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

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"prANAn jIvAn bhajana parAyaNAn jIvyati sva-darSana dAnenaiti prANajIvanaH
– He Who rejuvenates His devotees who sing His praise, by revealing
Himself to them".
SrI Sa'nkara's vyAkhyAnam is: "prANino jIvayan prANAkhyaiH
pavanaiHprANa-jIvanaH" – He Who makes the beings live by means of prANa
or vital air. He gives the following Sruti in support:
na prANena na apAnena martyo jIvati kaScana |
itarena tu jIvanti yasmin etAvupASritau ||
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(kaTho. 5.5)
"A man, whosoever he may be, does not live by prANa or apana, but by
something else on which both of these depend". In other words, bhagavAn is
the Supporter of prANa by which the life is supported.
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri notes that life is not the vital air, or the body, or
the mind, by itself. It is a mysterious togetherness of all of these that causes
life, and this is made possible by bhagavAn alone, and nothing else. So He is
the true Support of life, or the Giver of life to every living being.
SrI satya sandha tIrtha's interpretation is: prANena mukhya prANena
jIvayati janAn iti prANa jIvanaH – He Who sustains life through the vital airs.
SrI baladeva vidyA bhUshaN explains the nAma as: "prANAH te jIvanamasya
iti prANa-jIvanaH" - He Who has His devotees as His prANa or life. This idea
of how bhagavAn treats those who are dear to Him as His own AtmA, has been
described before, most recently under nAma950, Slokam 102 (gItA 7.18).
SrI vAsishTha gives several supporting mantra-s from the Sruti:
yo asya sarva janmana ISe sarvasya ceshTataH |
atandro brahmaNA dhIraH prANo mA nu tishTatu ||
(atharva.11.4.24)
"I pray to prANa, alert and resolute, Who is the Lord of all and who is
responsible for the activities of all in this universe of various beings that move