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VISHNU SAHASRANAMA
 
802. The Lord of the Lords of speech (Sarvavägis-
varesvarah).
 
'The Lords of the speech': Brahma and others.
803. The great pond (Mahahradah).
 
The yogins remain peacefully in the bliss of Him by
plunging in it; hence the simile of the great pond.
 
Vya. He is very difficult to be entered by others.
804. The great chasm (Mahagartah).
 
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Like a great chasm, His Maya is very difficult to cross.
Lord (Bh. G., 7-14) says: "My Maya is very difficult to
cross"; or garta is explained by the lexico-graphers to
mean chariot,' Mahagarta'; He who possesses great
chariots as described in the Mahabharata and other works.
805. The great Being (Mahabhūtah).
 
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As his nature is unlimited by the three tenses, past,
present and future.
 
Vya. The great persons are his manifestations.
806. The great abode (Mahanidhih).
 
Of all beings.
 
807. He that gladdens the Earth (Kumudah).
 
(Slo. 99)
 
By relieving it of its burden.
 
808. The bestower of reward as agreeable as the Kunda
flower (Kundarah).
 
He that bestows or receives fruits that are as pure as
the Kunda flower; or it is said: "That he, taking the form
of a boar with the view of slaying Hiranyaksha, tore (dara)
the Earth (kum); (hence he is named Kundara)."
 
809. The Kunda flower (Kundah).
 
He who is of transparent limbs like the Kunda flower ;
or He who made a gift (da) of this Earth (kum) unto
Kasyapa. The Harivamsa (42-121) says: "The son of