ಶ್ಲೋಕ ೮ - ವಿಷ್ಣು ಸಹಸ್ರನಾಮ
ಈಶಾನಃ ಪ್ರಾಣದಃ ಪ್ರಾಣೋ ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠಃ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠಃ ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿಃ ।
ಹಿರಣ್ಯಗರ್ಭೋ ಭೂಗರ್ಭೋ ಮಾಧವೋ ಮಧುಸೂದನಃ ॥ ೮ ॥
ಪದ ಅರ್ಥ
| ಪದ | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ಈಶಾನಃ | The ruler, the controller |
| ಪ್ರಾಣದಃ | The giver of life/breath |
| ಪ್ರಾಣಃ | The life-breath itself |
| ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠಃ | The eldest |
| ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠಃ | The most excellent |
| ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿಃ | The Lord of all creatures/progeny |
| ಹಿರಣ್ಯಗರ್ಭಃ | The one with the golden womb, source of the cosmic egg |
| ಭೂಗರ್ಭಃ | He within whom the earth rests |
| ಮಾಧವಃ | The husband of Lakṣmī, or "born in the Madhu dynasty" |
| ಮಧುಸೂದನಃ | The slayer of the demon Madhu |
(ईशानः प्राणदः प्राणो ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठः प्रजापतिः ।
हिरण्यगर्भो भूगर्भो माधवो मधुसूदनः ॥ ८ ॥)
īśānaḥ prāṇadaḥ prāṇo jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ prajāpatiḥ |
hiraṇyagarbho bhūgarbho mādhavo madhusūdanaḥ || 8 ||