Vishnu Sahasranamam Final 2015 (1).pdf

MEANING :The Lord who is to be meditated as the great boarhaying the wheel and the mace in the hands, followed byarmies and decorated by jewellery all in gold is the one whois deep, concealed, difficult to understand and is to be soughtafter through meditation as the light of the senses.Explanation :1. The great boar is the Avathar that lifted the whole globeof objectivity from under the ocean of subjectvity on top of itstusks. Since the boar lifted the whole creation into existence, itcan be meditated as the great one, whose size, volume andpossibility cannot be comprehended.2. The prefix “go” in the word Govinda signifies the sensesof a being and the rays of light and the path of planets in thesolar system. Govinda literally means the one who is obtainedthrough the path of the light of senses. In the stage of passiveobjectivity, the senses perceive the versatality of the world. Whenthe Lord is meditated as form, light, name, sound, colour, meaningetc., and when the Lord is recollected in every piece of objectivity,then the mind and the senses find their light. This, when followed,will be found as the presence of the Lord.3. The good number of armies of the Lord are the numbergods and those who spring up from them to make the creationcreated. The term also means good armies to signify that they arenot armies of battles but are those of the poise between theemerging and merging of creation.4. Gold is a physical plane symbol of the light of the Lord’sgrace which we call his brilliance, golden yellow, a ray of which isseen as the splendour of the Sun-globe. The Lord’s form andframe are made up of only his light. Hence the parts of his body206