Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 90)
The beauty of the irony used in the names aņurbŗhat captures my mind just like the very feeling of His Highness Lord Vishņu. Once He is called as the minute atom (aņuh) while in the very next name He becomes the ever expanding gigantic form of the universe (bŗhat). Similarly in the next two names also the reader will find this ironic situation. Such is the might of Our dear Lord of Vaikuntha, All hail GOVINDA GOVINDA!
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| Lord Vishnu is the atom (anuh) as well as the ever expanding universe (brihat) |
अणुरबृहत् कृशः स्थूलो गुणभ्रीनिर्गुणो महान |
अध्रितः स्वध्रितः स्वास्यः प्रान्ग्वंशो वंशवर्धनः ||
aņurbŗhat krśah sthūlo gunabhŗnirguņo mahān
adhŗtah svadhŗtah svāsyah prāngvamśo vamśavardhanah
aņuh
The One Who is the smallest unit of everything, that is, atom
bŗhat
The One Who is gigantic and ever growing
krśah
The One Who can become so tiny that He can enter a stone
sthūlah
The One Who is stout and can accommodate millions of universes within Him
gunabhŗt
The One Who is the bearer of the three guņas, that is, sattva (goodness/divine), rajas (passion/luxurious) and tamas (ignorance/downtrodden)
nirguņah
The One Who is quality-less, that means He is so much above all these things that He cannot be defined by any quality
mahān
The One Who is the greatest
adhŗtah
The One Who supports everything including the earth
svadhŗtah
The One Who is supported by His own glorious self
svāsyah
The One Whose face is as beautiful as the moon and the lotus flower
prāngvamśah
The One Whose dynasty has been existing since everything began
vamśavardhanah
The One Whose dynasty, glory and form are ever expanding
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