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64 VISHNU SAHASRANAMA
228. The turner. (Āvartanah).
Of the wheel of Samsāra.
229. Of liberated mind (Nivrittātmā). (597)
From the bonds of Samsāra.
230. He who is veiled (Samvritah).
By the Avidyā that covers nature.
Vya. He is of the splendour of the sun and beyond
the darkness, so the Śruti says.
231. The crusher (Sampramardanah).
By manifesting as Rudra, Death and the rest.
Vya. He destroys the darkness of the devotees by his
knowledge.
232. The regulator of day (Ahassamvartakah).
As the Sun.
Vya. He regulates the day, time, etc.
233. The fire (Vahnih).
As He carries (Vah—to carry) the oblations to
the gods.
Vya. He is the space as the Śruti (Puru. Sūk., 4)
says : “ One portion of his has become the whole Universe.”
234. The air (Anilah).
As He is beginningless (anādi), he is called ‘ anila ’.
Vya. He is supreme. He is the life itself, as the
Śruti (Tai. Up., 1-7), “ who will live and who will be
sentient without him ? ”
235. The bearer of the Earth (Dharanidharah).
As Ādiśesha and also Boar. (Ślo. 38)
236. The gracious (Suprasādah).
As He gives Salvation even to such wrong-doers as
Śisupāla and others.