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

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354. Having Garuda on his banner (Garudadhvajah)
(Slo. 51)
Vya. The name, if repeated, destroys the sins acquired
in crores of births.
355. Incomparable (Atulah).
The S'ruti (S've. Up., 4-19) says: "For him whose
name is the glory of the Universe, there is no likeness.'*
The Smrti also (Bh. G., 11-43) " : For Thy equal exists not,
whence another superior to Thee in the three worlds ? "
356. The Pratyagatman (S'arabhah).
Sara : bodies so called from their perishable nature
(S'lrya) ; bha : to shine. Hence he who shines in them as.
individual soul.
357. The awe-inspiring (Bhhnah). ' (948)
He whom all fear ; or if the prefix ' a ' is added, the
name becomes ' Abhlma ' causing no fear to those who
follow the righteous path.
358. The knower of the (six) systems of philosophy
(Samayajnah).
Or he who is well-versed in the methods of creation,
preservation, and destruction ; or whose worship (Yajna)
consists in the worshipper being equal in all beings*
Prahlada (Vish. Pr., 1-17-90) says : " To be equal in all is
the worship of Achyuta."
359. The receiver of oblations (Havirharih). 1
Lord (Bh. G., 9-24) says : " I am indeed the enjoyer
and also the Lord of all sacrifices," or He is named Havis,
as he is worshipped through oblations. The S'ruti (Parusha
Sukta) says : " They bound the Purusha as the sacrificial
animal." Hari is he who destroys the sins of men on their
merely thinking of him, or he is so called on account of his.
yellow complexion. Vyasa (Maha. S'an., 343-39) says : "I
i 359 makes 2 names.