Vishnu Sahasra Naamam-Vol III-RR-edit.pub - Ibiblio

sadagopan.org
nAma 711. siÚvas> san san-nivAsah
san nivAsah
The Abode of the saintly.
san-nivAsAya namah.
The word nivAsah is derived from the root vas - nivAse - to dwell. nivAsa
refers to a place of dwelling or a resting place. SrI BhaTTar gives the
interpretation that bhagavAn has this nAma because He is the abode of rest
for great saints like Sanaka, even though He has assumed the human form and
the actions of ordinary human beings. PeriAzhvAr refers to this guNa of
perumAL as "Ayar puttiran allan arum daivam" (peria. tiru. 1.1.7); in
tiruvASiriyam (1), nammAzhvAr describes His being worshiped by Sivan, ayan,
indiran, etc. - "Sivan, ayan, indiran ivar mudal anaittOr daivak kuZhA'ngaLkai
tozhak kiDanda tAmarai undit tanip-perum nAyaka" (references from SrIv.v.
rAmAnujan).
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri gives the support from rAmAyaNa, where tArA
praises rAma as "nivAsa vRkshah sAdhUnAm ApannAnAm parA
gatih" (kishkindA. 15.19).
SrI BhaTTar gives the reference from vishNu purANam, where akrUra
describes his anubhavam of sanandana and other seers meditating intensely on
bhagavAn:
sanandanAdyair-munibhih siddha yogair-akalmashaih |
samcintyamAnam tatrasthaih nAsAgra nysta-locanaih ||
176
(vish. PurA. 5.18.42)
"(SrI kRshNa in gokulam) is the object of meditation for sanandana and other
seers, who remain there, who are flawless, who have attained perfection in
yoga and who do the meditation with their eyes fixed at the tip of their nose".
SrI satyadevo vAsishTha takes "sat" to mean "those that are permanent and
unchanging" - (satAm - vinASa rahitAnAm, pravAhato nityAnAm,Apralaya
sthAyinAm), and gives the interpretation that this nAma indicates that He is