671, Mahaakramah –“Of Great-Step.” Directly we are reminded of the Vamana-Incarnation when the Lord measured the three worlds by His three steps. It also indicates the root meaning of the term, Vishnu-”The one who has the long stride-meaning, “ All-pervading.” Since He is All-pervading, He reaches everywhere earlier than all others.
672. Mahaakarmaa –“One Who performs great deeds.” The creation, the dissolution, the protection and the spread of the Knowledge-of- Truth, all these are indeed great undertakings. He alone performs them, through Maha- Purushas who have surrendered themselves unto Him-those who, in total surrender, have indeed become one with the Lord in love and being.
673. Mahaatejaah –“Of Great Resplendence.” The Upanishads glorify Him in that even the Sun, Moon, the stars and fire have no light of their own. By Him they shine, the Giver of Light to all. In the Geeta, the Lord insists that “The Supreme is the Light of all lights, beyond all darkness” and again He asserts, “Understand that Light in the Sun by which the whole world is illumined, and that Light in the Moon and in the fire to be My own Light.” Here the Light of Consciousness, the Self, is indicated.
674. Mahoragah –“The Great Serpent.” Uraga means serpent In Geeta, Bhagavan says (Among the nagas, the many-hooded serpents, I am Ananta.) Ananta is the five-headed Great Serpent also called Sesha, upon which the Lord Vishnu reclines. Again in Geeta the Lord says (Among the serpents I am Vasuki), Mythologically, this is the serpent adorning Lord Siva's ring finger, Though so small as to become a ring for the Lord, it was this Vaasuki who offered himself as the great rope in churning the milky ocean. This paradox reminds us of the Upanishadic declaration (Smaller than the smallest and greater than the greatest).
675. Mahaakratuh –“The Great Sacrifice.” The Supreme cannot be experienced without the greatest sacrifice, the total sacrifice of the Ego, the jeeva-Bhaava. The Great Sacrifice indicates traditionally the Asvamedha Yaaga. There- fore, some commentators explain this term “as one who is of the very form of Asvamedha Yaaga.”
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subhasrini
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
Let us pray at the feet of Sai Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him.