Shloka 113
Vishnu-sahasranāma-style Japa: Vishnu as Cosmic Cause and Inner Self
Antaryāmin
ज्ञेयश्च ज्ञेयहीनश्च (६७०) ज्ञप्तिश्चैतन्यरूपकः / भावो भाव्यो भवकरो भावनो भवनाशनः
jñeyaśca jñeyahīnaśca (670) jñaptiścaitanyarūpakaḥ / bhāvo bhāvyo bhavakaro bhāvano bhavanāśanaḥ
พระองค์ทรงเป็นผู้พึงรู้ได้ แต่ก็เหนือกว่าสิ่งที่พึงรู้ทั้งปวง; ทรงเป็นญาณอันบริสุทธิ์ มีสภาวะเป็นจิตสำนึก (ไจตันยะ). ทรงเป็นภาวะมีอยู่ เป็นเป้าหมายที่พึงบรรลุ เป็นเหตุแห่งภพ; ทรงเป็นภาวนา (สมาธิ) และทรงทำลายภพแห่งโลกีย์।
Lord Viṣṇu (in discourse to Garuḍa/Vainateya)
Concept: The Lord is both the object of knowledge and the very power of knowing; He is Being and the dissolver of saṃsāra through bhāvanā (contemplative realization).
Vedantic Theme: Brahman as sat-cit (Being-Consciousness), transcending prameya (knowables) while enabling all cognition; saṃsāra-nāśa through right knowledge/meditation.
Application: Use nāma-japa and nididhyāsana: contemplate the Lord as the witnessing consciousness; reduce identification with changing states (bhava) to weaken saṃsāric momentum.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.15 (Vishnu-nāma stotra section; adjacent epithets on cit, kāla, and avatāras)
FAQs
It identifies the Supreme as not merely an object to be known, but as knowing itself—pure awareness—pointing seekers toward inner realization rather than external description.
By presenting the Divine as both the cause of becoming (bhava-kara) and the destroyer of becoming (bhava-nāśana), it frames liberation as turning from worldly cycles toward realization through true knowledge and contemplation (bhāvana).
Cultivate bhāvana—steady reflection/meditation on the Self as awareness—along with dharmic living, to reduce attachment-driven “becoming” and orient life toward liberation.