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karma for Him, since all His actions are all selfless, and are devoted to the
benefit of all the beings that exist. None of His actions is for His benefit.
SrI veLukkuDi kRshnan delves in some length on some of the above points in
his sahasra nAma upanyAsam for this nAma.
SrI Sa'nkara's vyAkhyAnam is: "jAyate, asti, vardhate, vipariNamate,
apakshIyate,naSyati, iti shaD-bhAva vikArAn atItya gacchati iti janmamRtyu-jarAtigaH-
He Who transcends the six kinds of changes, namely
conception, birth, growth, maturity, decay and death.
SrI vAsishTha refers us to a Rg-vedic mantra that conveys the sense of this
nAma:
akAmo dhIro amRtaH svayambhUrasena tRpto na kutaScanonaH |
tameva vidvAn na vibhAya mRtyor-AtmAnam dhIrm ajaram yuvAnam ||
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(Rg. 10.8.44)
"Desireless, firm, immortal, self-existent, contented with the essence, lacking
nothing, free from fear of death is he who knows that Soul courageous,
youthful and undecaying".
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri gives the following upanishadic mantra in support:
sa vA esha mahAn aja AtmAajaraH amaraH amRtaH abhayaH brahma
abhayamvai brahma abhayam hi vai brahma bhavati ya evam veda
(bRhadAraNya.4.4.25)
"That infinite birthless undecaying, indestructible immortal, and fearless self
(ParamAtman) is the Supreme Brahman. The Supreme Brahman is devoid of
fear. He who knows that Supreme Brahman thus becomes indeed the fearless
parabrahman".