Fwd: VishNu Sahasranama
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• September 21, 1999
Dear bhAgavata-s: One devotee was kind enough to send me some comments based on his reading of some of my earlier postings on SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam. I found it very interesting and useful in giving additional perspectives on these nAma-s, and am sharing them with you. -dAsan kRshNamAcAryan ========== --- Venkataramanwrote: > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:43:49 +0800 > From: Venkataraman > Reply-to: venkataraman@pacific.net.sg > Organization: Venkataraman > To: Narasimhan Krishnamachari > Subject: VishNu Sahasranama > > Dear Sir, > > Jagat-prasuuti-sthiti-nasa-hetave namaH. > > I have been studying your posts on Sri Vishnu > Sahasranama and > benefitting from the efforts you are putting in to > collate different > interpretations given by different > scholars. I salute your marathon effort for the > benefit of others. > > As my own insignificant contribution (like the > squirrel which is said > to have contributed to the building of the Sethu), > may I bring to > your kind notice some points which I came across > during my aimless > reading of books. Pardon me if you find this > irrelevant. Be assured > that I am not trying to be irreverent. > > > 1. Re: the nama *vashatkaraH* -- *va* is a > mangalavachaka. *shat* is > six. vashatkarah perhaps refers to the six qualities > called *bhaga* in > bhagavan. > > > 2. Re: the nama *mahaa maayaH* --- An example of > how He cast his > spell even over other mayaavis occurs in Srimad > Bhaagavatam X.6.8 : > > vibudhya taam balaka-maarikaa-grahaM > cara-acara-atmaa''sa > nimiilitekshanaH | > > anantam-aaropayad-ankam-antakam yathoragam > suptam-abuddhi-rajju-dhiiH || > > > Puutanaa approached baby Krishna's cradle in > disguise as a maayaavi. > The cara-acara-atmaa recognised her to be a baby > killer. HE closed > His eyelids and pretended to be asleep. She lifted > up the snake > (sleeping ananta) and laid Him on her lap under the > illusion that it > was a harmless piece of rope. > > Thus the Lord proved to be the greater mayaavi. > > > 3. Re: The naama *mahabalaH* --- Many instances > of the Lord's > superior bala can be talked of. When RaavaNa tried > to lift the Kailas > mountain with his hands, the Lord merely pressed His > big toe down and > RaavaNaa's hands were crushed underneath the > mountain. The latter > gave out a loud cry, which earned him the epithet of > RaavaNa. This > story is given in Valmiki RaamaayaNam, uttara > kaaNdam. > > > naraayaNa naaraayaNa. > > --- V.M.Sundaram __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
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