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that body as the Soul of the soul; when the Soul leaves the body, the luster is
gone also. This whole Universe shines because He is present everywhere and in
everything, illuminating all.
b) SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj uses the root kai - Sabde - to sound, and gives
the interpretation - kAyate Sabdyate AhUyate bhaktaih iti kah - He Who is
invoked by devotees or praised by them through sound is kah.
c) One of the meanings of the word kam is happiness - kam sukhe'pivijAnIyAt -
(as quoted by A. A. Ramanathan in his title "amarakoSa" - Part 2, p.228, 1978
edition). SrI Samkara uses this meaning, and gives the interpretation that
bhagavAn is called kah because He is the personification of happiness. He gives
the support from chAndogya Upanishad 4.10 - kam brahma - Happiness is
Brahman.
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri adds that the limit of happiness is the tyAga of
ahamkAra and mamakAra, and bhagavAn is One who has realized the limit of
this.
The dharma cakram writer points out that there are two kinds of happiness:
the happiness of the body and the happiness of the soul. The first one leads to
sorrow, but this is the happiness that most people go after. It is only by
sacrificing this bodily happiness that the happiness of the soul is achieved, and
the latter is achieved only to the extent that the former is sacrificed. It is
the happiness of the soul that should be sought after, and this is the lesson to
be learnt from this nAma.
d) SrI cinmayAnanda adds a new interpretation based on the common meaning
of kah- "Who?". His interpretation is that this nAma says that bhagavAn is a
Question Mark with no answer when approached with the human intellect or
reasoning alone; He can only be experienced when one transcends the intellect,
and not through "intellection".
nAma 735. ikm! kim
a) He about Whom all questions are asked by seekers of Truth (such as –
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