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

' (Brahma)
36 VISHNU SAHASRANAMA
knowledge together with the mind, is called Yoga.'' He
(Vishnu) is the Yoga because he is to be reached by means
of it.
19. The leader of those that know Yoga. (Yogavidam
neta.)
Those that enquire into, realise, or acquire Yoga, are
called the knowers of Yoga ; He is their leader because He
takes care of the concerns of the wise ones. Lord (Bh.
Glta, 9-22) says : " To those that are always devout, I
secure gain and safety."
20. The Lord of Pradhana and Purusha (Pradhana-
purushes'varah).
Pradhana is Prakriti, or Maya, Purusha is Jlva, He is
the Lord of both.
21. He that has the form of a man-lion (Nara-
simhavapuh).
Whose limbs are as those of man and lion.
22. United to Lakshml (Sfamta). (178-220 and 613)
S'rl (Lakshml) eternally abides on his chest.
Vyn. Though the Lord has the body of the man-lion,
there is no diminution of his beauty (S'rl).
23. Ketfavah. (648)
Whose hairs (Kes'a) are beautiful (va), the termination
' ' va being used in the sense of ' praise '
; or Ka means
A (Vishnu), and ha (Rudra), hence Kes'a
denotes the Trimttrtis (the three manifestations) who are
under His control (vas'a) ; or because He slew the Asura
named Resin. In the Vishnu Pr. (5-16-23) Naraida says to
Krishna: "Because thou hast slain the impious Ke^in,
thou shalt be known, in the world, by the name of
Ketfava." {Vide name 648.)
24. Best of men (Purushottamah).