The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram

Verse 438

शोभनमिन्द्रियादिमयं शार्ङ्गं धनुरस्यान्तीति सुधन्वा ।शत्रूणां खण्डनात् खण्डः परशुरस्य जामदग्न्याकृतेरिति खण्डपरशुः; अखण्डः परशुरस्येति वा ।सन्मार्गविरोधिनां दारुणत्वात् दारुणः ।द्रविणं वाञ्छितं भक्तेभ्यः प्रददातीति द्रविणप्रदः ।दिवः स्पर्शनात् दिवःस्पृक् ।सर्वदृशां सर्वज्ञानां विस्तारकृद्व्यासः सर्वदृग्व्यासः ।अथवा, सर्वा च सा दृक् चेति सर्वदृक्, सर्वाकारं ज्ञानम्; सर्वस्य दृष्टित्वाद्वा सर्वदृक् ।ऋग्वेदादिविभागेन चतुर्धा वेदा व्यस्ताः कृताः, आद्यो वेद एकविंशतिधा कृतः, द्वितीयः एकोत्तरशतधा कृतः, सामवेदः सहस्रधा कृतः, अथर्ववेदो नवधा शाखाभेदेन कृतः ।एवम् अन्यानि च पुराणानि व्यस्तान्यनेनेति व्यासः

In plain words

He is Sudhanvā, wielding the splendid Śārṅga bow formed of the senses. He is Khaṇḍaparaśu, wielding the destroying axe in His form as Jamadagni's son (Paraśurāma), or possessing an unbroken axe. He is Daruṇa, stern toward those who oppose the righteous path. He is Draviṇaprada, the grantor of desired wealth to His devotees. He is Divaḥspṛk, touching the skies. He is Sarvadṛgvysa, the expander of all spiritual knowledge, or Sarvadṛk, the all-seeing one whose perception encompasses all forms and who witnesses everything. He is Vyāsa because He arranged the Vedas into four divisions: the first Veda into twenty-one branches, the second into a hundred and one, the Sāmaveda into a thousand, and the Atharvaveda into nine branch-traditions, alongside the compilation of the Purāṇas.

Close to the Sanskrit

Sudhanvā is one whose horn bow, splendid and consisting of the senses, throws arrows. Khaṇḍaparaśu is one whose axe destroys enemies, due to the form of Jamadagni's son; or unbroken is his axe. Daruṇa is stern due to being hostile to the unrighteous path. Draviṇaprada is one who grants desired wealth to devotees. Divaḥspṛk is touching heaven due to reaching the skies. Sarvadṛgvysa is the expander and maker of all visions and knowledges; or Sarvadṛk is one whose vision is all-inclusive, since knowledge has all forms, or due to being the seer of all. Vyāsa is so named because the Vedas were arranged by him in four ways through the division of the Ṛgveda etc., with the first Veda made into twenty-one branches, the second into a hundred and one branches, the Sāmaveda into a thousand branches, and the Atharvaveda into nine branch distinctions; and likewise other purāṇas were arranged by him.