Vishnu Sahasranamam Final 2015 (1).pdf

MEANING :Invoke the Lord as the lord of devas; the sense of refuge;and forbearance; also as the sperm of the universe and the onewho makes beings born, as the day, the year and the serpentof time; as the object of faith and the vision of all and everyone.Explanation :1. Suras are the Lords who guide the energy centres in usand in the universe. They belong to the deva kingdom.2. Refuge is a sense in us which stands as the cause offearlessness. Fear requires it on the objective plane andfearlessness is achieved by meditating it on the subjective plane.3. The sense which makes us withstand adversities andthe faults of others is the divine surface of defence in us. Thisis known as the silent endurance of any injustice or adversitywithout complaining against others or fate.4. Everything in this universe germinates through fecundityand fertilisation. The sun’s rays serve this purpose in every atom.As a result, we see everything developing into its own state andform of existence. This power is the sperm of the Lord.5. The above described capacity makes beings born. Onthe lower plane, they are born from the seed or the mother’swomb.. On the higher plane, everything is born from its previousstate of existence and takes its abode also in the previous stateof existence. For example, air is born out of space and existsin space. The sperm makes the seminal fluid born which againexists in the sperm waiting to conduct its function of fertilisation.6. The day is the unit of time between a sunrise and asunset. This unit varies in its magnitude relatively to themagnitude of the consciousness of the observer. Just as the57