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did not do that. When gajendra screamed out for help, He rushed to the scene
even with all His ornaments not properly positioned – garjate gajAya jagAma.
And, He invited upon Himself great anger against the meager 'water-creature'
– kshudra jalakITAya cukrodha; all because of His extreme concern for His
devotee. Thus, all His actions are appropriate and consistent with His real
nature – 'kAkkumiyalvinan' according to nammAzhvAr – One Whose real nature
is that of protection.
Using the meaning 'cAturya', or skill for the word 'catur', SrI VeLukkuDi
kRshNan gives an example of bhagavAn's cAturyam from SrImad rAmAyaNam.
During vAli vadham, when vAli lies wounded by rAma's arrow, first he starts
accusing rAma of unfairly hitting him while hiding behind a tree. vAli and rAma
exchange some words, and at the end, just before dying, vAli praises rAma for
His righteousness. It is not easy to mortally wound someone, and then have him
praise the one who is causing your death. This is clearly possible only for One
who is a caturasraH – skilled in all respects.
b) SrI Sa'nkara's vyAkhyAnam is – nyAya sama vetaH catur-aSraH – He Who
is just to everyone by distributing the fruits of their karma etc.
SrI ananta kRshna SAstry gives an elaborate list of examples and explanations
for the term catura (four) in the nAma:
1. dharma, artha, kAma and moksha; bhagavAn distributes these to the
deserving according to their karma-s.
2. The sacrificial fire is of four kinds – AhavanIya, gArhapatya, dakshiNa,
(the sources I have only refer to 'agni-traya, or three agni-s; so it is
unclear what the four fires are that are being referred to here).
3. He nourishes with food the four kinds of creatures – born of womb,
born of egg, born of sweat, and those that come out of earth.
4. He protects four kinds of people – the distressed, those desirous of
knowing Him, the desirers of wealth, and the wise ones.
5. He is known by the Siras of the four veda-s (i.e., by theUpanishad-s).
6. His command is obeyed in all four corners of the world.
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