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AmanI mandae maNyae laekSvamI iÇlaekx&t!,
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amAnI mAnadO mAnyO lOkasvAmI trilOkadhruth |
sumedhA medhajO dhanyah satyamedhA dharAdharah ||
nAma 753. AmanI aa-mAnI
a mAnI
a) He Who is not proud.
[ PLEASE ADD PRANAVAM BEFORE EACH NAAMA ]
b) He Who does not mistakenly identify things such as the body with Atman.
c) He Who is beyond all measure in all respects.
a-mAnine namah.
a) The nAma is derived from the root mAn - pUjAyAm - to honor, to worship.
mAna means garva (pride), ahamkAra (the feeling of "I"), etc. - garvoabhimAno
ahmakArah (amara koSam 1.7.22). The word a-mAnI means One Who has no
garva or ahamkAra (na mAno garvo yasya aiti amAnah). He is unconcerned
about being respected by others - Atma-sammAna bhAva rahitah (SrI
satyadevo vAsishTha), even though He is the prabhu Who is worshipped by the
likes of brahma.
SrI bhaTTar gives the example of bhagavAn undertaking to be a messenger
for the pANDava-s, even though He had to face indignities in the process. His
being the charioteer for arjuna is another example of the same guNa of
bhagavAn. For the good of the world, He does not hesitate to take incarnations
even as a Boar, a Fish, a Form with the face of a Lion, etc.
SrI v.v. rAmAnujan gives references to prabandham in support:
mun Or tUdu vAnarattin vAyil mozhindu .. ............... avanE
pin Or tUdu Adi mannarkku Agi peru nilattAr "innAr tudan" ena ninRAn.
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(periya tirumozhi 2.2.3)