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

VISHNU SAHASRANAMA
of Aditi the undifferentiated Mother Earth. The S'ruti
(Tai. Sam., 5-1-7) says : " She is Aditi." (Tai. Br., 3-1-2) :
" The Divine Earth the wife of Vishnu " ; or as the one
Sun reflects himself as many in several vessels of water, so
the one Atman shows as many in the various bodies, hence
this resemblance to the Sun.
41. Lotus-eyed (Pushkarfikshah). (556)
42. Of mighty sound (Mahasvanah).
Or the holy sound, or being the S'ruti, the word of
God. The S'ruti (Br. Up., 4-4-10) : " Thus, Maitreyi ! has
been breathed forth from this great Being what we have as
Rigveda, Yajurveda."
43. Devoid o£ birth and death (Anadinidhanah).
44. The supporter (Dhata).
He supports the worlds in the form of Ananta ( Adis'esha)
and others.
Vya. Dhata is in the form of Brahma as he conceives
(Dhatri) all.
45. The dispenser (Vidhata). (484)
He is the dispenser of the fruit of action and inducer
of actions ; or Vidhata means the supporter (Dhata) of even
(vi) Ananta and others.
46. The best of all substances (Dhaturuttamah).
The meaning is that he is the principle called chit
(consciousness) which is superior to all others, earth, etc. ;
or he is superior to Dhata (Brahma) ; or this may be taken
as two different names, viz., * Dhatuh ' and 'Uttamah'.
Dhatu ' means the chit which sustains the Universe of
cause and effect.
' ' Uttama means the highest of all on
account of His having gone above all the best things.
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(STlo. 18)