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sree vishnu sahasra naamaavali - post 30

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M.G.Vasudevan • December 16, 2002 


Post 30 

Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

In this post we will see naamaas of sree Vishnu sahasra naamam, having the common thread of  "yagnam" the sacrifice and phalan - the fruits obtained by doing the yagnam like rain, food etc. 

In sreemadh bhagavath geetha, sri krishna bhagavaan says -
annaadh Bhavanthi Bhoothani parjanyadh anna-samBhavah
yajnaadh Bhavati parjanyo yajnah: karma-samudBhavah 
(bagavath geethaa 3.14)

meaning: - from food arise all beings (i.e., their bodies); 
from rain food is produced; 
from sacrifice comes rain and
sacrifice springs from activity. 

a.	the yajnam - the sacrifice:

1.	Om sipi vishtaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 274 occurring in slOkam 29
	Meaning: [sipi is the sacrificial cow] 
	- one who sanctified all dedicated offerings in the yajnaas 
	- he who pervades the rays of the sun.

2.	Om sama yajnaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 360 occurring in slOkam 38
	Meaning: One whose worship [yajna] is nothing more than keeping equal vision of the mind by the devotee.
	- the knower of conventions and time.

3.	Om havir harayE nama: -- naamaa no. 361 occurring in slOkam 38
	Meaning: he who takes the offerings in the sacrifices - receiver of oblations.

4.	Om mahaa Bhaagaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 372 occurring in slokam 40
	meaning: the extremely fortunate - one enjoying happiness of high order 
	- one taking greatest share in all yajnaas.

5.	Om Dharma yoopaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 439 occurring in slOkam 47
	meaning: who is rigidly united with Dharma - the very essence behind Dharma. 
	[yoopa is the post in which the sacrificial animal is tied in the yagnaas- sacrifices]

6.	Om mahaa makhaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 440 occurring in slokam 47
	meaning: he who is a great sacrifice ,
	- all sacrifices dedicated to him confer total liberation from bondage.

7.	Om yajnaaya nama: -- naamaa no.446 occurring in slOkam 48
	Also naamaa no. 971 occurring in slOkam 104
	Meaning: for - 446 - the sacrifice
	For 971- he who is himself the sacred yajna - the sacrifice.

8.	Om sathraaya nama: -- naamaa no.450 occurring in slOkam 48
	Meaning:he who is the sacifice and and worshipped through the sacrifice.

9.	Om mahaa krathavE nama: - naamaa no. 680 occurring in slokam 72 
	meaning: the great sacrifice - one who is worshipped by easy means and not great sacrifices - the yajnaas.

10.	Om mahaa yajvanE nama: -- naama no. 681 occurring in slokam 72 
	meaning: one who performed great yajnaas - whose worshippers are very superior.

11.	Om mahaa yajnaaya nama: -- naama no. 682 occurring in slokam 72 
	meaning: he whose worship itself is the greatest yajna. 
	[japa yajna is glorified by krishna as supreme and hence he is maha yajnaaya nama:]

12.	Om mahaa havishE nama: -- naama no. 683 occurring in slokam 72 
	meaning: one who is worshipped with supreme oblations - himself is the great offering

13.	Om yajna pathayE nama: -- naamaa no. 972 occurring in slOkam 104
	Meaning: he who is the lord and presiding diety of the sacrifice 
	and confers the fruits of the performance of yajna.

14.	Om yajvanE nama: -- naamaa no. 973 occurring in slOkam 104
	Meaning: he who is himself the performer of the sacrificial ritual.

15.	Om yagna angaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 974 occurring in slokam 104 
	meaning: one whose limbs are the things employed in the sacrifices - yagnams 
	[such as vEdham and yoopam]

16.	Om yajna vaahanaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 975 occurring in slOkam 104
	Meaning: he who enables the performers of yajna to carry out the yagna 
	with physical ability, piety, and the responsibility for the same.

17.	Om yagna BhruthE nama: -- naamaa no 976 occurring in slOkam 105
	Meaning: one who brings all sacrifices to their fruition despite the deficiencies.

18.	Om yajna kruthE nama: -- naamaa no.977 occurring in slOkam 105
meaning: one who performs yajna, 
-	one who created sacrificial rites in the beginning for prosperity of the world. 
-	[jagath hithaaya yajnam aadhou srujathi ithi yajnakruth]

19.	Om yajninE  nama: -- naamaa no. 978 occurring in slOkam 105
	Meaning: he for whom the sacrifices are performed.

20.	Om yajna BhujE nama: -- naamaa no. 979 occurring in slOkam 105
	Meaning: the enjoyer and protector of the sacrifices.

21.	Om yajna saadhanaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 980 occurring in slOkam 105
	Meaning: he who is the accessory for the sacrificial ritual.

22.	Om yajna antha kruthE nama: -- naamaa no. 981 occurring in slOkam 105 
	meaning: one who makes the realisation of supreme being as the end of the successful sacrifice. 

23.	Om yajna guhyaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 982 occurring in slOkam 105
	Meaning: he, who is the very secret of  all sacrifices.

24.	Om ijyaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 447 occurring in slOkam 48
	Meaning: the object of worship - Fit to be invoked through sacrifice.

25.	Om mahaa ijyaaya: -- naamaa no. 448 occurring in slokam 48
	meaning: he, who is the object of superior worship, which is not sullied by desire for other fruits.

26.	Om krathavE nama: -- naamaa no. 449 occurring in slOkam 48
Meaning: the object of all types of sacrificial acts. 
A kind of yaaga with inherent violence in it.

b.	the fruits of yajnam - rain and others:

27.	Om mahaa bhOgaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 434 occurring in slokam 46
	meaning: he who grants objects of great enjoyment to his devotess.

28.	Om parjanyaaya nama: -- naamaa no.816 occurring in slOkam 87
Meaning: the water bearing cloud that will rain 
- he whois similar to the waterbearing clouds.

c.	the fruit of rain - food:

29.	Om BhOjanaaya nama: -- naamaa no.144 occurring in slOkam 16
	Meaning: the food - the object of enjoyment.

30.	Om vaaja sanayE nama: -- naamaa no.802 occurring in slOkam 85
Meaning: he who preached mundane pleasures like sumptuous eating 
	the giver of food.

31.	Om annaaya nama: -- naamaa no.983 occurring in slOkam 105
Meaning: the food or the object of enjoyment 
-	one who has become the food himself.

32.	Om anna dhaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 984 occurring in slOkam 105
	Meaning: giver of enjoyment of himself. 
	Lord who enjoys those that enjoy him.

d.	other fruits of yajnam:

33.	Om BhOkthrE nama: -- naamaa no. 145 occurring in slOkam 16
	Also naamaa no. 502 occurring in slOkam 53
	Meaning: for both naamaa nos - the enjoyer

34.	Om amitha asanaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 373 occurring in slOkam 40
Meaning: the voracious eater 
-	One who with endless appetite.

35.	Om amrutha asanaaya nama: -- naamaa no.819 occurring in slOkam 87
Meaning: he who enables his devotees feed on his nectar like qualities 
	one whose desires are never fruitless.

36.	Om sOmapaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 505 occurring in slOkam 54
	Meaning: one who partook the ambrosia [the soma juicewhich is the sacrificial offering] in the holy sacrifices performed 
	- who drinks soma juice in sacrifices.

37.	Om amruthapaaya nama: -- naamaa no.506 occurring in slOkam 54
	Meaning: one who drinks the nectar into which the sacrificial offerings are transformed. 

38.	Om Bhoori dhakshiNaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 504 occurring in slOkam 53
Meaning: the giver of liberal presents to officiators of holy sacrices 
	he who gives away large gifts as presents at the end of sarifices.

39.	Om svasthi dhakshiNaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 905 occurring in slOkam 96
Meaning: he who gifts auspicious things in yajnaas.

Dhasan

 Vasudevan m.g.



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