Narration-23

श्री महाविष्णु प्रीत्यर्थे सहस्रनाम जपे विनियोगः ।

ശ്രീ മഹാവിഷ്ണു പ്രീത്യര്ഥേ സഹസ്രനാമ ജപേ വിനിയോഗഃ

ஸ்ரீ மஹாவிஷ்ணு ப்ரீத்தியர்த்தே ஸஹஸ்ரநாம ஜபேவிநியோக

ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾವಿಷ್ಣು ಪ್ರೀತ್ಯರ್ಥೇ ಸಹಸ್ರನಾಮ ಜಪೇ ವಿನಿಯೋಗಃ

శ్రీ మహావిష్ణు ప్రీత్యర్థే సహస్రనామ జపే వినియోగః

Sree MahaaVishnu Preethyarththe Sahasranama Jape Viniyogah

Having thus installed through sankalpa the Lord in himself and having come under the protecting wings of the mighty lord, here is the declaration how he is going to employ himself in it. He is going to engage himself (Viniyoga) in japa (jape) of the “Thousand Names of Lord” (sahasra-naama). Now the question is: with what motive should be undertake this chanting? The answer is in the very statement that it is only for the grace (Preetyarthe) of Sree Maha Vishnu.

Symbolism: After chanting this declaration in the mind, the saadhaka, takes a spoon of water (Teertham) in his right palm and pours it on the floor in front of him.

A true seeker is not desire-ridden for material satisfaction, and, therefore, he can have only one intention-the grace of lord, which will manifest in him as contemplative power.

These twelve ‘slogans’ are chanted for invoking and installing these refreshing and spiritually benign ideas on the limbs of the devotee himself. At this juncture this makes him inspired sufficiently for higher meditation upon the truth as indicated and directed by the thousand terms in Sahasranaama.

This beautiful subjective ritual is known as ‘Installation on the limbs’ (Anga-nyaasa). Not only that the student temporarily discovers a new surge of inspiration, but even beginners feel highly relieved, at least temporarily, from the load of his senses of ‘sins’. When this is properly performed with a right attitude and devotion, the student gains identification (saaroopya) with the Lord of his heart, at the outer levels of his personality.