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aham smarAmi mad-bhaktam nayAmiparamAm gatim ||
nAma 706. sÄa sattA
Existence Incarnate.
sattAyai namah.
a) The word sat refers to existence. Slokam 17.26 of bhagavad gItA explains
the meaning of the word sat:
sad-bhAve sAdhu-bhAve ca sad-ityetat prayujyate |
praSaste karmaNi tathA sac-chabdah pArtha yujyate ||
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(gItA 16.26)
"The term sat is used in the sense of existence and goodness. And so also, O
arjuna, the word is applied to an auspicious action".
The addition of the affix tva or tal (ta or tA) to a word in the sixth case leads
to the sense of "the nature thereof" according to pANinisUtra 5.1.119 (tasya
bhAvah tva-talau) - SrI satyadevo vAsishTha. Thus, sattA means "He Who is
of the nature of Existence".
b) SrI BhaTTar's vyAkhyAnam is that He has this nAma signifying that He is
the very existence of the good and the pious and all other things. There is
indeed nothing that can exist without Him -
sattAdi satAm svayamevaiti sattA |
na hi tad-vyatirekeNa ki'ncit syAt.
SrI BhaTTar gives reference to the gItA in support:
yac-cApi sarva-bhUtAnAm bIjam tad-aham-arjuna |
na tad-asti vinA yat-syAt mayA bhUtam carAcaram ||
(gItA 10.39)
"I am also that which is the seed of all beings, O arjuna. Nothing that moves or
is stationary, exists without Me".
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