The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram

Verse 530

नित्यत्वात्सर्वगतत्वात् देशकालपरिच्छेदाभावात् अनन्तः; शेषरूपो वा ।हुतं भुनक्तीति हुतभुक् ।प्रकृतिं भोग्याम् अचेतनां भुङ्क्ते इति, जगत्पालयतीति वा भोक्ता ।भक्तानां सुखं मोक्षलक्षणं ददातीति सुखदः; असुखं द्यति खण्डयतव असुखदः ।धर्मगुप्तये असकृज्जायमानत्वात् नैकजः ।अग्रे जायत इति अग्रजः हिरण्यगर्भः, 'हिरण्यगर्भः सुमवर्तता' इत्यादिश्रुतेः ।अवाप्तसर्वकामत्वादप्राप्तिहेत्वभावान्निर्वेदोऽस्य नास्तीति अनिर्विणः ।सतः साधून् आभिमुख्येन मृष्यते क्षमत इति सदामर्षी ।तमनाधारमाधारमधिष्ठाय बयो लोकास्तिष्ठन्ति इति लोकाधिष्ठानं ब्रह्म ।अद्भुतत्वात् अद्भुतः, 'श्रवणायापि बहुभिर्यो न लभ्यः शृण्वन्तोऽपि बहवो यं न विद्युः ।आश्चर्यो वक्ता कुशलोSस्य लब्धा आश्चर्या ज्ञाता कुशलानुशिष्ट : ' इति श्रुतेः ।

In plain words

He is Ananta because he is eternal, all-pervading, and entirely free from the limitations of space and time, or because he manifests as the serpent Śeṣa. He is Hutabhuk because he accepts sacrificial offerings, and Bhoktā because he presides over insentient nature while sustaining the cosmos. He is Sukhada because he grants the bliss of liberation, and Asukhada because he destroys all suffering. He is Naikaja because he takes birth again and again to protect righteousness. He is Agraja because he is the first-born Hiranyagarbha, as the Veda declares. He is Anirviṇa because weariness or dejection never touches him, all his desires being eternally fulfilled. He is Sadāmarṣī because he endlessly forgives and cherishes the righteous. He is Lokādhiṣṭhāna because all the worlds rest upon him as their foundation. He is Adbhuta because of his wondrous nature, as the scripture attests: 'He is rarely heard of by many; wondrous is his teacher, wondrous is his realizer, and rare is the one instructed by a master.'

Close to the Sanskrit

Ananta because of eternity, omnipresence, and absence of spatial and temporal limitation, or as the form of Śeṣa. Hutabhuk because he enjoys oblations. Bhoktā because he experiences insentient nature as object of enjoyment and protects the world. Sukhada because he bestows supreme happiness in the form of liberation, and Asukhada because he shatters misery. Naikaja because he takes birth repeatedly for the protection of dharma. Agraja because he is born first, Hiranyagarbha, from the Vedic text 'Hiranyagarbha came into being first.' Anirviṇa because he has no despondency, since all his desires are fulfilled and there is no cause for non-attainment. Sadāmarṣī because he patiently forgives virtuous people. Lokādhiṣṭhāna because the three worlds rest upon him as the supreme foundation. Adbhuta because of his wondrous nature, from the scriptural passage: 'He is not easily obtained even for hearing... wondrous is the speaker, skillful is the achiever, wondrous is the knower instructed by a competent guide.'