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Definition of Vishnu

[Fact 1]: Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaVishnu's consort is Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth.

[Fact 2]: The three steps of Vishnu was possible only because he derived his energy from Indra.

"When Viṣṇu, through thine(Indra's) energy, strode wide those three great steps of his,Then thy two beautiful Bay Steeds carried thee on.".

[Fact 3]: Even if the sacrifices are offered to the demigods, Lord Vishnu is the one who accepts the sacrifice and allots the respective fruits to the performer.

[Fact 4]: Even in Rigveda Samhita, where and are applied to denote , but only to mark place and locality.

[Fact 5]: When the fruit of the sacrifice was given, as in when the demon was on the verge of dying, he clearly calls out to lord Vishnu,whom he addresses as Supreme Godhead and "the father of all living entities including himself".

[Fact 6]: Another name of him is "Veda-Atma" or The Soul of the Vedas and Vedic truth.As Guru Kshethram, the guru of the devas, he is the arch-enemy of Shukra, the guru of the Asuras.According to various Purana, Vishnu is the ultimate omnipresent reality, is shapeless and omnipresent.

[Fact 7]: This association is found because the lord is indifferent from the Divine Bhramjyoti, which is the cause of material as well as spiritual effulgence.One celebrated act of Vishnu in the Rigveda is the 'three steps' by which he strode over the universe and in three places planted his step.

[Fact 8]: The same Veda also says he strode wide and created space in the cosmos for Indra to fight Vritra.

[Fact 9]: But the rsis,who used to worship indra as a demigod were intelligent enough to alter a single pronunciation of the ved-mantra.

[Fact 10]: The flapping of his wings symbolizes the power of the Divine Truth of Vedic wisdom.

[Fact 11]: The lotus opening its petals in the light of the Sun is indicative of the expansion and awakening of our long dormant, original spiritual consciousness in the light of god.

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