VISHNU SARASRANAMA - PART 15

Sloka 66

Svakshah svangah satanandah

Nandih jyotir ganesvarah

Vijitatma vidheyatma

Satkirthih chinna samsayah

619. svakshah - The Beautiful-Eyed.

620. sva'ngah - The Lovely-bodied.

621. SatAnandah -  He of infinite Bliss.

622. nandih - He who is ever delighted.

623. jyotir-gaNeSvarah - a) The Lord of the host of lustrous deities (nitya suris). b) The Lord of the luminaries (the stars, sun, moon, etc.).

624. vijitAtmA - a) He whose mind has been conquered (by His devotees). b) He who has conquered His Mind.

625. vidheyAtmA - a) He who is of a submissive nature (to His devotees). b) He who has the jiva-s as subservient to Him. c) If a-vidheyatma, then He who is subservient to no one. 

626. sat-kIrtih - He of true renown. 

627. chinna-samSayah - The Dispeller of all doubts.

Sloka 67

Udirnah sarvatash cakshuh

Anisah sasvata sthirah

Bhusayah bhushanah bhutih

 asokah sokanasanah

628. udirnah - a) He Who visibly manifests Himself through His incarnations. b) He who is superior to all beings. c) He who elevates His devotees to His level.   

629. sarvatash-cakshuh - a) He Who is visible to the eyes of all. b) He who has eyes everywhere, and sees everything through His consciousness.  

630. anisah - a) He Who is not the Master. b) He Who has no one above Him as the Master.    

631. sasvata-sthirah - He Who is eternally existent and steady.     

632. bhusayah - a)  He who lies in His arca form wherever the devotee installs Him. b) He Who lay on the sea shore on His way to SrilankA. c) He who lies inside every one of His creations as their antaryami. d) He in whom the whole world rests at the time of pralaya.

633. bhushaNah - He Who becomes adorned, or He Who adorns. a) He who wears the ornament of saulabhyam as His bhushanam. b) He who is decorated with all kinds of different and wonderful ornaments as described by emperumanar in Sri Saranagati gadyam. c) He who adorns this world with His different incarnations at His wish. d) He Who adorns every creature by His being their antaryami. e) He who beautifies this world by His variety of creations.

634. bhutih - a) He Who is wealth to His devotees. b) He Who is the personification of Glory. c) He Who is the cause of all glory in His creations. d) He Who exists in the forms of all His creations.

635. asokah or visokah - He Who is without sorrow.

636. sokanasanah - The Destroyer of sorrows..

Sloka 68

 Arcisman arcitah kumbho

Visuddhatma visodhanah

Aniruddho pratirathah

Pradyumno amitavikramah

637. arcishman - He Who has great luster.

638. arcitah - He Who is worshipped.  .

639. kumbhah - a ) He Who is an object of desire. b) He Who shines in this world. c) He Who fills this world with His fame. d) He in Whom everything is contained. e) He Who envelops the earth.  

640. visuddhatma-/ He of a pure nature.

641. visodhanah - The Purifier.  

642. aniruddho -  om aniruddhaya namah

643. apratirathah - The Matchless.

644. pradyumnah - a) He Who illumines the jivas. b) He Whose wealth is of a superior order. c) The Bestower of all desires. d) He Who is endowed with great strength.

645. amitavikramah - He of immeasurable steps.

Sloka 69

 Kalane miniha veerah saurih

 Surah sura janesvarah

Tri lokatma tri lokesah

Kesavah kesiha harih

At the outset, we will note that there are different versions of this Sloka in use, where the namas 649 and 650 occur as follows. virah surah, Saurih surah,  Saurir-vIrah, virah saurih, etc.  Thus the two names are chosen from vIrah, Saurih, and Surah, depending on the patham that is being used. 

646. kalaneminiha - a) The destroyer of the wheel of ignorance of Time. b) The Destroyer of the  asura by name kalanemi. c) He Who sets the direction for the sun who is the controller of Time. d) He Who is beyond the wheel of Time.

647. veerah - The heroic victory.

648. saurih - a) The son of Sura (another name for Vasudeva), or He Who is born in the race of suras, a Yadava clan. b) A reference of Sauri rajap perumal of tirukkannapuram  c) He Who is ever valiant and victorious. Om sauraye namah. (This nama has been presented earlier as nama 342, Slokam 37.)  

649. surah - The Valiant..

650. sura-janesvarah - The Chief of the sura-s or the valiant people. 

651. tri-lokatma- a) He who ever moves about in the three worlds. b) He Who makes the three worlds move about. c) He Who is the atma for everything in all the three worlds.

652. tri-lokesah - The Ruler of the three worlds. Om tri-lokesaya namah.

653 (23). kesavah - a) One who has beautiful locks of hair. b) He whose hair is of supreme fragrance. c) He who is the source or origin of Brahma and Siva. d) He who is the source of the rays emanating from the Sun etc. e) The Slayer of Kesi.  f) The tormentor of His enemies. g) One who has adhipatyam over water (oceans etc.). h) One who has adhipatyam over the different kinds of sukham (including moksham).

654. kesiha - a) He who killed the asura by name Kesi. b) He who directs Agni, Surya, Indra, Vayu etc. in their functions.

655. harih - a) The green-hued. b) He Who removes the distress of His devotees. c) He Who wards off samsara with its cause from His devotees. d) The Destroyer of the Universe at the time of pralaya. 

Sloka 70

Kamadevah kama-palah

 Kami kantah krtagamah  
Anirdesyavapurvishnur

Viro'nanto dhananjayah   

656. kama-devah - a) The One who grants all desires. b) The Lord who is desired by those who seek the four purusharthas.

657. kama-palah - a) The Protector of the gifts that He bestows. b) The Protector of those who desire Him.

658. kami - a) He who has all things that are desirable. b) He who is of fulfilled desires.

659. kantah - a) He Who is charming. b) He Who causes the end of Brahma at the end of his period. c) He Who is present everywhere, and Effulgent.

660.krtagamah -  a) The Revealer of the sacred mantra-s to the pure-minded.  b) He who has propounded the Pancaratra Agamas. c) He Who has given us the Srutis and the Smrtis. d) He from Whom the krita yuga emerged. e) He who victoriously entered the gathering of His kith and kin after slaying Kesi. f) He Who appears to His devotees again and again in whatever form they desire.

661. anirdesya-vapuh - a)      He of indefinable form.
662. vishnuh - The Pervader.

663. virah - a) The Valiant. b) The swift Mover (into the hearts of His devotees or against demons). c) He Who destroys His enemies. d) He Who makes the enemies tremble in front of Him and run, showing their backs. Om vIraya namah.

664. anantah - a) The Limitless. b) One who is beyond the reach of those who are not of pure mind.
665. dhananjayah - a) He Who surpasses all other wealth in being desired. b) One Who manifested Himself as Arjuna, the conqueror of wealth.

Parashurama

                       Parashurama temple, Thiruvallam, Thiruvanandapuram, Kerala.

619	svakshah	Beautiful-eyed
620	svangah	Beautiful-limbed
621	shataanandah	Of infinite varieties and joys
622	nandih	Infinite bliss
623	jyotir-ganeshvarah	Lord of the luminaries in the cosmos
624	vijitaatmaa	One who has conquered the sense organs
625	vidheyaatmaa	One who is ever available for the devotees to command in love
626	sat-keertih	One of pure fame
627	chinnasamshayah	One whose doubts are ever at rest
628	udeernah	The great transcendent
629	sarvatah-chakshuh	One who has eyes everywhere
630	aneeshah	One who has none to Lord over Him
631	shaashvata-sthirah	One who is eternal and stable
632	bhooshayah	One who rested on the ocean shore (Rama)
633	bhooshanah	One who adorns the world
634	bhootih	One who is pure existence
635	vishokah	Sorrowless
636	shoka-naashanah	Destroyer of sorrows
637	archishmaan	The effulgent
638	architah	One who is constantly worshipped by His devotees
639	kumbhah	The pot within whom everything is contained
640	vishuddhaatmaa	One who has the purest soul
641	vishodhanah	The great purifier
642	anniruddhah	He who is invincible by any enemy
643	apratirathah	One who has no enemies to threaten Him
644	pradyumnah	Very rich
645	amitavikramah	Of immeasurable prowess
646	kaalanemi-nihaa	Slayer of Kalanemi
647	veerah	The heroic victor
648	shauri	One who always has invincible prowess
649	surah-janeshvarah	Lord of the valiant
651	trilokaatmaa	The self of the three worlds
652	trilokeshah	The Lord of the three worlds
653	keshavah	One whose rays illumine the cosmos
654	keshihaa	Killer of Kesi
655	harih	The destroyer
656	kaamadevah	The beloved Lord
657	kaamapaalah	The fulfiller of desires
658	kaamee	One who has fulfilled all His desires
659	kaantah	Of enchanting form
660	kritaagamah	The author of the agama scriptures
661	anirdeshya-vapuh	Of Indescribable form
662	vishnuh	All-pervading
663	veerah	The courageous
664	anantah	Endless
665	dhananjayah	One who gained wealth through conquest

About the temple

The Parasurama Temple at Thiruvallam is located 7 km from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. It is a 2000-year-old temple on the banks of the River Karamana and is the only one in Kerala dedicated to Sree Parasurama, the mythological creator of the State. This temple is a venue for ancestor worship. As part of the bali ritual, devotees make offerings to the souls of the departed, after taking a dip in the holy water.