Vishnu Sahasranama (05/20/12)

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691 OM tiirthakaraaya namaH .
"The Teacher of the Teerthas." The term, Teerthas, means Vidyaas, Sree
Narayana is the author of the Vidyaas or auxiliary Sciences. Therefore, "One
Who is the most ancient Teacher of all Vidyaas and Tantras."

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551 OM dR^iDhaaya namaH .
"The Firm." One who is firm in His convictions, judgements, love and mercy. It
is in this sense that the Bhakti Marga describes the Lord often as
'A-Dridhah', especially when a sinner prostates before Him; meaning that in
full repentance were a criminal to surrender himself to the Lord's Feet, the
Infinite Justice even wavers and becomes anxious to help the sinner out of his
mistaken notions and his consequent ugly actions. The Lord is ever vigilant to
re-establish such a one in his own wisdom, which is his real nature.

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812 OM anilaaya namaH . ##(see 234)##
Like the atmosphere air the Lord is the life-giver everywhere, and also He is
All-pervading. Nilah also means to 'slip'--into a condition of
non-apprehension: thus, one who is ignorant (avidya). When the symbol of
negation, 'a', is added to it, 'A-nilah' comes to indicate "One who slips not,
but is ever of the nature of Consciousness." Hence it means "Omniscient."

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512 OM saatvataaM pataye namaH .
The Lord of the Saatvat--people. Those who are followers of the Tantra named
Saatvata--scriptures essentially Saattvic in nature--are called Saatvatas, and
their Lord is Sri Narayana. The essential path of the Saatvatas is
single-pointed meditation upon the form of Lord Vishnu with utter devotion.

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467 OM vyaapine namaH .
All-pervading. Pervasiveness in philosophy indicates subtlety. Thus
All-pervading means that which is "subtler than the subtlest." This concept is
again sustained by the physical observations in the world. The cause always
pervades all the effects; the gold pervades all ornaments. The entire universe
is an effect and He being the Cause, He pervades all and everything at all
times. Thus the All-pervading, in its suggestions, indicates that He is the
Ultimate-cause and Himself in His pervasiveness is ever-present everywhere and
in everything, presiding over all behaviours, actions and work, everywhere in
the universe.

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