First sloka with nine names

from e-mail received from DR.V.T.Sundaramurthy, Scientist

Hare Shrinivasa

"adhika mAsa niyAmaka shrI purushOttamAyA namaH"

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OM vishvaM vishhNur-vashhaThka aro bhoota-bhavya- bhavat-prabhuH
bhoota-kRit bhoota-bhRid bhaavo bhootaatmaa bhootabhaavanaH

1. vishvaM

He is the one who has embraced and engulfed the whole world. He is the embodiment of the world. He is in all things in the world and everything in the world is in Him.

vishati sarvam iti vishvam. It means He who can enter into everything.

vishvam means all pervasive and all inclusive.


2. vishNuH

He is the one who is all pervading. He controls internally everything and everyone. The upanishads say that these qualities are 'natural' to Him and He is completely independent while everything else depends on Him.
Ancient scriptures of India declare, eko vishnuh mahadbhutah. There is only one mega presence in the world everywhere and that is Lord Vishnu.

3. vashaTkaaraH

vashatkara is the name of the Lord who is invoked by the sacred vedic terminology vashat. It is an ancient term which is exclaimed at the time of performing the yagna, that too at the end of the sacrificial verse. After hearing this, the adhvaryu priest pours the oblation for the deity into the fire. vashat bascially precedes the oblation, which is an important ritual in any yagna. In fact, in many contexts, yagna has itself been referred to as vashatkara and the vedic texts declare yagna as none other than vishnu only. yagnovai vishnuh.

4. bhUta-bhavya- bhavat prabhuH

He is the Lord of the past, present and future. He controls the flow of time. Thereby He controls the changes that happen at every split second of time.He is beyond the influence of time, past, present and future and that is why He is called kAlAtIta.
He is the creator of time and hence called as kAlOtpAdaka.
As He controls the time, He is called as kAlaniyAmaka.
He is also called as trikAlagna being the one who is responsible for all the happenings in the universe.
He continues forever and that is why He is eternal.

5. bhUtakrut

Without the assistance of any external factor, independently on His own, He can create all the things and beings just by one resolve. He is the creator of the living world, which includes Gods, human beings as well as other creatures. Also He is the creator of the non-sentinent things as well as the entire natural world around us which is made up of the five elements namely space, air, fire, water and earth (as stated in the taittariya upanishad).

As this world is created by God, the world is divine and beautiful. So, if we love and worship the world and the universe thinking that it was created by Him, it is also another form of worshipping God who is popularly known as bhutakrut

6. bhUtabhrut

He is the sustainer of all the beings and all the things. He is the supporter of the entire universe. He is the protector, sustainer and supporter of every one of us internally and externally. He is the ultimate protective force who can promise security for us. Once we feel secure, we can develop more confidence. Confidence gives courage. Courage brings conviction. Conviction brings credibility.


7. bhAvaH

He is the absolute existence in everyone and in everything.
bhAva is the name of such Lord who takes care of the creation, sustenance and destruction of the entire world. bhAva is the pure, divine and noble feelings and sentiments. The moment we call the name of the God by bhAva, such pure thoughts, divine feelings and noble ideas are blessed by such God. It is also a message that our thoughts and deeds, our ambitions and aspirations should be pure, divine and noble.


8. bhUtAtmA

He dwells in all beings. He is there within everybody and everything. He is the sole controller of all that exists. He is the sense and essence of all the beings.

bhUtAtmA is the in-dweller of all the gods and jivas. That is why He is called antaryami of all the people, beings, gods and objects. He is that special divine spark who is dearer than our life. It is He who resides in the inner core of our consciousness.


bhUtAbhAvanaH

It is He who is the cause of all the creation and growth of all the beings. It is He who makes the souls to take birth any number of times according to their actions in each life. He is the one who controls and directs the bhAvanas or feelings and sentiments in everyone. All the elements will have their origin and blossoming in Him.

bhUtabhAvana, through His bhAvana will be controlling the minds of all the beings starting from brahma up to the last jiva.