He, from whose navel the primeval lotus sprang,
He that is the Lord of all the deities,
He that is the Artificer of the universe,
Shankara proposes another meaning: He that is the form of the Sun or the Moon and, as such, the rays of light emanating from those luminaries and gladdening all
creatures are the hairs on His head.
He that is the Mantra,
Manu is another name for Mantra or sacred words having great efficacy.
He that weakens or emaciates all things,
He that is vast,
He that is the Ancient one,
He that is enduring, or
He that is incapable of being seized (by either the senses or the mind),
He that is the Eternal One,
He that is Krisna,
Krisna is one of the foremost names of the supreme God-head. It means One who is always in transports of joy. It is derived from kris who implies ‘to be’ and na meaning
final liberation or cessation of existence. The compound probably means One in whom every attribute has been extinguished. As such there is absence of change, of
sorrow, of gift etc. There is the eternal and highest joy.
He that is the Red-eyed,
Lohitaksha is red-eyed from His eyes being of the hue of polished copper.
He that kills all creatures at the time of universal dissolution,
Pratardana, according to Shankara, means the killer of all creatures
He that is Vast for knowledge and puissance and other attributes of the kind,
Prabhuta is One who is Great or Vast as a result of knowledge, puissance, energy, renunciation, etc.
He that resides in three parts (above, middle, and below) of every creature,
He that which cleanses, is auspicious, and high,
The words Pavitram, Mangalam and Param are taken as one name, although each of them has a separate meaning.
He that urges (controls) all creatures in respect of all their acts,
He that causes the life-breaths to act,
The word Pranada is interpreted variously. It may mean He that causes the life-breaths to operate. It is He that connects the life-breaths, meaning that He sets them a-going
when threatened with extinction. As such, He is the healer of diseases, too.
He that causes all living creatures to live,
Prana implies He who is the cause of the life of every living creature, being Himself, as it were, the life-breath that inspires them.
He that is the Eldest, the Foremost of all those that are regarded as the lords of all creatures,
He that has gold in His abdomen,
Hiranyagarbha signifies He that is identical with the Brahman.
He that has the Earth for his abdomen,
Bhugarbha is One who has the Earth for his abdomen, implying that all things on Earth are His abdomen.
He that is the Lord of Sri or Lakshmi,
He that is the Slayer of Madhu,
He that is the Omnipotent,
He that is endued with great prowess,
He that is armed with the bow,
He that is possessed of a mind capable of bearing the contents of all treatises,
He that roves through the universe riding on Garuda,
He that is well suited to the offerings made unto Him and that has the power to enjoy them properly,
He that is the Unrivalled,
He that is incapable of being discomfited,
He that knows all acts that are done,
He that is identical with all acts,
He that rests on His own true self,
The supreme God-head is the Atmavan, the Supreme Spirit. On the other hand, other beings are said to be sariravan, indriyavan, etc in consequence of the possession of
such attributes as sarira, indriyas, etc. Visnu rests on His own true nature or essence without requiring anything extraneous like the deities or human beings whereon to live
or exist.
He that is the Lord of all the deities,
He that is the Refuge of all, the embodiment of the highest felicity,
He whose seed is the universe,
He that is the source of all things,
He that is the day,
Ahah is the day. He is so called because of Jiva being, as it were, awakened when it goes to Him. As long as the Jiva is away from Him, it is steeped in avidya or
nescience.
He that is the Year,
He is called samvatsara or the year as His essence is Time.
He that is the Snake (owing to His being incapable of being seized),
He is called Vyala, the huge and fierce snake that inspires dread.
He that is the embodiment of Conviction,
He that sees all things,
He that is the Unborn,
He that is the Lord of all creatures,
He that has achieved success,
He that is Success itself, or
He that is Awareness itself,
He that is the beginning of all things (in consequence of His being the cause of all things),
He that is beyond deterioration,
He that is Righteousness in the form of the bovine Bull and that great Boar that raised the submerged Earth,
The word vrishakapi is also explained as being He that showers blessings on His worshippers and causes all His foes to tremble with fear.
