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वैशम्पायन उवाच :
The Sri Vishnu Sahasranama starts with the word Vaishampaayana uvacha.
The name Vaishampaayana is the name of a Sage who was the disciple of Sri Vyasa. He was the narrator of the Mahabharata.
I felt that Vaishampaayana was a boring word with not much meaning. That too at the start of the Great Sri Vishnu Sahasranama which sang the glory of our dear Sri Krishna. Should it not ooze of his love for us?
And Lo Behold! An uncle expounded the meaning of Vaishampaayana .He broke it down as under-
वयम्= VAYAM= Meaning We or Us
शम्- SHAM= Meaning Auspiciousness or Prosperity or Bliss
पायनम्= PAAYANAM= Giving or causing to Drink
Hence the name वैशंपायन = वयं शं पायनम्= One who is Causing to us to drink Bliss.
Hence his auspicious name means a Person who feeds us with Bliss in the form of the Sri Vishnu Sahasranama in the Sri Mahabharata.
Such is the Glory of the Rishi's name.
Glory to you Sri Krishna! Glory to Sri Veda Vyasa! Glory to Sri Vaishampaayana.
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