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**Meaning<br> "He who has a thousand feet" — or more precisely, He whose steps (rays of grace) pervade all existence.

**Vedantic interpretation<br> This name has both a cosmic and a transcendental dimension. At the cosmic level, it echoes the famous Puruṣa Sūkta of the Ṛg Veda (10.90): *"Sahasraśīrṣā Puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt"* — "The Puruṣa has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet." The "thousand" here is not a literal count but an index of infinity. Puruṣa pervades the universe with His feet, meaning His immanent presence underlies every plane of existence. Not a single atom of creation stands outside the reach of His sustaining power.

**Mythological significance<br> In the Bhāgavata Purāṇa (2.1.24–39), Śukadeva describes the Virāṭ Puruṣa — the cosmic form — whose feet constitute the earth, whose navel is the sky, whose head is heaven. The "thousand feet" are the infinite directions and dimensions through which Viṣṇu upholds Dharma. In the Mahābhārata's Śānti Parva (Anuśāsana Parva), this name celebrates Viṣṇu as the substratum beneath all movement in the universe.

**Philosophical depth (Viśiṣṭādvaita)<br> Rāmānuja reads this name as affirming that all sentient and insentient beings are the "body" (śarīra) of the Lord. Just as the foot is the instrument through which a being moves and acts, all of creation is the foot through which Viṣṇu enacts His cosmic will. The universe is His body; He is its inner Self (antaryāmī).