Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.69
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5.69.1
भूयो मे पुण्डरीकाक्षं सञ्जयाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः ।
नामकर्मार्थवित्तात प्राप्नुयां पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥ ५.६९.१ ॥
Sañjaya, tell me again about the lotus-eyed one, as I ask, so that knowing his names, deeds and meaning I may attain the best of persons.
5.69.2
श्रुतं मे वासुदेवस्य नामनिर्वचनं शुभम् ।
यावत्तत्राभिजानेऽहमप्रमेयो हि केशवः ॥ ५.६९.२ ॥
I have heard the auspicious explanation of Vāsudeva's name, as far as I recall it there. Keśava is indeed immeasurable.
5.69.3
वसनात्सर्वभूतानां वसुत्वाद्देवयोनितः ।
वासुदेवस्ततो वेद्यो बृहत्त्वाद्विष्णुरुच्यते ॥ ५.६९.३ ॥
Because he dwells in all beings, is the abode (vasu), and is of divine origin, he is to be known as Vāsudeva; and from his greatness he is called Viṣṇu.
5.69.4
मौनाद्ध्यानाच्च योगाच्च विद्दि भारत माधवम् ।
सर्वतत्त्वलयाच्चैव मधुहा मधुसूदनः ॥ ५.६९.४ ॥
O Bhārata, know him as Mādhava through silence, meditation and yoga; and through the dissolution of all principles he is the slayer of Madhu, Madhusūdana.
5.69.5
कृषिर्भूवाचकः शब्दो गश्च निर्वृतिवाचकः ।
विष्णुस्तद्भावयोगाच्च कृष्णो भवति सात्वतः ॥ ५.६९.५ ॥
The root kṛṣ signifies existence and the syllable ga signifies bliss; through union with that state Viṣṇu becomes Kṛṣṇa, the Sātvata.
5.69.6
पुण्डरीकं परं धाम नित्यमक्षयमव्ययम् ।
तद्भावात्पुण्डरीकाक्षो दस्युत्रासाज्जानार्दनः ॥ ५.६९.६ ॥
Puṇḍarīka is the supreme abode, eternal, imperishable and undecaying; from that state he is Puṇḍarīkākṣa, and from terrifying the robbers he is Janārdana.
5.69.7
यतः सत्वं न च्यवते यच्च यत्वान्न हीयते ।
सात्वतः सात्वतस्तस्मादार्षभाद्वृषभेक्षणः ॥ ५.६९.७ ॥
Because his essence never falls away and his strength never wanes, he is Sātvata; bull-eyed, he is Vṛṣabhekṣaṇa.
5.69.8
न जायते जनित्राऽयमजस्तस्मादनीकजित् ।
देवानां स्वप्रकाशत्वाद्दमाद्दामोदरो विभुः ॥ ५.६९.८ ॥
He is not born and was not begotten of any mother; therefore he is unborn (Aja), conqueror of armies. Self-luminous among the gods, and bound by restraint, the all-pervading lord is Dāmodara.
5.69.9
हर्षात्सुखात्सुखैश्वर्याद्धृषीकेशत्वमश्रुते ।
बाहुभ्यां रोदसी बिभ्रन्महाबाहुरिति स्मृतः ॥ ५.६९.९ ॥
Through joy, through bliss, and through blissful sovereignty he attains the state of Hṛṣīkeśa. Bearing heaven and earth with his two arms, he is remembered as the great-armed one (Mahābāhu).
5.69.10
अघो न क्षीयते जातु यस्मात्तस्मादधोक्षजः ।
नराणामयनाच्चापि ततो नारायणः स्मृतः ॥ ५.६९.१० ॥
Because the downward fall (adhaḥ) never diminishes, he is Adhokṣaja. And as the refuge (ayana) of men, he too is remembered as Nārāyaṇa.
5.69.11
पूरणात्सदनाच्चापि ततोऽसौपुरुषोत्तमः ।
असतश्च सतश्चैव सर्वस्य प्रभवाप्ययात्।
सर्वस्य च सदा ज्ञानात्सर्वमेतं प्रचक्षते ॥ ५.६९.११ ॥
Because he fills (pūraṇa) and abides (sadana), he is also Puruṣottama. He is the source and dissolution of all, of the non-existent and of the existent; and because he always knows all, people call him 'all' (Sarva).
5.69.12
सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितः कृष्णः सत्यमत्र प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
सत्यात्सत्यं तु गोविन्दस्तस्मात्सत्योपि नामतः ॥ ५.६९.१२ ॥
Kṛṣṇa is established in truth, and here truth is established in him. From truth, Govinda is true; therefore he is also called true (Satya) by name.
5.69.13
विष्णुर्विक्रमणाद्देवो जयनाञ्जिष्णुरुच्यते ।
शाश्वतत्वादनन्तश्च गोविन्दो वेदनाद्भवाम् ॥ ५.६९.१३ ॥
By striding forth he is the god Viṣṇu; by conquering he is called Jiṣṇu; by being eternal he is Ananta; by making known he is Govinda…
5.69.14
अतत्त्वं कुरुते तत्त्वं तेन मोहयते प्रजाः ॥ ५.६९.१४ ॥
He makes what is not real appear as real, and by this he deludes creatures.
5.69.15
एवंविधो धर्मनित्यो भगवान्मधुसूदनः ।
आगन्ता हि महाबाहुरानृशंस्यार्थमच्युतः ॥ ५.६९.१५ ॥
Such a one, ever devoted to dharma, the blessed Madhusūdana, the mighty-armed Acyuta, will indeed come for the sake of non-cruelty.