Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram - Dasasloki Gunotkarsha 10/10
Viṣṇuṁ jiṣṇuṁ mahāviṣṇuṁ...
(The Grand Prapatti/Surrender)
Dasasloki Gunotkarsha of Bhagawan Vishnu
(Exploring the Bheeshma-Yudhishthira Samvaada)
विष्णुं जिष्णुं महाविष्णुं प्रभविष्णुं महेश्वरम् ।
अनेकरूप दैत्यान्तं नमामि पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
viṣṇuṁ jiṣṇuṁ mahāviṣṇuṁ prabhaviṣṇuṁ mahēśvaram |
anēkarūpa daityāntaṁ namāmi puruṣōttamam ||
Summary of the
Meaning (Tatparya)
I bow down in
absolute surrender (Namami) to the Supreme Person (Purushottama),
who is all-pervading (Vishnu), eternally victorious over all limitations
(Jishnu), the source of infinite absolute greatness (Mahavishnu),
the magnificent creator who commands the universe (Prabhavishnu), and
the ultimate Lord over all other gods (Maheshvara). He assumes countless
divine manifestations (Anekaroopa) to systematically destroy demonic,
negative forces (Daityantam) for the protection of His dependent souls.
Word-by-Word
Meaning (Pada-Artha)
·
विष्णुम् (Viṣṇum): The all-pervading Being
who actively sustains creation from within.
·
जिष्णुम् (Jiṣṇum): The eternally victorious
One; He who can never be defeated by time, material bonds, or opposing forces.
·
महाविष्णुम् (Mahāviṣṇum): The Great Vishnu;
emphasizing His absolute, unconditioned infinity of attributes.
·
प्रभविष्णुम् (Prabhaviṣṇum): The extraordinarily
powerful source from whom all creation, vitalization, and active power emerges.
·
महेश्वरम् (Mahēśvaram): The Sovereign Lord of all lords; the supreme
commander of all cosmic administrative deities.
·
अनेकरूप
(Anēkarūpa): He who possesses and manifests countless divine, non-material
forms and incarnations.
·
दैत्यान्तम् (Daityāntam): The absolute terminator or destroyer (antam)
of the demonic forces (daitya).
·
नमामि
(Namāmi): I offer my complete physical, mental, and intellectual prostration
and surrender.
·
पुरुषोत्तमम् (Puruṣōttamam): The Supreme Person
who transcends both mutable souls and His changeless consort, Sri Mahalakshmi.
Philosophical
Commentary (Bhashya)
·
The Four Forms of 'Vishnu' (The
Doctrine of Non-Difference): Notice how the verse repeats variations of the
root word: Viṣṇuṁ, Jiṣṇuṁ, Mahāviṣṇuṁ, Prabhaviṣṇuṁ. This layout reinforces
Svaroopa-Gata-Bheda-Abheda—the doctrine that the Lord’s original form, His
cosmic expansions, His attributes, and His actions are absolutely identical,
indivisible, and pure Sat-Chit-Ananda.
·
Anekaroopa (Infinite Form
without Materiality): Unlike schools that claim God only has one true form and
everything else is a temporary illusion (Mithya), Sri Madhvacharya
teaches that all forms of Vishnu are completely real, eternal, and
non-material. He is Anekaroopa because He can manifest infinitely
simultaneously without ever fragmenting His divine essence.
·
Namāmi Puruṣōttamam (The Climax of Sharanagati): This tenth verse shifts the
entire text from a philosophical lecture to a personal act of absolute
surrender (Namāmi). By surrendering to Purushottama, the Jiva
acknowledges its status as Paratantra (completely dependent) and seeks
the protection of the independent Bimba (Lord Vishnu) to cross over the
ocean of material existence.
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naham karta harih karta
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