Vishnu Sahasra Naamam-Vol V-Rr-edit.pub - Ahobilavalli

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"For Me, arjuna, there is nothing in all the three worlds that ought to be done,
nor is there anything un-acquired that ought to be acquired. Yet I go on
working (to set an example to others)".
SrI vAsishTha interprets the nAma as: sat-pathe AcAro yasya sa satpathAcAraH
- He Whose conduct or behavior is along the righteous path, is
sat-pathAcAraH.
nAma 956. àa[d> prANa prANa-daH
prANa daH
The Life-giver.
prANa-dAya namaH.
This nAma is one of two nAma-s that is repeated four times in SrI BhaTTar's
pATham (the other nAma is nivRttAtmA). The other instances for the current
nAma are: 66, 323, 409 - Sloka-s 8, 35, 44.
The root from which the word prANa is derived is aN - prANane - to
breathe,to live, to move. pra - is an upasarga, meaning 'in a special way'. The
word 'prANa' can be translated as 'vAyu' or air - prANyate =jIvyate anena iti
prANaH = vAyuH. The ending stem -da of the nAma can be interpreted in
several ways:
1. dadAti - gives (dadAti itidaH) - do - avakhaNDane - to cut (dyati) -
kAlAtmanA avakhaNDayati - prANomRtyuH prANastakmA (atharva.
11.4.11)
2. dai - Sodhane - to purify. prANAnAn dApayati Sodhayati SudhyantivA.
3. dA - lavane - to cut; prANAn dAti lunAti it prANa-daH (kAlaH sarvasya
IsvaraH - atharva.19.53.8)
In essence, it is because of Him that beings breathe, and it is because of Him
that they cease breathing. Here is the beautiful composition of SrIvAsishTha
summarizing the various interpretations that are possible for the nAma
prANa-daH:
prANAn dadAti, kimu vA dyati,dAti kim vA
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