अर्चिष्मानर्चितः कुम्भो विशुद्धात्मा विशोधनः ।
अनिरुद्धोऽप्रतिरथः प्रद्युम्नोऽमितविक्रमः ॥
അര്ചിഷ്മാനര്ചിതഃ കുംഭോ വിശുദ്ധാത്മാ വിശോധനഃ
അനിരുദ്ധോപ്രതിരഥഃ പ്രദ്യുമ്നോമിതവിക്രമഃ
அர்சிஷ்மானர்சித கும்போ விசுத்தாத்மா விசோதன
அநிருத்தோப்ரதிரத பிரத்யும்நோமிதவிக்ரம
ಅರ್ಚಿಷ್ಮಾನರ್ಚಿತಃ ಕುಮ್ಭೋ ವಿಶುದ್ಧಾತ್ಮಾ ವಿಶೋಧನಃ
ಅನಿರುದ್ಧೋಪ್ರತಿರಥಃ ಪ್ರದ್ಯುಮ್ನೋಮಿತವಿಕ್ರಮಃ
అర్చిష్మానర్చితః కుమ్భో విశుద్ధాత్మా విశోధనః
అనిరుద్ధోప్రతిరథః ప్రద్యుమ్నోమితవిక్రమః
archishmaanarchitah kumbho visuddhaatmaa visodhanah
aniruddhoapratirathah pradyumnoamitavikramah
633. Archishmaan – “The Effulgent.” As Pure Consciousness, Narayana is the Source of all Light. The Kathopanishad confirms this when it declares, “There, neither the sun nor the moon, nor the stars nor the lightning, has any effulgence; how then can this Fire-light illumine It? By Its Light alone, all else in the world is illumined.”
634. Architah - One who is constantly worshipped by His devotees. Even Brahmaaji (The Creator) and Siva (The Destroyer) are worshipping Sri Narayana (The Preserver). Hence this term, “The Worshipped” for Lord Vishnu.
635. Kumbhah – “The pot.” The Lord, the Self, is called as “the pot” because just as things are contained within a pot, so the whole universe rests within Him, the “Container” and “Sustainer.” Everything and every happening is within Him alone.
636. Visuddha-atmaa – “One Who has the purest Soul.” When the Self is cleansed of all passions and thought agitations, in that uncontaminated purity It is realised. Therefore, the Lord, the Self, is called the Pure Atman, completely bereft of all equipments and their passions, all disturbances from desire. One who is beyond the “Three Gunas,” Trigunaateetah, meaning one who transcends all the Vaasanaas that generate the three moods constituting the entire phenomenon, Maayaa.
637. Visodhanah – “The Great Purifier.” The One, meditating upon whom all vaasanaas get exhausted and the personality purified from these desires, becomes free of all its accustomed, existent agitations. He who is the very Source of Purity; who lends purity even to the sacred-places. By remembering Him, the human heart becomes cleansed of its sins, immaculately swept of all consequent feelings of restlessness.
638. Aniruddhah - Of the four manitestations (Vyoohas) of Vishnu, the Aniruddha manifestation is indicated here. The four Vyoohas are: (I) Vaasudevah; (2) Samkarshanah; (3) Pradyumnah; and (4) Aniruddhah. The term can also mean “He Who is invincible by any of His enemies.”
639. Apratirathah - One who is never challenged by any enemies and who has no enemies to even threaten Him. Sri Narayana is without enemies; in His loving Presence they are vanquished.
640. Pradyumnah – “Very Rich.” Lord is Lakshmi-Pati and, in His benevolence, He gives riches and mighty glory to His devotees. Pradyumnah can also be the third of His four manifestations as Vyoohas.
641. Amita-vikramah - Of immeasurable Prowess is Sri Narayana. The Self, the Supreme, is Omnipotent and none can stand against Him. It can also mean, “One who has un-measurable steps” exhibited in His Divine performance in His Vamana Incarnation.
