Vishnu Sahasranama (05/27/12)

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458 OM sughoshhaaya namaH .
"Of auspicious sound." This is the name of the conch that Krishna blew in the
opening of the Mahabharata war. The sound of Vishnu is the essence of all
Vedas as all the four Vedas have come from Him, the Supreme. Hence the term
"of auspicious sound".

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657 OM vishhNave namaH . ##(see 2, 258)##
"All-Pervading." One Who pervades the entire Visvam. In His Visvarooopa-Form
in Geeta-11 we have ffrom Arjuna a descriptoin of the dazzling wonderment of
Him as "As-Pervading."*

* (Dyaavaaprithivyoridamantaram hi Vyaaptam tvayaikena disascha sarvaah.)
"By Thee alone is filled the earth, the outer space and the inner space. It is
Thee who fills all directions everywhere"--Arjuna describes his experience of
the All-pervading, unbelievably Glorious Narayana.--Geeta-11.20.

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650 OM haraye namaH .
The Lord is called "The Destroyer." He, it is, Who destroys the false values
and the inner conflicts created by man in his own life and in his consequent
descordant contact with the world around him. These confusions and sorrows
created by man, for man in life, due to his own ignorance of his own divine
nature, is called Samsaara. Lord Narayana is the Destroyer of this
Samsara-sorrows in His devotees.

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747 OM amaanine namaH .
"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 flesh,
the emotions or the thoughts.

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423 OM dakshaaya namaH .
"The Smart." One who undertakes creation, sustenance and destruction of the
Whole Cosmos with ease and efficiency. diligence and promptitude.

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