Vishnu Sahasranamam Final 2015 (1).pdf

MEANING :Meditate the Lord as the cycle of seasons, the wheelwhich destroys the demons, the time which revolves as thedetail of the year and the great sacrifice which we call thecreation. He is the form of that which clings to us as theresult of our karma. He is ferocious in killing the demonsand the very manifestation of the Prajapathi, Daksha, whois the able one. He also manifests as our leisure and as thewhole universe in the form of his offering in his sacrifice.Explanation :1. The seasonal effects which follow the division of twomonths each are called the ruthus or the seasons. They are six innumber.i. Vasanta, (the spring).ii. Greeshma ( summer ).iii. Varsha(the rainy season).iv. Sarat (the moon season )v. Hemanta (the season of snow ).vi. Sisira(the season of leaf fall).Each season governs the effects upon the various beingsof the earth and represents one form of the Lord.2, 3. Already explained.4. Paramesti : Virat is the form of the Lord which is thetotality of the detail of the creation. It is the form of the sacrificeof the Lord in which he sacrices Himself into the various forms.168