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Śrī Viṣṇu Sahasranāma NĀMA VERSE 90

अणुर् बृहत् कृशः स्थूलो गुणभृन् निर्गुणो महान्
अधृतस् स्वधृत स्वास्यः प्राग्वंशो वंशवर्धनः

aṇur bṛhat kṛśaḥ sthūlo guṇabhṛn nirguṇo mahān
adhṛtas svadhṛta svāsyaḥ prāgvaṃśo vaṃśavardhanaḥ

TRANSLATION

835. Aṇuḥ: One who is extremely subtle.
836. Bṛhat: The huge and mighty.
837. Kṛśaḥ: One who is non-material.
838. Sthūlaḥ: Being the inner pervader of all, He is figuratively described as Stula or huge.
839. Guṇa-bhṛt: The support of the Gunas. He is so called because in the creative cycle of creation, sustentation, and dissolution, He is the support of the Gunas – Satva, Rajas and Tamas – with which these functions are performed.
840. Nirguṇaḥ: One who is without the Gunas of Prakruti.
841. Mahān: The great.
842. Adhṛutaḥ: One who, being the support of all supporting agencies, like Pruthvi (Earth), is not supported by anything external to Him.
843. Svadhṛtaḥ: One supported by oneself.
844. Svāsyaḥ: One whose face is beautiful and slightly red like the inside of a lotus flower.
845. Prāgvaṃśaḥ: The family lines of others are preceded by the lines of still others, but the Lord's descendent, namely, the world system, is not preceded by anything else.
846. Vaṃśavardhanaḥ: One who augments or destroys the world-system, which is His off-spring.