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Śrī Viṣṇu Sahasranāma NĀMA VERSE 44

वैकुण्ठः पुरुषः प्राणः प्राणदः प्रणवः पृथुः
हिरण्यगर्भः शत्रुघ्नो व्याप्तो वायुर् अधोक्षजः

vaikuṇṭhaḥ puruṣaḥ prāṇaḥ prāṇadaḥ praṇavaḥ pṛthuḥ
hiraṇyagarbhaḥ śatrughno vyāpto vāyur adhokṣajaḥ

TRANSLATION

405. Vaikuṇṭhaḥ: The bringing together of the diversified categories is Vikuntha. He who is the agent of it is Vaikuṇṭhaḥ
406. Puruṣaḥ: One who existed before everything
407. Prāṇaḥ: One who lives as Kṣetrajña (knower in the body) or one who functions in the form of vital force called Prāṇa
408. Prāṇadaḥ: One who is the giver of life
409. Praṇavaḥ: One who is praised or to whom prostration is made with Om
410. Pṛthuḥ: One who has expanded himself as the world
411. Hiraṇyagarbhaḥ: He who was the cause of the golden-coloured egg out of which Brahmā was born
412. Śatrughnaḥ: One who destroys the enemies of the Devas
413. Vyāptaḥ: One who as the cause pervades all effects
414. Vāyuḥ: One who moves towards His devotees
415. Adhokṣajaḥ: He is Adhokṣaja because he undergoes no degeneration from His original nature