Sri Vishnu Shata nama Stotram
6. हरिः - ஹரி: - hariḥ :-
The name Hari means,
a) The Green-hued.
b) He Who removes the distress of His devotees.
c) He Who wards off samsAra with its cause from His devotees.
d) The Destroyer of the Universe at the time of pralaya.
b) He Who removes the distress of His devotees.
c) He Who wards off samsAra with its cause from His devotees.
d) The Destroyer of the Universe at the time of pralaya.
a) The term hara refers to green color.
BhagavAn's words from mahA bhArata are given in support by SrI BhaTTar.इडोपहूतं गेहेषु हरे पाकं ऋतुष्वहं वर्णश्च मे हरिः श्रेष्ठः तस्मात् हरिः इति स्मृतः॥
iDopahUtaM geheShu hare pAkaM RRituShvahaM varNashcha me hariH shreShThaH tasmAt hariH iti smRRitaH||
- Shanti Parvam, Mahabharatam.
"My superior complexion is green, and therefore I am called Hari".
One is reminded of the familiar pASuram "paccai mA-malai pOl mEni…) (tirumAlai 2)
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b) SrI aNNa'ngarAcArya gives the interpretation "ArtigaLai harippavar" - He who removes the distress of His devotees.
c) He Who wards off samsAra with its cause from His devotees. Srimad Sankararacharyar in his bhashyam on Vishnu Sahasranamam says,
सहेतुकं संसारं हरतीति हरिः ।
sahetukaṃ saṃsāraṃ haratīti hariḥ ।
" He who wards off samsAra with its cause from His devotees is harih. "
Alternatively,
पापानां हरतीति हरिः ।
pāpānāṃ haratīti hariḥ ।
" He who wards off the sins of His devotees. "
d) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha extends the anubhavam to include bhagavAn's destruction of the world at the time of pralaya, and His destruction of the darkness in our minds always.
Apart from these,
गिरो गोवर्धनाख्ये तु देवः सर्वेश्वरो हरिः संस्थितः पूजितः स्थाने ।giro govardhanākhye tu devaḥ sarveśvaro hariḥ saṃsthitaḥ pūjitaḥ sthāne ।
" The sarveshwara who seated himself as a Archa moorthy in the Govardhana Giri. He is devoted by his devotees in the name of Hari. "
शत्रून् हरति, यज्ञभागमाहरति, संसारं परिहरति, वर्णितश्च हरित इति हरिः।
śatrūn harati, yajñabhāgamāharati, saṃsāraṃ pariharati, varṇitaśca harita iti hariḥ।
Destroys the enemies, takes and gives the Yajna bhagam, gives salvation from samsaram and he who is green in complexion is Hari.
केशि वधेन देवादीनां गोपानाञ्च मनोहरणाद्धरिः ।
keśi vadhena devādīnāṃ gopānāñca manoharaṇāddhariḥ ।
He who delights the minds of deva and gopa by killing the demon Keshi.
Some famous sloka related to Hari namam :
शरीरे जर्झरीभूते व्याधिग्रस्ते कलेवरे।
औषधं जाह्नवीतोयं वैद्यो नारायणो हरिः॥
ஶரீரே ஜர்ஜரீபூ4தே வ்யாதி4க்3ரஸ்தே கலேவரே|
ஔஷத4ம் ஜாஹ்னவீதோயம் வைத்3யோ நாராயணோ ஹரி:||
śarīrē jarjharībhūtē vyādhigrastē kalēvarē|
auṣadhaṃ jāhnavītōyaṃ vaidyō nārāyaṇō hariḥ ||
"When the sharIra (body) is suffering and the body is beset with disease, medicine is like the sacred water of the Ganga and the doctor is nArAyaNa Himself".
Another reading would be to consider water of the gangA itself as medicine and nArAyaNa Himself as the doctor. The interesting word here is also "hariH" - hari means some one who destroys. In this case it would mean that nArAyaNa is destroying disease.
वेदे रामायणे शास्त्रे पुराणे भारते तथा।
आदौ मध्ये ततश्चान्ते हरिः सर्वत्र गीयते॥
vede rāmāyaṇe śāstre purāṇe bhārate tathā।
ādau madhye tataścānte hariḥ sarvatra gīyate॥
Let us take the instance of Ramayana, Mahabharata Shastra and Puranas from the beginning to the end the greatness of Sri Hari is described meticulously. In the beginning, in the middle and at the end we find the Mahima of our NARAYANA - VISHNU - SRI HARI SARVATRA GEEYATE.
पतितः स्खलितो भग्नः सन्दष्टस्तप्त आहतः।
हरिरित्यवशेनाह पुमान्नार्हति यातनाः॥
பதித: ஸ்க2லிதோ ப4க்3ன: ஸந்த3ஷ்டஸ்தப்த ஆஹத:|
ஹரிரித்யவஶேனாஹ புமான்னார்ஹதி யாதனா:||
patitaḥ skhalitō bhagnaḥ sandaṣṭastapta āhataḥ|
harirityavaśēnāha pumānnārhati yātanāḥ||- SB 6.2.15
If one chants the holy name of Hari and then dies because of an accidental misfortune, such as falling from the top of a house, slipping and suffering broken bones while traveling on the road, being bitten by a serpent, being afflicted with pain and high fever, or being injured by a weapon, one is immediately absolved from having to enter hellish life, even though he is sinful.
आलोड्य सर्वशास्त्राणि विचार्य च पुनः पुनः।
इदमेकं सुनिष्पन्नं ध्येयो नारायणो हरिः॥
ālōḍya sarvaśāstrāṇi vicārya ca punaḥ punaḥ|
idamēkaṃ suniṣpannaṃ dhyēyō nārāyaṇō hariḥ||
ஆலோட்3ய ஸர்வஶாஸ்த்ராணி விசார்ய ச புன: புன:|
இத3மேகம் ஸுனிஷ்பன்னம் த்4யேயோ நாராயணோ ஹரி:||
After a deep study of all saasthrAs, and repeated investigations into their purports, we come to this
conclusion that one to be mediated upon is Hari- Sriman Narayanan.
conclusion that one to be mediated upon is Hari- Sriman Narayanan.
