om namo bhagavate vaasudevaaya.
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aprameyo hrishikesah padmanaabho maraprabhuh I
viswakarmaa manustvashtaa sthavishthah sthaviro dhruvah II
अप्रमेयो हृषीकेशः पद्मनाभो मरप्रभुः I
विश्वकर्मा मनुस्त्वष्टा स्थविष्ठः स्थविरो ध्रुवः II
అప్రమేయో హ్రిషీకేశః పద్మనాభో మరప్రభుః I
విశ్వకర్మా మనుస్త్వష్టా స్థవిష్థః స్థవిరో ధ్రువః II
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This 6th sloka of VSNS has 10 names of lord Vishnu presented in it. They are listed below:
46) aprameyah (अप्रमेयः) (అప్రమేయః)
47) hrishikesah (हृषीकेशः) (హ్రిషీకేశః )
48) padmanaabhah (पद्मनाभः) (పద్మనాభః)
49) amaraprabhuh (अमरप्रभुः) (అమరప్రభుః)
50) viswakarmaa (विश्वकर्मा) (విశ్వకర్మా)
51) manuh (मनुः) (మనుః)
52) tvashtaa (त्वष्टा) (త్వష్టా)
53) sthavishthah (स्थविष्ठः) (స్థవిష్థః)
54) sthavirah (स्थविरः) (స్థవిరః)
55) dhruvah (ध्रुवः) (ధ్రువః)
Their meanings are presented below:
nama no. 46) aprameyah ( (अप्रमेयः) (అప్రమేయః)
om aprameyaaya namah! (ओं अप्रमेयाय नमः) (ఓం అప్రమేయాయ నమః)
This nama 'aprameya' means that He is the one who is not comprehensible by even the senses of all the gods. This nama thus means that it is not possible to dissect Him and learn that He is of this kind or He is of that capability even to the most powerful senses of gods including those of Brahma, who is said to be the first in the process of creation. The word 'prama' means 'true knowledge'. The five senses are the means towards such knowledge. Generally, these senses possessed by gods are more powerful than those of humans. And, praramatma is not even perceivable by such senses.
nama no. 47) hrishikesah (हृषीकेशः) (హ్రిషీకేశః)
om hrishikesavaaya namah (ओं हृषीकेशवाया नमः) (ఓం హ్రిషీకేశవాయ నమః)
(This nama 'hrishikesa' reveals that Lord Vishnu is the controller of the senses of all the beings. 'hrishika' means 'senses.' hrishikaanaam + eesah = hrishikesah. As He is the controller of the senses, He is called 'hrishikesa.')
He is the direct controller of the senses (indriyas) of all of the living beings starting from brahma till Pipilaka. That actually means He is the cause for the functioning of the senses and also their cessation. 'hrishi' means 'happiness'; 'ka' means 'pleasure, and 'eesah' means He is their controller.
There is one secret. Everyone has the ability to control their senses. But that ability is obtained as controlled and given by the paramatma.
nama no. 48) padmanaabhah (पद्मनाभः) (పద్మనాభః)
om padmanaabhaaya namah (ओं पद्मनाभाय नमः) (ఓం పద్మనాభాయ నమః )
The nama 'padmanaabha' reminds us of the earlier namas. 'Padmanaabha' means the one who has in His naval the lotus (padmam) which is the birth place of Brahma, who is known as padmabhava.
In essence, the one in whose naval the lotus, which is the source of Brahma's origin, is born that swaamy is the 'padmanaabha.'
nama no. 49) amaraprabhuh (अमरप्रभुः) (అమరప్రభుః)
om amaraprabhave namah (ओं अमरप्रभावे नमः) (ఓం అమరప్రభవే నమః)
Earlier, it has been revealed through several of Lord Vishnu's namas that the God has the superiority even over all of the devatas.
As He bestows on all those devatas the powers over all the activities and dealings from creation onwards and remains as their controller, He is also praised as 'amaraprabhuh.'
nama no. 50) viswakarmaa (विश्वकर्मा) (విశ్వకర్మా)
om viswakarmane namah (ओं विश्वकर्मणे नमः) (ఓం విశ్వకర్మణే నమః)
He is praised as 'viswakarma' as He is the controller of the devatas, just as referred to in the previous nama 'amaraprabhuh.'
As He is the first and foremost cause of all the activities and dealings of the universe before and after its creation by Brahma, He is called 'viswakarma.'
It is said that the whole universe is born from Him.
'purusham viswa karmanaan.'
ya ima viswa bhuvanaani juhvat
'tena vina trinamapi na chalati.'
"Without God's will, even a blade of grass doesn't move.
nama no. 51) manuh (मनुः) (మనుః)
om manave namah (ओं मनवे नमः) (ఓం మనవే నమః)
Experts say that when a man desires to accomplish any task, he follows a particular order, "jaanaati, ichchati, yateti karoti." Learning how to do it; then deciding to do it; later trying to do it, and lastly doing it. This order of doing things also relevant to paramatma.
The all-knowing paramatma also first 'decides.' Accordingly, the first attempt of creating the universe happens. This nama 'manuh' says that He first 'decided' in His mind before creating the universe in his visualization.
Also, though this 'manuh' appears to be a small decision (sankalpam), this was the root cause of all creation.
nama no. 52) tvashtaa (त्वष्टा) (త్వష్టా)
om tvashtre namah (ओं त्वाष्ट्रे नमः) (ఓం త్వష్ట్రే నమః)
Paramatma is also called 'tvashta' as he, by bestowing the appearance and names to the world He created, defines and differentiates different creatures. This nama ' tvashta' means that He is the the one who distinguishes the beings as
devatas (sura), humans (nara), animals (pashu), insects (keetaka), etc.
People call a sculptor as 'tvashta.' The sculptor, who by taking wood, soil or a metal as a base material and converts them into the images of birds, animals and other beautiful images of people is called 'tvashta.' Since paramatma is the one who is responsible for the very first such act of sculpting the universe - the srishti, this nama 'tvashta' firstly belongs to him.
nama no. 53) sthavishthah (स्थविष्ठः) (స్థవిష్ఠః)
om namah (स्थविष्ठाय नमः ) (స్థవిష్ఠాయ నమః)
This nama 'sthavishthah' reveals the vastness of Lord Vishnu. he is the one who created the whole universe and everything (sarva srishti).
At the time of the great disaster (pralayam), the paramatma has taken all the lining and non-living things into Him in the minutest form, and released them later in their complete form. As he has such an inseparable relationship with what he created, and that "He is everything, and everything is Him," He is called 'sthavishthah,' the one with the largest sthula swaroopam.
nama no. 54) sthavirah (स्थविरः) (స్థవిరః)
om sthaviraaya namah (ओं स्थविराय नमः) (ఓం స్థవిరాయ నమః)
The nama 'sthavirah' reveals that though He is the source of the creation of all the things, He remains 'unchangeable.' All the earthly objects transform with time. As revealed by this name 'sthavirah,' He is not influenced by time.
As He is seen during His avataraas that he was born on one day, then grew up with time, became old, and disappeared later, people think that He is also under the influence of time. But that is not correct. In this whole world, He is the only one who remains consistent and unchanged without being dictated by time, nothing else.
nama no. 55) dhruvah (ध्रुवः) (ధ్రువః)
om dhruvaya namah (ओं ध्रुवया नमः) (ఓం ధ్రువాయ నమః)
This nama 'dhruvah' compliments the earlier nama 'sthavirah.' Lord Vishnu is called 'dhruvah' as he possesses the body that doesn't change, despite the several transformations that the world undergoes.
The God's body remains always the same without any growth or decline.
om namo naaraayanaaya!
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