Vishnu Sahasranamam Final 2015 (1).pdf

MEANING :Meditate the Lord as the one with big strides and bigkarma. He is the great light, the great serpent, the great ritualand the great ritualist. He is also the great sacrifice and thegreat oblation.Explanation :1. The great strides of the Lord are the earth, the heavenand his own presence. He occupied the whole universe with histhree strides.2. The great karma of the Lord is the creation and its chainactions. It is the cause and effect of chain action of the wholeuniverse. It should not be confused with the involvement of theindividual in his motivation of his own acts.3. All lights like fire, sun, and the intellect of the individualsare only the manifestations of the Lord’s light. Hence the reallight which illumines all lives is the Lord himself. Hence he is thegreatest light.4. Adisesha or Ananta, the serpent of eternity exists as thepotential coil that ever unwinds. He is the abode of the Lordwithin.5. Ritual is a pattern of work done in accordance with thepattern of the creation.6. The one who conducts the ritual is an actor enacting therole of the Deva, who is conducting his role in creation. Whenthe whole universe is the one grand ritual, the Lord is the onewho performs the ritual.7. The whole ritual of creation is for no purpose of his own.Hence it is the greatest sacrifice of Himself as time and space.8. Oblation is the offering given to the gods through thefire. It is the formation of matter in creation. It is also the archetypeof the various levels of combustion in metabolism.243