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The dharma cakram writer gives the analogy of the parents who feel happy
when the child does well in the school. The body and the indriya-s that He has
given us are for serving Him, and, just like the parents who feel happy when
the child does well in the school, He is happy when we do well with the
facilities He has given us.
nAma 686. StaeÇ< stotram
The Eulogy Incarnate.
stotrAya namah.
The word stotram is derived from the root stu - to praise, through the
addition of the affix shTran, which gives the sense of instrument (i. e, means
of praise), according to pANini sUtra 3. 2. 182. The nAma means that
bhagavAn is stotram incarnate.
SrI BhaTTar's interpretation is that bhagavAn is the cause or the instrument
of the stotram or praise, because it is only by His anugraham that the devotee
praises Him. SrI BhaTTar gives the example of child dhruva who was spellbound
when bhagavAn appeared before Him, and could not utter even a word.
Then bhagavAn gently touched dhruva's cheek with His conch, and immediately
words of praise of bhagavAn started pouring out form dhruva's mouth. Thus,
bhagavAn was the true instrument for His praise in this case. SrI
rAdhAkRshNa SAstri refers to the following words of dhruva:
yo antah praviSya mam vAcam imam prasuptAm
sa'njIvayatyakhila Sakti dharah sva dhAmnA |
anyAmSca hasta caraNa SravaNa tvagAdIn
prANAn namo bhagavate purushAya tubhyam ||
"I worship that Lord who entered into me,
gave life to my words which were more or less dead, and
with His unique Sakti, rejuvenated my hands, legs, ears, skins, etc.,
and gave movement to them".
SrI v.v.rAmAnujan gives reference to tiruvAimozhi 10. 7. 5, where
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