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to Me" -
ye tu dharmyAmRtamidam yathoktam paryupAsate |
SraddhAnA mat-paramA bhaktAste atIva me priyAh ||
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(gItA 12. 20)
"I am victorious over the asura-s because of the blessings of the brAhmins"-
vipra prasAdAt asurAn jayAmi
(vishNu dharma 52. 23).
Buried in this vyAkhyAnam is also a summary of how a brAhmaNa should
conduct himself, that justifies the great respect that bhagavAn holds for
them. SrI rAdhA kRshNa SAstri gives the following explanation: "The
brAhmins are very dear to Him because they live for the sole purpose of
chanting the veda-s as well as teaching the veda-s. Since the veda-s are the
Lord Himself, the love of a brAhmin in the veda-s as He chants them
transforms into a love to Him; and since the brAhmin gives the place for Him in
them in the form of the veda-s,the brAhmin is dear to Him".
The dharma cakram writer adds that those who live for Him are brAhmins, and
those who live for themselves are the rest.
b) SrI Samkara gives the first interpretation as well as the second one
brAhmaNAnAm priyah brAhmaNa-priyah |
brAhamNAh priyaA asya iti vA|
He also gives the support given under a) from itihAsa samuccayam.
c) SrI bala deva vidyA bhUshaN, who gives all his interpretations based on
Lord kRshNa's life in this world, gives the example of His pleasing sAndIpani
by bringing back his child alive, as the explanation for this nAma.
d) SrI cinmayAnanda observes that the term brAhmaNa here refers to the
class of people who have the supreme experience-divine, those men of
complete realization, and not to the brAhmins by caste.