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Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 82) These names are very interesting as they relate the Lord’s name with the chatur or four. It is interesting to note that He has a very good connection with this number चतुर्मूर्ति  चतुर्बाहु: चतुर्व्यूहश्चतुर्गतिः | चतुरात्मा चतुर्भावस्चतुर्वेदाविदेकपात  || chaturmūrti chaturbāhuh chaturvyūhaśchaturgatih chaturātma chaturbhāvaśchaturveda vid ekapāt chaturmūrti The One Who has four forms chaturbāhuh The One Who has four arms chaturvyūhah The One Who has four vyūha forms: śarīra puruśa, chandah puruśa, veda puruśa and maha puruśa chaturgatih The One Who is attained by those who follow the four stages of varnāśrama . He is also prayed upon by four types of people. These are people who are distressed, those who need money, those who are curious and finally those who want to know the absolute truth chaturātma The One Whose ātma is quick witted ( chatur ) chaturbhāvah The One Who gives rise to the four purushārthas , namely

Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 81) Fairly enough, we stress upon three names here- pragrahah, nigrahah & vyagrah. While the first name tejovŗshah slightly tilts us to second grade science, as we try relating Lord’s name with the working of the water-cycle, Let’s read these interesting meanings तेजोवृषः द्युतिधरः  सर्वशास्त्रभ्रितामवरः | प्रग्रहो निग्रहो व्यग्रो नैकश्रिंगो गदाग्रजः || tejovŗshah dhyutidharah sarvaśastravatām varah pragraho nigraho vyagro naikaśŗngo gad ā grajah tejovŗshah The One Who is radiating rain. He shines in the form of the sun, this heat so produced vaporizes water and thus causes rainfall, SIMPLE SCIENCE! dhyutidharah The One Who bears the radiance of His limbs sarvaśastravatāmvarah The One Who is the greatest among those holding weapons pragrahah The One Who controls the horses (senses) in the chariot of soul as it travels through samsāra nigrahah The One Who brings everything under contr

Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 80) As we enter the eightieth stanza of Sahasranāmam , we talk about Lord’s intelligence in detail for the first time. His intelligence is of positive nature and is never falsified. His intelligence supports the world अमानी मानदो मान्यो लोकस्वामी त्रिलोकधृक | सुमेधा मेधजो धन्यः सत्यमेधा धराधरः || amāni mānado mānyo lokasvāmi triloka-dhŗk sumedhā medhajo dhanyah satyamedhā dharādharah amāni The One Who is the form of pure intelligence mānadah The One Who grants prestige and honour ( mānah ) to His devotees mānyah The One Who is worshipped universally lokasvāmi The One Who is the Lord of all worlds triloka-dhŗk The One Who supports all the three worlds sumedhā The One Whose intelligence ( medha ) is positive ( su ) medhajah The One Who is attained among sacrifices dhanyah The One Who is grateful and devotees become grateful upon attaining Him satyamedhāh The One Whose intelligence is never false, it is true and supports