta vikarta gahano guhah ..41
Udbhavah:
One who is the material cause of creation.
Kshobhano:
One who at the time of creation entered into the Purusha and Prakruti
and caused agitation.
Devan:
`Divyati’ means sports oneself through creation and other cosmic activities.
Shrigarbhah:
One in whose abdomen (Garbha) Shri or His unique manifestation as
Samsara
has its existence.
Parameshvarah:
`Parama’ means the supreme. `Ishvarah’ means one who hold
sway
over all beings.
Karanam:
He who is the most important factor in the generation of this universe.
Kaaranam:
He who is the most important factor in the generation of this universe.
Karta:
One who is free and is therefore one’s own master.
Vikarta:
One who makes this unique universe.
Gahanah:
One whose nature, greatness and actions cannot be known by anybody.
Guhah:
One who hides one’s own nature with the help of His power of Maya.
Vyavasayo
vyavasthanah samsthanah sthanado dhruvah
Parardhih
parama-spashtas tushtah pushtah subhekshanah ..42
Vyavasayo:
One who is wholly of the nature of knowledge.
Vyavasthanah:
He in whom the orderly regulation of the universe rests.
Samsthanah:
One in whom all beings dwell in the states of dissolution.
Sthanado:
One who gives their particular status to persons like Dhruva according to
their Karma.
Dhruva:
One who is indestructible.
Parardhih:
One who possesses lordliness of this most exalted type.
Parama-spashtas:
One in whom `Para’ or supremely glorious `Ma’ or Lakshmi
dwells. Or one who is the greatest of all beings
without any other’s help.
Tushtah:
One who is of the nature of supreme.
Pushtah:
One who in fills everything.
Subhekshanah:
One whose Ikshanam or vision bestows good on all beings that is,
gives liberation to those who want Moksha and enjoyments
to those who are after
it, and also cuts asunder the knots of the heart by eliminating
all doubts.
Ramo
viramo virato margo neyo nayonayah
Virah
shaktimatam shreshtho dharmo dharma-vid uttamah ..43
Ramo:
The eternally blissful on in whom the Yogis find delight.
Viramo:
One in whom the Virama or end of all beings takes place.
Virato:
One in whom the desire for enjoyments has ceased.
Margo:
That path by knowing which the liberation-seeking ascetics attain to
immortality.
Neyo:
One who directs or leads the Jiva to the Supreme Being through spiritual
realization.
Nayo:
One who leads, that is, who is the leader in the form of spiritual
illumination.
Anayah:
One for whom there is no leader.
Virah:
One who is valorous.
Shaktimatam-shreshtho:
One who is the most powerful among all powerful beings
like Brahma.
Dharmah:
One who supports all beings.
Dharma-viduttamah:
The greatest of knower of Dharma. He is called so because all
the scriptures consisting of Shrutis and Smrutis form His
commandments.
Vaikunthah
purushah pranah pranadah pranavah pruthuh
Hiranya-garbhah
shatrughno vyapto vayur adhokshajah ..44
Vaikunthah:
The bringing together of the diversified categories is Vikuntha. He
who is the agent of it is Vaikunthah.
Purushah:
One who existed before everything.
Pranah:
One who lives as Kshetrajana (knower in the body) or one who functions
in the form of vital force called Prana.
Pranadah:
One who destroys the Prana of beings at the time of Pralaya.
Pranavah:
One who is praised or to whom prostration is made with Om.
Pruthuh:
One who has expanded himself as the world.
Hiranya-garbhah:
He who was the cause of the golden-coloured egg out of which
Brahma
was born.
Shatrughno:
One who destroys the enemies of the Devas.
Vyaptah:
One who as the cause pervades all effects.
Vayur:
One who is the cause of smell.
Adhokshajah:
He is Adhokshaja because he undergoes no degeneration from His
original nature.
Rituh
sudarshanah kalah parameshti parigrahah
Ugrah
samvatsaro daksho vishramo vishva-dakshinah ..45
Rituh:
One who is of the nature of Kala (time) which is indicated by the word Ritu
or season.
Sudarshanah:
One whose Darshana or vision that is knowledge,
bestows the most
auspicious fruit Moksha.
Kalah:
One who measures and sets a limit to everything.
Parameshti:
One who dwells in his supreme greatness in the sky of the heart.
Parigrahah:
One who, being everywhere, is grasped on all sides by those who seek
refuge in Him. Or one who grasps or receives the
offerings made by devotees.
Ugrah:
One who is the cause of fear even to beings like Sun.
Samvatsaro:
One in whom all beings reside.
Daksho:
One who augments in the form of the world.
Vishramah:
One who bestows Vishrama or liberation to aspirants who seek relief
from
the ocean of Samsara with its waves of various tribulations in the from of
Hunger,
Thirst etc., and difficulties like Avidya, pride, infatuation etc.,
Vishvadakshinah:
One who is more skilled (Daksha) than every one. Or One who
is
proficient in everything.
Vistarah
sthavara-sthanuh pramanam bijam avyayam
Arthonartho
mahakosho mahabhogo mahadhanah ..46
Vistarah:
One in whom all the worlds have attained manifestation.
Sthavara-sthanuh:
One who is firmly established is Sthavara, and in whom long
lasting
entities like earth are established in Sthanu. The Lord is both these.
Pramanam:
One who is of the nature of pure consciousness.
Bijamavyayam:
One who is the seed or cause of Samsara without Himself
undergoing
any change.
Arthah:
One who is sought (Arthita) by all, as He is of the nature of bliss.
Anarthah:
One who, being self-fulfilled, has no other Artha or end to seek.
Mahakosho:
One who has got as His covering the great Koshas like Annamaya,
Pranamaya
etc.
Mahabhogo:
One who has Bliss as the great source of enjoyment.
Mahadhanah:
One who has got the whole universe as the wealth (Dhana) for His
enjoyment.
Anirvinnah
sthavishthobhur dharma-yupo maha-makhah
Nakshatra-nemir
nakshatri kshamah kshamah samihanah ..47
Anirvinnah:
One who is never heedless, because He is ever self-fulfilled.
Sthavishtah:
One of huge proportions, because He is in the form of cosmic person.
Abhuh:
One without birth. Or one has no existence.
Dharma
Yupah: The sacrificial post for Dharmas, that is, one to whom all the forms
of
Dharma, which are His own form of worship, are attached, just as a sacrificial
animal
is attached to a Yupa or a sacrificial post.
Maha-makhah:
One by offering sacrifices to whom, those sacrifices deserve to be
called
great, because they well give the fruit of Nirvana.
Nakshatra
nemir: The heart of all nakshatras.
Nakshatri:
He is in the form of the nakshatra, Moon.
Kshamah:
One who is clever in everything.
Kshamah:
One who remains in the state of pure self after all the modifications of
the
mind have dwindled.
Samihanah:
One who exerts well for creation etc.
Yajna
ijyo mahejyas cha kratuh satram satamgatih
Sarvadarshi
vimuktatma sarvagyo gynanam-uttamam ..48
Yajnah:
One who is all-knowing.
Ijayah:
One who is fit to be worshipped in sacrifices.
Mahejyascha:
He who, of all deities worshipped, is alone capable of giving the
blessing
of liberation.
Kratuh:
A Yajna in which there is a sacrificial post is Kratu.
Satram:
One who is of the nature of ordained Dharma.
Satamgatih:
One who is the sole support for holy men who are seekers of Moksha.
Sarvadarshi:
One who by His inborn insight is able to see all good and evil actions
of
living beings.
Vimuktatma:
One who is naturally free.
Sarvagyo:
One who is all and also the knower of all.
Gynanam
uttamam: That consciousness which is superior to all, birthless,
unlimited
by time and space and the cause of all achievements.
Suvratah
sumukhah sukshmah sughoshah sukhadah suhrut
Manoharo
jita-krodho virabahur vidaranah ..49
Suvratah:
One who has take the magnanimous vow to save all refuge-seekers.
Sumukhah:
One with a pleasant face.
Sukshmah:
One who is subtle because He is without any gross causes like sound
etc.
Sughoshah:
One whose auspicious sound is the Veda. Or one who has got a deep
and
sonorous sound like the clouds.
Sukhadah:
One who gives happiness to good people.
Suhrut:
One who helps without looking for any return.
Manoharo:
One who attracts the mind by His incomparable blissful nature.
Jitakrodho:
One who has overcome anger.
Virabahur:
One whose arms are capable of heroic deeds as demonstrated in his
destruction
of Asuras for establishing Vedic Dharma.
Vidaranah:
One who destroys those who live contrary to Dharma.
Svapanah
svavasho vyapi naikatma naika-karma-krut
Vatsaro
vatsalo vatsi ratna-garbho dhaneshvarah ..50
Svapanah:
One who enfolds the Jivas in the sleep of Ajnana.
Svavasho:
One who is dominated by oneself and not anything else, as He is the
cause
of the whole cosmic process.
Vyapi:
One who interpenetrates everything like Akasha.
Naikatma:
One who manifests in different forms as the subsidiary agencies causing
the
various cosmic processes.
Naika-karma-krut:
One who engages in innumerable activities in the process of
creation,
sustentation etc.
Vatsaro:
One in whom everything dwells.
Vatsalo:
One who has love for His devotees.
Vatsi:
One who protects those who are dear to Him.
Ratna-garbho:
The Ocean is so called because gems are found in its depths. As the
Lord
has taken the form of the ocean, He is called by this name.
Dhaneshvarah:
One who is the Lord of all wealth.
Dharmagub
dharmakrud dharmi sad-asatksharam aksharam
Avigyata
sahashramsur vidhata kruta-lakshanah ..51
Dharmagub:
One who protects Dharma.
Dharmakrud:
Though above. Dharma and Adharma, He performs Dharma in order
to keep
up the traditions in respect of it.
Dharmi:
One who upholds Dharma.
Sad:
The Parabrahman who is of the nature of truth.
Asat:
As the Aparabrahma has manifested as the world He is called Asat (not
having
reality).
Ksharam:
All beings subjected to change.
Aksharam:
The changeless one.
Avigyata:
One who is without the attributes of a Jiva or vigyata like sense of
agency
etc.
Sahashramshur:
One with numerous rays, that is the Sun.
Vidhata:
One who is the unique support of all agencies like Ananta who bear the
whole
universe.
Krutalakshanah:
One who is of the nature of conscousness.
Gabhasti-nemih
sattvasthah simho bhuta-maheshvarah
Adidevo
mahadevo devesho devabhrud-guruh ..52
Gabhasti-nemih:
He who dwells in the middle of Gabhasti or rays as the Sun.
Sattvasthah:
One who dwells specially in sattvaguna, which is luminous by nature.
Simho:
One who ahs irresistible power like a lion.
Bhuta-maheshvarah:
The supreme Lord of all beings.
Adidevo:
He who is the first of all beings.
Mahadevo:
One whose greatness consists in His supreme self-knowledge.
Devesah:
One who is the lord of all Devas, being the most important among them.
Devabhrud-guruh:
Indra who governs the Devas is Devabhrut. The Lord is even
that
Indra’s controller (Guru).
Uttaro
gopatir gopta gyanagamyah puratanah
Sharira-bhuta-bhrud
bhokta kapindro bhuridakshinah ..53
Uttaro:
One who is Uttirna or liberated from Samsara.
Gopatir:
Krishna who tends the cattle in the form of a Gopa. One who is the master
of the
earth.
Gopta:
One who is the protector of all beings.
Gyanagamyah:
The Lord cannot be known through Karma or a combination of
Karma
and Gyana.
Puratanah:
One who is not limited by time and who existed before anything else.
Sharira-bhuta-bhrud:
One who is the master of the five Bhutas (elements) of which
the
body is made.
Bhokta:
One who protects. Or one who is the enjoyer of infinite bliss.
Kapindro:
Kapi means Varah (boar). The word means, the Lord who is Indra and
also
one who manifested as Varaha or the Boar in one of the incarnations. Or it
signifies
His Rama incarnation in which He played the role of the master of the
monkeys.
Bhuridakshinah:
One to whom numerous Dakshinas or votive offerings are made
in
Yagyas.
Somapo
amrutapah somah purujit purushottamah
Vinayo
jayah satyasandho dasharhah satvatampatih ..54
Somapo:
One who drinks the Soma in all Yagyas in the form of the Devata (Deit).
Amrutapah:
One who drinks the drink of immortal Bliss which is of one’s own
nature.
Somah:
One who as the moon invigorates the plants.
Purujit:
One who gains victory over numerous people.
Purushottamah:
As His form is of cosmic dimension He is Puru or great, and as He
is the
most important of all, He is Sattama.
Vinayo:
One who inflicts Vinaya or punishment on evil ones.
Jayah:
One who is victorious over all beings.
Satyasandho:
One whose `Sandha’ or resolve becomes always true.
Dasharhah:
Dasha means charitable offering. Therefore, He to whom charitable
offerings
deserve to be made.
Satvatampatih:
`Satvatam’ is the name of a Tantra. So the one who gave it out or
commented
upon it.
Jivo
vinayita-sakshi mukundo amita vikramah
Ambhonidhir
anantatma mahodadhishayonatakah ..55
Jivo:
One who as the Kshetragya or knower of the field or the body, is associated
with
the Pranas.
Vinayita-sakshi:
One who witnesses the Vinayita or worshipful attitude of all
devotees.
Mukundo:
One who bestows Mukti or Liberation.
Amita
vikramah: One whose three strides were limitless.
Ambhonidhir:
One in whom the Ambas or all beings from Devas down dwell.
Anantatma:
One who cannot be determined by space, time and causation.
Mahodadhi-sayah:
One who lies in the water of Cosmic Dissolution into which all
entities
in the universe have been dissolved.
Antakah:
One who brings about the end of all beings.
Ajo
maharhah svabhavyo jitamitrah pramodanah
Anando
nandano nandah satya-dharma trivikramah ..56
Ajo: `
A’ means Mahavishnu. So the word means one who is born of Vishnu i.e.
Kama
Deva.
Maharhah:
One who is fit for worship.
Svabhavyah:
Being eternally perfect He is naturally without a beginning.
Jitamitrah:
One who has conquered the inner enemies like attachment, anger etc. as
also
external enemies like Ravana, Kumbhakarna etc.
Pramodanah:
One who is always joyous as He is absorbed in immortal Bliss.
Anando:
One whose form is Ananda or Bliss.
Nandano:
One who gives delight.
Nandah:
One endowed with all perfections.
Satya-dharma:
One whose knowledge and other attributes are true.
Trivikramah:
One whose three strides covered the whole world.
Maharshih
kapilacharyah krutagyo medini-patih
Tripadas
tridashadhyaksho mahashrungah krutantakrut ..57
Maharshih
Kapilacharyah: Kapila is called Maharshi because he was master of all
the
Vedas.
Krutagyo:
Kruta means the world because it is of the nature of an effect.
Medinipatih:
One who is the Lord of the earth.
Tripadas:
One having three strides.
Tridashadhyaksho:
One who is the witness of the three states of waking, dream and
sleep,
which spring from the influence of the Gunas.
Mahashrungah:
One with a great antenna.
Krutantakrut:
One who brings about the destruction of the Kruta or the manifested
condition
of the universe.
Mahavaraho
goivindah sushenah kanakangadi
Guhyo
gabhiro gahano guptas chakra-gadadharah ..58
Mahavaraho:
The great Cosmic Boar.
Govindah:
`Go’ means Words, that is the Vedic sentences. He who is known by
them is
Govindah.
Sushenah:
One who has got about Him an armed guard in the shape of His eternal
associates.
Kanakangadi:
One who has Angadas (armlets) made of gold.
Guhyo:
One who is to be known by the Guhya or the esoteric knowledge conveyed
by the
Upanishads. Or one who is hidden in the Guha or heart.
Gabhiro:
One who is of profound majesty because of attributes like omniscience,
lordliness,
strength, prowess etc.
Gahano:
One who could be entered into only with great difficulty. One who is the
witness
of the three states of waking, dreams and sleep as also their absence.
Guptas:
One who is not an object of words, thought etc.
Chakra-gada-dharah:
One who has discus and Gada in hand.
Vedhah
svango ajitah krishno drudhah sankarshano acyutah
Varuno
vaaruno vrukshah pushkaraksho mahamanah ..59
Vedhah:
One who does Vidhana or regulation.
Svango:
One who is oneself the participant in accomplishing works.
Ajitah:
One who has not been conquered by anyone in His various incarnations.
Krishno:
One who is known as Krishna-dvaipayana.
Drudhah:
One whose nature and capacity know no decay.
Sankarshano
Acyutah: Sankarshana is one who attracts to oneself all beings at the
time of
cosmic Dissolution and Acyuta is one who knows no fall from His real
nature.
They form one word with the first as the qualification – Acyuta who is
sankarshana.
Varuno:
The evening sun is called Varuna, because he withdraws his rays into
himself.
Vaaruno:
Vasishta or Agastya, the sons of Varuna.
Vrukshah:
One who is unshakable like a tree.
Pushkaraksho:
One who shines as the light of consciousness when meditated upon
in the
lotus of the heart. Or one who has eyes resembling the lotus.
Mahamanah:
One who fulfils the three functions of creation, sustentation and
dissolution
of the universe by the mind alone.
Bhagavan
bhagahanandi vanamali halayudhah
Adityo
jyotir-adityah sahishnur gatisattamah ..60
Bhagavan:
The origin, dissolution, the bondage and salvation of creatures,
knowledge,
ignorance – one who knows all these is Bhagavan.
Bhagaha:
One who withdraws the Bhagas, beginning with lordliness, into Himself
at the
time of dissolution.
Anandi:
One whose nature is Ananda (bliss).
Vanamali:
One who wears the floral wreath (Vanamala) called Vaijayanti, which
consists
of the categories of five Elements.
Halayudhah:
One who in His incarnation as Balabhadra had Hala or ploughshare as
His
weapon.
Adityo:
One who was born of Aditi in His incarnation as Vamana.
Jyotir-adityah:
One who dwells in the brilliance of the sun’s orb.
Sahishnur:
One who puts up with the contraries like heat and cold.
Gatisattamah:
One who is the ultimate resort and support of all, and the greatest of
all
beings.
Sudhanva-khandaparashur-daruno
dravinapradah
Divah-spruk
sarva-drug vyaso vachaspatir ayonijah ..61
Sudhanva:
One who has got as His weapon the bow named Saranga of great
excellence.
Khanda-parashur:
The battle-axe that destroys enemies.
Daruno:
One who is harsh and merciless to those who are on the evil path.
Dravinapradah:
One who bestows the desired wealth on devotees.
Divah-spruk:
One who touches the heavens.
Sarva-drug
vyaso: One whose comprehension includes everything in its ambit.
Vachaspatir
ayonijah: The Lord is Vachaspati because He is the master of all
learning.
He is Ayonija because He was not born of a mother. This forms a noun in
combination
with the attribute.
Trisama
samagah sama nirvanam bheshajam bhishak
Sanyasakrut
chamah santo nishtha shantih parayanam ..62
Trisama:
One who is praised by the chanters of Sama-gana through the three Samas
known
as Devavratam.
Samagah:
One who chants the Sama-gana.
Sama:
Among the Vedas, I am Sama Veda.
Nirvanam:
That in which all miseries cease and which is of the nature of supreme
bliss.
Bheshajam:
The medicine for the disease of Samsara.
Bhishak:
The Lord is called Bhishak or physician.
Sanyasakrut:
One who instituted the fourth Ashrama of Sanyasa for the attainment
of
Moksha.
Chamah:
One who has ordained the pacification of the mind as the most important
discipline
for Sannyasins (ascetics).
Santo:
The peaceful, being without interest in pleasures of the world.
Nishtha:
One in whom all beings remain in abeyance at the time of Pralaya.
Santih:
One in whom there is complete erasing of Avidya or ignorance. That is
Brahman.
Parayanam:
The state, which is the highest and from which there is no return to
lower
states.
Shubhangah
shantidah srashta kumudah kuvalesayah
Gohito
gopatir gopta vrushabhaksho vrushapriyah ..63
Shubhangah:
One with a handsome form.
Shantidah:
One who bestows shanti, that is, a state of freedom from attachment,
antagonism,
etc.
Srashta:
One who brought forth everything at the start of the creative cycle.
Kumudah:
‘Ku’ means the earth. One who delights in it.
Kuvalesayah:
‘Ku’ means earth. That which surrounds it is water, so ‘Kuvala’
means
water. One who lies in water is Kuvalesaya. ‘Kuvala’ also means the
underside
of serpents. One wholies on a serpent, known as Adisesha, is
Kuvalesaya.
Gohito:
One who protected the cows by uplifting the mount Govardhana in His
incarnation
as Krishna.
Gopatir:
The Lord of the earth is Vishnu.
Gopta:
One who is the protector of the earth. Or one who hides Himself by His
Maya.
Vrushabhaksho:
One whose eyes can rain all desirable objects on devotees.
Vrushabha
means Dharma and so one whose look is Dharma.
Vrushapriyah:
One to whom Vrusha or Dharma is dear.
Anivarti
nivrutatma samkshepta kshema-kruchivah
Shrivasta-vakshah
shrivasah shripatih shrimatam-varah ..64
Anivarti:
One who never retreats in the battle with Asuras. Or one who, being
devoted
to Dharma, never abandons it.
Nivrutatma:
One whose mind is naturally withdrawn from the objects of senses.
Samkshepta:
One who at the time of cosmic dissolution contracts the expansive
universe
into a subtle state.
Kshema-krut:
One who gives Kshema or protection to those that go to him.
Chivah:
One who purifies everyone by the very utterance of His name.
Shrivasta
vakshah: One on whose chest there is a mark called Shrivasta.
Shrivasah:
One on whose chest Shridevi always dwells.
Shripatih:
One whom at the time of the churning of the Milk ocean Shridevi chose
as her
consort, rejecting all other Devas and Asuras. Or Shri mean supreme Cosmic
Power.
The Lord is the master of that Power.
Shrimatam-varah:
One who is supreme over all deities like Brahma who are
endowed
with power and wealth of the Vedas.
Shridah
shrishah shrinivasah shrinidhih shri-vibhavanah
Shridharah
shrikarah shreyah shriman loka-trayashrayah ..65
Shridah:
One who bestows prosperity on devotees.
Shrishah:
One who is Lord of the Goddess Shri.
Shrinivasah:
Shri here denotes men with Shri, that is, virtue and power. He who
dwells
in such men is Shrinivasa.
Shrinidhih:
One who is the seat of all Shri, that is, virtues and powers.
Shri-vibhavanah:
One who grants every form of prosperity and virtue according to
their
Karma.
Shridharah:
One who bears on His chest Shri who is the mother of all.
Shrikarah:
One who makes devotees – those who praise, think about Him and
worship
Him- into virtuous and powerful beings.
Shreyah:
‘Shreyas’ means the attainment of what is un-decaying good and
happiness.
Such a state is the nature of the Lord.
Shriman:
One in whom there are all forms of Shri that is power, virtue, beauty etc.
Loka-trayashrayah:
One who is the support of all the three worlds.
Svakshah
svangah shatanando nandir jyotir-ganeshvarah
Vijitatma
vidheyatma satkirtischinna-samsayah ..66
Svakshah:
One who’s Akshas (eyes) are handsome like lotus flowers.
Svangah:
One whose limbs are beautiful.
Shatanando:
One who is non-dual and is of the nature of supreme bliss.
Nandir:
One who is of the nature of supreme Bliss.
Jyotir-ganeshvarah:
One who is the Lord of the stars, that is, Jyotirgana.
Vijitatma:
One who has conquered the Atma that is the mind.
Vidheyatma:
One whose form or nature cannot be determined as ‘only this’.
Satkriti:
One whose fame is of the nature of truth.
Schinna-samsayah:
One who has no doubts, as everything is clear to him like a
fruit
in the palm.
Udirnah
sarvata-chakshur-anisah sasvata-sthirah
Bhushayo
bhushano bhutir vishokah shoka-nashanah ..67
Udirnah:
He who is superior to all beings.
Sarvata-chakshur:
One who, being of the nature of pure consciousness, can see
everthing
in all directions.
Anisah:
One who cannot have anyone to lord over him.
Sasvata
–sthirah: One, who though eternal is also unchanging.
Bhushayo:
One who, while seeking the means to cross over to Lanka, had to sleep
on the
ground of the sea-beach.
Bhushano:
One who adorned the earth by manifesting as various incarnations.
Bhutir:
One who is the abode or the essence of everthing, or is the source of all
glorious
manifestations.
Vishokah:
One who, being of the nature of bliss, is free from all sorrow.
Shokanashanah:
One who effaces the sorrows of devotees even by mere
remembrance.
Archishman
architah kumbho vishuddhatma vishodhanah
Aniruddho
pratirathah pradyumno amita-vikramah ..68
Archishman:
He by whose rays of light (Archish), the sun, the moon and other
bodies
are endowed with rays of light.
Architah:
One who is worshipped by Brahma and other Devas who are themselves
the
objects of worship in all the worlds.
Kumbho:
He who contains in Himself every thing as in a pot.
Vishuddhatma:
Being above the three Gunas, Satva, Rajas and Tamas, the Lord is
pure
spirit and is also free from all impurities.
Vishodhanah:
One who destroys all sins by mere remembrance.
Aniruddho:
The last one of the four Vyuhas – Vasudeva, Samkarshana, Pradyumna
and
Aniruddha. Or one who, cannot be obstructed by enemies.
Pratirathah:
One who has no Pratiratha or an equal antagonist to confront.
Pradyumno:
One whose Dyumna or wealth is of a superior and sacred order. Or
one of
the four Vyuhas.
Amita-vikramah:
One of unlimited prowess. Or one whose prowess cannot be
obstructed
by any one.
Kalaneminiha
virah saurih sura-janeshvarah
Trilokatma
trilokeshah keshavah keshiha harih ..69
Kalanemi-niha:
One who destroyed the Asura named Kalanemi.
Virah:
One who is courageous.
Saurih:
One who was born in the clan of Sura as Krishna.
Sura-janeshvarah:
One who by his overwhelming prowess controls even great
powers
like Indra and others.
Trilokatma:
One who in his capacity as the inner pervade is the soul for the three
worlds.
Trilokeshah:
One under whose guidance and command everything in the three
words
is functioning.
Keshavah:
By Kesha is meant the rays of light spreading within the orbit of the
sun.
Keshiha:
One who destroyed the Asura named Keshi.
Harih:
One who destroys Samsara, that is, entanglement in the cycle of birth and
death
along with ignorance, its cause.
Kamadevah
kamapalah kami kantah krutagamah
Anirdeshya-vapur
vishnur viro ananto dhananjayah ..70
Kamadevah:
One who is desired by persons in quest of the four values of life-
Dharma,Artha,
Kama and Moksha.
Kamapalah:
One who protects or assures the desired ends of people endowed with
desires.
Kami:
One who by nature has all his desires satisfied.
Kantah:
One whose form is endowed with great beauty. Or one who effects the
‘Anta’
or dissolution of ‘Ka’ or Brahma at the end of a Dviparardha. (the period of
Brahma’s
lifetime extending over a hundred divine years).
Krutagamah:
He who produced scriptures like Shruti, Smruti and Agama.
Anirdeshya-vapur:
He is called so, because, being above the Gunas, His form
cannot
be determined.
Vishnur:
One whose brilliance has spread over the sky and over the earth.
Viro:
One who has the power of Gati or movement.
Ananto:
One who pervades everything, who is eternal, who is the soul of all, and
who
cannot be limited by space, time, location etc.
Dhananjayah:
Arjuna is called so because by his conquest of the kingdoms in the
four
quarters he acquired great wealth. Arjuna is a Vibhuti, a glorious
manifestation
of the
Lord.
Brahmanyo
brahmakrud-brahma brahma brahma-vivardhanah
Brahmavid
brahmano brahmi brahmgno brahmana-priyah ..71
Brahmanyo:
The Vedas, Brahmanas and knowledge are indicated by the word
Brahma.
As the Lord promotes these, He is called Brahmanya.
Brahmakrud:
One who performs Brahma or Tapas (austerity).
Brahma:
One who creates everything as the creator Brahma.
Brahma:
Being big expanding, the Lord who is known from indications like Satya
(Truth),
is called Brahma. Or Brahma is Truth, Knowledge and Infinity!
Brahma-vivardhanah:
One who promotes Tapas (austerity) etc.
Brahmavid
: One who knows the Vedas and their real meaning.
Brahmano::
One who, in the form of Brahmana, instructs the whole world, saying,
‘It is
commanded so and so in the Veda’.
Brahmi:
One in whom is established such entities as Tapas, Veda, mind, Prana etc.
which
are parts of Brahma and which are also called Brahma.
Brahmanapriyah:
One to whom holy men are devoted.
Mahakramo
mahakarma mahateja mahoragah
Mahakratur
mahayajva mahayagyo mahahavih ..72
Mahakramo:
One with enormous strides. May Vishnu with enormous strides
bestow
on us happiness.
Mahakarma:
One who is performing great works like the creation of the world.
Mahateja:
He from whose brilliance, sun and other luminaries derive their
brilliance.
Or one who is endowed with the brilliance of various excellences.
Mahoragah:
He is also the great serpent.
Mahakratur:
He is the great Kratu or sacrifice.
Mahayajva:
One who is great and performs sacrifices for the good of the world.
Mahayayagyo:
He who is the great sacrifice.
Mahahavih:
The whole universe conceived as Brahman and offered as sacrificial
offering
(Havis) into the fire of the Self, which is Brahman.
Stavyah
Stavapriyah stotram stutih stota ranapriyah
Purnah
purayita punyah punyakirtir anamayah ..73
Stavyah:
One who is the object of laudations of everyone but who never praises
any
other being.
Stavapriyah:
One who is pleased with hymns.
Stotram:
A Stotra means a hymn proclaiming the glory, attributes and names of the
Lord.
Stutih:
A praise.
Stoat:
One who, being all –formed, is also the person who sings a hymn of praise.
Ranapriyah:
One who is fond of fight for the protection of the world, and for the
prupose
always sports in His hands the five weapons, the discus Sudarshana, the
mace
Kaumodaki, the bow Saranga, and the sword Nandaka besides the conch
Panchajanya.
Purnah:
One who is self-fulfilled, being the source of all powers and excellences.
Purayita:
One who is not only self-fulfilled but gives all fulfillments to others.
Punyah:
One by only hearing about whom all sins are erased.
Punyakirtir:
One of holy fame. His excellences are capable of conferring great
merit
on others.
Anamayah:
One who is not afflicted by any disease that is born of cause, internal
or
external.
Manojavas
tirthakaro vasureta vasupradah
Vasuprado
vasudevo vasur vasumana havih ..74
Manojavas:
One who, being all pervading, is said to be endowed with speed likes
that of
the mind.
Thirthakaro:
Tirtha means Vidya, a particular branch of knowledge or skill.
Vasureta:
He whose Retas (Semen) is gold (Vasu).
Vasupradah:
One who gladly bestows wealth in abundance. He is really the master
of all
wealth, and others who seem to be so are in those positions only because of
His
grace.
Vasuprado:
One who bestows on devotees the highest of all wealth, namely
Moksha.
Vasudevo:
The son of Vasudeva.
Vasur:
He in whom all creation dwells.
Vasumana:
One whose mind dwells equally in all things.
Havih:
Havis or sacrificial offerings
Sadgatih
sat-krutih satta sad-bhutih sat-parayanah
Suraseno
yadushreshthah sannivasah suyamunah ..75
Sadgatih:
One who is attained by such persons. Or who is endowed with
intelligence
of great excellence.
Sat-krutih:
One whose achievements are for the protection of the world.
Satta:
Experience that is without any difference of an external nature from similar
objects
or dissimilar objects as also internal differences is called Satta.
Sad-bhutih:
The Paramatman who is pure existence and conscousness, who is
unsublatable
and who manifests Himself in many ways.
Sat-parayanah:
He who is the highest Status attainable by holy men who have
realized
the Truth.
Suraseno:
One having an army of heroic wariours like Hanuman.
Yadushreshthah:
One who is the greatest among the Yadus.
Sannivasah:
One who is the resort of holy knowing ones.
Suyamunah:
One who is surrounded by may illustrious persons associated with the
river
Yamuna like Devaki, Vasudeva, Nandagopa, Yasoda, Balabhadra, Subhadra
etc.
Bhutavaso
vasudevah sarvasu-nilayo analah
Darpaha
darpado drupto durdharo-atha-parajitah ..76
Bhutavaso:
He in whom all the beings dwell.
Vasudevah:
The Divinity who covers the whole universe by Maya.
Sarvasu-nilayo:
He in whose form as the Jiva all the vital energy or Prana of all
living
beings dissolves.
Analah:
One whose wealth or power has no limits.
Darpaha:
One who puts down the pride of persons who walk along the unrighteous
path.
Darpado:
One who endows those who walk the path of righteousness with a sense
of
self-respect regarding their way of life.
Drupto:
One who is ever satisfied by the enjoyment of His own inherent bliss.
Durdharo-atha:
One who is very difficult to be borne orcontained in the heart in
meditation.
Aparajita:
One who is never conquered by internal enemies like attachment and by
external
enemies like Asuras.
Vishvamurtir
mahamurtir diptamurtir amurtiman
Anekamurtir
avyaktah shatamurtih shatananah ..77
Vishvamurtir:
One who, being the soul of all, has the whole universe as His body.
Mahamurtir:
One with an enormous form stretched on a bedstead constituted of the
serpent
Adisesha.
Diptamurtir:
One with a luminous form of knowledge.
Amuritman:
He who is without a body born of Karma.
Anekamuritr:
One who assumes several bodies in His incarnations as it pleases
Him in
or to help the world.
Avyaktah:
One who cannot be clearly described as ‘This’ even though He has many
forms.
Satamurtih:
One who, though He is of the nature of Pure Consciousness, assumes
different
forms for temporary purposes.
Shatananah:
He is called one with a hundred faces to indicate that He has several
forms.
Eko naikah savah kah kim yat tat
padam-anuttamam
Lokabandhur lokanatho madhavo
bhakta-vastalah ..78
Eko:
One without any kind of differences that are internal or that relate to similar
objects
external or to dissimilar objects.
Naikah:
One who has numerous bodies born of Maya.
Savah:
That Yagya in which Soma is made.
Kah:
The syllable ‘Ka’ indicatesjoy or happiness. So it means one who is hymned
as
constituted of joy.
Kim:
One who is fit to be contemplated upon, because He is the summation of all
values.
Yat:
One who is by nature existent. The word ‘Yat’ indicates a self-subsisting
entity.
Tat:
Brahma is so called because He ‘expands’.
Padam-anuttamam:
Braman is ‘Pada’ or Status, because He is the goal of all
Moksha-seekers.
It is Anuttama, because It is that beyond which there is nothing
else to
be attained.
Lokanathah:
One to whom all the worlds pray.
Madhavo:
One who was born in the clan of Madhu.
Bhaktavatsalah:
One who has got love for devotees.
Suvarna
varno hemango varangas chandanangadi
Viraha
vishamah sunyo ghrutasir achalaschalah ..79
Suvarna
varno: One who has got the colour of gold.
Hemango:
One whose form is like that of gold.
Varangas:
He the parts of whose form are brilliant.
Chandanangadi:
One who is adorned with armlets that generate joy.
Viraha:
One who destroyed heroes (Viras) like Kiranyakashipu for protecting
Dharma.
Vishamah:
One to whom there is no euql because nothing is comparable to Him by
any
characteristic.
Sunyah:
One who, being without any attributes, appears as Sunya (emptiness).
Ghrutasir:
One whose blessings are unfailing.
Achalas:
One who cannot be deprived of His real nature as Truth, Intelligence and
Infinity.
Chalah:
One who moves in the form of air.
Amani
manado manyo lokasvami triloka-dhruk
Sumedha
medhajo dhanyah satyamedha dharadharah ..80
Amani:
He who, being of the nature of Pure Consciousness, has no sense of
identification
with anything that is not Atman.
Manado:
One who by His power of Maya induces the sense of self in non-self. Or
one who
has regard and beneficence towards devotees. Or one who destroys in the
knowing
ones the sense of identification with the non-self.
Manyo:
One who is to be adored by all, because He is the God of all.
Lokasvami:
One who is the Lord of all the fourteen spheres.
Triloka-dhruk:
One who supports all the three worlds.
Sumedha:
One with great and beneficent intelligence.
Medhajo:
One who arose from Yaga (a kind of sacrifice).
Dhanyah:
One who has attained all His ends and therefore is self-satisfied.
Satyamedhah:
One whose intelligence is fruitful.
Dharadharah:
One who supports the worlds by His fractiosn like Adisesha.
Tejovrusho
dyuti-dharah sarva-shastra-bhrutam-varah
Pragrahonigraho
vyagro naikashrungo gadagrajah ..81
Tejovrusho:
One who in the form of the sun causes rainfall at all times.
Dyuti-dharah:
One whose form is always brilliant.
Sarva-shastra-bhrutam-varah:
One who is superior to all bearing arms.
Pragraho:
One who accepts the offerings of devotees with great delight.
Nigraho:
One who controls and destroys everything.
Vyagro:
One who has no Agra or end. Or one who is very attentive (Vyagra) in
granting
the prayers of devotees.
Naikashrungo:
One with four horns.
Gadagrajah:
One who is revealed first by Mantra (Nigada). Or one who is the elder
rbother
of Gada.
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 allcomprehending
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 abovementioned
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