Vishnu Sahasra Naamam-Vol V-Rr-edit.pub - Ahobilavalli

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nAmAni kRtvA'bhivadan yadAste |
"He, the Wise, keeps creating various forms and giving a name to each".
d) SrI Sa'nkara's alternate interpretation is:
puNyANi sarvANi karmANi paNam sa'ngRhya adhikAribhyaH
tat-phalam prayacchati iti lakshaNayA paNaH
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(taitt. 3.12)
"He who awards, to those that are entitled, the fruits of their good karma-s,
that they have accumulated".
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri comments that as a merchant gives merchandise
that is commensurate with the amount that is paid to him, bhagavAn measures
out the phalanx commensurate with the karma; thus, the price for happiness is
following the path of dharma, and the price for suffering is one's having
followed the a-dharmic path.
e) SrI cinmayAnanda explains this guNa of bhagavAn in terms of the
functioning of everything in the universe: "PaNaH – The Supreme Manager of
the Universe. By giving the exact reward for all actions, Lord both orders and
justly manages all activities of each individual and directly supervises the
interactions between individuals and things constituting this scientifically
precise universe".
f) SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj uses the root paN – stutau – to praise, and
explains the nAma as "paNyate stUyate sattva guNavadbhiH itipaNaH” – He
Who is worshipped by those who are endowed with a predominance of the
sattva guNa.
This is also one of the interpretations provided by SrI satya sandha tIrtha –
paNyate janaiH stUyate iti paNaH.
g) SrI raghunAtha tIrtha gives yet another dimension to His 'transactions' –
paNayati devAn vyahAreshu pravartayati itipaNaH – He is called paNaH
because He assigns the respective dutiesto be performed by the different the