VISHNU SAHASRANAMA - PART 12

Sloka 51

Dharma gup dharma krt dharma

Sat aksharam a-sat aksharam

a-sat ksharam avijnata

sahasramsuh vidhata krta lakshanah

476. dharma-gup - He who protects dharma..

477. dharma-krt - a) He who induces His devotees to follow dharma. b) He who practices dharma.

478. dharmi - He who has dharma as an instrument.

479. sat - a) He who is commendable. b) He who is ever existent. c) He who is in the form of good and meritorious acts.

480. aksharam (sat) - a) He whose existence is never diminished or destroyed in any way. b) sad-aksharam - He who never forsakes the good.

481. a-sat - a) That which does not exist now, but existed in the past as well as will exist in the future. b) He who is the cause of misery to those who do sinful acts. c) He who is non-existent for those who do not follow the path of dharma.

482. asat-ksharam - He who moves away from the bad.

483. avijnata - The Non-cognizant.

484. sahasramsuh - He who has a thousand rays (of knowledge).

485. vidhata - a) The (Supreme) Controller. b) The Supporter of the Universe. c) The Creator of brahma.

486. krta-lakshanah - a) He who has prescribed the distinguishing characteristics for the pious. b) He who has created distinguishing marks for Himself. c) He who has created the Vedas. d) He who distinguished the different species by external and internal attributes.

  

Sloka 52

Gabhasti nemih sattva sthah

simhah bhuta mahesvarah

Adi devah maha devah

devesah deva bhrit guruh

487. gabhasti-nemih - a) He who has the effulgent cakra as His weapon. b) He who enlightens everything by His effulgence. c) He who is the Center of the planetary system (viz. the Sun).

488. sattva-sthah - a) He who is in the hearts of the devotees. b) He who abides in sattva-guna.
c) He who resides in all beings.

489. simhah - a) He who punishes (those who harm His devotees).  b) He who took the nrisimha form. c) He who is most powerful..

490. bhuta-mahesvarah - The Supreme Lord of all beings..

491. adi-devah - a) He who is the first cause and is endowed with effulgence. b) The Foremost Deity.
c) He who swallows the three worlds at the time of pralaya, and releases at the time of creation.  

492. maha-devah - The great Player.  

493. devesah - The Ruler of Gods. .  

494. deva-bhrit guruh - The instructor of Supporter gods. .  

Sloka 53

Uttarah go patih gopta

 jnana gamyah puratanah

 sarira bhuta bhrit bhokta

Kapindrah bhuri dakshinah

495. uttarah - a) The Rescuer (of brahma and others from the asuras), b) The Savior (of devotees from samsara), c) He who transcends the bounds of birth and transmigration. 

496. go-patih - a) The Master of all words (Vedas as well as all languages). b) The Protector of His own word. c) The Protector of His bhakta's words. d) Protector of the cows in His krishnavatara.
e) Protector of all that moves around. f) The Lord of Mother Earth. g) The Lord of the (celestial) world.  [This nama reoccurs as nama 599.]

497. gopta - a) The Savior. b) He who hides Himself from non-devotees. [This nama re-occurs as nama 600.]

498. jnana-gamyah - He who is to be realized by knowledge.

499. puratanah - The Ancient.

500. sarira-bhuta-bhrit - a) He who supports all the tattvas which constitute the sarira. b) He who supports all beings which are part of His body. c) He who protects the devatas who are associated with different parts of the body.

501. bhokta - The Enjoyer.

502. kapindrah - a) The Lord of the monkeys. b) The Great Boar - varaha. c) He who controls all movement in everything.

503. bhuri-dakshinah - a) The giver of liberal gifts. b) He who makes things grow fast and move fast. c) He who is extremely dexterous.

Sloka 54

Somapah amritapah somah

 Purujit puru sattamah

Vinayah jayah satya sandhah

 Dasarhah sattvatam patih

504. somapah - a) He who drank the soma juice after performing sacrificial offerings in His Rama incarnation. b) He who, in the form of the deity being invoked in a yajna, accepts the soma juice by the householder performing the yajna. 

505 - amritapah - The drinker of ambrosia.

506. somah - a) The Nectar. b) The moon.

507. puru-jit - The Conqueror of all.

508. puru-sattamah - a) He who remains with the great. b) He whose form is of comic dimensions, and who is the best of all.

509. vinayah - a) The Subduer. b) He who leads well.

510. jayah - a) He who is conquered. b) He who is victorious.

511. satya-sandhah - a) He whose promises are always true. b) He of firm resolve.

512. dasarhah - a) He who is worthy of gifts. b) He is worthy to be possessed as a gift. c) He who was born in the race of dasarhah i.e., the Yadava race.

513. sattvatam-patih - The Lord of the sattvatas.

Sloka 55

 Jivah vinayita sakshi

 Mukundah amita vikramh

 Ambho nidhih anantatma

 Mahodadhi sayah antakah

514. jivah - He who gives true life to His devotees. 

515. vinayita sakshi- a) The witness of modesty. b) He who shows the path to everyone.

516. mukundah - He who gives moksha.

517. amita-vikramah - a) He of boundless valor. b) He of the three great strides (tri-vikrama).

518. ambho-nidhih - a) He who has the waters as His abode (Kurma incarnation). b) He who is in the form of the Oceans. c) He who sustains the Ambhas (devas, men, manes, and asuras).

519. anantatma - The Inner Soul of ananta.

520. mahodadhi-sayah - He Who is reclining in the vast ocean.

521. antakah - He Who brings out the end of all.

VARAHA STANDS ON THE DEMON WITH BHUDEVI  ON HIS SHOULDER.

BHUDEVI CLINGING TO VARAHA'S TUSK AS VARAHA EMERGES FROM THE OCEAN

* SHRI BHUVRAHA SWAMY- SRIMUSHNAM

** ADI VARAHA MURTHY, TIRUMALA TIRUPATHI

476	dharmagub	One who protects dharma
477	dharmakrit	One who acts according to dharma
478	dharmee	The supporter of dharma
479	sat	existence
480	asat	illusion
481	ksharam	He who appears to perish
482	aksharam	Imperishable
483	avijnaataa	The non-knower (The knower being the conditioned soul within the body)
484	sahasraamshur	The thousand-rayed
485	vidhaataa	All supporter
486	kritalakshanah	One who is famous for His qualities
487	gabhastinemih	The hub of the universal wheel
488	sattvasthah	Situated in sattva
489	simhah	The lion
490	bhoota-maheshvarah	The great lord of beings
491	aadidevah	The first deity
492	mahaadevah	The great deity
493	deveshah	The Lord of all devas
494	devabhrit-guruh	Advisor of Indra
495	uttarah	He who lifts us from the ocean of samsara
496	gopatih	The shepherd
497	goptaa	The protector
498	jnaanagamyah	One who is experienced through pure knowledge
499	puraatanah	He who was even before time
500	shareera-bhootabhrit	One who nourishes the nature from which the bodies came
501	bhoktaa	The enjoyer
502	kapeendrah	Lord of the monkeys (Rama)
503	bhooridakshinah	He who gives away large gifts
504	somapah	One who takes Soma in the yajnas
505	amritapah	One who drinks the nectar
506	somah	One who as the moon nourishes plants
507	purujit	One who has conquered numerous enemies
508	purusattamah	The greatest of the great
509	vinayah	He who humiliates those who are unrighteous
510	jayah	The victorious
511	satyasandhah	Of truthful resolution
512	daashaarhah	One who was born in the Dasarha race
513	saatvataam-patih	The Lord of the Satvatas
514	jeevah	One who functions as the ksetrajna
515	vinayitaa-saakshee	The witness of modesty
516	mukundah	The giver of liberation
517	amitavikramah	Of immeasurable prowess
518	ambho-nidhir	The substratum of the four types of beings
519	anantaatmaa	The infinite self
520	mahodadhishayah	One who rests on the great ocean
521	antakah	The death

About the temple

*Bhuvraha temple, Srimushnam

Located 35kms West of Chidambaram in the Kattu Mannar Koil Taluk is the historical Bhoo Varaha Swamy temple in Sri Mushnum. Unlike typical moolavar deities in Vishnu temples, the Lord here is in the form of a small idol signifying the Varaha Avataaram. A visit even once to this temple and sincere prayers to Lord Bhoo Varahaswamy is said to help attain moksham in this lifetime, such is the power of Bhoo Varahar.

Swayambu Kshetram
Srimushnum is one of the 8 Swayambu Kshetrams in India. The others are Srirangam, Tirupathi and Vanamaamalai in South India and Saligramam, Naimisarinyam, Pushkaram and Badri in North India.

The four swayambhu shrines in North India are

1.    Naimisharanyam – Forest

2.    Badrinath  - Mountain

3.    Pushkar – Waterbody

4.    Mukinath – Stones or sila

**Adivaraha temple, Tirupathi

Sri varahaswami Temple in Tirumala is to the north of the Sri Venkateswara Temple, on the banks of Varaha Pushkarni.

According to legend, Tirumala was originally Adi Varaha Kshetra (the home of Sri Adi Varaha Swami), and it was with his permission that Lord Sri Venkateswara took up residence here.

According to the Brahma Purana, pilgrims should first offer naivedyamto Sri Adi Varaha Swami, before visiting the Sri Venkateswara Temple.

According to Atri Samhita (Samurtarchanadhikara), the Varaha avatara is worshipped in three forms: 

• Adi Varaha
• Pralaya Varaha
• Yajna Varaha 

The idol of Sri Varahaswami in Tirumala is that of Adi Varaha, as it resembles the description of the Adi Varaha murti in Vaikhanasa Agama texts.