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Vishnu Vandana
I sing praises of Vishnu,
Who is beyond the world, Who is the arrangement of the world, Who is the
Lord of learned men, Who is the end of the world¹,
Who is the beginning of the world, Who has no-one preceding, Who is
Vibhu, Who is worthy of praises, Who is free from knowledge, lack of
knowledge or derivations from them, Who resides inside hearts as
consciousness, Who is the splendor of the world, and Who is reverred by
destiny Herself.||1||
I sing praises of Vishnu,
Who is the truth, Who is beyond truth, and Who is the untrue mundane
existence around us, Who is always sanguine, Who is pure, wise, free,
unexpressed and liberated from destiny, Who is everything, Who is
perhaps situated beyond the scope of everything or anything that
survives beyond everything, Who agglutinates happiness, Who is a
helper to all, and Who is served by the demi-gods.||2||
I sing praises of Vishnu,
Who is the measure, Who is beyond measures, Who is immeasurable, Who
is sought-after by mind, Who is the thought of the thinkers, Who is
reverred by sages, Who is bountiful in splendor (mahima), Who plays
with Maya, Who is skilled in enchanting, Who is the beginning, Who is
beyond Maya, Who is the immense destroyer of passion, and Who is
praiseworthy.||3||
I sing praises of Vishnu,
Who is the small quantities that we see around, Who is beyond the
small quantities, Who is uncrossed, Who is superior to the small
quantities (essentially saying beyond than the smallest), Who is the
basis of ocean of mundane existence, Who is perhaps invariable, Who is
the complete entity, Who perhaps roams within Himself, Who is
bountiful, Who is the supreme One to be reverred, and Who is the
supreme reality.||4||
I sing praises of Vishnu,
Who is beyond time, Who is the dreadful Kaal Himself, Who is as well
benevolent and compassionate, Who is unseasonable by Kaal, Who is
abundant in playful sports, Who is beautiful and enticing, Who is the
reason for desires (by the creation of Maya), Who destroys the desires
within us, Who has lotus-like eyes, Who is the reason for the splendor
of desires, and Who is the Lord of Kamla (Lakshmi).||5||
I sing praises of Vishnu,
Who is eternal bliss, Who is incessantly present, Who is imperishable,
Who is the basis of universe, Who is shining like a glistening cloud,
Who cannot be praised (completely), Who is bountiful in various
manifestations, Who is formless, Who is compassionate, Who has a lotus
burgeoning forth from the belly-button, and Who has lotus-like
eyes.||6||
Notes:
¹When
everything is submerged in darkness or during pralay, the entity that
exists is being referred as the end of the world.
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