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Jai Sriman Narayana!

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion, in
SrinagaSri news group, regarding the nama "Shunya" in
Vishnu Sahasranamavali. I would like to add the
following (without repeating what has been said):

Shunya also referes to vacuum, and it is a great
potency of Lord Sriman Narayana. Shunya (vacuum) can
be considered as opposite to Bala (force, pressure).
He has shown this in two instances during Sri Krishna
avatharam. 

1. When there was a "dhAvAgni" or greta fire in
Brindavana forest, Sri Krishna extinguished it by
simply succing the fire into himself. This great
vacuum or suction capabaility can be referred to as
Shunya.

2. Again during Sri krishna AvathAram, when He was
fighting with Shiva (Shiva was fighting on behalf of
Banasura), Sri Krishna released the Vishnu-jwara in
response to Shiva's Shiva-jwara. The Vishnu-jwara is
extreme cold, as opposed to the Shiva-jwara which is
extrem hot. Ofcourse the Vishnu-jwara put down the
Shiva-jwara. The Vishnu=jwara is extrem cold. It is
well known that temperature reduces with pressure.
Extreme cold can result from vacuum Shunya. Thus, Lord
has used the devine quality "shunya" (perfect vacuum)
to put down the Shiva jwaram.

3. At the time of dissolution, all the jivas and
universes decrease in size (to that of a small andam
or ball) enter Him with great acceleration. He makes
use of his devine shunya (or vacuum) quality to
compress the universes and succ in to His mouth. Sri
Markendeya Maha Muni has withnessed that the Lord in a
the form of a tiny boy is lying down on a vata-pathra
and inside Him, Markandeya could see all the worlds in
His tiny belly. Srimath Bhagavatham says that
Markandeya (along with the universe) was spraled into
His mouth. Recently, scientists have discovered that
stars and galaxies toward the center of the universse,
are shrinking to small size and are swirling into a
small balck hole. Therefore, He is called shunya.

4. Of course, He does not have any bad qualities,
therefore, He can be cosidered as Shunya (shunya of
bad qualities).

5. He makes papa-shunyam of His devotees. Shritha jana
papa-shunyaka ithi Shunya. No one else can completely
remove the pApam. Thereforem He can be called as
Shunya

6. When water has to flow it has to either have
pressure or balam, or there should be vacuum on the
other side. In order to get-rdi of this material
sambandam and go to Moksham, the jivas should have
enough (anantha or infinite) tapobalam and samskara
balam, etc. However, for us the prapannas, who have no
tapo balam, gnana balam, etc, he transports us to Sri
Vaikuntam using a Shunya (vacuum force). Therefore,
He can be considered as Shunya. 

7. The universe is shrinking and expanding. It is
expanding becoming anantham, and when it shrinks
becomes sukshmam with the help of Shunya Shakthi.

8. The most imporatnt is that to reach Him, we have do
shunyam or nothing. He has to reaveal Himself. In
order to cross the ocean of samsara, the prapanna has
to do nothing (Shunyam). In day to day life, we have
to give everthing upo to Him and do not plan anthing
(shunyam). Therefore He is called Shunya.

9. When we become prapannas, our bharam is shunyam,
therefore, he can be called as Shunya.

In conclusion, SHUNYA is a devine quality (Kalyana
Gunam) of Lord Sriman Narayana, and is one of His
infinite Kalyana Gunas.

With all glories to ZLord Sri Venkateswara, I remain,

Sincerely

Narender P. Reddy 




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