VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM - PART 4

Sloka 11

ajah sarveshvarah siddha

 siddhih sarvaadhirachyuthah

vrishaaka pirameyaatma

 sarvayoga vinisruthah

96. ajah - a) Unborn. b) The Remover of all obstacles. c) One who moves in the hearts of the devotees. d) One who removes the ignorance from the hearts of His devotees. e) One who is the root of all sound (akshara "a").

97. sarvesvarah - a) One who reaches all who seek Him. b) One who is the isvara for all isvaras.

98. siddhah - One who is available at the hands of His devotees.
99.  siddhih - The Goal.

100. sarvaadih - The Origin or Cause of all things.

101. achyutah - a) One who has never slipped from His glory. b) One who never lets His devotees slip. c) One who undergoes no modifications such as birth, growth, decay, disease, etc.

102. vrishaakapih - One who lifted the Earth from the waters of adharma in the form of varaha. 

103. ameyaatma - One whose Nature cannot be comprehended.

104. sarva yoga vinissritah - a) One who is beyond any attachment. b) One who is easily attained by all means by His devotees

  

Sloka 12

vasuh vasumanaah satya

 samaatma sammitah samah

amoghah pundarIkaaksha

 vrishakarmaa vrishaakrthih

105. vasuh - a) One who dwells in the hearts of His devotees. b) One who dwells in the Milk-Ocean. c) One who is the wealth that His devotees seek. d) The best among the eight vasus - pavaka. e) One who lives in the sky.

106.  vasumanaah - a) One who has a  'wealthy' or rich mind. b) One who has a mind which thinks of His devotees as a treasure.

107.  satyah - a) The Truth. b) One whose form is made up of prana, matter and sun. c) One who is well-disposed towards the good.

108. samaatmaa - One who has an even mind.

109. sammitah - a) One who has let Himself be understood (controlled) by His devotees. b) The One Truth who is accepted by the Rsihis and revealed in the Upanishads. 

110. samah - One who treats all His devotees equally.

111. amoghah - One who always gives fruits to those who worship Him.

112.  pundarikaakshah - a) One whose eyes are beautiful like the lotus flower. b) One who resides in the heart space of everyone and observes all. c) One who is like the eye to the residents of SrivaikunTham.

113. vrishakarmaa - One who is of righteous actions.

114.  vrishakriti - One who is an embodiment of dharma.

Sloka 13

 Rudrah bahushira babhruh

 vishva-yoni shuchi-shravaah 

Amrita shashvatah stanuh

 varaaroho maha-tapah 

115. rudrah - a) One who brings tears to the eyes. b) One who confers the good on the devotees. c) One who destroys misery.

116.  bahu-sirAh - One who is multi-headed. Om bahu-sirase namah.

117.  babhruh - The Supporter.

118.  vishva-yonih - a) The cause of this world. b) One who unites His devotees with Himself.

119.  shuchi-shravaah - a) One who listens to words which are pure. b) One whose names are worthy of being heard. c) One who has beautiful and divine ears.

120.  amritah - a) The unsatiating nectar to His devotees. b) One who is Immortal..

121.  shaasvata-sthaanuh - One who is Eternally Firm.

122.  varaaroho - a) One who is the most supreme object of attainment. b) One of Excellent Ascent.

123.  maha-tapah - One who is endowed with great knowledge.

Sloka 14

Sarvagah sarva-vidbhanuh

 vishva-senah janardanah  

Vedah veda-vitha-vyangah

vedangah veda-vit-kavih

124. sarva-gah -One who reaches all.

125. sarva-vit - One who is the All-knower.

126. bhanuh - One who shines.

127. vishvak-senah - One who has His army in all directions for the protection of all.

128. janardanah - a) One who destroys the wicked. b) One who protects people from the wicked. c) One who is approached by devotees for their wishes.

129. vedah - One who is the embodiment of scriptures.

130. vedavit - The true knower of the meaning of the vedas.

131. avyangah - One who has no imperfections.

132. veda~ngah - a) One who has Vedas as His body. b) One who has the srutis and smritis as His body.

133. vedavit - One who knows not only the Vedas, but the true meaning behind the Vedas, viz. the dharma.

134. kavih - One who know beyond ordinary perception.

Sloka 15

Loka-dhyakshah sura-dhyaksho

dharma-dhyakshah krita-kritah

Chatu-ratma chatu-rvyooha

chatur-damshtrah chatur-bhujah

135. lokadhyakshah - Lord of the worlds, Master or superintendent of all people who should practice dharma.

136 . suradhyaksho - Master of the devas.

137. dharmadhyakshah. Master of dharma, the way the Supreme should be worshipped.

138.  kritakritah -  a) The grantor of fruits that are this this-worldly as well as those that are eternal. b) One who is both the cause and effect of all things. c) One who has a form which is nitya or permanent, as well as transient forms.

139.  chaturatmA - One whose Self has a four-fold manifestation. 

140 - chatur-vyoohah - One with four forms (the vyuha forms).

141 - chatur-damshtrah - He of four teeth.

142 - chatur-bhujah - One with four arms.

Sriranga Gopura , Trichy, Tamilnadu.

                    Muthangi seva of Ranganatha

Kaveri Ranga, Srirangam.

        

96	ajah	unborn
97	sarveshvarah	Controller of all
98	siddhah	The most famous
99	siddhih	He who gives moksha
100	sarvaadih	The beginning of all
101	achyutah	Dependable
102	vrishaakapih	He who lifts the world to dharma
103	ameyaatmaa	He who exhibits in infinite varieties
104	sarva-yoga-vinissritah	He who is free from all attachments
105	vasuh	The support of all elements
106	vasumanaah	He whose mind is supremely pure
107	satyah	The truth
108	samaatmaa	He who is the same in all
109	sammitah	He who has been accepted by authorities
110	samah	Equal
111	amoghah	Ever useful
112	pundarikaakshah	He who dwells in the heart
113	vrishakarmaa	He whose every act is righteous
114	vrishaakritih	The form of dharma
115	rudrah	He who makes all people weep
116	bahu-shiraah	He who has many heads
117	babhrur	He who rules over all the worlds
118	vishvayonih	The womb of the universe
119	shuchi-shravaah	He who listens only the good and pure
120	amritah	Immortal
121	shaashvatah-sthaanuh	Permanent and immovable
122	varaaroho	The most glorious destination
123	mahaatapah	He of great tapas
124	sarvagah	Penetrating
125	sarvavid	All-knowing
126	bhaanuh	radiant
127	vishvaksenah	He against whom no army can stand
128	janaardanah	He who gives joy to good people
129	vedah	He who is the Vedas
130	vedavid	The knower of the Vedas
131	avyangah	Without imperfections
132	vedaangah	He whose limbs are the Vedas
133	vedavit	He who contemplates upon the Vedas
134	kavih	The seer
135	lokaadhyakshah	He who presides over all lokas
136	suraadhyaksho	He who presides over all devas
137	dharmaadhyakshah	He who presides over dharma
138	krita-akritah	All that is created and not created
139	chaturaatmaa	The four-fold self
140	chaturvyoohah	Vasudeva, Sankarshan etc.
141	chaturdamstrah	He who has four teeth (Nrsimha)
142	chaturbhujah	Four-handed

About the temple

The temple of Sri Ranganatha is situated at Srirangam on an island strip, between the sacred Kaveri river and its largest branch, the Kollidam.  The temple is foremost among the 108 Divya-Desas sacred to Sri Vaishnavites and one of the greatest in the South, known as Boologa Vaikuntam.  Historically this is four thousand years old.  This temple has seven prakaras some of the outer ones being regular streets with residential houses.  In this temple, sri Mahavishnu known as Ranganatha is in a reclining pose, on  the serpent couch, Adisesha, awe, inspiring in size
The Sthalapurana has it that the Lord was worshipped by Vibishana, brother of Ravana.

According to Valmiki’s Ramayana, the idol of Ranganatha at Srirangam was the one worshipped by the predecessors of sri Rama of the Ikshwaku dynasty of Ayodhya.  Srirangam is a centre of pilgrimage all round the year.  All the 12 Alwars (realized souls) in their ecstatic darshan of the Lord have rendered Pasurams in praise of the Lord.

The ‘Arayar Seva’ the exposition of Divya Prabandam(Tamil Vedas), through Nritya is a remarkable item forming part of the festival of Lord Ranganatha.  Vaishnava Acharya Sri Ramanuja adorned the pontifical seat at Srirangam and spent nearly twenty years and wrote his monumental works.