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the moment a man begins to place his foot in the temple of vishNu".
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan refers us to gajendra moksham, where bhagavAn was not
willing to depend solely on the speed of garuDa, and hurried out without even
worrying about His appearance.
nammAzhvAr also describes His extreme speed in removing the sins of His
devotees:
kaDivAr tIya vinaigaL noDiyAm aruLavaikkaN
koDiyA aDu puL uyartta vaDivAr madhavanArE
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(tiruvAi. 1. 6. 10)
Especially because of mahA lakshmi's proximity, it takes Him less than the
time it takes us for producing the sound of a noDi (the sound produced by two
fingers), to remove all our sins from beginningless time.
SrI aNNa'ngarAcArya svAmi notes that this nAma signifies that He fulfils His
devotees' wishes with the speed of mind. (He can fulfill whatever He decides
by His mere samkalpam - samkalpa mAtreNa).
SrI baladeva vidyAbhUshaN comments that He has this nAma because He
removes the obstacles of samsAra extremely fast for those who surrender to
Him.
b) SrI Samkara observes that bhagavAn has the speed like that of the mind in
that He is everywhere at the same time - manaso javah, vega iva vego'sya
sarva-gatatvAt iti mano-javah.
The ISAvAsya Upanishad mantra describes His speed:
anejadekam manaso javIyo nainad-devA Apnuvan pUrvam arshat |
tad-dhAvato'nyAn atyeti tishThat-tasminn-apo mAtariSvA dadhAti ||
(ISA. 4)
"Although fixed in His abode, God is swifter than the mind and can overcome
all others running. ……".
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri's comments for this nAma can be summarized as
follows: Time, place, or things (kAla, deSa, vastu) can obstruct one's speed.