Vishnu Sahasranama · Shloka 90
Dhanistaa Nakshatra · Pada 2
संस्कृत · Sanskrit
अणुर्बृहत्कृशः स्थूलो गुणभृन्निर्गुणो महान्। अधृतः स्वधृतः स्वास्यः प्राग्वंशो वंशवर्धनः॥९०॥
English transliteration
anur-brahat-krushah sthulo guna-bhran-nirguno mahān ׀ adhrutah sva-drutah svāsyah prāg-vamsho vamsha-vardhana-ha
English meaning
835. Aṇuḥ – One who is extremely subtle. 836. Bṛhat – The huge and mighty. 837. Kṛśaḥ – One who is non-material; beyond all Prakṛtic substance. 838. Sthūlaḥ – Being the inner pervader of all, He is described as Sthūla (huge) in a figurative sense. 839. Guṇa-bhṛt – The support of the Guṇas – Sattva, Rajas and Tamas – through which creation, sustentation and dissolution are performed. 840. Nirguṇaḥ – One who is without the Guṇas of Prakṛti. 841. Mahān – The great. 842. Adhṛtaḥ – One who, being the support of all supporting agencies like Pṛthvī (Earth), is Himself not supported by anything external. 843. Svadhṛtaḥ – One supported only by Himself. 844. Svāsyaḥ – One whose face is beautiful and slightly red, like the inside of a lotus flower. 845. Prāgvaṃśaḥ – The Lord's 'lineage' (the world-system) is not preceded by any prior cause – He alone is the ultimate. 846. Vaṃśavardhanaḥ – One who augments or dissolves the world- system, which is His offspring.
हिंदी अर्थ
835 अणुः – अत्यन्त सूक्ष्म, 836 बृहत् – सबसे बड़े, 837 कृशः – अत्यन्त पतले और हलके, 838 स्थूलः – अत्यन्त मोटे और भारी, 839 गुणभृत् – समस्त गुणों को धारण करने वाले, 840 निर्गुणः – सत्त्व, रज और तम – इन तीनों गुणों से रहित, 841 महान् – गुण, प्रभाव, ऐश्वर्य और ज्ञान आदि की अतिशयता के कारण परम महत्व सम्पन्न, 842 अधृतः – जिनको कोई भी धारण नहीं कर सकता – ऐसे निराधार, 843 स्वधृतः – अपने आप से धारित यानी अपनी ही महिमा में स्थित, 844 स्वास्यः – सुन्दर मुख वाले, 845 प्राग्वंशः – जिनसे समस्त वंश परम्परा आरम्भ हुई है – ऐसे समस्त पूर्वजों के भी पूर्वज आदि पुरुष, 846 वंशवर्द्धनः – जगत प्रपंच रूप वंश को और यादव वंश को बढ़ाने वाले