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VISHNU SAHASRANAMA
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recitation of names includes also thought and meditation.
In the Vish. Purana, Parăsara concludes thus, "The man
who fixes his mind on Vishnu goes not to hell. He who
meditates upon Him regards even heavenly enjoyments as
an impediment; and he whose mind and soul have entered
unto Him thinks little of the world of Brahmå even; for,
when present in the minds of those whose intellects are
free from soil, He confers upon them eternal freedom.
What marvel, therefore, is it that the sins of one, who
repeats the name of Achyuta, are wiped away!" The
Revered Vedavyasa concludes in the Mahabharata thus :
After a thorough and exhaustive examination of all
Sastras and after repeated thought on the subject, I have
come to the sole conclusion-that one should ever meditate
upon Narayana." Mahesvara also says in his Kailasayātrā
in Harivamsa thus: "You, preserving always your Satva
aspect, meditate upon Hari alone, O Vipras, always recite
the Om, and meditate upon Kesava." Having all these in
his mind Vyasa said (supra verse 8) "This Dharma, seems
to me, superior to all others."
Vyakhya. By drinking the water (washed) of the
feet of whose, the pure-minded men, giving up all the
actions, deciding that I am the supreme Brahman,' which
is in the form of truth, wisdom, and bliss, and except
which there is none, cross the great ocean of Endless
Samsira; Him, the great precepter, the Lord of all, I ever
worship, in order to obtain immortality.
II. The meaning which was given to each of the
thousand names of Vishnu, in the Bhashya (of Sri Sankara
and others) is collected in entirety and given now by a
verse (for each name).
1. Visva (Universe) or the cause of the Universe,
Brahman, Omkara, world, or the creator of it, or indweller
or involver of all in him.¹
The commentator on the above says that he consulted the
Bhashya of Sri Sankara, four commentaries in verse form, and two
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recitation of names includes also thought and meditation.
In the Vish. Purana, Parăsara concludes thus, "The man
who fixes his mind on Vishnu goes not to hell. He who
meditates upon Him regards even heavenly enjoyments as
an impediment; and he whose mind and soul have entered
unto Him thinks little of the world of Brahmå even; for,
when present in the minds of those whose intellects are
free from soil, He confers upon them eternal freedom.
What marvel, therefore, is it that the sins of one, who
repeats the name of Achyuta, are wiped away!" The
Revered Vedavyasa concludes in the Mahabharata thus :
After a thorough and exhaustive examination of all
Sastras and after repeated thought on the subject, I have
come to the sole conclusion-that one should ever meditate
upon Narayana." Mahesvara also says in his Kailasayātrā
in Harivamsa thus: "You, preserving always your Satva
aspect, meditate upon Hari alone, O Vipras, always recite
the Om, and meditate upon Kesava." Having all these in
his mind Vyasa said (supra verse 8) "This Dharma, seems
to me, superior to all others."
Vyakhya. By drinking the water (washed) of the
feet of whose, the pure-minded men, giving up all the
actions, deciding that I am the supreme Brahman,' which
is in the form of truth, wisdom, and bliss, and except
which there is none, cross the great ocean of Endless
Samsira; Him, the great precepter, the Lord of all, I ever
worship, in order to obtain immortality.
II. The meaning which was given to each of the
thousand names of Vishnu, in the Bhashya (of Sri Sankara
and others) is collected in entirety and given now by a
verse (for each name).
1. Visva (Universe) or the cause of the Universe,
Brahman, Omkara, world, or the creator of it, or indweller
or involver of all in him.¹
The commentator on the above says that he consulted the
Bhashya of Sri Sankara, four commentaries in verse form, and two