Lord Narayana

 

In the Yajur Veda it is stated ;

Lord Narayana is all pervading - The whole jagat (Universe) is pervaded by Him alone' - The Self the Pure Consciousness of the meditator (Pragnana Ghana) in front. behind in between and in all the names and forms (the Jagat) is nothing but 'Consciousness'. So everything emerged out of Lord Narayana. exist in Narayana and merge back into Narayana. Just as bangles are made out of gold, exist in gold and goes back to gold when melted. Similarly the waves and its relation-less relationship with ocean. So Lord Narayana is the womb of all creations just as from 'Consciousnesses' emerge this Jagat.

In the Narayana - Atharva - Siro Upanishad , it is stated - Lord Narayana is the Prathyag-Athma, the Pure Self within and is in the nature of Pranava, 'OM ' which is represented as a symbol for the Reality.

He who meditates on his name reaches Vaikuntha, meaning the state of Pure Consciousness which is the Light of Consciousness, the Lord Narayana within.

The word 'Narayana' means "The one who rests on waters of creation".

The Manusmriti states,

The waters are called "narah", for the waters are, indeed, produced by Nara-Narayana (the first Being); as they were his first residence "ayana", he is called Narayana.

Narayana also means,

"The Supreme Being who is the foundation of all men".

Another interpretation sees, Nara means "human" and Ayana as "direction/goal". Some view Narayana as meaning "son of man." Hence, Narayana refers to the "direction of a human" towards moksha. Nara means "Human" and Ayana also means "Shelter" so Narayana means, shelter of all human beings.

The Narayana Upanishad reads ; Om Namo Narayanayeti mantra upasaka Vaikuntha bhuvanam gamishyati.

In Sanskrit, The word 'Nara' can also refer to a man, male or a person. Narayana is spoken of in the scriptures as being parabrahman, paramatma parameshwar parashakti and parajyothi which are all ways of saying "absolute" or "supreme".

In the Vedas, it is written,

"Narayana parabrahman tatvam Narayana paraha"

which points to how Narayana is essentially the supreme force and/or essence of all.!

Om Namo Narayana ~ Jai Shri Vishnu