Vishnu Sahasranamam Final 2015 (1).pdf

and the personality of the devotee into the background of ahigher consciousnes which is his own light. This light is calledthe soul.There are many hundreds of texts used as the sets ofthousand names. The most popular and the most effective arethree among them,. (1) Vishnu Sahasranama (2) SivaSahasranama, (3) Lalitha Sahasranama. The first two are givenin the grand world scripture, The Mahabharatha, while the thirdis given in another Purana Scripture named Brahmanda Purana.The three represent the three aspects of God :(1) The Vishnu Sahasranama represents Vishnu, the Lordof Pervasion, (2) Siva Sahasranama represents the Lord as Siva,who is the merger of all into one, (3) Lalitha Sahasranamarepresents God as power that pervades and that which is thefemale aspect of God. Vishnu Sahasranama is chanted daily bythose who lead their life in tranquility and it leads them to theultimate liberation. Siva Sahasranama is practised by those whofollow the path of absorption of the various aspects of themind’s creation into the one, the Eternal. Lalitha Sahasranamais followed by those who want to invoke the presence of power,only to channalise towards superhuman achievements for thewelfare of all. However, Lalitha Sahasranama is not suited forthose whose minds are not mature enough to use power onlyfor achieving impersonal gain. There are many who chant it toachieve personal gain and splendour, but, as a rule, they findthemselves fallen in the end, fallen into the pit of great delusion,self-made. Of the three, Vishnu Sahasranama is the mostdesirable one which can be followed by people of all levels ofmind.The Context :After the Mahabharata war was finished, Bhishma lived inausterity and complete detachment. He was lying on a bed of11