(ix) Atma-nivedana – This is the ultimate in bhakti when one offers one’s own self to the Lord.Īny offering can be bought and given to the Lord. (viii) Sakhya – here the devotee claims friendship with the Lord and wants to enjoy and command all the rights that one can exercise with a true friend. (vii) Dasya – this refers to the unquestioning attitude of servitude like that of the slave to the master. (vi) Vandana – in this we offer obeisance to the divinity. (v) Archana – in this method, flowers are offered to the Lord along with the chanting of His name. (iv) Padaseva – here we worship His lotus feet and cling on to it as the only salvation to swim through this samsara sagara. (iii) Smarana – in this the greatness of the Lord is enjoyed by remembering Him, thinking of Him and contemplating His effulgence and divine grace through our mind’s-eye. (ii) Kirtana, where the God is praised through hymns and chants. listening to the expositions of the Glory of God and hearing His divine names mentioned by others.
Other Names in the Vishnu Sahasranamamīhagavata refers to nine types of devotion. The table below shows the different arrangements of these weapons in the four hands of the 24 vyuha images of Vishnu as per the description found in the patala khanda of the Padma purana. sankha, chakra, gada and padma are arranged. Iconographically all these vyuhas are identical except for the manner in which the four emblems/weapons i.e. His brother Balarama is Sankarshana and Pradyumna and Aniruddha are His son and grandson respectively. Stories of Krishna’s greatness are innumerable. Sri Krishna is of course, Vasudeva, the famed lord of the Mahabharata. These four forms are known as Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. In the Vyuha, He manifests Himself in four forms for the well-being of mankind. Paratva refers to Sri Vaikuntham where the Lord is present as Para Vasudeva with His inseparable consort, Sri Maha- lakshmi and nityasuris like Ananta, Garuda, Visvaksena, etc.
They are Paratva (or supreme), Vyuha (or emanation), Vibhava (or incarnation), Archa (or icon) and Antaryami (or in-dweller). He is all powerful and at the same time all merciful. Vishnu, the Supreme Lord, is said to be all pervading, omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent.
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