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Çré Viñëusahasranäma<br />

weapons; pragraha – He accepted the role <strong>of</strong> Arjuna’s chariot driver<br />

out <strong>of</strong> friendship; nigraha – He ordained the destruction <strong>of</strong> Arjuna’s<br />

enemies merely by glancing at them; vyagra – He quickly<br />

accomplished the destruction <strong>of</strong> Arjuna’s enemies; naika-çåìga – He<br />

defeated ther Päëòavas’ enemies with many strategies; gadägraja –<br />

He appeared as the elder brother <strong>of</strong> Gada.<br />

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cTauMaURiTaRêTaubaRhuêTauVYaURhêTauGaRiTa" )<br />

cTauraTMaa cTau>aaRvêTauveRdivdek-PaaTa( cTau>aaRvêTauveRdivdek PaaTa( ))95))<br />

95. caturmürtiç caturbähuç<br />

caturvyühaç caturgatiù<br />

caturätmä caturbhävaç<br />

caturveda-vid ekapät<br />

caturmürti – Lord Kåñëa appeared as the four sons <strong>of</strong> Dharma: Nara,<br />

Näräyaëa, Hari and Kåñëa; caturbähu – Bhéma, Arjuna, Satyaki and<br />

Uddhava were like His four strong arms; caturvyüha – He is the<br />

Supreme Personality <strong>of</strong> Godhead described in the four Vedas;<br />

caturgati – unto Him surrender the four kinds <strong>of</strong> faithful persons: the<br />

distressed, those in need <strong>of</strong> money, the curious and those who want to<br />

know the Absolute Truth; caturätmä – He grants the four blessings <strong>of</strong><br />

economic development, piety, sense gratification and liberation to the<br />

people in general; caturbhäva – He also grants these four blessings to<br />

the devotees in particular; caturveda-vit – He teaches the actual<br />

message <strong>of</strong> the Vedas to the devotees; ekapät – the countless material<br />

universes are but a tiny fragment <strong>of</strong> His actual opulence and power.<br />

SaMaavtaaeR iNav*taaTMaa duJaRYaae duriTa§-Ma" duriTa§ Ma" )<br />

dul/R>aae duGaRMaae duGaaeR duravaSaae durairha ))96))<br />

96. samävartto nivåttätmä<br />

durjayo duratikramaù<br />

durlabho durgamo durgo<br />

duräväso durärihä<br />

samävartta – Lord Kåñëa repeatedly creates the material universes;<br />

nivåttätmä – He also repeatedly annihilates them; durjaya – He is<br />

invincible and can be defeated only by pure devotional service;<br />

duratikrama – no one can ignore His order; durlabha – He is attained<br />

only by the most difficult-to-practice path <strong>of</strong> pure devotional service;<br />

durgama – He is understood by the difficult study <strong>of</strong> the Upaniñads<br />

and Vedänta-sutra; durga – He is glorified by the hymns <strong>of</strong> the Säma-

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