Stanza-046

विस्तारः स्थावरस्थाणुः प्रमाणं बीजमव्ययं।
अर्थोऽनर्थो महाकोशो महाभोगो महाधनः॥

വിസ്താരഃ സ്ഥാവരസ്ഥാണുഃ പ്രമാണം ബീജമവ്യയം
അര്ഥോ അനര്ഥോ മഹാകോശോ മഹാഭോഗോ മഹാധനഃ

விஸ்தார ஸ்தாவரஸ்தாணு பிரமாணம் பீஜமவ்யயம்
அர்தோ அனர்தோ மகாகோசோ மஹாபோகோ மஹாதன

ವಿಸ್ತಾರಃ ಸ್ಥಾವರಸ್ಥಾಣುಃ ಪ್ರಮಾಣಂ ಬೀಜಮವ್ಯಯಂ
ಅರ್ಥೋ ಅನರ್ಥೋ ಮಹಾಕೋಶೋ ಮಹಾಭೋಗೋ ಮಹಾಧನಃ

విస్తారః స్థావరస్థాణుః ప్రమాణం బీజమవ్యయం
అర్థో అనర్థో మహాకోశో మహాభోగో మహాధనః

vistaarah sthaavarah sthaanuh pramaanam beejamavyayam
artho anartho mahaakoso mahaabhogo mahaadhanah


426. Vistaarah - The extension. The Lord is named thus because in the time of Pralaya, in Him the entire universe of names and forms comes to reside with ample accommodation for all of them. The term Vistaarah can also mean “manifestation;” since the Lord manifests in Himself all the universe.
427. Sthaavarah-sthaanuh – “The firm and the motionless.” The Firm (achanchala) indicates that He has no movements, because He is All-pervading. Sthaanuh (motionless) means that He is fixed like “the pillars that denote the frontiers of a country” (Sthaanuh). The terms here used are as one- word because the Lord is both these at one and the same time. He is not only All-pervading, and, therefore, no movements in Him (Sthaavarah), but he is also without any locomotion (Sthaanuh). Both these terms indicate the All-pervasiveness of Lord Vishnu.
428. Pramaanam - The proof. He is the underlying principle of all intellectual arguments and for all scientific methodology, since He is the very Consciousness behind all discussions. Lord Narayana is the very authority behind all Dharmas and hence He becomes the essential Reality behind all (pramaana).
429. Beejamavyayam – “The Immutable Seed.” Since the whole world has sprung from Him, He is the indestructible and changeless cause of the world. It can also mean “that without which the world can never be.” Hence He is the undecaying root of all things.
430. Arthah - One who is worshipped by all; invoked by everyone. Lord Narayana is desired by all as He is the Paramaatman who is of the nature of bliss. Even the sensuous man running after the sense-objects is seeking the Lord in as much as he is searching for bliss which is the nature of the Self.
431. Anarthah - One to whom there is nothing that is yet to be fulfilled. This means one who has no desires, as He has fulfilled all His desires. So long as vaasanaas exist desires manifest. Where vaasanaas have ended there cannot be any desires and that state is the State of Self-realization.
432. Mahaakosah - One who has got around him great sheaths. The Self in us functions through the five- sheaths such as the food-sheath, etc. Sri Narayana is one who, as the Lord of the universe (Jagadeesvarah), is conditioned by the macrocosmic sheaths of the universe, and therefore, the great Isvara is here indicated as Mahaakosah.
433. Mahaabhogah - One who is of the nature of enjoyment (bhogah), He being of the nature of bliss. Also He is the one from whom the greatest bliss (bhogah) can be gained by the seekers. In short, the term indicates Him as one who gives the greatest happiness to all those who are devoted to Him.
434. Mahaadhanah - One who is supremely rich with the wealth of bliss which he can give to His devotees. Vishnu is one from whom His devotees gain great wealth