Jeevah -One who remains as the limited ego (jeevah), who in its sense of separateness comes to experience the endless joys and sorrows in the fields of life. One who functions as the Experiencer-of-the-Field (Kshetrajna), as described in the Bhagavat Geeta.
Vinayitaa-saakshee -The Witness of modesty. He is the one Consciousness that illumines the very sense of humility in His devotee’s heart. It can also mean that as Pure Consciousness, He is one without a second, and, therefore, from His state of Universal Oneness He sees nothing other than Himself everywhere. In this Absolute Nature He does not see the world of finitude constituted of the ego and its deluded devilry.
Mukundah -One who gives liberation. To those who are trying to free themselves from the imperfections of the matter-conditionings, and who are struggling hard to end their delusions, Sri Narayana, being the very Goal, ultimately gives complete liberation for all devotees who reach Him in the true spirit of total surrender.
Amita-vikramah -Of immeasurable Prowess or One whose step (Vikramah) is immeasurable (Amita). The Lord in his Vamana-incarnation measured the three worlds by His three steps, and, therefore, He gained the title of ‘Trivikramaha’. Since the Lord’s steps are so vast, they are, indeed, immeasurable-” Amita”- Vikramah.
Ambho-nidhih -The direct meaning of the word is “ocean” and the Lord Himself in the Bhagavat Geeta has declared, “Of the lakes I am the ocean”. According to the Taittireeya Braahmana: “These are the four Ambhas: viz. the Devas, Men, Manes and the Asuras.” Therefore, the term Ambhonidhih should mean “One who is the substratum for all the four types of creatures.
Ananta-atmaa -The Infinite Self. He is undefeated by time, space, or substance, and, therefore, in His own unconditioned nature He is the Infinite One Self. Or it can also mean One who manifests Himself as the endless varieties of entities constituting the universe. Ananta also means “end-less” and, therefore, the Endless Self, which means the Paramaatman, the Supreme Self.
Mahodadhisayah -One who rests on the great ocean. According to the description of Vishnupurana, Lord Narayana reclines upon the Aadisesha in the Milky-ocean of Vaikuntha. It can also mean, “One who remains on a fig-leaf, upon the waters of the deluge, when all names and forms have been dissolved into the unmanifest.
Antakah -The Death. As Time, He is the One who brings about constant changes in the world, without which no evolution or creative development is ever possible.
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