Shunya - Vishnu Sahasranamam

One of the “namas” in the Vishnu Sahasranamam is the name “shunyah” given to Vishnu, which appears in sloka No. 79

The Sanskrit word “shunya” means zero, nullity , cipher,  emptiness.

It would strike anyone as extremely odd that the Sahasranamam should choose to call Lord Vishnu as Zero! 

You can understand God being called eka, the One Supreme Being. The essence of all monistic theism lies in the belief that God is One.

You can understand too God being addressed as “ananthaha” the Infinite, as in the Sahasranamam stanza 70.

Since God is Immeasurable it seems plainly alright to name Him “ananthaha” the Infinite.  But how is one to explain hailing the Almighty as “shunyah” the Cipher?

There is a view that “If Infinity is immeasurable, so is Zero”. Mathematically speaking, one could define zero to be anti-infinity.  If Infinity is immeasurable plenitude, Zero  is immeasurable emptiness. 

If you were to imagine, say, an interminable series of values, from zero to infinity, floating somewhere out there in endless space, then, surely, Zero would be at one end of it while Infinity would be found at the other end, wherever, that is, the two ends may be found, if at all.  And if you reflect upon it deeply, that would make out Zero  and lnfinity  to be two sides of the same un-graspable coin.

By the same logic, you might say the Sanskrit “ananthaha” and “shunyah” might seem antonymous but in reality they mean the same thing. Hailing God Almighty as “Lord Infinity” is hence no different from hailing Him “Lord Zero”.

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A King had a male servant who, in all circumstances always said to
My king, do not be discouraged  because everything God does is perfect, no mistakes.
                            
One day, they went hunting and a wild animal attacked the king, the servant managed to kill the animal but couldn't prevent his majesty from losing a finger.                                     

Furious and without showing gratitude,
the King said; if God was good, I would not have been attacked and lost one finger.

The servant replied 'despite all these things, I can only tell you that God is good and everything He does is perfect, He is never wrong'.
                                                 
Outraged by the response, the king ordered the arrest of his servant.

While being taken to prison, he told the king again, God is Good & Perfect.
Another day, the king left alone for another hunt and was captured by savages who use human beings for sacrifice.
                                              
On the altar, the savages found out that the king didn't have one finger in place, he was released because he was considered not "complete" to be offered to the Gods

On his return to the palace, he ordered the release of his servant and said; My friend, God was really good to me. I was almost killed but for lack of a single finger. I was let go.
                                                     
But I have a question; If God is so good, why did He allow me to put you in prison?

His servant replied; My king, if I had not been put in prison, I would have gone with you, and would have been sacrificed, because I have no missing finger.
                                                         Everything God does is perfect, He is never wrong.

Often we complain about life, and the negative thinking in us kills the positivity in us...so think positive and trust God at every moment....
                                                
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