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

VISHNU SAHASRANAMA y
Govinda." (Vish. Pr., 2-6, says) : " To him whose mind
is devoted to Vasudeva in his Japa, oblations to fire,
worship and the like, Maitreya, even the glory of the
King of Gods is an impediment." " One's sins are speedily
destroyed, even though they might have been accumulating
through many past lives, Pralayas, and Kalpas, if he but bow
down his head, even slightly before the Ruler of the three
worlds, unequalled in prowess, the Director of all." " A
single prostration to Krishna, well-made, is equal in merit
to ten horse-sacrifices duly completed ; the sacrificer
returns to birth, but he who prostrates before Krishna
does not."
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There is no fear to them, who bow down to
Govinda, resembling in hue the atasl flower, dressed in
white and of unswerving greatness." "Prostration to
(Vishnu) the bearer of Chakra (discus) in hand even though
offered with motives other than good, lays the axe at the
root of the tree of Samsara." The above quotations from
the S'rutis, Smritis, Itihilsas and Puranas, go to support
the point.
Beneficence includes here happiness, its means and
Sources. He is the most Beneficent characterised by
Supreme Bliss.
God of Gods : because He stands foremost by shedding
His light on all others and the like. The S've. Up. (6-11),
says : " He is the one God, hidden in all beings, omni-
present, the Self within all beings, watching over all
works, dwelling in all beings, the witness, the perceiver,
the only one free from attributes." (6-18) "Let me,
desirous of liberation, approach the protection of God the
Man ifester of the knowledge of Himself, who, at first,
creates Brahma and gives him the Vedas." The Chcha.
Up. (6-3-2) says : "That Deity thought." (6-2-1) "Ther6
is only one without duality."
But how is it that He is the one Deity, as there is a
distinction between Jivatman and Paramatman ? No. The
S'ruti (Tai. Up., 2-6) says : " Having created it, He entered
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