Vishnu Sahasranama (05/26/12)

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615 OM svakshaaya namaH .
Brilliantly "Beautiful-Eyed"* is Vishnu.

* (Sobhane pundareekaabhe akshinee asya iti svakshah.)
His eyes are compared to the petals of the lotus flower which is supremely
beautiful and symbolic of knowledge. His eyes are beautiful with the
brilliancy of knowledge.

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664 OM braahmaNe (brahmaNe ??) namaH .
"The Biggest, the Vastest, the All-Pervading."* Upanishads thunderingly
declare the Brahman to be "Existence-Knowledge-Infinite."** The Knowledge
which lifts all false perceptions of differences, pure in all its aspects,
ever beyond the grasp of the senses, and that which can be experienced only in
one's own Self, is called Brahman.***

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** (Satyam Jnaanamanantam Brahma.)--Taittireeya Upanishad-2.1.

*** (Aatmasamvedyam taj-jnaanam Brahmasamjnitam.)--Vishnu Purana-6.7.53.

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404 OM dharma-vid-uttamaayai namaH .
"One who is the Highest among men of realization." All those who know the
Reality are knowers of this Self. Naturally, therefore, the Self is the best
Knower among all knowers of the Self.

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712 OM darpaghne namaH .
"The Destroyer of pride in evil-minded people." Easily He curbed the pride of
Indra and others by lifting the mountain and protecting the cows of the Yamuna
banks.

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564 OM jyotir-aadityaaya namaH .
"The Supreme who is the resplendence in the Sun." The Atman expressing as the
glorious light and energy in the Sun is meditated upon as Lord Vishnu.* "One
must meditate upon Vishnu who is adorned fully, holding in His hands the Conch
and the Discus, sitting in Padmaasana, enveloped in golden hue, in the centre
of the orb of the Sun." The Deity residing in the disc of the Sun is Narayana
Himself. "Aat"--'from Vishnu'; "ityah"--'to be obtained'. From Vishnu,
salvation is to be obtained and so He is called as Aaditya. This
interpretation gives us an insight into the meaning of the word Sun, in
Sanskrit--'Aaditya': "One from whom all creatures have to receive"! The
great-grand-giver is the Sun.

* (Dheyah sadaa savitrimandalamadhyavartee Naarayanah
* sarasijaasanasannivishtah; Keyooravaan makarakundalavaan kireetee Haaree
* hiranmayavapurdhritasamkhachakrah.)

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