593.  Sarva implies the source of all existent and non-existent things and that in which all existent and non-existent things become merged at the universal dissolution.  Sambhava signifies Him who takes birth at His own will.  Acts cannot touch him.  The birth of all other beings is determined by their acts in previous lives.  Com.  Gita, Paritranaya sadhunam etc. sambhavami yuge yuge.  Bhuvana means one who attaches to acts their respective fruits i.e., he in consequence of whom the weal and woe of all creatures flow as due to acts.

594.  Sambhu implies one whose birth has not been determined by extraneous circumstances, or other influences than his own wish, the birth of all other creatures being determined by forces extraneous to themselves.  Aditya may also mean the foremost one among the deities especially called the Adityas.  They are twelve in number.  Dhatri may also imply one who upholds everything in the universe by multiplying Himself infinitely.  Dhaturuttama may, besides, signify one who as Chit is superior to all elements like Earth, Water, etc., which constitute all that is not-Chit.

595.  Aprameya is, literally, immeasurable.  Sankara thus explains it:  He has no such attributes as sound, etc; in consequence of this He is not an object of direct perception by the sense; nor can He be an object of inference, in consequence of there being nothing to which belong the same attributes as His, etc.  His inconceivability is the foundation of His immeasurableness.  Hrishikesa is regarded by European scholars as a doubtful word.  The Hindu commentators do not regard it so.  It implies the lord of the senses i.e., One who has his sense under complete control.  Or, it may mean One who sways the sense of others, i.e., causes them to exercise their functions.  Sankara proposes another meaning, viz.  He that is the form of the Sun or the Moon and as such, the rays of light emanating from those luminaries and gladdening all creatures, are the hairs on His head.  Manu is another name for Mantra or sacred words having great efficacy.

596.  Krishna is one of the foremost names of the supreme God-head.  It means One who is always in transports of joy.  It is derived from krish which implies to be, and na meaning final Emancipation or cessation of existence; the compound probably means One in whom every attribute has been extinguished; hence, absence of change, of sorrow, of gift, etc., or, eternal and highest joy.  Lohitaksha is Red-eyed, from His eyes being of the hue of polished copper.  Pratardana, according to Sankara, means the killer of all creatures.  Others take it as implying one who destroys the cheerlessness of his worshippers.  Prabhuta is One who is Great or Vast in consequence of Knowledge, Puissance, Energy, and Renunciation, etc.; Pavitram, Mangalam, Param should be taken as one name, although each of them has a separate meaning.