801. AKSOBHYAH..One who is never perturbed by passions like attchment and aversion, by objects of the senses like sound, taste, etc., and by Asuras, the antagonists of the Devas.

802. SARVA VAGISVAR'ESVARAH..One who is the master of all masters of learning, Vagisvaras, including Brahma.

803. MAHAHRADAH..He is called a great Hrada, lake, because being the Paramatman who is of the nature of Bliss, the Yogis who contemplate upon Him dip themselves in that lake of Bliss and attain to great joy.

804. MAHAGARTAH..One whose Maya is difficult to cross like a deep pit. The Gita 7.14 says.."Mama Maya duratyaya..My Maya is difficult to cross" Or the word Garta, as interpreted by some philologists, means a chariot, Ratha. So the name can mean a great car warrior as He is described in Mahabharata and in such texts.

805. MAHABHUTAH..One who is not divided by the three periods of time..past, present and future.

806. MAHANIDHIH..One in whom all the great elements have their support. He is Mahan or a great one and 'Nidhi', the precious one.

807. KUMUDAH..'Ku' means earth one who gives joy, MUDA, to the earth by freeing it of its burdens is Kumuda.

808. KUNDARAH..One who offers blessings as pure as Kunda or jasmine. There is also the following verse..'Kum dharam darayamasa Hiranyaksa jighamsaya Varaham rupam asthaya..In order to destroy Hiranyaksa the Lord tood the form of the boar and pierced 'Ku' or earth'.

809. KUNDAH..One who has limbs as beautiful as Kunda or Jasmine. Or one who resembles a crystal in point of purity. Or one who gave an offering of 'Ku' or earth to the Rsi Kasyapa. Hari Vamsa 1.41.1617 says..

Sarva papa visudhyartham vaji medhena cestavan
Tasmin yajne maha dane daksinam Bhrgunandanah
Maricaya dadau pritah Kasyapaya vasundharam

"Parasu Rama, the son of Bhrgu, in order to be freed from all sins, performed the Asvamedha sacrifice. In that sacrifice where great gifts are given, he gladly offered as Daksina to Kasyapa, the son of Marici, the whole of the earth."

810. PARJANYAH..The word means cloud. One who resembles the cloud in extinguishing the three Tapas, heats, that is, miseries, arising from psychological, material and spiritual causes. Or one who rains all desires like a cloud.

811. PAVANAH..One by merely remembering whom a devotee attains purity.

812. ANILAH..'Ilanam' means inducement is Anila. 'Ilana' also means sleep. So one who sleeps not or is ever awake is Anila. Or the Lord is not 'nila', difficult to understand He is easily accessible to devotees.

813. AMRTASAH..One who consumes Amrita or immortal bliss which is His own nature. Or one who consumed Amrita produced by the churning of the milk ocean after making the Devas also consume it. As the Lord's 'asa', will brings undecaying fruits, He is called Amrtasa.

814. AMRTAVAPUH..One whose form is deathless, that is, undecaying.

815. SARVAJNAH..One who is all knowing. Mund. Up. 1.1.9. says, 'Yah sarvajnah sarva vit' one who is omniscient and all knowing.'

816. SARVATOMUKHAH..One who has faces everywhere. Gita 13.13 says..'Sarvato'ksi siro mukhah .. One who has eyes, heads and faces everywhere.'

817. SULABHAH..One who is attained easily by offering trifles like, leaf, flower, fruits etc., with devotion. Say the Mahabharata

Patresu puspesu phalesu toye
svakritya labhyesu sadai'va satsu
bhakty'eka labhye puruse purane
muktyai katham na kriyate prayatnah..

"When there are freely available all the requisites like leaves, flowers, fruits and water to make offerings to Him who is attainable by devotion alone, why should not man make an effort to attain Mukti"

818. SUVRATAH..'Vratati' means enjoys. So one who enjoys pure offerings. It can also mean one who is a nonenjoyer, that is, a mere witness.

819. SIDDHAH..One whose objects are always attained, that is, omnipotent and unobstructed by any other will.

820. SATRUJIT..Conqueror of all forces of evil.

821. SATRUTAPANAH..One who destroys the enemies of the Devas.

822. NYAGRODHAH..That which remains above all and grows downward. That is, He is the source of everything that is manifest.

823. UDUMBARAH..One who as the Supreme cause is 'above the sky', that is, superior to all. According to the Sruti passage, 'Orgva annadyam udumbaram', food is another derivative meaning of the word. So one who in the form of food nourishes the whole universe.

824. ASVATTHAH..That which does not last even for the next day. Katha. Up. 2.3.1. says..' Ordhvamulam adhah sakham asvattham prahur avyayam..with roots above and branches below, the Asvattha tree is spoken of as indestructible.'

825. CANURANDHRA NISUDANAH..One who destroyed a valiant fighter Canura belonging to the race of Andhra.

826. SAHASRARCIH..One with innumerable Arcis or rays. The Gita 1112 says..

Divi surya sahasrasya bhaved yugapad utthita
Yadi bhah sadrsi sa syat bhasas tasya mahatmanah

"If innumerable suns shine in the sky their light will be equal to His brilliance."

827. SAPTAJIHVAH..The Lord in his manifestation as Fire is conceived as having seven tongues of flame. Mund. Up. 1.2.4. says

Kali karali ca manojava ca sulohita ya ca sudhumravarna
Sphulingini visvaruci ca devi lelayamana iti sapta jihvah

"Fire has seven flaming tongues..Kali, Karali, Manojava, Sulohita, Sudhumravarna Sphulingini and Visvaruci."

828. SAPTAIDHAH..The Lord who is of the nature of fire has seven Edhas or forms of brilliance. The Vedas say 'Sapta te agne samidhah sapta jihvah..O fire you have seven forms of brilliance and seven tongues.'

829. SAPTAVAHANAH..The Lord in the form of Surya or sun has seven horses as his vehicles or mounts. Or one having a horse with seven names as his mount. The Sruti says..'Eko'svo vahati saptanama..a horse with seven names carries Him.'

830. AMURTIH..Murti means an object, moving or unmoving, with weight and tangibility. Amurti therefore is one without this limitation. Or one without a form based on a body and limbs.

831. ANAGHAH..One who is without sins or without sorrow.

832. ACINTYAH..One who is not determinable by any criteria of knowledge, being Himself the witnessing Self certifying all knowlege. Or one who, being transcendent, cannot be subject to thought.

833. BHAYAKRT..One who generates fear in those who go along the evil path. Or one who cuts at the root of all fear.

834. BHAYA NASANAH..One who destroys the fears of the virtuous.

835.ANUH..One who is extremely subtle. Mund. Up. 3.1.9 says 'Eso'nur atma cetasa veditavyahthis subtle Atman is to be comprehended by the mind.'

836. BRHAT..The huge and mighty. Kath. Up. 1.2.20 describes Him as 'Mahato mahiyangreater than any other great being.'

837. KRSAH..One who is nonmaterial. In the light of Brh. Up. passage 3.8.8. 'Asthulam etc.,' He is without bulk, and so nonmaterial spirit.

838. STHULAH..Being the inner pervader of all, He is figuratively described as Sthula or huge.

839. GUNABHRT..The support of the Gunas. He is so called because in the creative cycle of creation, sustention and dissolution, He is the support of the GunasSattva, Rajas and Tamaswith which these functions are performed.

840. NIRGUNA..One who is without the Gunas of Prakrti Sv. 6.11 says Kevalo nirgunas ca One who is noncontactual and is without the Gunas of Prakrti. As the Gunas are unreal metaphysically, He is Nirguna.

841. MAHAN..The Great. That is the one to whom sound and other attributes have no reference because of His subtlety so also who is eternal, pure, allpervading and to whom therefore Karmas or actions cannot be attributed even by reason. About Him Apasthambha says, Anango sabdo sariro sparsas ca mahan sucihHe is without limbs, sound, body, touch etc. and who is great and pure.

842. ADHRTAH..One who, being the support of all supporting agencies, like Prthvi Earth, is not supported by anything external to Him.

843. SVADHRTAH..One supported by oneself. If He is not supported by any as stated above, then how does He stand By way of answer it is said Supported by oneself. Cha. Up. 7.24.1 says Sa bhagavah kasmin pratisthita iti Sve mahimniO Master Where can It be established In Its greatness alone.

844. SVASYAH..One whose face is beautiful and slightly red like the inside of a lotus flower Or the one from whose face the collection of sounds called Veda emerged in order to instruct man about the fundamental values of life. Says Brh. Up. 2.4.10 Asya mahato bhutasyathe Veda forms the breath of this Great Being.

845. PRAGVAMSAH..The family lines of the others are preceded by the lines of still others, but the Lords descendent, namely, the world system, is not preceded by anything else.

846. VAMSAVARDHANAH..One who augments or destroys the worldsystem, which is His offspring.

847. BHARABHRT..One who bears the weight of the earth assuming the form of Ananta.

848. KATHITAH..One who is spoken of as the highest by the Veda or one of whom all Vedas speak. Ka. Up. 1.2.15 says, Sarve Veda yat padam amanantithat whom all the Vedas declare. The Gita 15, 15 says Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah..I am the object to be known through all the Vedas. The sacred texts say

Vede Ramayane punye Bharate bharatar sabha
Adau madhye tatha cante Visnuh sarvatra giyate

..It is Visnu who is glorified in the beginning, middle and end of texts like Veda, Ramayana and other Puranas as also Mahabharata. Ka. Up. 1.3.9 says So dhvanah param apnoti tad visnoh paramam padam..He reaches the other end of the path, that is, the supreme Status of Visnu. Such is the declaration of Srutis and Smrtis. To the question, What is the Status of that Supreme and ultimate all pervading Visnu it is answered that the Status is beyond the ken of Indriyas. In the passages, beginning with Indriyebhyah para hy arthah the subtle aspect of objects is beyond the Indriyas or senses and ending with the passage..Purusan na param kincit sa kastha sa para gatih there is nothing superior to Purusa. That is the summit of attainment..

849. YOGI.. Yoga here means knowledge, Jnana. So He who is attained by that is Yogi. Or Yoga means Samadhi. He who is ever established in His own Self, that is, the Paramatma. He is therefore Yogi.

850. YOGISAH..He who is never shaken from Yoga or knowledge and establishment in His own Self, unlike ordinary Yogis who slip away from Yoga on account of obstacles.

851. SARVAKAMADAH..One who bestows all desired fruits. Brah. Su. 3.2.38 says..Phalam ata upapatteh..fruits of works are attained from this Paramatma. This is reasonable.

852. ASRAMAH..One who is the bestower of rest on all who are wandering in the forest of Samsara.

853. SRAMANAH..One who brings tribulations to those who live without using their discriminative power.

854. KSAMAH..He who brings about the decline of all beings.

855. SUPARNAH..The Lord who has manifested Himself as the tree of Samsara has excellent leaves, Parna, in the form of Vedic passages, Chandas. The Gita 15.1 says..Chandamsi yasya parnani, the Vedic passages are whose leaves.

856. VAYUVAHANAH..He for fear of whom Vayu, air, carries all beings. Tait. Up. 2.8 says..Bhisasmad vatah pavate..for fear of Him the air moves.

857. DHANURDHARAH..He who as Rama wielded the great bow.

858. DHANURVEDAH..He who as the same Rama, the son of Dasaratha, was the master of the science of archery.

859. DANDAH..He who is discipline among the disciplinarians. The Gita 10.38 says..Dando damayatam asmi..I am the discipline of the disciplinarians.

860. DAMAYITA..He who inflicts punishments on people as Yama and as king.

861. DAMAH..He who is in the form of selfdiscipline in men as a result of enforcement of discipline.

862. APARAJITAH..One who is never defeated by enemies.

863. SARVASAHAH..One who is expert in all Karmas, works. Or one who has conquered all enemies.

864. NIYANTA..One who appoints every person to his respective duties.

865. ANIYAMAH..One on whom there is no enforcement of any law, or above whom there can be no overlord to enforce anything, as He is the controller of everything.

866. AYAMAH..One on whom Yama has no control, that is one who has no death. Or one who is to be attained by all disciplines of Yoga like Yama and Niyama. For that reason He is known by these names.

867. SATTVAVAN..One who has got the strengthening qualities like heroism, prowess etc.

868. SATTVIKAH..One who is established essentially in the Sattva Guna.

869. SATYAH..One who is truly established in good people.

870. SATYADHARMAPARAYANAH..One who is present in truthfulness and righteousness in its many aspects.

871. ABHIPRAYAH..The One who is sought after by those who seek the ultimate values of life, Purusartha. Or the One towards whom the world system goes at the time of Pralaya and in whom it dissolves.

872. PRIYARHAH..The being to whom the objects that are dear to oneself, are fit to be offered. The Smrti says..

Yad yad istatamam loke ya ccasya dayitam grhe
Tat tat gunavate deyam tad evaksayam icchata

If one wants to safeguard and augment what he considers precious in life and what is dear to him in his home..he must give of it to virtuous persons.

873. ARHAH..One who deserves to be worshipped with all the ingredients and rites of worship like offerings, praise, prostration etc.

874. PRIYAKRT..One who is not only to be loved but who does what is good and dear to those who worship Him.

875. PRITIVARDHANAH..One who enhances the joys of devotees.

876. VIHAYASA GATIH..One who is the support of Visnupada. Or One who, as the sun, moves in the sky, Vihayasam.

877. JYOTIH..One who is the light of self luminous consciousness that reveals oneself as well as other things. Nar. Up. 13.10 says 'Narayana paro jyotir atma..Narayana is the supreme light. He is the Atman.'

878. SURUCIH..The Lord whose Ruci that is, brilliance or will, is of an attractive nature.

879. HUTABHUK..One who eats, that is receives, whatever is offered to whatever deities, Devas, in all sacrifices.

880. VIBHUH..One who dwells everwhere. Or one who is the master of all the three worlds.

881. RAVIH..One who absorbs all Rasas, fluids in the form of the sun. Visnu Dharmottara 1.30.16 says..'Rasanam ca tatha danat ravir it'yabhidhiyate..because he absorbs all fluids, he is called Ravi.'

882. VIROCANAH..One who shines in many ways.

883. SURYAH..One who generates Sri or brilliance is Surya. Or Agni, fire, is what is called Surya.

884. SAVITA..One who brings forth, Prasava, all the worlds. Visnu Dharmottara 1.30.10 says..'Prajanam tu prasavanat savite'ti nigadyate..as He generates the worlds He is called Savita.

885. RAVI LOCANAH..One having the sun as the eye. Mu. Up. 2.1.4. says..'Agnir murdha caksusi candrasuryau..Fire is the corwn of the head, and the sun and the moon are the eyes.'

886. ANANTAH..One who is eternal, all pervading and indeterminable by space and time. Or one who has taken up the form of Adisesa called Ananta.

887. HUTABHUK..One who consumes what is offered in fire sacrifices.

888. BHOKTA..One to whom the unconscious Prakrti is the object for enjoyment. Or one who protects the world.

889. SUKHADAH..One who bestows liberation, Moksa on devotees. Or it can be read as 'Asukhadah', meaning one who destroys unhappiness.

890. NAIKAJAH..One who takes on birth again and again for the preservation of Dharma.

891. AGRAJAH..One who was born before everything else, that is, Hiranya garbha. Rg. Veda 10.121.1 says.."Hiranyagarbha samavartatagre..Hiranyagarbha came into being first."

892. ANIRVINNAH..One who is free from all sorrow, because he has secured all his desires and has no obstruction in the way of such achievement.

893. SADAMARSI..One who is always patient towards good men.

894. LAKADHISTHANAM..Brahman who, though without any other support for Himself, supports all the three worlds.

895. ADBHUTAH..The wonderful being, Ka. Up. 1.2.7. says..

Sravanaya'pi bahubhir yo na labhyah
Srnvanto'pi bahavo yam na vidyuh
Ascaryo vakta kusalo'sya labdha
Ascaryo jnata kusalanusistah

"Many do not happen even to hear about It. Many, even when they hear, are not able to know It. A wonder is the one who can speak about It. And the man of high capacity is the one who can attain It. The one who attains It after being instructed by a competent teacher is indeed a marvel." The GITA 2.29, also says 'Ascaryavat pasyati kascit enam..One sees It as a great wonder'. From all these it is clear that the Lord is very rare to attain. Or the word may mean one whose form, powers, actions and achievements are of a wonderful nature.

896. SANAT..The word Sanat indicates a great length of time. Time also is the manifestation of the Supreme Being. Visnu Purana 1.2.15 says..

Parasya brahmano rupam purusah prathamam dvija
Vyakta'vyakte that'aiva'nye rupe kalas tatha param

"O holy men The first manifestation of the Supreme Brahman is Purusa. The Indiscreet, the Discreet and the Great Entity, Mahattattva, and others are its other manifestations. Time is also a manifestation of His."

897. SANATANATAMAH..Being the cause of all, He is more ancient that Brahma and other beings, who are generally considered eternal.

898. KAPILAH..A subterranean fire in the ocean is Kapila, light red in colour. Being identified with that fire, the Lord is here denoted by the colour of that fire.

899. KAPIH..'Ka' means water. One who drinks or absorbs all water by his rays is Kapi, that is, the sun. Or according to the statement 'Kapir varahah sresthas ca', Kapi means the Boar or Varaha, one of the incarnations of Visnu.

900. APYAYAH..One in whom all the worlds get dissolved in Pralaya.

901. SVASTIDAH..One who gives what is auspicious to devotees.

902. SVASTIKRT..One who works bestowing what is good.

903. SVASTI..One whose auspicious form is characterised by supreme Bliss.

904. SVASTIBHUK..One who enjoys the Svasti mentioned above or who preserves the Svasti of devotees.

905. SVASTIDAKSINAH..One who augments as Svasti, auspiciousness, Or one who is an adept in doing what is auspicious. Or interpreting the sound 'Daksina' as 'accomplishing quickly', the epithet can mean one who bestows blessings on the devotees quickly. It means all attainments come to one who even thinks of Him. Barahmanda Purana 83.17 says..

Smrte sakala kalyana bhajanam yatra jayate
Purusas tam ajam nityam vrajami saranam Harim

"I seek shelter in that birthless eternal Being Hari by whose very remembrance people attain all that is auspicious."

There is another saying on this..

Smaranad eva krsnasya papa sanghata panjaram
Satadha bhedam ayati girir vajra hato yatha.

"Just as the mountain broke into bits on being struck by the thunder bolt weapon, so also by the very remembrance of Krsna, the heap of accumulated sins get shattered into countless pieces."

906. ARAUDRAH..Action, attachment and anger..these three are Raudra. The Lord is one whose desires are all accomplished, so He has no attachment or aversion. So He is free from the Raudras mentioned above.

907. KUNDALI..One who has taken the form of Adisesa. Or one who has taken a form equalling that of the sun. Or one who has Samkhya and Yoga as his two ear ornaments. Or one who has fish like ear pendants.

908. CAKRI..One who sports in his hand the discus named Sudarsana, which is the category known as Manas, for the protection of all the worlds. Visnu Purana 1.22.71 says..

calasvarupam atyantam javena'ntaritanilam
cakra svarupam ca mano dhatte visnuh kare sthitam

"Mahavisnu sports in his hand the category of mind in the form of a discus which defeats air in its fast movement."

909. VIKRAMI..Vikrama means taking a stride, as also courage. So the word means one who is greater than anyone else in these respects.

910. URJITA SASANAH..One whose dictates in the form of Srutis and Smrtis are of an extremely sublime nature. The Lord says..

Sruti smrti mama'iva'jne yas te ullanghya vartate
Ajna cchedi mama dvesi madbhakto'pi na vaisnavah

"The Srutis and Smrtis are My commandments. Whoever violates them violates My order. They are therefore my traducers. They are not my devotees, nor can they be called Vaisnavas."

911. SABDATIGAH..One who cannot be denoted by any sound because He has none of the characteristics which could be grasped by sound. Tait. Up. 2.4 says, 'Yato vaco nivartante aprapya manasa saha..without grasping whom mind and speech recoil.' Visnu Purana 1.17.22 says, 'Na sabda gocaram yasya yogi dhyeyam param padam..'He whose Status is always meditated upon by Yogis, but cannot be denoted by any word.'

912. SABDASAHAH..One who is the purport of all Vedas. Kath. Up. 1.2.15 says, 'Sarve veda yat padam 15.5 also says, 'Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah..I am the subject knowable through all the Vedas.'

913. SISIRAH..One who is the shelter to those who are burning in the three types of worldly fires..sufferings arising from material causes, psychological causes and spiritual causes.

914. SARVARIKARAH..For those in bondage, the Atman is like 'Sarvari', night and for an enlightened one the state of Samsara is like night, Sarvari. So the Lord is called the one who generates Sarvari or night for both the enlightened and the bound ones. The Gita 2.69 says..

Ya nisa sarva bhutanam tasyam jagarti samyami
Yasyam jagrati bhutani sa nisa pasyato muneh

"What is night to all creatures, in that the self controlled man is awake in what all creatures are awake, that is night to the enlightened sage."

915. AKRURAH..One who is without cruelty. Cruelty is a characteristic of the mind. It is born of anger and is of the nature of an intense agitation within one. The Lord is free from all desires and is therefore free from all anger. Being free from anger, He is also free from cruelty.

916. PESALAH..One who is handsome in regard to His actions, mind, word and body.

917. DAKSAH..One who is fullgrown, strong and does every thing quickly, such a person is Daksa. As the Paramatman in all these, He is Daksa.

918. DAKSINAH..This word also means the same as the above Nama. Still as it is different in form, it is not considered a repetition. Or the root 'Daks' has the meaning of movement and destruction. According to this, as the Lord pervades everywhere and destroys everything, He is called Daksinah.

919. KSAMINAM VARAH..The greatest among the patient ones, because He is more patient than all Yogis noted for patience and also because, He is most noted among those who patiently bear the weight of the earth and all heavenly bodies. Valmiki says about Rama, 'Ksamaya prthivi samah..He is equal to the earth in the matter of patience.' Or, though He bears all the three worlds, He does not feel their heaviness like the earth. As He is thus superior to the earth in the quality of patience, He is called the greatest among the patient the Lord is omnipotent and is capable of doing everything, He is called by that epithet.

920. VIDVATTAMAH..He who has got the unsurpassable and all inclusive knowledge of everything.

921. VITABHAYAH..One who, being eternally free and the Lord of all, is free from the fear of transmigtratory life.

922. PUNYA SRAVANA KIRTANAH..One to hear about whom and to sing of whom is meritorious. Visnu Sahasranama 122 says..

Ya idam srnuyan nityam yas c'api parikirtayet
Na'subham prapnuyat kincit so'mutr'eha ca manavah

"He who hears and recites this everyday will not be overcome by evil here or hereafter."

923. UTTARANAH..One who takes beings over to the other shore of the ocean of Samsara.

924. DUSKRTIHA..One who effaces the evil effects of evil actions. Or one who destroys those who perform evil.

925. PUNYAH..One who bestows holiness on those who remember and adore Him. Or one who has revealed what is holy through the Vedas and the Smritis.

926. DUHSVAPNA NASANAH..When adored and meditated upon, He saves one from dreams foreboding danger. Hence He is called so.

927. VIRAHA..One who frees Jivas from bondage and thus saves them from the various transmigratory paths by bestowing liberation on them.

928. RAKSANAH..One who, assuming the Sattvaguna, protects all the three worlds.

929. SANTAH..Those who adopt the virtuous path are called good men, Santah. It is the Lord who manifests Himself as such persons for the spread of spiritual excellence and good conduct.

930. JIVANAH..One who supports the lives of all beings as Prana.

931. PARYAVASTHITAH..One who remains pervading everywhere in this universe.

932. ANANTA RUPAH..One who has innumerable forms, as He dwells in this all comprehending universe.

933. ANANTASRIH..One whose 'Sri', glory, is infinite. Sve. Up. 6.8. says, 'Parasya saktir vividha'iva' sruyate.. we hear about His supreme power as varied.'

934. JITA MANYUH..One who has overcome anger.

935. BHAYAPAHAH..One who destroys the fears of beings from Samsara.

936. CATURASRAH..One who is just, because He bestows on Jivas the fruits of their Karma.

937. GABHIRATMA..One whose nature is unfathomable.

938. VIDISAH..One who distributes various fruits of actions to persons differing in their forms according to compentency.

939. VYADISAH..One who gives to Indra and other deities directions according to their varied functions.

940. DISAH..One who in the form of the Vedas bestows the fruits of their ritualistic actions on different beings.

941. ANADIH..One who has no beginning becase He is the ultimate cause of all.

942. BHURBHUVAH..'Bhu' means support. One who is the support, Bhu, of even the earth, which is known to support all things.

943. LAKSMIH..He who is the bestower of all that is auspicious to the earth besides being its supporter. Or 'Bhu' may be taken to mean earth, Bhuvah, Bhuvar Loka, and Lakshmi, the science of the spirit. So one who gives the Atmavidya to all beings. In Sristuti it is said..'Atmavidya ca devi tvam..Oh Devi Thou art the science of the Spirit.'

944. SUVIRAH..One who has many brilliant ways, Iras, of manifestation.

945. RUCIRANGADAH..One who has very attractive armlets.

946. JANANAH..One who gives birth to living beings.

947. JANAJANMADIH..One who is the root cause of the origin of Jivas that come to have embodiment.

948. BHIMAH..One who is the cause of fear. The Sruti says 'Mahad bhayam vajram udyatam..raising the fear inspiring thunderbolt weapon.'

949. BHIMA PARAKRAMAH..One whose power and courage in His incarnations were a cause of fear for the Asuras.

950. ADHARA NILAYAH..One who is the support of even all the basic supporting factors like the five elements..Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth.

951. ADHATA..One who is ones own support and therefore does not require another support. Or one who drinks, Dhayana, all beings during the time of Dissolution.

952. PUSPAHASAH..One whose manifestation as the universe resembles the Hasa or blooming of buds into flowers.

953. PRAJAGARAH..One who is particularly awake, because He is eternal Awareness.

954. URDHVAGAH..One who is above everything.

955. SATPATHACARAH..One who follows the conduct of the good.

956. PRANADAH..One who gives back life to dead ones as in the case of Pariksit.

957. PRANAVAH..Pranava, OM, the manifesting sound symbol of Brahman. As He is inseparably related with Pranava, He is called Pranava.

958. PANAH..It comes from the root Pana meaning transaction..So One who bestows the fruits of Karma on all according to their merits. Says Tait. Ar. 1.2.7

Sarvani rupani vicitya dhiro
Namani krtvabhivadan yad aste

The intelligent Being, contemplating all forms, gave them names and remains calling them by those names.

959. PRAMANAM..One who is selfcertifying, as He is Pure Consciousness. Pure Consciousness, being selfcertifying, requires no other proof.
Tait. Up. 3.53 says, Prajnanam Brahma..Brahman is consciousness. Vis. Pur. 1.2.1. says..

Jnanasvarupam atyanta nirmalam paramarthatah
Tam evarthasvarupena bhrantidarsanatah sthitam

..That which is in truth absolutely pure and is of the nature of consciousness that very thing, when viewed by delusive vision, is experienced as objects of the world.

960. PRANANILAYAH..The home or dissolving ground of the Pranas. Being subject to the Atman, the Pranas that is, the Indriyas, dissolve in the Jiva, which in its true nature is one with the Atman. So the Atman is the residence of the Prana. Or Prana, Apana etc., which sustain the body, dissolve in the Jiva. Thus He is the house of Pranas. Or the Jiva, which is kept alive by association with the Pranas, is itself the Prana. And as the Jiva dissolves in the Paramatma, He is the Prananilaya. Or one who absorbs the Pranas and the Jivas into Himself.

961. PRANABHRT..One who strengthens the Pranas as food, Anna.

962. PRANA JIVANAH..He who keeps alive human beings with Vayus, airs, known as Prana, Apana, etc.

Kat. Up 2.2.5 says.

Na pranena napanena martyo jivati kascana
Itarena tu jivanti yasmin netavupasritau.

No one lives by Prana or Apana. He lives by that which is support of these.

963. TATTVAM..Means Brahman, just as words like Amrta, Satya, Paramartha etc.

964. TATTVA VIT..One who knows His own true nature.

965. EKATMA..One who is the sole being and the spirit, Atma, in all. Tait. Up. 1.1. says..Atma va idam eka evagra asit..This Atman alone existed in the beginning. The Smrti says..

Yas capnoti yad adatte yac catti visayan iha
Yac casya santato bhavas tasmad atmeti giyate

That is known as the Atman which pervades every being, which sustains every being, which enjoys every being, and which remains always the same.

966. JANMA MRTYU JARATIGAH..One who subsists without being subject to the six kinds of transformations..being born, existing temporarily, growing, transforming, decaying and dying. Kat. Up. 1.2.18 says, Na jayate mriyate va vipascit..The Atman, which is of the nature of consciousness, is never born and never dies.

967. BHURBHUVAHSVASTARUH..The three Vyahrtis..Bhuh, Bhuvah, Svah..are said to the essence of the Veda. Doing fire sacrifices with these, men transcend the three worlds. So the Lord is known by these three syllables. Manu says..
Agnau prastahutih samyag adityam upatisthate
Adityad jayate vrstir vrster annam tatah prajah

The oblations put in fire reach the sun. From the sun comes the rain. From rain food grows. From food beings are born. Or Bhuh, Bhuvah and Svah, stand for the three worlds constituting the tree of Samsara. It is the Lord who has manifested as that tree.

968. TARAH..One who helps Jivas to go across the ocean of Samsara. Or it signifies the Pranava, Om, with which the Deity is one.

969. SAVITA..He who generates all the worlds.

970. PRAPITAMAHAH..One who is the father of Brahma, and therefore the grandfather of all.

971. YAJNAH..One who is the form of Yajna.

972. YAJNAPATIH..One who is the protector and the master of the Yajnas. The Gita, 9.24 says Aham hi sarva yajnanam bhokta ca prabhur eva ca..I am the enjoyer and the master of all Yajnas.

973. YAJVA..One who manifests as the performer of a Yajna.

974. YAJNANGAH..All the parts of His body as the incarnate Cosmic Boar are identified with the parts of a Yajna. So He is known by this name. Harivamsa 3.34. 34 41 says..

Veda pado yupa damstrah kratuhastas citimukhah
Agni jihvo darbha roma brahma sirso mahatapah
Ahoratreksano divyo vedangah sruti bhusanah
Ajya nasah sruva tundah sama ghosa svano mahan
Dharma satyamayah sriman krama vikrama satkriyah
Prayascitta nakho ghorah pasujanur maha bhujah
Udgatrandho homalingo bijausadhi maha phalah
Vayvantaratma mantrasphig vikramah somasonitah
Vediskandho havir gandho havya kavyativegavan
Prag vamsa kayo dyutiman nana diksabhir arcitah
Daksina hrdayo yogi maha satramayo mahan
Upakarmostharucakah pravargyavarta bhusanah
Nanacchandogatipatho guhyopanisadasanah
Chaya patni sahayo vai meru srnga ivocchritah.

That Supreme Lord who is the embodiment of Yajna, is the great Being having the Vedas for feet, the sacrificial post for molars, the sacrificial rites for arms, fire for tongue, the Darba grass for hair and Brahma for head. His is a divine form having night and day as eyes, the six Vedas as ear ornaments, ghee as the nose, Sruvas as mouth, the sound of Sama chant as voice. He is the great one with Dharma and Truth as arms endowed with all glories, and the holy acts are His footsteps. Penance, Prayascitta, is His nails, the sacrificial beast His knees. The Vedic chants are His intestines, the act of sacrifice is His sex organ, and herbs are His seed. The atmosphere is His soul. The Mantras form his hind parts. His movements are attractive. The Soma juice is His blood. The sacrificial pits are the shoulder. The sacrificial offering is the incense. The Havya and the Kavya represent His great speed. The Pragvamsa, the retiring quarter of the sacrificer, is His body. He is brilliant and adored by the various sacrifical initiations.The sacrificial gift, Daksina, is His heart. He is a Yogi endowed with the whole sacrifices as His being. His lips are the subsidiary rites and teeth. His pores are the Pravargya. The various Vedic metres are the routes for Him to traverse. The highly secret Upanishads are His buttocks. Shadow is His consort. He shines like a peak of mount Meru.

975. YAJNA VAHANAH..One who supports the Yajnas which yield various fruits.

976. YAJNABHRT..He is so called, because He is the protector and supporter of all Yajnas.

977. YAJNAKRT..One who performs Yajna at the beginning and end of the world.

978. YAJNI..One who is the Principal, as contrasted with the Accessories, of Yajna, which is His own adoration.

979. YAJNABHUK..One who is the enjoyer of Yajna or Protector of Yajna.

980. YAJNA SADHANAH..One to whom the Yajna is the approach.

981. YAJNANTAKRT..One who is the end or the fruits of Yajna. Or the end of the Yajna marked by the Purnahuti accompained by Rg. Vedic Mantras of Vaisnava import.

982. YAJNAGUHYAM..The Jnana Yajna or the sacrifice of knowledge, which is the most estoeric, Guhyam, of all the Yajnas. Or the sacrifice done without desire for fruits is Yajnaguhya. Such sacrifices are said to be identical with Brahman.

983. ANNAM..That which is eaten by living beings. Or He who eats all beings.

984. ANNADAH..One who is the eater of the whole world as food. The particle Eva is added to show that He is also Anna, the food eaten.

985. ATMAYONIH..One who is the source of all that is, there is no material cause other than Himself for the universe.

986. SVAYAM JATAH..He is also the instrumental cause. Brah. Su. 1.4.39 says Prakrtis ca, pratijnadrstanta nuparodhat. It means, both the material cause and the instrumental cause of the universe is Brahman. When interpreted like this there will be no contradiction between the statement of the doctrine and illustration. This Sutra establishes that Sri Hari Himself is the material and the instrumental cause of the world.

987. VAIKHANAH..One who excavated the earth, taking a unique form. It is well known in the Puranas that the Lord assumed the unique form of the Cosmic Boar, and excavating the earth, destroyed the demon called Hiranyaksa in the Patala.

988. SAMAGAYANAH..One who recites the Sama chants.

989. DEVAKI NANDANAH..The son of Devaki in the incarnation as Krsna. Maha. Bh. 158..31 says..

Jyotimsi sukrani ca yani like
Trayo loka lokapalas trayi ca
Trayognayas cahutayas ca panca
Sarve deva devaki putra eva

All the luminous bodies in the sky including the planets and the stars, all fires, and in the same way the three worlds, their guardian angels, the three Vedas, the three Vedic fires, the five oblations, the entire group of Devas..all this is the son of Devaki.

990. SRASTA..The creator of all the worlds.

991. KSTISAH..A master of the world. Here it denotes Rama.

992. PAPANASANAH..He who destroys the sins of those who adore Him , meditate upon Him, remember and sing hymns of praise on Him. The text known as Vrddhasatatapa says..

Paksopavasad yat papam purusasya pranasyati
Pranayama satenaiva tat papam nasyate nrnam
Pranayama sahasrena yat papam nasyate nrnam
Ksana matrena tat papam harer dhyanat pranasyati

Whatever sin of a man is atoned for by one weeks fasting, that is achieved by hundred Pranayamas. So also whatever sin is atoned for by thousand Pranayamas, that is atoned for by meditation upon Hari even for a while.

993. SANGHABHRT..One who sports the conch known as Pancajanya, which stands for Tamasahamkara, of which the five elements are born.

994. NANDAKI..One who has in His hand the sword known as Nandaka, which stands for Vidya, spiritual illumination.

995. CAKRI..One who sports the discus known as Sudarsana, which stands for the principle of the mind. Or One who turns the wheel of Samsara.

996. SARNGA DHANVA..One who has the bow known as the Sarnga, which stands for the Rajasahamkara, out of which the Indriyas have come.

997. GADADHARAH..One who has the mace known as the Kaumodaki, which stands for the category of Buddhi.

998. RATHANGA PANIH..One in whose hand is a wheel, Cakra.

999. AKSOBHYAH..One who cannot be upset by anything, because He controls all the above mentioned weapons.

1000. SARVA PRAHARANA YUDHAH..There is no rule that the Lord has got only the above mentioned weapons. All things which can be used for contacting or striking are His weapons. This particular epithet has been applied to Him in the end to show His mastery over everything. For, His will always come true, Satya sankalpa. Mand. Up. 6 says Esa sarvesvarah..He is the Lord of all. This epithet is used twice to indicate the end. Om is also used in the end to indicate what is auspicious. Brhan naradiya 1.51.10 says

Onkaras catha sabdas ca dvav etau brahmanah pura
Kantham bhitva viniryatau tasmad mangalika vubhau

Omkara and the sound Atha came out of Brahmas mouth. They are both, therefore, causes of auspiciousness. Namah is added in the end to indicate worship. The Veda says Bhuyistham te nama uktim vidhema..We offer you our salutations again and again. There are the following verses about the great merits attached to making salutations to Hari

Dhanyam tad eva lagnam tan naksatram tad eva punyam ahah
Karanasya ca sa siddhir yatra Harih prang namas kriyate

Whatever Lagna, zodiacal sign, there is in which Hari is first saluted that indeed is blessed, that Naksatra, star, is blessed, and that day is holy. That gives also fulfilment to the senses. In this, the word Prak, first, indicates also the end indirectly for, the disciple offers salutations at the end also. The fruit accruing from salutation is already given. Further

Ekopi Krsnasya krtah pranamo
Dasasvamedhavabhrthena tulyah
Dasasva medhi punareti janma
Krsna pranami na punarbhavaya
Maha. Bh. Santi 47..91

One prostration doen to Sri Krsna is equal to ten Asvamedha sacrifices and the concluding baths. A man who has performed ten Asvamedha sacrifices has to be born again but not so one who prostrates to Krsna.

Atasipuspasankasam pita vasasam acyutam
Ye namasyanti Govindam na tesam vidyate bhayam

Santi Parva 47..90 No fear overcomes on who salutes Govinda who is ever without a fall, who wears a yellow cloth and who is blue in color.

Loka trayadhipatim apratima prabhava
Misad pranamya sirasa prabhavisnum isam
Janmantara pralaya kalpa sahasra jata
Masu prasantim upayati narasya papam

If a man bows down his head in salutation to the Creator and Lord of all the three worlds who is endowed with limitless powers, the sins committed by him in his innumerable past births and numberless Kalpas, creative cycles, are destroyed.