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upatApaih, aiSvaryASIhshu – to ask, to be master, to harass.
Based on these, the word lokam signifies the world, and the word nAtha is
interpreted in the sense of nAthyate – One Who is sought, or nAthate –One
Who seeks. In the former sense, He is One Who is sought by the people of the
world, and the latter sense, He seeks His devotees and blesses them. The
different interpretations below are combinations of the above meanings.
a) SrI BhaTTar’s vyAkhyAnam is that He is addressed as loka nAthah because
of His unique relationship to all the creatures, which is the cause of His
attachment which is natural to Him, as their Master – tan-mUlam
asAdhAraNam svAbhAvikam ca sambandham Aha – loka nAthah. His
interpretation is that through this nAma, the specific relationship between
bhagavAn and us, that is the cause of His natural attachment to us, is
delineated – He is our svAmI or Master, and we are His belongings, and so He
is naturally attached to us.
SrI v.v.rAmAnujan gives references from prabandham, that reflect this
concept:- iv Ezh ulagai inbam payakka iniduDan vIRRirundu AlginRa e’ngaL pirAn
(tiruvAi.7.10.1) – BhagavAn is seated together with pirATTi in all the divya
deSam-s only to ensure that His creations in all the seven worlds are happy.
�j~nAlattUDE naDandum ninRum kiDandu irundum SAlap pala nAL ugandu Or
uyirgaLkAppAnE – (tiruvAi. 6.9.3) – “You have appeared in various Forms in
this world at various times only for the protection of the all the creatures
in Your creation”.
�“ulagam mUnRu uDaiyAi! ennai AlvAnE” (tiruvAi. 6.10.10) – You Who is My
Lord, and Who owns the three worlds (the three types of cetanas–baddha,
nitya, mukta, and the three types of acetana-s – time, prakRti, Suddha
sattva).
b) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the following interpretation: lokam nAthati –
sva aiSvarya yogena aiSvaryavantam karoti iti loka nAthah – He Who bestows
aiSvaryam on all as a result of His unlimited aiSvaryam, is lokanAthah.
SrI Samkara gives four explanations for the nAma (b, c, d, e):
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