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anveshTavyahin the Upanishads: sa anveshTavyah, sa viji~njAsitavyah –
ChAndogya. 8.7.1 – He is to be sought after, and He is to be known with
eagerness.
The dharma cakram writer elaborates that bhagavAn is called kim – He Whose
Nature is contemplated on by those who seek the Truth, because it is by
knowing this Truth that everything there is to be known is known. That which
is beyond time, space, etc., that which never changes and is eternal, that which
is beyond the reach of the senses and is only reached by true devotion and
meditation, that which is in everything and everywhere, is the Ultimate answer
to all questions asked by those who seek the Truth.
nAma 736. yt! yat
a) He Who takes efforts.
b) That Which already exists.
c) That from Which everything in this Universe came about.
yate namah
(yasmai namah in Samkara pATham, when yat is interpreted as asarvanAma
or pronoun).
SrI BhaTTar derives the interpretation from the root yat – prayatne– to
attempt. to strive after, etc. His vyAkhyAnam is: “teshAm rakshAyai yatate iti
yat” – He Who takes all efforts for the protection of His devotees.
SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj elaborates further on the same concept: yatate
prayatate sva-samkalpa mAtreNa svajana Apat nivAraNAya iti yat.
SrI BhaTTar quotes the following words of bhagavAn:
kRshNa kRshNeti kRshNeti yo mAm smarati nityaSah |
jalam bhitvA yathA padmam narakAt uddharAmyaham ||
“Whoever remembers Me always repeating the name “kRshNa, kRshNa,
kRshNa”, I lift him up from naraka just as one takes a lotus free from water
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