Vishnu.Sahasranama.with.the.Bhasya.of.Sankaracharya_text

106 VISHND 8AHASRANAMA
566. The refuge and the best (Gatisattamah).
567. With a good bow (Sudhanva).
(Slo. 73>
The bow named S'arnga which He wields symbolises
the senses and the rest.
568. With a punishing axe (Khandaparas'uh or
Akhandaparas'uh)
.
Punishing the foes with his axe during the incarnation
or the name may be
of Paras'urama, the son of Jamadagni ;
taken as ' Akhandaparas'uh,' meaning wielding . . .
569. ' Merciless (Darunah).
Towards the evil-doers.
570. The giver of wealth (Dravinapradah).
As He gives the desired objects to His devotees.
Vya. He gives the wealth of S'astras (as Vyasa).
571. The sky-reaching (Divassprik).
Vya. One reaches heaven by the supreme knowledge
572. Omniscient-Vyasa (Sarvadrikvyasah). 1
Or Sarvadrik : he who is the eye of all ; Vyasa : he who
divided the Vedas into four, Rig, etc. The Rigveda again
was divided into twenty-one branches, the Yajus into one
hundred and one, the Samaveda into a thousand and the
Atharvaveda into nine branches or S'akhas ; he also divided
all the Puranas ; hence Vy&sa means Brahma, the creator.
573. The Lord of Vidyfls and unborn (Vachaspatih-
ayonijah).*
' Unborn ' not born of any woman. (Slo. 74)
574. Having the three Samans (Trisama).
He is praised by the singers of three Samans, viz,,
Deva, Vrata, and S&man.
i This makes 2 names.
» Ibid.