विष्णुसहस्रनाम स्तोत्र (महाभारत अनुशासन पर्व - जगद्गुरु आदि शंकराचार्य भाष्य सानुवाद सटीक)

106 VISHNU SAHASRANAMA
566. The refuge and the best (Gatisattamah)
(Slo. 73)
567. With a good bow (Sudhanvā).
The bow named Sārnga which He wields symbolises
the senses and the rest.
568. With a punishing axe (Khandaparaśuh or
Akhandaparaśuh).
Punishing the foes with his axe during the incarnation
of Paraśurāma, the son of Jamadagni ; or the name may be
taken as ' Akhandaparaśuh,' meaning wielding . . .
569. ' Merciless (Dārunah).
Towards the evil-doers.
570. The giver of wealth (Dravinapradah).
As He gives the desired objects to His devotees.
Vya. He gives the wealth of Sāstras (as Vyāsa).
571. The sky-reaching (Divassprik).
Vya. One reaches heaven by the supreme knowledge
572. Omniscient-Vyāsa (Sarvadrikvyāsah).¹
Or Sarvadrik : he who is the eye of all ; Vyāsa : he who
divided the Vedas into four, Rig, etc. The Rigveda again
was divided into twenty-one branches, the Yajus into one
hundred and one, the Sāmaveda into a thousand and the
Atharvaveda into nine branches or Sākhās ; he also divided
all the Purānas ; hence Vyāsa means Brahmā, the creator.
573. The Lord of Vidyās and unborn (Vāchaspatih-
ayonijah).²
' Unborn ' not born of any woman. (Slo. 74)
574. Having the three Sāmans (Trisāmā).
He is praised by the singers of three Sāmans, viz.,
Deva, Vrata, and Sāman.
¹ This makes 2 names.
² Ibid.