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Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 104) Lord Vishnu has been called as the aim as well as the enjoyer of yaj ñ ah or sacrificial ceremonies. Here in this stanza the second line contains names that relate Our dear Lord's relation with yaj ñ ah Lord Krishna performing a yaj ñ a or sacrificial ceremony भूर्भुवस्वस्तारुस्तरः सपिता प्रपितामः | यज्ञो यज्ञपतिर्यज्ञो यज्ञान्गों यज्ञवाहनः || bhUrbhuvassvastarustArah sapitAprapitAmah yaj ñ o yaj ñ apatiryaj ñ o yaj ñ Ango yaj ñ avAhanah  bhUrbhuvassvastaruh  The One Who is like a tree that covers the three worlds     tArah The One Who is the shining star that guides beings while crossing the ocean of samsAra   sapitA The One Who is the father of the universe prapitAmahah The One Who created the creator ( Brahma ) yaj ñ ah The One Who utilizes the fruit of  yaj ñ ah yaj ñ apatih The One Who is the Enjoyer and Lord of all sacrifices yaj ñ ah The One Who is the form of the sacrificer yaj ñ Angah The One W

Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 103) In the 103rd stanza we get to know about the elemental role of Lord Vishnu Who has been invoked as the Supreme Personality of Godhead beyond the scope of life, death and everything in between प्रमाणं प्राणनिलयः प्राणभृत प्राणजीवनः |  तत्वं तत्वविदेकात्मा जन्ममृत्युजरातिगः ||   pramAnam prAnanilayah prAnabhrit prAnajIvanah tatvam tatvavidekAtma janmamrityujarAtigah pramAnam  The One Who is the most important , subject of matter prAnanilayah The One Who is merges prAna with the beings   prAnabhrit The One Who sustains life  through food prAnajIvanah The One Who makes creatures live by blowing life into them   tatvam The One Who is the element   tatvavit The One Who knows the truth and is Himself the truth   ekAtma The One Who is the Only Supreme Personality of Godhead   janmamrityujaraatigah The One Who is beyond the qualities of birth, growth, existence, changes, declination and de

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 102 nd stanza of His thousand names आधारनिलयोअधाता पुष्पहासः प्रजागरः | ऊर्ध्वगः सत्पथाचारः प्राणदः प्रणवः पणः || 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

Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 101) In the 101 st stanza, Lord’s graceful features have been mentioned once again.   The fearful face of Lord Hari is also projected here Kalki avataara अनादिर्भूर्भुवो लक्ष्मिः सुवीरो रुचिरान्गदः | जननो जनजन्मादिर्भीमो भीमपराक्रमः || anādir bhūrbhuvo lakśmih suvīro ruchirāngadah janano janajanmādirbhīmo bhīmaparākramah anādih The One Who has no cause, He is Himself the cause of and for all bhūrbhuvolakśmih The One Who is the splendor and grace of Earth suvīrah The Whose movements are auspicious and holy ruchirāngadah The One Whose armlets are wonderful and lustrous jananah The One Who gives birth to all beings janajanmādih The One Who prime cause of the birth of all creatures bhīmah The One Who is fearful as a thunderbolt bhīmaparākramah The One Who is valorous like a thunder bolt To Read Previous Shlokas Click Here Labels: English Translation , Hinduism , Ma

Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 100) I must now congratulate all of us since we have successfully reached the hundredth shloka of Shri Vishnu Sahasranaamastotram . And here we describe and praise Lord’s indescribably immense rūpam Let us now read the 100 th shloka loudly and proudly अनंतरूपो अनंतश्रीर जितमंयुर्भयापः | चतुरश्रो गभीरात्मा विदिशो व्यादिशो दिशः ||   anantarūpo anantaśrīr jitamanyur bhayāpahah chaturasro gabhīrātmā vidiśo vyādiśo diśah anantarūpah The One Who is of endless forms anantaśrīh The One Whose Powers are endless jitamanyuh The One Who has conquered His mind and anger bhayāpahah The One Who destroys fear chaturasrah The One Who is wise and deals according to rules gabhīrātmā The One Whose soul cannot be gauged vidiśah The One Who gives fruit to actions vyādiśah The One Who commands others diśah The One Who is the right direction, He doesn’t follow anyone’s directi

Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 99) Lord Hari is the all spreading valorous form of peace and righteousness. He kills evil-doers and removes all kinds of bad dreams and fear from the minds of those who meditate upon Him उत्तारणो दुष्क्रीतिहा पुण्यो दुस्वप्ननाशनः | वीरः रक्षणः शान्तो जीवनः पर्यवस्थितः || uttāraņo dushkŗtiha puņyo dusvapnanāśanah vīraha rakshaņah śānto jīvanah paryavasthitah uttāraņah The One Who rescues beings from the cycle of birth and death dushkŗtiha The One Who kills evil-doers and destroys evil-doings puņyah The One Who inspells beings to do good deeds dusvapnanāśanah The One Who destroys bad dreams and nightmares from the minds of those who meditate upon Him vīraha The One Who valorouosly destoys Samsāra rakshaņah The One Who protects beings and the three worlds śāntah The One Who peacefully lays the path of righteousness jīvanah The One Who makes all beings live being insp