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SrI satya sandha yatirAja has explained the nAma as tri-loka-dhRk.
nAma 758. sumexa> su su-medhAh
su medhAh
The Well-Intentioned.
su-medhase namah.
medhA means memory or intellect. su is a prefix or an upasarga which means
“superior”. So the nAma means “One Who has a Superior intellect or memory”.
The different interpretations involve different anubhavam-s of what “good
intellect” means.
a) SrI bhaTTar’s anubhavam is that His buddhi is su-medhA or “Superior
buddhi”, because He constantly thinks of the good of His devotees –
ArAdhakasu-sAdhu buddhih su-medhAh.
SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives the derivation – SobhanA medhA
dhAraNavatIdhIh asya iti su-medhAh, which also conveys the above idea.
SrI Sa’nkara bhAshyam is “SobhanA medhA pra~jnA asya iti su-medhAh – He
of bright intelligence.
SrI rAdhakRshNa SAstri elaborates that “superior intellect” consists in
anticipating future events or outcomes, not being disturbed or impacted by
surrounding events, etc.
SrI cinmAyananda points out that when applied to us, the term su-medhA can
refer to the ability of the self to realize its true nature, something that is not
new information, but that has been temporarily forgotten by us. So he
interprets the nAma as meaning “Divine memory Power”.
SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the meaning to medhA as “the intellect that
gives protection or support”, and explains the nAma as referring to the
memory of bhagavAn that is always aware of everything that is going on
everywhere, as well as events associated with all beings – past, present, and
future. He comments that the intellect of each of us is directly proportional to
the extent to which we are able perceive the medhA of bhagavAn.
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