The first three names used to address or describe the Almighty in the Vishnu Sahasra Nama Stotram are “Vishwam Vishnur Vshatkara”. ‘Vishwam’ is used in the sense of ‘universe’, and we use it limitedly as ‘world’. Nadam is the tune. The Almighty is reverentially addressed as the universe itself (holding the power of the universe), the one who is all-enveloping (Vishnu), and the one who is invoked with Vashat Karam.

Origin of the AUM sound

We learn that the universe originated with the sound of Aum karam. The originated AUM sound has A, U and Ma, with an extension. These, respectively, denote the beginning,........

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