Vishnu Sahasranamam Final 2015 (1).pdf

MEANING :Meditate the Lord as the higher and still higher principleday by day. He is the great bull (that fertilises the creationinto life) and the one who conceals and protects. He is theancient-most one, that survives. He can be comprehended onlythrough wisdom. He maintains the elements that make up thebody while he is the one who eats and enjoys in the body.Hanuman the great monkey-god is his own manifestation. TheLord distributes wealth profusely in the act of his own yajna.Explanation :1. The term means higher. The Lord represents the subtlerprinciples which we call the higher ones. For every grosser principlein us, god is comprehended as its next subtler principle. As thecomprehension advances, the concept of god undergoes varioussubstitutions of the relatively subtler principles until the spirit ofexistence in all is comprehended. The term-uttara also means north.In our body, the head centre is called the north pole, while thebase centre is the south pole. This is in accordance with the natureand function of our earth according to the Law of Correspondences.The north pole of our earth keeps the whole earth in poise, withthe help of its attraction towards the polestar. Similarly, the headcentre of everyone is the cause of the expansion ofcomprehension that takes place due to the heliotropic nature ofthe human head with the Sun- god. So, meditate the Lord as lightin the head centre and you will realise the absolute existence.2. The noon Sun is called the bull, which fertlises our earthwhich is compared with the cow. The annual Sun passing throughthe sign of the bull (Taurus), during the period between April21st to May 21st is also called the great bull in the Vedas. With hissummer brilliance, he fertilises the earth and makes it ready toreproduce during the next monsoon. In the human body, thespeech centre in the mind is called the bull. With the help of thevoice, it fertilises the listener in terms of the idea conveyed through192