vishnu sahasra namam stanza- 15

[Bharathi]

STANZA -15

Wording Meaning :

(Lokadhyaksah) = One who supervises
the worlds

(Suradhyaksah) = Supervisor of devas

.
(Dharmadhyksah) = Supervisor of Law

(Krtakrtah) = accomplished and not accomplished

(caturatma) = the four fold self

(caturvyuhah) = the four-fold arrangement

(caturdramstrah) = the four-fanged one

(caturbhujah) = the four-armed one

MEANING:

Invoke the Lord as the supervisor of the worlds; devas and Law, as the
accomplished and not accomplished among the beings. He is the
four-fold selfi the four-fold arrangement and the one with four fangs
and four arms.

Explanation :

1. The whole creation is divided into the three, the four, the seven
and the fourteen planes of manifestation which are called the lokas or
the worlds. All these lokas are lived by the presence of the same Lord
and form under the supervision of His awareness or presence.

2. Every plane has its own creation of devas. Every atom has its own
devasworking. All these devas are the manifestations of the same Lord
in the form of His own becoming or maya. They all form and work under
his supervision or awareness,

3. The law of creation produces the various lokas, the various devas
and the laws governing them all. All of them abide the law since they
can behave only according to the laws of existence and the properties
of matter, force and mind. This law which includes the laws of the
universe works under the awareness of the Lord.

4. Every part of the creation forms in its completeness and
exactitude. Hence, the Lord is accomplished in every part of his
creation. Yet each part is incomplete in .itself and each individual
falls short of the perfection of the totality since he has his own
defects of the lower natUre, while progressing each individual falls
short of the accomplishment and after attaining liberation he is
accomplished.

5. The individual self is made up of four layers:
a) the physical body b) prana, c) mind, d) soul. All these
are the manifestations of the same Lord.

6. The manifestation of the. cosmos and the formation of the
individual takes place in four steps of descent: a) Vasudeva b)
Sankarshana c) Pradyumna d) Aniruddha.

7. As the approaching form of death, the lord has four fangs which
crush the being from existence into non,..existence. They are: a) old
age b) disease c) sorrow d) death.

8. The Lord has the four-states of the utterance of creation as His
four-arms.
The four states of utterance are :
a) The objective universe uttered forth as the objectivity of space
and time.
b) The whole universe as the mental, difffrentiation of the detail in
the mind of the Lord before it is uttered.
c) As the concept before it expands into the mental differentiation.
d) As the first spur to utter.

All these four states sprout as the four-arms of the first cross which
manifests as the four states of consciousness; a) the awakened
Consciousness; b) the dream state; c) the sleep State; d) the state of
subjective awareness or ananda.

The four cardinal points of the day which we notice as the dawn, the
noon, dusk and midnight are the manifestations of the four arms of the
Lord in time.

COURTESY -- MASTER E.K

Regards
Bharathi.A .

[Bharathi]

STANZA-16

bhrajis nur bho janam bhokta
sahisnur jagadadijah
anagho vijayo jera
visvayonih punarvasuh

Word Meaning:

Bhrajisnuh) = The one with shinning nature

(Bhojanam) = that which is eaten for sustenance

(Bhokta) = One who eats and sustains himself

(Sahisnuh) = One who has enduring nature

Jagadidijah) = One who is born as the beginning of creation

(Anaghah) = untouched by sin

(Vijayah) = success

Ueta) = the conqueror

(Viswayonih) = the .womb of the universe

(Punarvasuh) = the replenishing one


MEANING:

Invoke the Lord as having shining nature and who is the food of
all. He is also in the form of the eater of food. The Lord is the one
who endures all. He is the one born as the first creation in the
beginning. Untouched by sin, he shines as success and as the one
conqueror of all. He is the birth place of all things and has
everything as his birth-place. He is the replenishing principle of
all.

Explanation :

1. Nature is the brilliance of the Lord and through it. He shines
forth into his objectivity. He knows himself and he sees himself as
all the beings by virtue of his power of brilliance. Everyone knows
all others and the environment also by the same power of His
brilliance which is called maya or conditioning.

2. The same minerals- water, air etc., which live in our own body
exist in the bodies of others which we call animals and plants. Yet we
eat the same matter as food from the bodies of animals and plants and
sustain ourselves with it. The Lor4 gives birth to the bodies of
living beings beyond number and serves as the food of all. Every being
eats another being as food to sustain itsel£ In doing so, it is eating
the Lord in various forms. Verily the Lord is the food of all.

3, 4. In the same way, the Lord Himself manifests as the eater in all
the beings. Finally He is the eater of all, who eats everything into
his own subjectivity and hence, He is the one, who endures all.

5. The first born in creation is the creator Himself and the sacred
ones who are the first three, four, seven and twelve. The first three
are Brahma, Vishnu and Siva. The first four are the four Kumaras who
remain pure throughout the creation. The first seven are the seven
great lights who are known as the Saptarishis (The seven seers). They
are formed by the combination of the three and the four and manifest
through the
spectroscopy of the creation. The first twelve
are the Adityas who preside over the twelve months of the great year
of one creation. They are formed oUt of the multiplication ot the
first three and the first four. "They all take birth in me and they
are my mind-born ones, "says the Lord in the Bhagavadgita.

6,7. Since the Lord is the purest spirit from which everything comes
out, He cannot be touched by anything that came out before it can be
transmUted as Himsel£ Like the fire, which cannot be polluted by the
type of fuel it burns, the Lord cannot be touched by anyone of the
sins of creation. The Lord is the success of all. Everyone who can
believe in Him knows the order of the universe and its plan and acts
only accordingly. Hence He knows no defeat. A knowledge of the Lord is
truly a knowledge of success.

8, 9. The spirit of conquering is an expression of rajasic natUre
which manifests as rulership, administration and leadership. It is the
divine weapon to establish the law and to protect it. It is one of the
manifestations of the Lord. •

10. Vasu means wealth and Punarvasu means the replenishing of wealth
at every step. It is the truth of resourcefulness that ever exists
innature as the grace of the Lord. One who cultivates confidence upon
this truth becomes resourceful in its true sense. Others who place
confidence on money and possessing things suffer at every step
fromwant and lack of resources and consequently from constant fear.
This is because of the lack of planning which is characteristic to the
mind of a possessive natUre. The Lord is verily the true source of all
resources to all.


COURTESY : MASTER E.K

Regards
Bharathi.A