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sree vishnu sahasra naamaavali - post 48

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M.G.Vasudevan • February 13, 2003 


Post 48

Dear srivaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

In this and next two or three posts, we will see the repetition of naamaas in sree vishNu sahasra naamavaLi. As we have seen in previous posts, the naamaas are given different meaning even though the naamaa is repeated thereby enhancing the taste of enjoying my krishna. With the completion of these naamaa repetition posts, I am completing this series of SVSN posts. 

a. Four times repeated naamaas:

1.	Om praaNa dhaaya nama: 
	[For sri bhattar 4 repeats, for sri sankara it is three only as explained below]
	-- naamaa no. 66 occurring in slOkam 8
	Meaning: - the life giver for all souls. - one who gives praanaa to all. 

	Also naamaa no. 323 occurring in slOkam 34
	- the life giver to dhEvaas in the koorma avathaaram --- incarnation of koorma.
	- he is the one in the form of  vital air sustains life in all creatures.

	Also naamaa no. 409 occurring in slOkam 44
	- One who gives praaNaa to all 
	- another meaning - also one who takes the praaNa. [dha means giving as well taking away]

	Also naamaa no. 956 occurring in slOkam 102
	- the life giver - redeemer of souls. 
	-The vital source of power to all and their senses etc.

	[for sri sankara this naamaa in 408 is considered as praaNadhaayai and hence can not be treated as four repeats, but only three repeats. - meaning wise it is same.]
	 
2.	Om nivrutha aathmanE nama: 
	[For sri bhattar 4 repeats, for sri sankara it is three only as explained below]
	-- naamaa no. 231 occurring in slokam 25 
	meaning: he whose nature transcends above all others - ever immaculate.

	also naama no.453 occurring in slokam 48 
	meaning: he whose mind is turned away from worldly desires.

	also naama no.604 occurring in slokam no. 64 
	meaning: he who is lord of sentient souls who tread the path of nivruththi dharma.

	Also naamaa no. 780 occurring in slOkam 83
	meaning: he who is inherently totally detached.

	[Naamaa 452 is considered as Om vimuktha aathmane nama: by sri sankara and hence for him it is only 3 repetitions in this naamaa nivruthaathmanE nama: ] 

3.	Om sree mathE nama: 
[For sri bhattar 3 repeats, for sri sankara it is four as explained below]

-- Naamaa no. 22 occurring in slOkam 2 
meaning: - sree means aisvaryam  - sree also means light effulgence, glory.
for sreemathE nama: - who possesses sree of superb beautiful form
-  who is always with sree.

Also naamaa. no. 180 occurring in slOkam 19 
meaning: who possesses beauty and splendour, affluence.
- who is constantly courted by all glories is sreemaan

also naama no. 222 occurring in slOkam 24 
meaning - who is endowed with un-diminishing wealth 
one who has light effulgence or glory.

Also naamaa no. 613 [no. of naamaa according to sri sankara-  occurring in slOkam 65] meaning: who possesses all riches glories capacities and beauties 
-	abode of all splendour. 

[this naamaa sreeman is combined with previous naama shrEya and dealt by sri bhattar as "shrEya sreemaan" in naamaa no. 619- giving meaning 
	one who permanently united with lakshmi. 
	He who is resorted to as the goal of all human endevour. 

b. Three times repeated naamaas:

4.	Om vishNave nama: -- naamaa no. 2 occurring in slOkam 1
	meaning: - one who pervades

	Also naamaa no. 259 occurring in slOkam 28
	Meaning: the pervader

	Also naamaa no. 663 occurring in slOkam 70
	Meaning: who pervades the entire universe

5.	Om padhma naaBhaaya nama: -- naamaa no.48 occurring in slOkam 6. 
	Also naamaa no.198 occurring in slokam 21. 
	Also naamaa no. 348 occurring in slokam 38.
	meaning: for all 3 - he who has a lotus in his naval.

6.	Om praaNaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 67 occurring in slOkam 8
 [praaNithi ithi praana:]
Meaning: - the very life breath - he is the one who ever lives.

Also naamaa 322 occurring in slOkam 34
Meaning: the life breath of all beings 
- he is the one in the form of vital air that sustains life in all creatures. 

Also naamaa no. 408 occurring in slOkam 44
Meaning: - the vital air 
	as praaNa he is the one causes movements in the body.

7.	Om maaDhavaaya nama: -- naamaa 73 occurring in slOkam 8
	Meaning: - lord of lakshmi

	Also naamaa no. 169 occurring in slOkam 18
	Meaning: profounder of knowledge of supreme being

	Also naamaa no. 741 occurring in slOkam 78
	Meaning: the consort of lakshmi

8.	Om ajaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 96 occurring in slOkam 11
meaning: the unborn. 
- one who removes all hindrances that stand in the way of attaining him.

Also naamaa no. 206 occurring in slOkam  22 
meaning: the unborn - birth less - also brahma 

Also naamaa no. 524 occurring in slOkam 56 meaning
- arising out of the first alphabet a 

[ja means born, a means supreme lord, so it is son of Krishna the pradhyumna 
	akaara vaachyan vishNu, 
	also it can be brahma for he is born in the lotus arising from navel of vishnu.]

9.	Om achyuthaaya nama: 
	[For sri bhattar 3 repeats, for sri sankara it is two only as explained below]

	-- naamaa no. 101 occurring in slOkam 11
	meaning: who is never separated.

	also naamaa no. 320 occurring in slOkam 34 
	meaning: chyutha means fallen or modified 
	- achyutha- never fallen, who has not got any modification

	also naamaa no. 557 occurring in slOkam 59 
	meaning: he who never slips down from eternal form

	"yasmaath na chyuthapoorva aham achyuthasthEna karmaNaa - 
	I have never ever fallen before from my real nature. 
	Therefore I am achyutha

	[Naamaa no. 552 as per sri sankara is combined with previous naamaa sankarshaNa and interpreted as sankarshaNOchyuthaaya nama: hence for him two repeats only]

10.	Om vasavE nama: -- naamaa no. 105 occurring in slOkam 12
	Meaning: he who dwells in the minds of his devotees.- One who is the very essence of the elements [or the womb]

	Also naamaa no. 271 occurring in slOkam 29meaning: he who himself is the wealth.- vasu means wealth, veil and sun - one who allows all the things and beings to exist in himself.vaasayathi ithi vasu:.
	Also naamaa no. 701 occurring in slOkam 74
	Meaning: - the dweller in the milky ocean - the refuge for all.

11.	Om sathyaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 107 occurring in slOkam 12
Meaning: he who is well disposed towards pious and good people 
- he who is real.

Also naamaa no. 213 occurring in slOkam 23
Meaning: the good - the embodiment of truth.

Also naamaa no. 873 occurring in slOkam 93
Meaning: - he who is established in truth. 
	that which remains same in all three periods viz. Past present and future.

12.	Om veera GnE nama: -- naamaa no. 168 occurring in slOkam 18
	Meaning: the slayer of strong men of wicked nature.

	Also naamaa no. 747 occurring in slOkam 79
	Meaning: - slayer of strong demons. 
	He who ends various paths that go from birth to birth.

	Also naamaa no. 927 occurring in slOkam 99
	Meaning: he who destroyed the powerful bonds of the crocodile, which oppressed the king gajEndhran, the elephant. 
	- One who ends the passage from the wheel of death and birth.

13.	Om vaasudhEvaaya nama: naamaa no. 334 occurring in slOkam 36
	Meaning: who pervades and sports the universe
	- one who dwells and revels in the universe

	Also naamaa no. 700 occurring in slOkam 74
	Meaning: son of vasudhEva

	Also naamaa no. 714 occurring in slOkam 75
	Meaning: one who presides over the vaasudhEva manthra.

14.	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

[For Sri bhattar he combines this naamaa with previous huthaBhug and elaborates as huthaBhugBhokthrE nama - hence for him this naamaa BhOkthrE nama: is twice repeated only] 

Dhasan 

Vasudevan m.g.



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