Vishnu Sahasranama · Shloka 78
Poorvaashaada Nakshatra · Pada 2
संस्कृत · Sanskrit
एको नैकः सवः कः किं यत्तत्पदमनुत्तमम्। लोकबन्धुर्लोकनाथो माधवो भक्तवत्सलः॥७८॥
English transliteration
eko naikah savah kah kim yat-tath-padam-anuttamam ׀ loka-bandhur-lokanāto madhavo bhakta-vatsala-ha
English meaning
725. Ekaḥ – One without any kind of internal, external or dissimilar differences – absolutely non-dual. 726. Naikaḥ – One who has numerous bodies born of Māyā. 727. Savaḥ – That Yajña in which Soma is prepared and used. 728. Kaḥ – The syllable 'Ka' indicates joy or happiness; thus one who is hymned as constituted of joy. 729. Kim – One who is fit to be contemplated upon, being the summation of all values. 730. Yat – One who is by nature self-existent; 'Yat' indicates a self- subsisting entity. 731. Tat – Brahma is so called because He 'expands' (Tanoti). 732. Padamanuttamam – Brahman is 'Pada' or the ultimate Status – the goal of all Mokṣa-seekers. It is Anuttama because there is nothing beyond It to be attained. 733. Lokabandhuḥ – One who is the friend of all the worlds. 734. Lokānāthaḥ – One to whom all the worlds pray. 735. Mādhavaḥ – One who was born in the clan of Madhu. 736. Bhaktavatsalaḥ – One who has boundless love for devotees.
हिंदी अर्थ
725 एकः – सब प्रकार के भेद-भावों से रहित अद्वितीय, 726 नैकः – उपाधि भेद से अनेक, 727 सवः – जिनमें सोम नाम की ओषधि का रस निकाला जाता है, ऐसे यज्ञ स्वरूप, 728 कः – सुख स्वरूप, 729 किम् – विचारणीय ब्रह्म स्वरूप, 730 यत् – स्वतःसिद्ध, 731 तत् – विस्तार करने वाले, 732 पदमनुत्तमम् – मुमुक्षु पुरुषों द्वारा प्राप्त किये जाने योग्य अत्युत्तम परमपद, 733 लोकबन्धुः – समस्त प्राणियों के हित करने वाले परम मित्र, 734 लोकनाथः – सबके द्वारा याचना किये जाने योग्य लोकस्वामी, 735 माधवः – मधुकुल में उत्पन्न होने वाले, 736 भक्तवत्सलः – भक्तों से प्रेम करने वाले