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itself (Ada) is again derived from the same root ad - bhakshaNe - to eat,
literally giving the meaning "The eater of food". In the current context, the
meaning is that BhagavAn is the Enjoyer of those who enjoy Him. The previous
nAma indicated that He is One who is enjoyed by His devotees as annam, and
the current nAma indicates that He in turn enjoys the devotees who enjoy Him
- annam atti iti annAdaH.
SrI BhaTTar's words in interpretation are: tAnSca tathA bhu'nkte iti
annAdaH - He is annAdaH since He also enjoys them in the same way as they
enjoy Him. He proceeds to explain the significance of the next two words in
the Slokam - eva and ca, which are not nAma-s of bhagavAn per se. He explains
that the significance of the word eva is that there is no one else like Him - ko
anya IdRSaH? iti eva-kAraH. The significance of the word ca is that all that
has been described thus far are present perfectly in this one Deity, namely
Lord vishNu - 'ca' SabdaH sarvamuktam ekatra asmin samuccinoti |.
SrI baladeva vidyA bhUshaN echoes the same interpretation for the words
eva and ca -
na hyetAdRk anyo'sti iti bodhayitum eva-kAraH |
nikhila bhhogya samuccAya ca-kAraH
This mutual love of the devotees to BhagavAn (He being annam), and for
bhagavAn to His devotees (He being annAdaH), is nicely described by
nammAzhvAr in his tiruvAimozhi pASuram 9.7.9, almost like a mutual
competition of who enjoys whom most, and is referenced by both SrI
v.v.rAmAnujan and by SrI vELukkuDi kRshNan:
vArik koNDu unnai vizhu'nguvan kANil enRu ArvuRRa ennai ozhiya ennil munnam
pArittu,
tAn ennai muRRap paruginAn kAr okkum kATkarai appan kaDiyanE.
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(tiruvAi. 9.7.9)
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