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

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"Neither Your divya Atma svarUpam, nor Your divya ma'ngaLa vigraham, nor
for that matter Your weapons, or Your own SrI vaikunTham, are for Your
benefit (they are all for Your devotees' benefit, and thus You are not
independent, but You are the possession of Your devotees). Even so, You
shine as the Supreme Being".
c) Or, tebhyaH ishTam dattavAn iti santaH - He Who bestows the desired
benefits on His devotees is santaH.
d) SrI Sa'nkara gives the following interpretation:'san-mAraga-vartinaH
santaH, tad-rUpeNa vidyA vinaya vRddhaye sa eva vartata iti santaH' - Those
who follow the right path (of dharma) are holy men. Since bhagavAn manifests
Himself in the form of the holy men for the increase of knowledge and
modesty, He is called santaH.
e) SrI satya sandha tIrtha gives the derivation for the nAma as 'sampUrvAt
tanoteH DaH vyAptaH' - He who is present everywhere and permeates
everything. This is consistent with the meaning tanu - vistAre - to spread.
f) SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj uses the root san- sambhaktau - to worship,
and gives the interpretation - sanyate ArAdhyate sma iti santaH - He Who is
worshipped, is santaH.
g) SrI vAsishTha explains the nAma as "samyak tanoti vistArayati jagat iti
santaH" - He Who appropriately (in a controlled way?) expands the world, is
santaH.
nAma 930. jIvn> jIvanaH
The Life-Giver.
jIvanAya namaH.
The root from which the nAma is derived is "jIv - prANa dhAraNe - to live".
SrI vAsishTha explains the nAma as "jIvayati = prANayati jIvana upayoga
sAdhanaiH iti jIvanaH" - He Who sustains life by giving all the means for all
the created beings to live.
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