Sep 26, 2008

Stanza-44

वैकुण्ठः पुरुषः प्राणः प्राणदः प्रणवः पृथुः।
हिरण्यगर्भः शत्रुख्नो व्याप्तो वायुरधोक्षजः॥

വൈകുണ്ഠഃ പുരുഷഃ പ്രാണഃ പ്രാണദഃ പ്രണവഃ പൃഥുഃ
ഹിരണ്യഗര്ഭഃ ശത്രുഖ്നോ വ്യാപ്തോ വായുരധോക്ഷജഃ

வைகுண்ட புருஷ பிராண பிராணதப் பிரணவ பிருது
ஹிரண்யகர்ப்ப சத்ருக்னோ வியாப்தோ வாயுரதோக்ஷஜ

ವೈಕುಂಠಃ ಪುರುಷಃ ಪ್ರಾಣಃ ಪ್ರಾಣದಃ ಪ್ರಣವಃ ಪೃಥುಃ
ಹಿರಣ್ಯಗರ್ಭಃ ಶತ್ರುಖ್ನೋ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತೋ ವಾಯುರಧೋಕ್ಷಜಃ

వైకుంఠః పురుషః ప్రాణః ప్రాణదః ప్రణవః పృధుః
హిరణ్యగర్భః శత్రుఖ్నో వ్యాప్తో వాయురధోక్షజః


vaikunthah purushah praanah praanadah pranavah prithuh
hiranyagarbhah satrughno vyaapto vaayuradhokshajah

405. Vaikunthah – “One who prevents men from going astray into wrong paths (Vikunthah).” In Mahabharatha it is mentioned, “I united the Earth with Water, Space with Air with Fire, hence, the name ‘Vaikunthah’ has come to Me.
406. Purushah – “One who dwells in all bodies (Puris).” In Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (3-4-1) it is said, “because He as the first (Poorva) of all of them consumed (Aushad) by fire all sins, therefore, He is called Purushah.” In short, He is the One Self which thrills all living creatures everywhere at all times.
407. Paanah – “One who is the form of ‘Praana’ exits in the body, propels all sense organs to act in their appointed fields, it is the Lord Vishnu that activates the body as the 5 praanas, is found in the Vishnupurana. As Praana, He causes movements.
408. Praanadah – this can mean “One who gives ‘Praana’ or as one who takes away ‘Praana’, because, the root ‘da’ has both the meanings, ‘to give’ and to break.’ Therefore, Vishnu is the supreme who gives Praana to all creatures in the beginning of the creation, and He alone is again the one who destroys all the Praanaas (movements) at the time of the dissolution.
409. Pranavah – “That which is praised or adorned by even the gods.” There is a declaration of Sanatkumara, “because it is being worshipped and adorned by the gods, the self is called as Pranavah. This great reality is indicated in Vedas by the symbol Om and, therefore ‘Omkaara’ is called as Pranava. Thus the supreme self, ‘Omkaara’ is Vishnu.
410. Prithuh – “The expanded.” He whose expanse is expressed as the world of infinite forms. In short, “He who All-pervasive.” Looking at the world, through Puranas, it suggests, “the one who is born as the king Prithuh, the son of the king vena –for bringing prosperity to the country, is Lord Narayana.”
411. Hiranyagarbhah – it is the term used in the Vedanta for the “creator”. He is the expression of the creative urge of the lord Narayana. “The Golden-egg” means here that from which all the objective world had emerged out, indicating the creator.” The term thereby suggest that the entire creative power of the creator is but the expression of the Self, Narayana.
412. Satru-ghnah – “the destroyer off he enemies.” The lord is the one who annihilates all the enemies of the gods, meaning, He is the one who destroys all the negative tendencies in all serious seekers totally devoted to Him.
413. Vyaaptah – “The Pervader.” The effects can never remain without the Cause; the Cause is concurrent and inherent in it, effects. And thus, the world that has risen from the Infinite, should be pervaded by the Infinite. He who thus pervades everything is Narayana.
414. Vaayuh – “One who in the form of the atmospheric air, sustains all life everywhere.” He is not the air, but He is the life-giving rower in the air.
415. Adhokshajah - Mahabharata says, “at no time My vitality flows downwards, and hence, I am called, Adhokshajah'. The term can also mean, “One who is not available for the powers of the sense organs to perceive.” Or, it can also mean, “He who remains under both the atmosphere and the earth as the Supporter of the entire universe.”

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Credits

Inspiration & courtesy:
Contribution of Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Professor, Department of ECSE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, U.S.A.

Sanskrit script Courtesy:
Shri. N. Krishnamachari