Vishnu - Nagesh D. Sonde

yatScaaodoit saUyaao-|s%aM ya~ ca gacCit |
tM dovaa: savaoo-|ip-tastdu naa%yaoit kScana | etWO tt\ || 9 ||
By whose instance the Sun rises (at the time of creation) and where it proceeds to
set (at the time of dissolution), there all the gods find their abiding place; no one
can go beyond that. This, verily, is That.
yadovaoh tdmau~ yadmau~ tdinvah |
maR%yaao: sa maR%yaumaaPnaaoit ya [h naanaova pSyait || 10 ||
That which is here, the same is there as well. That which is there, the same is here
as well. He who perceives even slightest difference in this, goes from death to
death.
Bhashya :
“ya: p`aduBaa-vagaao ivaYNau: dohaidYau ca saMisqat: | sa eva maUla$pSca saaxaannaarayaNaaiBad: | maUla$pSca yaao
ivaYNau: p`aduBaa-vaaidgaSca sa: | gauNat: sva$ptao vaaip ivaSaoYaM yaao|~ pSyait | A%yalpmaip maR%vaa sa: tmaaonQaM
yaa%sasaMSaya: | BaodaBaodivadScaa~ tmaao yaaint na saMSaya: ||” - He who is manifest here as Vishnu is
the same as the one who dwells in the body. He, verily, is the original form as
Sriman Narayana. The one who is in original form as Vishnu is the same as one of
his manifestations. Whoever here sees even slightest of variation in His attributes
or in His forms goes undoubtedly from death to obscure worlds.
Further Explanation:
Brihad Aranyaka Up. (I.iv.1,5) declares „Aa%maOvaomaga` AasaI%puruYaivaQa: saao|nauvaIxya
naanyada%manaao|pSyat\ saao|hmasmaI%yaga`o vyaavarht\ … saao|vaovat\ AhM vaava saRiYTrisma AhM hIdM sava-masaRxaIit tt:
saRYTrBavat\ saRYT\ayaaM tasyaOtsyaaM Bavait ya evaM vaod ||‟ - when That One, the Prime Existence
become effulgent as and in the form of Purusha, it acknowledged itself as „AhM‟ – I
and „Aisma‟ as the Existence and looking around saw that He verily was all this
Creation - “yasmaad\ ivaSTM [dM savMa- vaamanaona maha%manaa tsmaat\ sa vaoO smaRtao ivaYNaaor\ dohao p`vaSanaat\ ||”. Since
he dwells in all beings he is called the Person, “sa vaa AyaM puruYa: |”, There is nothing
that is not covered by him, nothing that is not pervaded by him – “savaa-sau puYau- puirSaya:,
naOnaona ikMcanaanaavaRtma\, naonaona ikMcanaasaMvaRtma\ |”. Vishnu, therefore in every breath, in every word
uttered, ever action performed, in air, water, fire, space, in flowing waters and still
mountains, in flowers and in every fruit, in every person whether the ordinary ones
or in special ones showing special skills, talents and expertise or extra-ordinary
proficiency, or spiritual achievements or realization.
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