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vijay raghavan • September 19, 2002 


Dear Sri Vaishnavas,

With my limited knowledge I've a doubt regarding this
question. Why are these opening lines attributed to
Shri Ganesha or Shri Vishwaksenar? These lines do not
mention any of them by name. As far as I read, these
lines mean:

SuklAm-bara-dhara, He who is clad in pure white
vishNu He who pervades everything and everywhere 
Sasi-varNa, He who is of the cool colour of the moon
catur-bhuja, He who has four hands
prasanna-vadana, He whose face is always beaming with
satisfaction.

Could we not consider these lines as attributed to
Sriman Narayana Himself as he is the Paramatma and
hence "Vishnua Sahasra Naamam" may start by invoking
His attributes?

Please excuse me if I've written or interpreted
anything wrong here. I too had this doubt for a long
time and would like to clarify the same from the
learned Bhagavathas here.

Adiyen,
Vijayaraghavan.



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