This is in consequence of no attributes being affirmable of Him.
He that stands in need of no blessings (in view of His fullness),
He that never swerves from his own nature, puissance and knowledge,
He that is mobile in the form of wind,
He that never identifies Himself with anything that is Not-soul,
The Vedanta philosophy states that the universe consists of Soul and Not-soul, that is, matter. Jiva, when cased in matter or Not-soul, takes Not-soul for itself, in its
ignorance. Until true knowledge is attained, the body is always mistaken for ‘self’.
He that confers honours on His worshippers,
He that is honoured by all,
He that is the Lord of the three worlds,
He that upholds the three worlds,
He that is possessed of intelligence and memory capable of holding in His mind the contents of all treatises,
He that took birth in a sacrifice,
He that is worthy of the highest praise,
He whose intelligence and memory are never futile,
He that upholds the Earth,
He that pours forth heat in the form of the Sun,
He that is the bearer of great beauty of limbs,
He that is the foremost of all the bearers of weapons,
He that accepts the flowery and leafy offerings made to Him by His worshippers,
He that has subdued all His passions, and grinds all His foes,
He that has none to walk before Him,
He that has four horns,
He that is the elder brother of Gada,
He that has four forms,
The four forms relate to Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.
He that has four arms,
He, from whom the four Purusas have sprung,
He that is the refuge of the four modes of life and the four orders of men,
The modes of life refer to the stages of life; the orders of men refer to their castes, as stated in Dharma-Sastra.
He that is of four souls,
The reference is to mind, understanding, consciousness and memory.
He from who spring the four objects of life,
The reference is to righteousness, wealth, pleasure and emancipation,
He that is conversant with the four Vedas,
He that has displayed only a fraction of His puissance,
He that sets the wheel of the world to revolve round and round,
He whose soul is dissociated from all worldly attachments,
He that is incapable of being vanquished,
He that cannot be transcended,
He that is exceedingly difficult of being attained,
He that is difficult of being approached,
He that is difficult of access,
He that is difficult of being brought into the heart (even by yoga),
He that slays even the most powerful foes,
He that has beautiful limbs,
He that takes the essence of all things in the universe,
He that holds the most beautiful warp and woof,
The allegory is to the universe being a fabric woven by Visnu.
He that weaves with ever-extending warp and woof,
He whose acts are glorious as those of Indra,
He whose acts are great,
He that has no acts undone,
He that has composed all the Veda-sakhas and scriptures,
He whose birth is high,
He that is exceedingly handsome,
He whose heart is full of commiseration,
He that has precious gems in His navel,
He that has excellent knowledge for His eye,
He that is worthy of worship by Brahma and other foremost ones in the universe,
He that is giver of food,
He that assumed horns at the time of the universal dissolution,
He that has always subjugated His foes most wonderfully,
He that knows all things, or
He that is ever victorious over those that are of irresistible prowess,
He whose limbs are like gold,
He that is incapable of being agitated,
The reference is to no agitation to Visnu by wrath, aversion or any passion whatsoever.
He that is Master of all those who are masters of all speech and learning,
He that is the deepest lake,
He that is the deepest pit,
He that transcends the influence of Time,
He, in whom the primal elements are established,
He that gladdens the Earth,
He that grants boons which are as agreeable as the kunda flowers,
He that gave away the Earth unto Kasyapa (in His incarnation as Parasu-Rama),
He that extinguishes the three kinds of misery (as stated in the Sankhya philosophy), like a rain-charged cloud cooling the heat of the earth by its downpour,
He that cleanses all creatures,
He that has none to urge Him,
He that drank nectar,
He that has an undying body,
He that is possessed of omniscience,
He that has face and eyes turned towards every direction,
He that is easily won (with such gifts as flowers, leaves),
He that has performed excellent vows,
He that is crowned with success by Himself,
He that is victorious over all foes,
He that scorches all foes,
He that is ever-growing and tall banyan tree that overtops all others,
He that, in the form of food, nourishes all creatures,
He that is sacred fig tree, or
He that is not durable,
