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Matsya Purana 248.44

Matsyapurāṇa 248.44

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248.44

īśitā ca tvameteṣāṃ hṛṣīkeśastathocyate.
vasanti tvayi bhūtāni brahmādīni yugakṣaye .. 248.45 ..

You do not wane or perish, even in course of crores of Kalpas, consequently, you are called Akshaya Viṣṇu, you are Viṣṇu, for you pervade the universe, moveable and immoveable. You are omnipresent in the three Lokas in the immoveable objects, and the Yakshas, Gandharvas, serpents and the Universe rest in you, hence Brahmâ calls you Viṣṇu. The philosophers call the waters Nâra and you first reposed yourself in the Waters, therefore, you are called Nârâyaṇa. You revive at the end of every yuga the lost Vedas, that is why you are known by the Risis as Govinda. You are the master of the senses (Hṛiṣis), therefore, you are known as Hṛiṣî Keśa.—39 44

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

You are Vâsudeva, for at the end of the ages Brahmâ and other Devas rest in you, as well as on account of your Omnipresence in all the beings. You absorb everything by drawing them unto you at the end of each Kalpa, that is why you are named Samkarsana You are Pradyumna, for the Devas, the demons are sustained in their respective orders and taught duties by you. You are Aniruddha, for there is none other in the creation that can act as a brake on all the beings. You bear the whole universe, you annihilate it, I only hold what is held by your glory. I can never hold anything which you do not hold yourself.—45-51

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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