Lord Shri Vishnu Sahasranama Part: 81
Posted by kathavarta on November 10, 2009
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Amani manado manyo lokasvami triloka-dhruk
Sumedha medhajo dhanyah satyamedha dharadharah ..80
747. Amani: He who, being of the nature of Pure Consciousness, has no sense of identification with anything that is not Atman.
“One who has no false vanity.” Since He knows His own real divine nature, He has no false identifications with the equipments of not-Self such as the flesh, the emotions or the thoughts.
748. 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.
”One who gives, or causes, by His Maayaa the false identification with the body.” The Sanskrit term ‘maana’ can also mean ‘honour,’ and therefore, ‘maanadah’ can mean One who honours all His true devotees. The root ‘da’ in Sanskrit means ‘blasting’, and therefore, the same term can also mean one who blasts all false notions from the bosom of his devotees.
749. Manyo: One who is to be adored by all, because He is the God of all.
“One Who is to be honoured.” He is the most worshipful as He is the very material Cause for the world of plurality. Bhagavan Sankara says: “If he, who has realised the Supreme, is so blessed and to be honoured in this world,” how much more worshipful is the Lord who is the very substratum and support of the whole universe and by whom all are blessed and inspired to gain their experiences in the world of things and beings!
750. Lokasvami: One who is the Lord of all the fourteen spheres.
“Lord of the Universe.” Here the word ‘loka’ in Sanskrit means ‘field-of-experience.’ The One Who is the Controller, Director, Who is the Lord and Governor of all fields-of-experiences of all living creatures, at all times, everywhere, is the Consciousness that illumines matter. Therefore, the term Loka-svaamee is extremely appropriate.
751. Triloka-dhruk: One who supports all the three worlds.
“One Who is the support of all the three worlds.” Apart from the usual concept of the three worlds: heaven, earth and hell, there is a deeper import of the term ‘loka’. It should mean the three fields of experience constituted of waking, dream and deep sleep. Atman, the Self, as Consciousness, is the One that supports all these three states inasmuch as, without this kindling support of life in the bosom, it would be impossible for us to have any experience.
752. Sumedha: One with great and beneficent intelligence.
“One who has Pure Intelligence.” In fact, the term may denote a special power in the human intellect which is the capacity to remember and repeat what has been once experienced before. As such, the term indicates that the very nature of the Self is not a knowledge newly gained, but it is only a remembrance of the seeker’s own real nature, which the seeker in his earlier confusion had forgotten. So long as we have not invoked this great power of memory of our real nature, we shall continue to grope in our sorrows created by our misconception. On realising the Self, it is not that we gain anything new, but we re-discover our own essential Self. Naturally, therefore, with reference to our present forgetfulness, the ultimate goal is indicated by the pregnant term ‘Divine Memory Power.
753. Medhajo: One who arose from Yaga (a kind of sacrifice).
“Born out of sacrifices.” ‘Medha’ means sacrifices like Asvamedha Yajna. In such a sincere and great ritual, He is invoked and in His Pure Presence there in the sacrifice, we can say He is born. The Geeta meaning of ‘sacrifices’ (Yajna) is “a co-operative endeavor wherein: -we offer our capacity into a field of chosen work invoking in It the unmanifested Lord Who pours forth His blessings in terms of profit.” In this sense, when all the personality layers are offered in an act of total surrender, the spiritual experience of the Self is born. To the student of Vedanta, the term is rich in its suggestiveness.
754. Dhanyah: One who has attained all His ends and therefore is self-satisfied.
“Fortunate.” As He has no objects yet to be fulfilled, or any of His wishes not already fulfilled, He is indeed one who is utterly fulfilled. The state of the Self is an eternal state of total contentment.
755. Satyamedhah: One whose intelligence is fruitful.
“One whose intelligence never fails.” He is the supreme Power of Discrimination, never deluded by the finite world of appearances, but is, in all circumstances, ever rooted in the Truth that He alone is the world of multiplicity.
756. Dharadharah: One who supports the worlds by His fractiosn like Adisesha.
“The sole support of the earth.” The earth here stands for matter; and the very essence from which matter has come to express itself, both in its gross and subtle forms, is the Self, Narayana, and therefore, He is considered as the very substratum for the play of matter (earth). Geographically, the earth is supported by water. Water is supported by the atmospheric air and the atmospheric air by the space. The daring enquirer may still continue the question and investigate into the source of space. We know that the space is a concept which we experience in our intellect. All experiences of the intellect are established in Conscious- ness and, therefore, the ultimate support for the entire ‘world’ is the Supreme Narayana.
