chaturbhujah-We are four armed in many senses of the term. We have mind, intellect, chit and ego to deal with the outer world and to realise the self. Vishnu holds Shankha, Chakra, Gada and Padma in his four hands symbolising all of the conscience, ability to detach from basic instincts, grit and determination to smother passivity and calm blissful state of being.
