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Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 12) vasurvasumanaah satyah samAtma asamitah... amoghah pundarikaaksho vrshakarma vrshAkritih... वसुर्वसुमनाः सत्यः समात्मा असमितः | अमोघः पुन्दरिकाक्शः वृषकर्मा वृषाकृतिः|| vasuh - The One who resides in everything, vas (वस्) is the verb that means to live. vasumanah - The One whose mind is omnipotent, or the the One who's mind can live anywhere. satyah - The One who is the form of ultimate truth. samAtma - The One who's soul is equal and unspoiled by klesa (pollutants) and upklesa (intoxicants) asammitah - The One who cannot be measured. mitah is anything that can be measured, assamitah is the antonym of mitah, therefore he is immeasurable. Scientific Interpretation - The Lord is a gigantic form of colossal energy that can not be mesaured on any balance. It's like an infinite energy. samah - The One who is constant. Scientific Interpretation - Every scientific theory or assumption is based on some constants wit

Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 11) Today, I shall try interpreting the 11th stanza of Vishnusahasranaama stotram with respect to Science (as I know it) अजः सर्वेश्वरः सिद्धः सिद्धिः सर्वाधिरव्युक्तः | वृषाकपिरमेयात्मा सर्वयोगाविनिस्रतः ||     ajah sarveshvarah sidhah sidhih sarvadiravyuktah... vrishakapirameyAtmA sarvayogavinihsrtah... ajah - The One who is not born (Scientific interpretation = Energy that can not be created) sarveshvarah -  The  Lord of all Lords ( Scientific interpretation =The greatest energy, source of all energy) sidhah - The One who is complete siddhih - The One who is the form of wisdom sarvAdhih - The One who is the reason for the beginning of everything ( Scientific interpretation =The cause of the Creation???) achyutah - The One who can never fall ... vrsakapih - The One who lifted the Earth from below the oceans when it was needed ( Scientific interpretation = The force that has pulled land out of water???) ameyAtma - The On