Sri Visnusahasranama
Sri Visnusahasranama
Sri Visnusahasranama
Prologue:
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3. ko dharma sarva-dharmn
bhavata paramo mata
ki japan mucyate jantur
janma-sasra-bandhant
What do you consider the best of all religious processes? What mantra should one chant to
become free from the bondage of birth and death?
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6. andi-nidhana viu
sarva-loka-mahevaram
lokdhykam stuvan nitya
sarva-dukhtigo bhavet
Never was there a time when Lord Viu first came into existence, and there is no time in
the future when He shall cease to exist. He is the supreme master of all planets, living entities
and the demigods who control the universe. He is the all-knowing, all pervading witness who
sees everything. One who regularly glorifies Him becomes free from all material miseries, and
in that liberated condition becomes full of transcendental bliss.
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9. parama yo mahat-teja
parama yo mahat-tapa
parama yo mahad brahma
parama ya paryaam
Lord Ka is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is supremely powerful and splendid,
and the sun and other luminaries derive their splendor and heat from Him. He is partially
manifest as the Brahman effulgence. He is the ultimate shelter of all living entities.
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ca and;
muktn param gati He is the ultimate goal and the destination of the liberated souls;
avyaya He is eternal;
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yogo Lord Ka is the auspicious reservoir of yogic perfection, and success in yoga
practice depends on Him;
yoga-vid net He is the leader of those advanced in yoga;
pradhna-puruevara He is the supreme controller of the material universe and all living
entities;
sarva Lord Ka is present everywhere and therefore He is, in one sense, everything;
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avyaya He is imperishable;
prabhu He is the supreme spiritual master who can perform feats impossible even for
Brahm or iva;
vara He is the supreme controller of all living entities.
ambhu His auspicious transcendental qualities bring great happiness to the devotees;
pukarka He is all-pervading;
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aprameya Lord Ka is unlimited and cannot be measured by the finite senses of Brahm
and the other demigods;
amara-prabhu He is the master of the demigods who gives them jurisdiction over the
affairs of creation and maintenance of the material universe;
viva-karm seated within the hearts of Brahm and the other demigods, He gives them
the ability to create and maintain the universe;
thavira He is ever-existing;
dhruva He is eternal.
vata He is ever-existing;
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madhusdana remembering Him ends the repetition of birth and death in the material
world.
vikrama krama He can travel anywhere immediately, even without the help of Garua;
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surea Lord Ka is the master of the demigods and the benefactor of the worthy
devotees;
araa He is the shelter that removes the distresses of those who approach Him;
ahar He is the daylight that causes the conditioned souls to awaken from the long night of
material ignorance;
samvatsara He rescues the devotees from the fearsome ocean of birth and death;
vyla everything enters into Him at the time of universal devastation, and He is the dear
friend of rmat Rdhr, Trak and Pl;
pratyaya He is the only person in whom one can completely place ones trust;
arvadranaHe reveals His form, qualities, and everything about Himself to pure
devotees who have full confidence in the instructions of the spiritual master and the
statements of the Vedic literature.
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aja Lord Ka does not take birth in a material body forced by the law of karma like an
ordinary living entity, nevertheless He appears in this material world in the abode of
Vndvana, just to give transcendental bliss to His devotees;
sarvevara He is the master of Brahm, all the demigods and all living entities;
vkapir He fulfills the desire of the devotees and strikes fear into the hearts of the
demons;
ameytm His form and intelligence are unlimited and immeasurable, and He is
supremely dear to the devotees;
sarva-yogavinistaHe is always free from material contact.
vasu Lord Ka always resides in the hearts of the devotees who relish hearing and
chanting His glories;
vasuman He meditates on how to increase the transcendental opulences of the pure
devotees who consider Him their only wealth;
satya He never speaks a lie, and is very dear to the truthful devotees;
samtm He accepts the role of being equal to devotees who approach Him in friendship;
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amogha He grants His own supremely valuable devotional service to those who become
attached to Him;
rudra Lord Ka cures the disease of material existence afflicting the conditioned souls;
bahu-
uciravHe is supremely pure, and He cleanses whatever impurity may contaminate the
hearts of His genuine devotees;
amta His handsomeness is as sweet as nectar, and He rescues the devotees from the cycle
of repeated birth, old age and death;
vata He is deathless;
sthnu He eternally appears before the pure devotees and grants them transcendental
bliss;
varroha He always remains in His eternal abode, Goloka Vndvana, and He rescues His
devotees from the cycle of birth and death;
mah-tap He is Himself the cause of the multiple distresses of material existence.
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lokdhyaka Lord Ka is the master of the Vaiavas who engage in His devotional
service, and He is also the master of the vaidika-brhmaas who worship Him by
performance of agnihotra-yaja;
surdhyaka He is the master of all the demigods;
dharmdhyaka He is the superintendent of religious principles and the final judge of all
living entities;
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29. bhrjiur bhojana bhokt
sahiur jagad-dija
anagho vijayo jet
viva-yoni punar-vasu
bhokta He relishes the food and other articles offered to Him with devotion, and He is
the protector of the gentle devotees;
jagad-dija He is the Father of Lord Brahm, the first created entity in the universe;
anagha Although He appears in the material world, He remains always pure, full of
transcendental bliss, and free from material contamination;
vijaya He is allvictorious;
jet He can defeat any demon, demigod or living entity, therefore He is the Supreme
Person;
punar-vasu He appears again and again within the creation to protect His devotees.
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pru In the Vmana incarnation the Lord became so tall He could step over the entire
universe;
dhttm He enchants and delights the hearts and minds of Indra and all the other
devotees;
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mahdri-dhk as Lord Krma, He held up the Mandara Mountain while He and the
demigods churned the Ocean of Milk.
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govindm pati He removes all obstacles from the path of His devotees with His spiritual
effulgence.
hasa He appeared as a transcendental swan to enlighten Brahm and the four Kumras;
sutap He appears before the pure devotees who worship Him with great austerities;
padma-nbha His navel is as beautiful as a lotus flower, and He appears before the pure
devotees who worship His lotus feet;
praj-pati He is the protector and master of Brahm, iva and all other living entities.
amtyu Lord Ka is deathless, and also frees His devotees from death;
siha He sprinkles the nectar of His merciful glance upon His pure devotees, and He
becomes like a ferocious lion to attack the demons;
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sandhimn in His plan to kill Rvaa and rescue St, He became the ally of Sugrva;
sthira He is the constant friend of Vibhan and all who approach to take shelter of Him;
aja He never takes birth in a material body, and He never abandons His friend;
durmaraa He is merciful;
viruttm He is famous as Lord Rma, the killer of Rvaa, who is very merciful to His
devotees;
surrih He kills the demons who are always inimical to the demigods and devotees.
guru Lord Ka empowers the instructing and initiating spiritual masters to benefit the
residents of the material world with His devotional service;
gurutama He is Himself the best of spiritual masters, who taught Brahm and other great
devotees;
dhma He is the shelter and resting place of everything;
satya He is the benefactor of Vivmitra and other saintly devotees, and He is always
truthful;
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agra Lord Ka appeared as Matsya-avatra and rescued the Vedas, which were tied to
His horn by the rope of Vasuki-nga;
grma Lord Matsya enjoyed pastimes on the waters of devastation as He pulled Lord
Manu and other sages in a golden boat;
rmn-nyya Lord Matsya spoke the message of the Vedas and protected them at the time
of devastation;
varttana Lord Ka causes the conditioned souls to experience the cycle of birth and
death;
nivtttm He is full of spiritual opulences and resides in the eternal spiritual world, free
from material contact;
savta He always remains invisible to the conditioned souls who are very eager to
experience the tiny happiness of material existence;
sampratardana He causes distress to the demons who are opposed to Him, even if they
pose as scholars, saintly persons or demigods;
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aha He is the succession of days, and He speaks very eloquently and sweetly;
vahnir with a part of Himself He carries the weight of the entire universe;
sdhu He is the benefactor of all living entities and His transcendental form is free from
any touch of matter;
jahnu He defeats the enemies of His devotees;
nryaa He is the shelter within whom all living entities rest, and He is the destroyer of
ignorance;
nara He is the Supersoul who resides in the hearts of all beings.
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ia-kt He gives His devotees great faith in the message of the Vedas, transforming them
into the most elevated of peaceful saintly persons;
uci simply by hearing about Him or remembering Him, all living entities become purified
and the entire world becomes auspicious;
siddhrtha siddha-sakalpa all His desires are automatically fulfilled by His internal
potency;
siddhida He alone fulfills the desires of all living entities;
siddhi-sdhana The saintly devotees become free from all impediments and attain success
in their devotional activities simply by remembering Him.
vaparv He is a jubilant festival for Indra and the best of the yogs;
vardhamna He considers even the smallest gift given by His pure devotee to be very
great;
ca and;
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vivikta He remains always free from contact with the modes of material nature although
He is present everywhere throughout the cosmic manifestation;
ruti-sgara He is the great ocean into which all the rivers of Vedic knowledge converge.
subhuja Lord Ka grants fearlessness to the devotees and protects the Vedas with His
strong arms;
vasuda He defeats the demons, gives shelter to the living entities, and grants nectarean
ecstatic devotional emotions to the pure devotees;
vasu He appears before those who understand His transcendental glories, becoming their
only wealth;
naika-rpa He appears in many different forms to satisfy the desires of His devotees;
ipi-via He enters the waters of devastation and causes the inundation at the end of the
universe;
prakana He is the original cause of the cosmic manifestation, and He rescued the Vedas
from the demons Madhu and Kaiabha.
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mantra He reveals the truth of His confidential pastimes to His most exalted and intimate
devotees;
candru He is as splendid as the moon;
bhskar-dyuti He defeated the demons Madhu and Kaiabha with the supreme power of
His effulgence.
auadham pure devotional service to Him is the nectar-medicine that counteracts the
poisonous snakebite of material existence;
jagata setu He is the eternal enemy of all demons;
satyadharma-parkrama He defeats the speculative impersonalist philosophers and
establishes the actual truth of spiritual variety within oneness.
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45. bhta-bhavya-bhavan-ntha
pavana pvano nala
kmah kmakt knta
kma kma-prada prabhu
bhta-bhavya-bhavan-ntha Lord Ka always has been, is, and always will be the
supreme master of all living entities;
pavana He rescues the living entities from material existence with His merciful sidelong
glance;
kmah kmakt He kills the material desires of His devotees, tearing them into pieces;
knta He is the supreme handsomeness, the object of the aspirations of the saintly
paramahasas;
kma He is the source of all that is desirable, even for the bewildered living beings;
kmaprada He grants sense gratification, liberation or whatever is desired by the
conditioned souls;
prabhu He is omnipotent.
naika-mya He teaches the specific process of spiritual realization intended for each yuga;
ca and;
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ia Lord Ka is worshiped and glorified by Brahm, iva and all demigods and saintly
persons;
viita He is splendidly manifest in the abode of Mathur, holding the sudarana-cakra,
club, lotus and conch, and decorated with the Kaustubha jewel and other ornaments;
va He showered a rain of transcendental nectar of bliss and pure love of Godhead upon
the residents of Vraja;
krodhah When His mother Yaod became angry upon hearing the description of His
naughty childhood pranks, He pacified her with sweet words;
krodha-kt when Yaod interrupted feeding Him to tend to the overflowing pot of
boiling milk, He became angry and broke the butter-pot;
acyuta Lord Ka is eternal and unchanging, and He is the protector of the residents of
Vraja;
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prada He is the source of the strength and very life of the residents of Vraja;
vsavnuja even though Indra offended Him by trying to flood Vndvana with rain,
Ka kindly appeared before him;
ap-nidhi after He forgave Indras offense, He was bathed by the milk of the surabhi
cows, who proclaimed that Ka was their Indra;
adhinam Lord Ka is personally manifest as the transcendental abode of Mathur
and other places where He performed pastimes;
apramatta He protects the residents of Vrajabhmi with great care and attention;
pratihita all the cowherd men respect Him because He is the son of Nanda Mahrja,
the king of Vraja.
varada He grants the benedictions desired by Sudm and all other devotees;
vyu-vhana He is the source of life for all living entities, and His chariot moves faster
than the wind;
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tra He removes the devotees fear of repeated birth, old age, disease and death;
auri He appeared in the dynasty of the great devotee and powerful King Devama;
janevara He ruled over Mathur as king, delighting the citizens with transcendental
bliss, and He is also the supreme ruler of all living entities in the material and spiritual
worlds;
anukla He is the dearmost wellwisher of the residents of Mathur, and everyone else as
well;
atvarta His transcendental opulence and prowess bewilder both the demons headed by
Kasa and the devotees headed by Nrada;
padm He playfully holds a lotus flower;
padma-nibhekaa His eyes are as beautiful as lotus flowers, and His eternal abode
Gokula appears like a great lotus flower.
padma-nbha Lord Kas navel is like a lake from which has sprouted the lotus flower
where Lord Brahm takes birth;
aravindka His eyes are like fully blossomed lotus flowers;
padmagarbha He always resides in the lotus-like hearts of the gops and other intimate
devotees;
arra-bht He always protects the devotees who meditate on Him seated on the lotus of
their hearts;
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samayaja understanding His servants devotion, He gives them the result earned by their
efforts at the appropriate time;
havir-hari as the Supersoul within the hearts of His representatives the demigods, He
personally accepts the gh offered to them in the agnihotra-yaja;
sarva-lakaa-lakaya He is endowed with all the auspicious signs and characteristics
that identify a great personality;
lakmvn His original form in Gokula is endowed with all transcendental handsomeness
and opulence;
samitijaya He is always victorious in battle.
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rohita He becomes angry at those who try to harm those who take shelter of Him;
mrga inspired by His ever-fresh transcendental qualities, His devotees always search for
Him, and He reveals the path of enlightenment to them;
hetu He inspires great love in the hearts of His devotees, and He is the source of
everything;
dmodara He allowed Mother Yaod to tie His waist with a rope;
saha He patiently tolerated Mother Yaods chastisement, which was inspired by pure
parental love;
mah-dhara His birthday is a great celebration in Gokula, where His transcendental
names, pastimes, qualities and forms are glorified;
mah-bhga devotional service to Him is the best of all spiritual activities;
vegavn He can run faster than anyone, and is thus always ahead of everyone else, and He
runs quickly in His pastimes of transcendental friendship with the cowherd boys of
Vrdvana;
amitana He assumed a gigantic form and ate all the cakes, condensed-milk products and
other offerings the cowherd men made to Govardhana Hill.
uddhava Lord Ka liberated the sons of Kuvera by dragging a heavy mortar between the
two yamala-arjuna trees;
kobhaa the devotees become agitated with transcendental bliss by hearing His qualities,
pastimes, names and forms;
deva He enjoys transcendental pastimes;
r-garbha He is the proprietor of all the opulence in the universe, and He revealed that
opulence to Mother Yaod when she looked in His mouth to see if He had eaten clay;
karaam He is the master of the devotees, helping them attain perfection in bhakti-yoga;
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kranam He created the material world using His three internal potencies, hldin,
sandi, and savit;
kart He is the ultimate creator; vikart He is the actual creator, situated in the heart
of the secondary creator Brahm;
gahana His intelligence is very subtle and only the most wise can understand His
thoughts and intentions;
guha He desires to perform confidential pastimes with the residents of Vrajabhmi.
vyavasya the final conclusion of all Vedic literature is that Lord Ka is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead;
vyavasthna He is endowed with innumerable eternal transcendental qualities;
sasthna He is eternally youthful, and the entire cosmic manifestation enters into Him
at the time of annihilation;
sthnada He gives His devotees the most desirable destination of eternal residence in the
spiritual world;
pua the devotees always try to please Him by offering fragrant incense, palatable food
and other pleasing substances;
ubhekaa His merciful glance is the beginning of all auspiciousness.
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rma Lord Ka delights the hearts of the yogs, and He enjoys transcendental pastimes
with rmat Rdhrn and the gops of Vndvana;
viraja-mrga the devotees attain Him by following the supreme path of devotional service;
anaya those who ignore His orders cannot attain an auspicious destination;
vra He is the unequalled hero who casually severed iuplas head and killed many other
demons;
dharmavid-uttama He is the maintainer of Manu and all others who know the truth of
spiritual life.
praava He is eternally young, and He is worthy of the respectful obeisances of all living
entities;
pthu He generously considers His devotees equal to Himself;
hiraya-garbha He is knowledge, He is the goal of knowledge, and He is approached by
cultivation of transcendental knowledge;
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atrughna He kills lust, greed and all other enemies of His devotees;
vypta attracted by the love of His devotees, He remains forever within their hearts;
adhokaja He is beyond the reach of blunt material senses, and He killed the demon
akasura while resting beneath a cart.
tu Lord Ka, who is endowed with all wonderful transcendental qualities, enters the
hearts of His pure devotees, who are full of love for Him;
parigraha the demigods are not supreme, but Ka is the Supreme Personality of
Godhead;
virma He removes the devotees fatigue, as He removed the gops fatigue during the
rsa dance;
viva-dakina He gives the entire world, and even Himself, to His pure devotee.
vistra Lord Ka engages in many different loving relationships with His devotees;
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artha pure devotees who are free from material desires strive to attain Him;
anartha those who are filled with material desires cannot strive to attain Him, but prefer
to worship the demigods to attain heavenly sense gratification in the svarga planets;
bh He appears as the Dhruvaloka planet, about which the other planets revolve;
mah-makha all the great Vedic sacrifices are meant for His satisfaction;
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yaja Lord Ka appeared as the Yaja-avatra, the son of Prajpati Ruci and Aktidev;
mahejya He should be worshiped with all grandeur and all royal paraphernalia;
ca and;
kratu the ritualistic ceremonies prescribed in the Vedas are intended for glorifying Him;
satram He is the protector of the devotees, and they value Him as their only wealth;
satm gati only the pure devotees are able to attain His association;
sarva-dar He sees everything, and He pays special attention to the activities of His
devotees;
suvrata Lord Ka is pleased with the devotees who faithfully keep their vows to serve
Him;
sughoa He charms and pleases the minds and hearts of all living entities by expertly
playing His flute;
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manohara the handsomeness of His three-fold bending form captures the devotees minds;
ajita-krodha He did not become angry when attacked by the Kliya serpent, but was
merciful to His adversary;
vra-bhu He can crush the greatest hero with His powerful arms;
vidraa He easily split Baksuras beak as if it was a blade of grass, even though
Baksura was as big as a mountain.
svpana Lord Ka devotedly massages the lotus feet of Lord Balarma, fatigued with the
days playing in the groves of Vndvana, and makes Him fall asleep;
svavaa He is supremely independent, and by His own wish He convinced the residents of
Vraja to worship Govardhana Hill instead of Indra;
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dharma-kt He teaches the principles of religion for the welfare of all living entities;
karam His lotus feet are the supreme object of worship for all living entities, and He
protects the devotees from the demons;
sahasru He is omniscient;
bhta-mahevara He is the absolute monarch who controls Yamarja and his followers;
di-deva He is the original spiritual master, the teacher of Yamarja and his followers;
mahdeva He relishes the pastimes performed with His devotees, and He yearns to crush
whoever would harm His devotees;
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devea He relishes His pastimes of childhood play with His cowherd-boy friends, and He
forgives any offenses they may commit in the course of playing;
deva-bht guru He is the teacher and maintainer of Brahm, iva and all the demigods.
soma He is very famous and handsome, like a transcendental moon shining over Gokula;
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vinaya the members of the Yadu dynasty humbly serve Him, and He reciprocates by
humbly rendering similar service to them;
jaya the affection the Yadus bear for Him has defeated and controlled Him;
drha He appeared in the dynasty of King Darha, and He is the most valuable thing in
existence;
stvatm pati He is the protector of the Yadus, and the Lord and master of the great souls
who preach the truth about Him for the benefit of the conditioned souls.
jva Lord Ka gives life to the devotees distressed by His absence by giving them His
nectarean spiritual association;
vinayit He protects His devotees as if they were His own children;
sk He is perfectly aware of how distressed they are by not being able to associate with
Him directly;
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aja Lord Ka appears to take birth within this material world, although He is unborn;
jitmitra He easily defeats lust, anger and all other enemies of His devotees;
pramodana nanda nandana nanda He makes His pure devotees jubilant, their eyes filled
with tears of joy;
ktaja He was fully aware of the pious deeds performed by Mahrja Bhagratha;
tri-pada He is manifest as the sacred syllable o, consisting of the three letters a-u-;
mah-rga He carries the Earth on His great tusks in His incarnation as Lord Varha;
ktnta-kt He was as formidable as eternal time when He killed the demon Hirayka.
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govinda He found the Earth at the bottom of the rastala ocean and rescued her;
guhya it is very difficult to understand the truth about His eternal transcendental form;
vedha Lord Ka appointed the various demigods and gave them their respective duties;
ajita He is invincible;
acyuta He is infallible;
pukarka He entered the waters of the Garbhodaka Ocean to rescue the Earth, and He
sees everything;
mah-man He grants liberation to His devotees.
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bhagavn Lord Ka possesses all wealth, strength, fame, knowledge, beauty and
renunciation;
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trism Lord Ka, in His appearance as rla Vysadeva, divided the original Veda into
three parts;
nirvam He freed them from ignorance and liberated them from material bondage;
bheajam He administered the medicine of pure devotional service to Ka, which freed
the devotees from the disease of material existence;
bhiak He is the greatest physician;
sannysa-kt in His appearance as Lord Caitanya, He accepts the renounced order of life,
sannysa;
nta He is peaceful;
nih-ntiparyaa He is the abode of the highest peace and devotion, for He silences
the impersonalist non-devotee philosophers.
ubhga the handsome features of Lord Kas transcendental body charm the minds
and hearts of the residents of Vndvana;
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ntida His gentle smile pacifies their hearts and inspires great feelings of love for Him;
sra He creates at every moment a treasure-house of transcendental bliss, which
becomes the property of the residents of Vndvana;
kumuda He becomes happy enjoying pastimes with His brother Balarma in the forests of
Vndvana;
kuvaleaya He enchanted the residents of Vndvana by causing them to continually
drink the nectar of the sound of His flute;
vabhka He killed the Arisura demon, who assumed the form of a bull to attack the
residents of Vndvana;
vpriya after Arisura was killed, He carefully protected the cows and bulls of
Vndvana, which are very dear to Him.
anivart Lord Ka bravely faced the Arisura demon and rebuked the fleeing cowherd
men, calling them cowards;
nivtttm seeing that all the cowherd men had fled, He faced the demon alone;
sakept He easily killed Arisura, grasping the demons horns with His hand;
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rvsa He is very attached to His residence in the beautiful land of Vraja, at the foot of
Govardhana Hill;
r-pati He protected the gops from the wrath of Indra;
rmatmbara He is the best of all eloquent orators and the best of the cowherd boys of
Vraja.
rda Lord Ka generously gives opulent gifts to His friends and relatives;
ra He is the controller of all opulence, nevertheless He prevents His devotees from
attaining material opulence that might hinder their spiritual progress;
rnivsa He always resides in the land of Gokula, which is full of unparalleled spiritual
opulence;
rnidhi all transcendental beauty and opulence are stored up in Him, as jewels in a jewelbox;
rvibhvana He manifests all beauty and opulence;
rdhara He is supremely handsome, and He maintains the gops of Vndvana and the
Goddesses of Fortune;
rkara all spiritual opulence resides within His lotus hand;
reya He is very handsome and He always remains by the side of rmat Rdhr, His
internal pleasure potency;
lokatrayraya He is the shelter of Gokula Vndvana and all the three worlds.
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nandi He relishes transcendental bliss by enjoying pastimes in association with the gops;
jyoti-gaevara He is the master of innumerable pure devotees who try to please Him by
performing various services;
udra Lord Kas transcendental glories are chanted throughout the Vedic literature;
vata sthira He always remains with His devotees, never leaving their association;
aoka when Akrra was about to take Him to Mathur, He tried to console the lamenting
gops by assuring them He would quickly return to Vndvana;
aoka-nana He sent Uddhava to Vndvana as His messenger, relieving the suffering of
Nanda, Yaod and the other vrajavss.
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arcimn Lord Ka glowed with anger when He heard Kasa insult His father
Vasudeva;
arcita the florist Sudm and the girl Kubj honored and worshiped Him;
kumbha enchanted by Kas handsomeness, Kubj wanted to enjoy Him as her
paramour, and she lustily clutched the edge of His garments;
viuddhtm when Ka promised to visit her home He was not trying to deceive her;
viodhana He killed the elephant Kuvalaypd, purifying its sins and granting it
liberation;
aniruddha Kuvalaypd was unable to stop Ka from entering Kasas wrestling arena;
klanemi-nih Lord Ka killed the demon Kasa, who He also killed in his previous
birth as the demon Klanemi;
vra He dragged the dead Kasa around the wrestling arena to display His prowess;
keava He has handsome black hair, and He is the Father of Brahm, iva and all the
demigods;
keih He killed the Kei demon;
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hari He delights the minds of the cowherd residents of Vndvana, the demigods and all
other devotees.
kmadeva Lord Ka looked very splendid and handsome after killing the Kei demon;
kmapla by killing the demon He satisfied the residents of Vndvana and the demigods;
kmiknta at the time of killing Kei, the thought of killing Kasa began to arise in His
mind;
ktgama after killing Kei, He returned to the village of Vndvana accompanied by His
friends;
anirdeya-vapu it is impossible to describe His ultimate personal feature simply by dry
philosophical speculation devoid of bhakti;
viu however, the philosophical method will enable one to understand His impersonal
feature as the all-pervading Brahman effulgence;
ananta He remains far away from those who are impure at heart;
dhanajaya after killing Kasa, He gave Kasas entire treasury to the pious King
Ugrasena.
brahmaya Lord Ka is the well-wisher and benefactor of Gargamuni and the entire
brhmaa community;
brahma-kt He personally performs the austerities and spiritual practices enjoined for the
brhmaas;
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mahkrama Lord Ka cleverly killed the demon Klayavana by kicking the sleeping
King Mucukunda;
mahkarm His transcendental activities, such as killing Klayavana, are glorious,
praiseworthy, worshipable and wonderful;
mahteja His transcendental strength remains undefeated;
mahoraga He remains eternally situated within the hearts of His pure devotees, although
He occasionally blesses them by appearing before them;
mahkratu if one offers even a tulas leaf at Lord Kas lotus feet with sincere devotion,
that religious activity is greater than performing innumerable Vedic rituals, for Ka
becomes controlled by devotees who worship Him in this way;
mahyaja He personally prefers the chanting of His holy names as the best of sacrifices;
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stuti His devotees continually glorify His transcendental pastimes and qualities;
anmaya glorifying Him is the medicine that cures the disease of repeated birth and death.
manojava Lord Ka quickly rescues the surrendered devotees from the distresses of
repeated birth and death;
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trthakara He speaks Bhagavad-gt and other Vedic literatures to teach the living entities
how to attain Him;
vasuprada He protects the eight Vasus, and He gives all opulence to His devotees;
satkti at the time of His devotees death He helps them out of friendship;
satt He is very eager to visit His devotees, like the Pavas and the residents of
Vrajabhmi;
sadbhti He is willing to become the servant of His devotee, as He did for the Pavas
and Bali Mhrja;
san-nivsa He resides in the splendid city of Dvrak and other spiritual abodes;
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bhtvsa all material elements and the entire cosmic manifestation rest upon Lord
Ka, who appears before His devotees eyes and upon their lotus hearts;
darpah He crushes the pride of the conditioned souls, as He did to Duryodhana during
King Yudhihiras rjasya-yaja;
darpada He gives all honor to His devotees, as He did to King Yudhihira in the
rjasya-yaja;
adpta His powers and activities are extraordinary and unprecedented, yet He remains
very humble and free from pride;
durdhara He was unsuccessful when the Pavas sent Him as a messenger to dissuade
ill-advised Duryodhana from depriving them of their claim to the throne;
ath therefore;
aparjita no one can defeat Him, and the Kurus were crushed when they tried to defeat
Him.
ivMaUiTaRMaRhaMaUiTaRr( dqMaUiTaRrMaUiTaRMaaNa(
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avyakta when Nrada saw that Ka had expanded into 16,108 forms and was enjoying
many different pastimes simultaneously, he was bewildered;
ata-mrti He appears in innumerable forms, which are all nectarean and auspicious;
loka-bandhu He strongly binds the devotees with the rope of pure love He bears for them;
candangad His body, smeared with sandlewood pulp, seems like molten gold;
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vrah He kills lust, greed and all other enemies of His dvotees;
viama no one is equal to or greater than Him, who protects the devotees and kills the
demons;
nya He is free from all material defects, and He made the entire world unsafe for the
demons and atheists;
acala He was unmoving in His determination to protect the Pavas from all danger;
cala He broke His own promise not to take up any weapon in the Kuruketra war to keep
the promise of His devotee Bhima.
amn Lord Ka is the controller of everything, and He makes His devotees successful,
yet He remains very humble at heart;
mnada He desires to give all credit and honor to His devotees;
mnya He crushes those who become His devotees enemy; lokasvm He is the
controller of all the universes;
triloka-dhk He is the maintainer and protector of the three planetary systems;
sumedh although He is the master of everything and the most intelligent person, He
becomes controlled by His pure devotees, meditates on their good qualities, and aspires to
attain their association;
medhaja He appears among His devotees to obtain their association;
dhanya He considers Himself wealthy when He obtains the association of the pure
devotees who consider Him their only wealth;
satya-medh He exists eternally, although the cowherd people of Vndvana, unaware
that He is the Supreme, think of Him as their lover, son, friend or relative;
dhardhara He lifted Govardhana Hill.
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CTauMaURiTaRTaubaRhuTauVYaURhTauGaRiTa" )
cTauraTMaa cTau>aaRvTauveRdivdek-PaaTa( ))95))
95. caturmrti caturbhu
caturvyha caturgati
caturtm caturbhva
caturveda-vid ekapt
caturmrti Lord Ka appeared as the four sons of Dharma: Nara, Nryaa, Hari and
Ka;
caturbhu Bhma, Arjuna, Satyaki and Uddhava were like His four strong arms;
caturgati unto Him surrender the four kinds of faithful persons: the distressed, those in
need of money, the curious and those who want to know the Absolute Truth;
caturtm He grants the four blessings of economic development, piety, sense gratification
and liberation to the people in general;
caturbhva He also grants these four blessings to the devotees in particular;
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durga He is glorified by the hymns of the Sma-veda, which are difficult to sing;
durvsa when one follows the difficult path of surrendering to Him, He becomes willing
to reside in ones heart;
durrih although serving Him is difficult, He helps the devotees by crushing their
difficult-to-conquer enemies, with lust as their general.
ubhga Lord Ka grants auspiciousness to, and fulfills the desires of the sincere
devotees who have firm faith in the instructions of the spiritual master and the scriptures;
loka-sraga He glorifies the good qualities of the devotees;
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sutantu His transcendental attributes and pastimes are like a great net that traps the
minds of the devotees;
tantu-vardhana the net of His qualities grows ever larger and more entangling as He
appears in innumerable attractive forms and transcendental pastimes;
indrakarm He acts for the protection and well-being of His servant Indra;
mahkarm after He killed the demon Naraksura, He returned the earrings of Aditi and
other articles the demon stole;
ktakarm He performs many wonderful pastimes and heroic deeds, like wedding 16,000
princesses simultaneously, defeating all the demigods and taking the prijta tree from the
heavenly planets by force, defeating Lord iva in the battle with Bsura, cutting off
Bsuras thousand arms, rescuing Ua and Aniruddha, and many more;
ktgama after performing these astonishing pastimes, He returned to His capital city of
Dvrak.
sundara all the limbs of His transcendental form are exquisitely beautiful;
sunda He delights the devotees who have taken shelter of Him by showering His
causeless mercy upon them;
rjasana He provides food for all the living entities in the universe;
g in His original form as a cowherd boy He carries a buffalo-horn bugle in His belt;
jayanta He is victorious in the sports of arm-wrestling and verbal duels with His cowherd
friends;
sarva-vijay He can defeat even omniscient sages like Vasiha and Vmadeva in debate.
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Sauv<aRibNdur+aae>Ya" SavRvaGaqrer" )
Mahah]dae MahaGaTaaeR Maha>aUTaae MahaiNaiDa" ))99))
99. suvara-bindur akobhya
sarva-vg varevara
mahhrado mahgarto
mahbhto mahnidhi
varevara He is the master and controller of Brahm, iva and all the demigods;
mahhrada He is like a great cooling lake that gives relief to all those who yearn to be free
of the burning suffering of repeated birth and death;
mahgarta millions of universes rest in a timy pore of His transcendental body;
mahbhta He emanated material sound, touch, the other sense objects and features of
the material universes;
mahnidhi the devotees consider Him their great and only wealth.
kundara He gives the treasures of Kuvera to those who hanker after them;
parjanya He rains the nectar of direct perception of His transcendental form in the hearts
of His pure devotees;
pavana He purifies the devotees hearts of the dirt of previous sinful deeds;
anila after killing Kasa, He gave the entire Earth in charity to King Ugrasena;
amta He brings His devotees to the eternal spiritual world, where life is like nectar;
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amtavapu His transcendental form is eternal, and is not destroyed at the time of
universal annihilation;
sarvaja He is aware of everything experienced by His devotees and all other living
entities;
sarvatomukha His devotees see His smiling face everywhere.
sulabha Lord Ka personally visited the homes of the brhmaa rutadeva and
Bahulva, the King of Mithil;
suvrata controlled by the love of rutadeva and Bahulva, Ka was unable to return to
Dvrak, but stayed in Mithil to satisfy His devotees;
siddha He did not return to Dvrak immediately, but stayed and gave audience to
rutadeva and Bahulva;
nyagrodha He stops His devotees enemies and forces them into a hellish condition of life;
uumbara His eternal spiritual abode is far beyond the limited sphere of material
existence;
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au Lord Ka, appearing as the Supersoul in the hearts of the living entities, is smaller
than the smallest;
bhat He is also larger than the largest, so this material universe appears insignificant in
comparison;
sthla He can become so large that millions of universes can fit in the pores of His body;
guabht He maintains the three material modes of goodness, passion and ignorance;
svsya His face is more handsome than the moon or a lotus flower;
prgvaa the members of His family, such as Pradyumna, are eternally liberated souls
free from material illusion;
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kma He thus helps the fallen yogs gradually attain spiritual perfection;
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aparjita when Rukm and his army tried to defeat Him, they failed dramatically;
sarvasaha He tolerated all the blasphemous insults spoken by His borther-inlaw Rukm;
niyant He soon retaliated by binding Rukm with ropes, and partly shaving his head,
leaving patches of hair here and there;
satyadharma-paryaa He is the shelter of the truthful devotees, and the devoted husband
of Satyabhm;
abhiprya the devotees attain Him by developing pure love for Him;
priyrha He is the benefactor of the pure devotees, who know His actual nature as an
eternal person, who are full of love for Him, and who disregard the petty opulence of
material existence;
arha He is worshiped by pure devotees who have given up everything for His sake;
prtivardhana He is most pleased by the devotees who approach Him out of love, and not
to obtain some petty material benediction.
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ivhaYaSaGaiTaJYaaeRiTaSauRichuRTa>auiGv>au" )
rivivRraecNa" SaUYaR" SaivTaa rivl/aecNa" ))107))
107. vihyasagatir jyotir
surucir hutabhug-vibhu
ravir virocana srya
savit ravi-locana
vihyasagati Lord Ka enables His devotees to enter the eternal spiritual world;
jyoti the devotees who leave their bodies in a state of spiritual consciousness attain His
association in the spiritual realm;
suruci by His mercy it is light in the daytime;
hutabhug-vibhu He is like a splendid full moon that dissipates all the darkness in the
devotees hearts;
ravi by His mercy the sun moves in the north its orbit;
savit by His order the sun-god Aditya directs the movement of the sun;
ravi-locana by His mercy, the sun and moon travel in their orbits.
ananta Lord Kas mercy frees the devotees from the bondage of repeated birth and
death and allows them to enter the spiritual world;
hutabhug-bhokt He protects the devotees;
sukhada He gladdens the devotees by freeing them from the subtle body of mind,
intelligence and false ego, which is the cause of repeated birth and death, and granting them
eternal spiritual forms to associate with Him in the spiritual world;
naikada He showers His devotees with innumerable benedictions, and even gives Himself
to His devotees;
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agraja all beauty and opulence emanate from Him and cannot be separated from Him at
any time;
anirvia sadmr His devotees endeavor with great earnestness to attain His lotus feet,
and they are never lazy in this regard;
lokdhihnam He gives shelter to the devotees who approach Him;
adbhutam He fills His devotees with wonder by showing them His ever-fresh
transcendental form, qualities and pastimes.
sant Lord Ka relishes the food, incense and other palatable items His devotees offer
to Him;
santanatama He eternally attracts the eternally liberated souls by eternally manifesting
His eternally ever-fresh transcendental form;
kapila all the devotees desires become satisfied in Him;
kapi He supplies the water and other paraphernalia the devotees use to worship Him, and
He gives the transcendental happiness the devotees experience by serving Him;
avyaya He eternally remains in the assembly of devotees and never leaves them;
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araudra Lord Ka is full of transcendental bliss, therefore He never becomes angry, but
is always gentle and kind;
kual He is decorated with shark-shaped earrings, a crown, necklaces and many other
ornaments;
vikram His measureless strength can destroy any number of the most powerful demons;
rjita-asana neither Brahm, iva or any other demigod will transgress His orders;
abdtiga neither the thousand-headed Lord Anantadeva, nor Sarasvat-dev, the goddess
of learning can fully describe His unlimited glories;
abdasaha He felt compassionate toward the Pavas when He hard Draupads appeal
for protection from Durvss wrath;
iira He protected the Pavas from repeated calamity;
arvarkara He mercifully protected the Pavas by taking a little vegetable from
Draupads pot in His hand.
akrra Lord Ka did not use violence to stop Durvs from harming the Pavas
because He always favors the brhmaas;
peala He expertly protected the Pavas by stopping Durvss and his disciples
hunger;
daka He immediately appeared before Draupad as soon as He heard her appeal for
protection;
dakia He expertly thwarted all the attempts of Duryodhana to harm the Pavas;
kamimbara He mercifully forgave Durvs from the offense he was about to commit to
the Pavas;
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uttraa Lord Ka rescued Gajendra by lifting him from the lake where he was trapped
by the crocodile;
dusvapna-nana he rescues everyone who remembers the story of Gajendra from bad
dreams;
rakaa He delivered Gajendra from the prison of an elephants body by touching him;
jvana He freed the Gandharva Hh from the crocodile body that had been imposed on
him by Devala Munis curse;
paryavasthita after hearing Gajendras prayers, He became very pleased and full of love
for His devotee.
AnaNTaPaae_NaNTa[qiJaRTaMaNYau>aRYaaPah"
anantarpa when Brahm stole Lord Kas cowherd boy friends and calves, He
expanded Himself into innumerable forms just like the stolen calves and boys;
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andi Lord Ka is independent, and He does not need to follow the instructions of
Brahm or anyone else;
suvra He is a great hero, and fully competent to wrestle with rdm and the other
cowherd boys as their equal;
rucirgada He embraces His friends with His splendid transcendental arms;
janana in the springtime He enjoys the rsa dance near the base of Govardhana Hill in the
company of Balarma and the gops;
ajana-janmdi He is free drom the material defects of old age, disease, death and rebirth;
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bhma He was ferocious and terrifying to akhaca, who committed an offense to the
gops;
bhma-parkrama leaving Lord Balarma to protect the gops, powerful Ka chased and
caught akhaca, killed him and took the syamantaka jewel he wore in his crown.
dhranilaya Lord Ka is the shelter of the gops, who are beautiful, gentle, charming,
expert in singing and dancing, witty and virtuous. He attracted them to the forest of
Vndvana to enjoy the rsa dance on the full-moon night of the arat season by playing His
transcendental flute;
dht alone with the gops in the forest of Vndvana, Ka made them drink the nectar
of His charming, clever words, His sweet, gentle smiles and His merciful sidelong glances;
pupahsa as He joked with the gops, His smile was as charming as a flower;
prajgara He stayed awake for an entire night of Brahm enjoying the pastimes of the rsa
dance;
rdhvaga during the rsa dance with the beautiful and wonderfully qualified gops, Ka
was so splendidly handsome He made Kmadeva seem like a fool;
satpathcra the gops love Him with pure hearts, completely free from any material
motive;
prada Ka, the life of all that lives, gave everything, even Himself, to try to reward
the gops, who had given up everything for His sake;
praava in this way He demonstrated that pure love for Him is the mostpraiseworthy and
valuable quality that anyone can attain;
paa Ka, who knows the actual value of everything, gave the greatest value to the
gops pure love for Him.
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pramam by His regard for the gops, Lord Ka demonstrates that pure love for Him is
the supreme goal of life;
pranilaya plunged into the nectar of pure love for Ka, the gops appeared to merge
into Him, just as a when a bird enters its nest it appears to merge into it, even though the
bird actually keeps its individuality;
prabht Ka maintained the lives of the gops by giving them the nectar of blissful
personal exchanges with Him;
prnajvana He is more dear than life to the gops;
tattva His dealings with the gops were not at all material, but on the highest spiritual
platform;
janma-mtyu-jartiga He is completely beyond the old age, disease, death, rebirth, hunger,
thirst and the other defects of material existence.
bhr-bhuva-svas-taru Lord Ka is like a great tree that shades and protects the upper,
middle and lower planetary systems and provides all necessities to all living entities, who are
like birds that have taken shelter of that tree;
yaja He provides the ingredients the devotees use in His devotional service;
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yajv He forbids the living entities to follow the bogus so-called spiritual paths concocted
by the cheaters and speculators, and advises them to take up His pure devotional service to
the exclusion of everything else;
yajga He teaches the path of pure devotional service;
yajavhana He accepts as His devotees those who have faith in the principles of bhaktiyoga.
Yaj>a*jk*-*-jq Yaj>auGYajSaaDaNa" )
YajaNTak*-*-jGauMaMaad Wv c ))118))
118. yajabhd yajakd yaj
yajabhug yajasdhana
yajntakd yajaguhyam
annam annda eva ca
yajabht Lord Ka purifies any defects that may mar the devotees service to Him, and
He makes their service successful;
yajakt He personally performs devotional service to teach its importance to the
conditioned souls;
anna He manifests Himself as the incense and other paraphernalia used in His worship;
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devaknandana He appeared as the son of Devak and then became the son of Yaod;
sra He protected His mothers Devak and Yaod from all dangers;
kita He destroyed the demonic kings who were a great burden for the Earth;
ppa-nana He removes the sins of those fortunate souls who take to hearing and
chanting His glories, and He also removes the sins of the demons fortunate enough to be
killed by Him.
rathgapni He took up the chariot wheel as His weapon to protect Bhmas promise;
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He takes shelter of Lord Vsudeva and becomes very attached to Him. He becomes purified of
all sins, and he attains the association of Lord Ka, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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SaSauraSaurGaNDav| SaYa+aaerGara+aSaMa( )
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Lord Viu is the original cause of all causes. He is the chief living entity, eternally an
individual different from all other living entities. He is present everywhere in all three
planetary systems, and He is beginningless and perfect. He accepts offerings made with love
and devotion, and He is the protector of the universe. He is unchanging and eternally the
same.
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