Vishnu Sahasranamam Final 2015 (1).pdf

MEANING :Invoke the Lord as the all pervading, all knowing andthe one brilliant as his own rays. He is the leader of thearmies of the universe and He eats everyone into Him sinceHe is also time. He is the wisdom, the knower of wisdomwithout any defective limb since He is the Lord of the limbsof wisdom. He is the knower of the scriptures as well as theprophet poet who composes them.Explanation :1. The presence of the Lord pervades each unit space andtime. It pervades each unit counterpart of the atom. The presenceof the different states of existence like matter, force, life,consciousness etc., are all due to the folds of ignorance and thelayers of limitation in the cognizance of the individualconsciousness. The difference between the dynamic and thestatic states, the living and the non-living, the conscious and theunconscious are all due to the various layers that are objective.The Lord exists as the one subjective presence of all these andhence, He is the Lord who pervades.2 He starts as the observer consciousness on the planeof objectivity and hence, He plays the role of the ignorant onewho starts His journey of unfoldment in the living beings. Thisgoes on until He expands into the comprehension of the cosmicand supra-cosmic expanses. Thus the Lord is the omniscientone, who knows everything before the beginning and who goeson knowing everything as an individual.3. If we observe a sun-globe, we find that His brillianceis due to his own presence as his rays. The same is the case withthe comprehension of everyone of us. The brilliance ofcomprehension is limited by the concept of the individual whilethe brilliance goes on expanding the concept as the urge of70