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Names of God

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In the Vedas there is only one God but has so many names according to his qualities. For example His name is OM which means God is the saviour of all.

His name is SURYA (sun) i.e., sun has light but sun takes light from God because God has the supreme and Divine light of His own.

His name is Chandrma (moon). Moon gives peace, calm, cold and charming light so the name of God is also Chandrma (moon) because God gives peace, calm etc., to those who worship etc., etc.

We all people do not worship thirty three Goddesses as briefed above.

Shiva means Kalyan i.e., happiness, welfare, good fortune and benediction etc., i.e He who does welfare to human beings, He is Shiva and He is only one Almighty God said above.

Vishnu means He who is everywhere and He is only one Almighty God.

Rig-Veda mantra 1/164/46 says:

इन्द्र॑ मि॒त्रं वरु॑णम॒ग्निमा॑ह॒ रथर्थो दिव्यः स स॑पर्णो गुरुत्मा॑न् । एकं सद् विप्र॑ बहुधा व॑दन्त्य॒ग्निं य॒मं मा॑त॒रिश्वा॑नमाहुः॥

" EKAM SADRUPA VIPRAH BAHUDHA VADANTI," i.e., EKAM SATAM means truth is one i.e., God is one but VIPRAH = Rishis, Munis who were/are learned of Vedas, BAHUDHA VADANTI utter so many names of God mentioned in Vedas like AGNIM YAMAM MATRISHVANAM AAHUHU meaning-the names of God are Agni, Yam, Matrishva and AAHUHU means "says".

In Yajurveda mantra 32/1:

तदे॒वाग्निस्तदा॑दि॒त्यस्तद्वायुस्तद॑ च॒न्द्रमा॑ः । तदे॒व शुक्रं तद् ब्रह्म ताऽआपः स प्र॒जाप॑तिः ॥

The names of God stated are AGNI, ADITYA, VAAYU, CHANDRMA, SHUKRAM, BRAHM, ААРАН, and PRAJAPATIHI ETC, ETC, ETC. We would explain the meaning of above all the names of God in brief due to shortage of time and space.

AGNI = AGRINI i.e., at the top or who comes first or who was before the creation and according to the said qualities, here the meaning of Agni pertains to God i.e God is eternal and therefore exists always before the creation etc. that is why Rigveda mantra 1/1/1 :

अ॒ग्निर्मीळे पुरोर्हितं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृत्विज॑म् । होता॑रं रत्व॒धात॑मम् ॥

says AGNIM Eedey - in the said mantra the meaning of Agni is God according to the qualities and situation. Meaning of Eedey is desire. Therefore the meaning of Agnim Eedey is, "I am desirous of God”.

Similarly YAM means controller of the universe,

Matrishva means air i.e., like the air God gives life to human beings.

Aditya means which can not be broken into pieces,

Chandrma means like moon God gives calm/peace,

Shukram means Almighty,

Brahma means the superior/the biggest/the greatest etc., in the universe,

Aapah means omnipresent,

Prajapatihi means one who nurses the universe.

So all the said meanings have the qualities of God and hence the name of God in the Vedas, but these are always uttered by Rishis Munis, who are learned of Vedas, as mentioned in Rig-Veda mantra quoted above. Therefore only Rishis Munis who are learned of Vedas, utter or tell the holy name of God mentioned in Vedas and those who do not know Vedas can never utter the above holy names of God. But the said holy names, on the other hand, are even of surprising nature to them.

One thing more, the holy names of God in the Vedas are according to the nature, knowledge and deeds (God creates, nurses, destroys and controls the universe etc.) of Almighty God. Therefore those names are eternal and countless.

So We are not able to mention here infinite names of Almighty God being beyond imagination, beyond calculation and beyond description etc., and we have to worship the said Almighty

God whose description is in four Vedas, whose study has mostly been made to be stopped by the present saints who are against the Vedas and speak only charming stories etc., and never tell about Vedas. Whereas the description of Vedas is in Geeta, Ramayana, six shastras, Upnishads and all ancient holy books.

The reason why the present (most of them) saints do not quote Vedas is that they do not study the Vedas, do not do Yajyen and do not obey Ashtang Yoga Philosophy mentioned in Vedas which was also adopted by Shri Ram, Shri Krishna, Mata Sita, King Harishchandra, king Dashrath and their subjects/ public etc. Therefore we must be aware of false prophets.