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Vishnu Sahasra Naamam-Vol III-RR-edit.pub - Ibiblio

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nAma 687. Stut> stutah<br />

He Who is praised.<br />

stutAya namah.<br />

SrI BhaTTar's vyAkhyAnam is that bhagavAn is called stutah because He is<br />

praised by everyone including the nitya sUri-s for the attainment of their<br />

respective desires. This includes the thousand-hooded AdiSesha, garuDa who<br />

is the embodiment of the three-fold veda-s, brahma and other gods, and also<br />

byhuman beings like ourselves<br />

sahasra-phaNa trayI-mayAdibhih anantaih brahmAdibhih<br />

asmadAdibhiSca tat-tad-abhilAsha siddhaye stuta iti<br />

SrI BhaTTar gives reference to the Sruti<br />

"dhAtA purastAt yamudAjahAra<br />

Sakrah pravidvAn pradiSaS-catasrah"<br />

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purusha sUktam<br />

"At first, brahma, the creator, praised Him, then indra of great knowledge<br />

extolled Him, and then the four directions". The reference to the four<br />

directions indicates that He is the Object of praise by all beings like<br />

ourselves.<br />

SrI v. v. rAmAnujan gives reference to nammAzhvAr's tiruvAimozhi 3. 3. 5,<br />

which conveys this idea - "SodiyAgi ellA ulagum tozhum Adi mUrti enRAl<br />

aLavAgumO?".<br />

SrI Samkara pATham for this nAma is stuthih - the act of praise. SrI<br />

rAdhAkRshNa SAstri observes that with SrI Samkara's version, the previous<br />

nAma refers to the words of praise, and the current nAma will refer to the<br />

act of praise.<br />

With SrI BhaTTar's version (stutah), the previous nAma says that He is the<br />

instrument for His praise (including the words and the acts), and the current<br />

nAma indicates that He is the object of these words and acts of praise.<br />

The dharma cakram writer notes that it is only when we have a mind that is

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