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haktAnAm iti SrI-dah. SrI BhaTTar's vyAkhyAnam centralizes this to the
case of SrI Herself - He is the One who gives Her the quality of SrI, just as
She is the One who gives Him the pUrNatvam. The idea is that the two are
One inseparable tattvam.
Since bhagavAn is the Giver of wealth, the question arises: What kind of
wealth should we seek? The dharma cakram writer clarifies this. There are
two kinds of wealth. One is called preyas and the other is called Sreyas (this
has been explained in a previous write-up as well). Preyas is the search for
material wealth, and Sreyas is the search for spiritual wealth. This is dealt
with in detail in kaThopanishad. We should learn to worship vishNu with the
interest in seeking Sreyas, and not preyas, even though bhagavAn will bestow
whatever the seeker seeks. The lesson to take from this nAma is that we
should seek Sreyas in this life by worshipping vishNu, as the means for
attaining mukti.
In summary, the nAma illustrates that He is the Giver of wealth to His
devotees, and He is the Giver of the attribute of SrI to lakshmi, just as She is
the Giver of pUrNatvam to Him, and thus the two are one inseparable tattvam.
PerumAL and pirATTi are like the Sun and its prabhA or luster.
nAma 613. ïIz> SrI SrI-Sah SrI Sah
a) He Who is the ISa or Lord of SrI.
b) He Who has SrI as His Ruler.
SrISAya namah
SrI + ISah = SrI-Sah. Here again the inseparable Oneness of the tattvam of
bhagavAn and pirATTi is reflected. SrI BhaTTar gives reference to the
description of lakshmi as:
"AdAvAtma guNatvena bhogya rUpeNa vigrahe |
AdhAraka svarUpeNa dAsI bhAvena vA sadA || "
"lakshmi is ever with bhagavAn either as His innate qualities in His
Transcendental Form, or in a delightful form in His body, or as His support by
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