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

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SrI BhaTTar, who has described the previous 991 nAma-s by emphasizing
bhagavAn's saulabhyam and sauSIlyam, finishes the last eight nAma-s by
reminding us that this same bhagavAn is none other than the Supreme Lord of
all the Universes – in other words, he describes the last eight nAma-s as
indicative of bhagavAn's supreme overlordship – "parama aiSvarya cihna divya
AyudhadvAt". At the same time, he directs his interpretation to aspects of
these Ayudha-s in His hands that evoke the sense of bhakti rasam in His
devotees. Thus, his interpretation for the nAma Sa'nkha-bhRt is that
bhagavAn is supporting or nourishing the Sa'nkha through the adharAmRtam
from His mouth (bhR – dhAraNa poshNayoH – to support, to nourish). This is
the anubhavam that ANDAL has about the Sa'nklham in bhagavAn's hands.
ANDAL devotes a full tiruvAimozhi in praise of bhagavAn's divine conch, and
enviously describes how His conch is blessed to be always with Him (unlike
cakrattAzhvAn who has to go wherever there is need – such as the gajendra
moksham incident, to take care of the enemy, and then return). The conch is
resting either in His hand, or when it feels the need for some nourishment, it
just goes to His mouth and enjoys the droplets of His adharAmRtam, and then
returns back to His hand for rest. One sentence that summarizes ANDAL's
description of His pA'ncajanyam –
"uNbadu Sollil ulagaLandAn vAyamudam, kaN paDai koLLil kaDal vaNNan kaittalattE"
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(nAcciyAr tiru. 7.7).
SrI Sa'nkara's vyAkhyAnam for the nAma is: pA'ncajanyAkhyam
bhUtAnaha'nkArAtmakam Sa'nkham bibhrat Sa'nkha-bhRt – The Bearer of
the conch shell, called the pA'ncajanya, which stands for the tAmasa ahmkAra,
from which the five elements are born. The inner significance of this
interpretation is seen in the detailed explanation that is given in SrI vishNu
purANam that has been described earlier.
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri notes that the name pA'ncajanyam itself signifies
that the divine conch is the representation of the tattva called ahamkAra that