VISHNU SAHASRANAMA - PART 13

Sloka 56

Ajah maharhah svabhayyah

 Jitamitrah pramodanah

 Anandah nandanah nandah

Satya dharma tri vikramah

522. ajah - a) He who is signified by the letter 'a'. b) He who is not born. c) He who drives away the darkness in the mind of the devotee. d) He who goes where the devotee is. e) He who is the cause of motion in the heart. f) He who is ever active in bestowing the effects of karma. g) The collections of things that exist. h) He who is everywhere and in everything. 

523. maharhah - He who is worthy of worship.

524. svabhavyah - a) He who is to be meditated upon by those who belong to Him. b) He who is by nature fit to be the Master. c) He who is naturally without a beginning. d) He who is present everywhere and in everything without exception.

525. jitamitrah - a) He who helps His devotees conquer enemies such as anger, kamam, ahamkaram, mamakaram, etc. b) He who has conquered anger, kamam, etc. c) He who has conquered His enemies such as ravana etc.

526. pramodanah - a) He who delights His devotees. b) He who is always joyful.

527. anandah - He Who is Bliss.

528. nandanah - The Bliss-Giver.

529. nandah - He Who is full of things that are Blissful.

530. satya-dharma - a) He Who performs His dharma truthfully. b) He Who protects those who have surrendered to Him without exception. c) He Who truly all the kalyana guna-s in perfection.

531. tri-vikramah - a) He Who pervades the three Vedas. b) He Who measured the three worlds with three strides. c) He Who pervades all the three worlds completely. d) He Who has transcended the waking, sleep, and deep-sleep states.

Sloka 57

Maharshih kapilacaryah

Krtajnah medinipatih

Tripadah tridasadhyakshah

Maha sringah kritantakrit

532. maharshih - The Great Seer. 

533. kapilacaryah - He Who is of brown complexion and also an acarya.

534. krtajnah - a) He Who remembers the good deed done. b) He Who is both the Created and the Creator. c) He Who knows everything about His Creation.

535. medinipatih - The Lord or Protector of the Earth.

536. tripadah - a) The Propounder of the three tattvas. b) He Who is in the form of pranava mantra with three letters. c) He Who assumed the form of a Boar with three humps. d) He Who triumphed over the worlds with three steps. e) He Who is the Lord of the past, present, and future.  

537. tridasadhyakshah - a) The Savior of the thirty-three gods. b) The Master of the three states. c) The Master of the three gunas.

538. maha-sringah - a) The Big-tusked Varaha.  b) He who took the matsya rupam with the big horn.

539. kritantakrit - a) The Slayer of hiranyaksha. b) He who kills death himself. c) He who proclaimed the kritanta (siddhanta). d) He who brings about the end to the manifested condition of the Universe.

Sloka 58

Mahavarahah govindah

 Sushenah kanakangadi

Guyhah gabhirah gahanah

Guptah cakragadadharah

540. mahavarahah - He Who appeared in the form of the Great Boar.

541. govindah - a) One who is praised by the gods (for His help). b) One who dug out the Earth from the depths of the Ocean. c) The protector of cows. d) One who confers the Vedas. e) He who rescued the Earth. f) He who is known by Vedic sentences. g) He who is responsible for all things that move.

542. sushenah - a) He who is equipped with a body with suddha sattva sakti-s that are like an army. b) He Who has an army of auspicious associates.

543. kanakangadi - He Who is adorned by armlets of gold.

544. guyhah - He who is concealed.

545. gabhirah - He who is deep or mysterious.

546. gahanah - a) He who is deep, Impenetrable, Inexplicable. b) He who is the witness in everyone.

547. guptah - He who is hidden.

548. cakragadadharah - The bearer of the discus and the mace.

Sloka 59

Yedhah svangah ajitah

 Krshnah drdhah sankarshanah

 Acyutah varunah varunah vrikshah

 Pushkarakshah maha manah

549. vedhah - a) The Provider. b) The Doer (of auspicious happenings). c) The Creator.  

550. svangah - a) He who has the marks of sovereignty which are His own. b) He who is both the Instrumental Cause and the Material Cause of the Universe. c) He who has beautiful, well-proportioned limbs. d) He who, in the form of the Universe, moves by Himself. 

551. ajitah - a) He who is unconquered, and unconquerable. b) He who is the Chief of the Unconquerable place called ajita or srivaikuntha. c) He who took the amsavatara in the 6th manvantara as ajitah to help in churning the Milk Ocean. d) He who is unconquered in His vow to protect those who have surrendered to Him.  

552. krshnah - a) One who is always in a state of Bliss (with His sport of creation etc.). b) The Dark-hued. c) He who irresistibly attracts His devotees to Him through His infinite kalyana gunas. d) He who cultivates the Earth like a plough and makes it suitable for life forms to form and nourish. e) He who appeared as veda vyasa or krshna dvaipayana. f) He who cultivates the minds of devotees by providing the veda-s in His incarnation as krishna dvaipayana. g) The Dark, Mysterious, and Unknowable except by deep devotion. 

553. drdhah - a) He Who assumes firm, concrete vyuha forms for the benefit of His devotees. b) He Who is firm and determined in His thoughts, words and deeds. c) He Who is firmly established and cannot be negated as the Supreme Deity by counter-arguments. d) He Who is huge and strong.   

554. sankarshanah - He Who draws others near Him.   

555. acyutah - a) One who never slips from His glory. b) One who never lets His devotees slip. c) One who undergoes no modifications such as birth, growth, decay, disease, etc.   

556. varunah - He Who envelops.   

557. varunah - a) He Who is with those who have sought Him as their Lord or svami. b) The Son of varuNa. c) He Who removes the adversities of His devotees .

558. vrikshah - a) He Who provides shade like a tree (i.e., He is the Resort) for the wise. b) He Who is firm like a tree.   

559. pushkarakshah - a) He Who has nourishing eyes. b) He Who has beautiful lotus-like eyes.
c) He Who pervades all space. d) He Who has the Sun and the Moon as His eyes. e) He Who shines as the light of consciousness when meditated upon in the lotus of the heart.   

560. maha-manah - a) The Broad-minded. b) He Who has a great (highly capable) mind. c) He Who has a mind (intellect) with unlimited capability .

Sloka 60

Bhagavan bhagha nandi

 Vanamalihalayudhah

Adiyah jyotir adityah

Sahishnuh gati- sattamah

561. bhagavan - a) He Who is worthy of worship. b) He Who is full of the six attributes. c) He Who knows the origin and the end of all beings.   

562. bhagaha - a) He Who is possessed of auspicious qualities.  b) He Who gets rid of the wealth etc. from everyone during pralaya.

563. nandi or anandi - a) He Who has nanda as His father. b) He Who is ever blissful by Nature, and also because of His prosperity and the six gunas. c) He Who is ever happy by association with His devotees. d) He Who gives Bliss to His devotees.  

564. vanamali - He Who has the vanamala garland.  

565. halayudhah - One Who has the plough in His hand.    

566. adityah - a) Son of Devaki who was Aditi in her previous birth. b) Son of Aditi (and Kasyapa) in His Vamana incarnation. c) Bhagavan Samkarshana, who is attained through the bija mantra "A". d) He from Whom moksha is obtained.  

567. jyotir-adityah - a) The Resplendent Aditya. b) He Who resides in the disc of the sun. c) He Who glows like the sun .

568 sahishnuh - a) He Who is endowed with enormous patience. b) He Who forgives. c) He Who suffers patiently for us with perfect detachment. d) He Who conquers His foes. e) He Who willingly accepts the offerings of His devotees. f) He Who can bear the opposites - like heat and cold.   

569. gati-sattamah - a) The best instructor in the path of dharma. b) The Best among the refuges to be sought. c) The Ultimate Support and the Greatest of all beings.

NARASIMHA KILLS HIRANYAKASHIPU

AHOBILAM- ANDHRA                     PARIKKAL - TAMILNADU              HAMPI - KARNATAKA

522	ajah	Unborn
523	mahaarhah	One who deserves the highest worship
524	svaabhaavyah	Ever rooted in the nature of His own self
525	jitaamitrah	One who has conquered all enemies
526	pramodanah	Ever-blissful
527	aanandah	A mass of pure bliss
528	nandanah	One who makes others blissful
529	nandah	Free from all worldly pleasures
530	satyadharmaa	One who has in Himself all true dharmas
531	trivikramah	One who took three steps
532	maharshih	The great sage
533	kapilaachaaryah	He who incarnated as Kapila
534	kritajnah	The knower of the creation
535	medineepatih	The Lord of the earth
536	tripadah	One who has taken three steps
537	tridashaadhyaksho	The Lord of the three states of consciousness
538	mahaashringah	Great-horned (Matsya)
539	kritaantakrit	Destroyer of the creation
540	mahaavaraaho	The great boar
541	govindah	One who is known through Vedanta
542	sushenah	He who has a charming army
543	kanakaangadee	Wearer of bright-as-gold armlets
544	guhyo	The mysterious
545	gabheerah	The unfathomable
546	gahano	Impenetrable
547	guptah	The well-concealed
548	chakra-gadaadharah	Bearer of the disc and mace
549	vedhaah	Creator of the universe
550	svaangah	One with well-proportioned limbs
551	ajitah	Vanquished by none
552	krishnah	Dark-complexioned
553	dridhah	The firm
554	sankarshanah	He who absorbs the whole creation into
555	achyutah	His nature and never falls away from that nature
556	Varunah	One who sets on the horizon (Sun)
557	vaarunah	The son of Varuna (Vasistha or Agastya)
558	vrikshah	The tree
559	pushkaraakshah	Lotus eyed
560	mahaamanaah	Great-minded
561	bhagavaan	One who possesses six opulences
562	bhagahaa	One who destroys the six opulences during pralaya
563	aanandee	One who gives delight
564	vanamaalee	One who wears a garland of forest flowers
565	halaayudhah	One who has a plough as His weapon
566	aadityah	Son of Aditi
567	jyotiraadityah	The resplendence of the sun
568	sahishnuh	One who calmly endures duality
569	gatisattamah	The ultimate refuge for all devotees

About the temple

Ahobalam is located in the Allagadda mandal ofKurnool district in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located at a distance of 40 km from Nandyal and about 150 km fromKurnool, the district headquarters. There are two temple houses, lower Ahobilam and upper Ahobilam.

According to the legend, this is where Lord Narasimha blessed Prahlada and killed the demon Hiranyakashipu.

According to legends it is believed that when the Devas saw the manifestation of Lord Vishnu as half-lion, half-man, they shouted "Ahobala" (great strength) as well as "Ahobila" (great cave in which the current sanctum is). Hence, this place could be called either "Ahobalam" or "Ahobilam". The mention of this place is present in Brahmanda Purana. The place where Lord Narayana appeared from the stone pillar to kill Hiranyakashipa can be seen in this place. The name of this pillar is Ugra Sthambha, which is now referred as “Ukku SThambha” in Telugu, which incorrectly translates to iron pillar.