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

as the moon appears in the sky -devakyAm deva rUpiNyAm vishNuH sarva
guhASayaH AvirAsIt yathA prAcyAm diSi induriva pushkalaH (SrImad
bhAgavatam 10.3.8). Lord kRshNa chose to enter devaki's womb for some
time, and then chose to come out when He chose to come out; the connection
between devaki and kRshNa is just the same connection as between the east
direction and the moon from which it appears.
nAma 987. vEoan> vaikhAnaH
He Who uproots (the evils of the world).
vaikhAnAya namaH.
The root from which the nAma is derived is khana - avadhAraNe - to dig. vi-
is an upasarga, and the sense in which it is used here is to denote intensity
(viSesheNa). The sense in which He 'digs' is interpreted differently by
different interpreters.
Sri BhaTTar uses the root khana with the meaning 'uproot', and explains the
nAma as One Who uproots the miseries of His devotees - janitvA, bhava
duHkha vikhananAt vaikhAnaH - Having taken His birth or incarnation out of
His own will, then BhagavAn proceeds to uproot the sorrows of the world, in
particular the sorrow of repeated birth and death.
SrI baladeva vidyA bhUshaN follows a similar interpretation -
janitvAca sva-bhakta duHkha vikhananAt vaikhAnaH
Taking birth voluntarily, He destroys the sorrows of His devotees.
SrImad SrImushNam ANDavaan refers us to the first pASuram of
nammAzhvAr's tiruviruttam, where AzhvAr points out that bhagavAn takes
His births for the purpose of removing our bondage to this samsAra:
poi ninRa j~nAnamum pollA ozhukkum, azhukku uDambum in ninRa nIrmai ini
yAm uRavAmai
uyir aLippAn en-ninRa yOniyumAip piRandAi!
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