Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)

References
² - vAsudEva - vishNu sahasranAmaM (332) – (based on Commentary of Adi SankarAcArya) -

“One who is at once both vAsu and dEva. vAsu means ‘One who dwells in the physical equipments of all living creatures as its indweller’ (jIva); dEva means ‘One who revels or One who illumines’. Thus, vAsudEvaH means ‘One who lives in the physical equipment as though conditioned by them, and yet, who is the Vital Consciousness in the light of which every experience is illumined’. The Lord is the One who dwells in all things of the universe and He is at once the Supporter of the entire world.

Also, directly, it can be taken to mean, One who is born as the Son of Sri vAsudEva in the jail of kamsa, the Blue-Boy of bRndAvana. He is called vAsu as He veils Himself with His own mAyA; dEva means ‘He who sports, wishes to conquer, conducts, shines, creates and moves’. In the Udyoga Parva of Mahabharata, we read, ‘Like the Sun with his rays I am covering (dEva) in all beings and hence, I am called vAsudEva’.

vishNupurana says, ‘as He resides everywhere in and through all things, He is termed vAsudEvaH’. All beings remain in the Supreme, and He in all beings and hence, the Omnipresent is called the vAsudEva.”

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² – SrI vAsudEvas-saravamanucu – These are the exact words taken from SrImad bhagavad gItA, Chapter 7, verse 19 (vAsudEvaH sarvamiti) -

bahUnAM janmanAm-antE jnAnavAn-mAM prapadyatE |
vAsudEvaH sarvam-iti sa mahAtmA sudurlabhaH || 19 ||

“At the end of many births, the man of wisdom takes refuge in Me, realising that all this is vAsudEva (the innermost Self). Very rare is that great soul.” (Translation by Swami Swarupananda)
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Comments
¹ – pAtramevarO – In the books, this has been translated as ‘see the really charitable one’ and ‘give alms after ascertaining whether the receiver deserves it’. However, in my opinion, in view of the preceding word ‘iDE’ (here), ‘pAtram’, here refers to the Indwelling Lord – the Self. This has been clarified in the caraNa as ‘SrI vAsudEvaH’.
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