Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 102)
As we have read before, Lord Vishnu is the base of everything as He is the pertaining cause of everything. Here again we read about the same qualities of the Lord as we chant the 102nd stanza of His thousand names
ādhāranilayo adhāta pushpahāsah prajāgarah
ūrdhvagah satpathāchārah prāņadah praņavah praņah
ādhāranilayah
The One Who is supports the entire base that supports the universe
adhāta
The One Who isn’t supported by anything
pushpahāsah
The One Who blooms like a flower from a bud
prajāgarah
The One Who is always awake and alert
ūrdhvagah
The One Who stands on top
satpathāchārah
The One Who observes those who are well disciplined and good mannered
prāņadah
The One Who spells and gives life
praņavah
The One Who is non-different from Omkāra
paņah
The One Who is the fruit of all action, paņah literally means money or coin, but here we use it as a metaphor for the fruit of our actions
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