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……. rathAt avaplutya visRjya vAhAn || (mahA bhArata,bhIshma. 59.86)
“O Sini-pravIra (referring to Satyaki)! Those who have gone, have gone
forever. Those who are still left, let them all go at once. You will see now that
bhIshma is thrown from his chariot, and also droNa with his army”. So saying,
kRshNa jumped down from the chariot , and leaving the horses, advanced
forward against bhIshma.
SrI v.v. rAmAnujan translates the above quote from mahA bhArata slightly
differently: He describes the scene where the pANDava forces are running
confused at the intensity of bhIshma’s attack, and then kRshNa declares:
“Let those who run keep running, and let the remaining watch Me defeat
bhIshma and droNa”; so saying, He jumps from His chariot, even forgetting
His own promise not to take to weapons. Thus, He is One Who does not delay
when it comes to His determination to get rid of enemies. Thus, the nAma
indicates His intolerance and impatience when it comes to getting rid of the
enemies of His devotees.
nammAzhvAr beautifully captures this guNa of bhagavan in tiruvAimozhi
9.2.10: amararkku iDar keDa aSurarukku iDar Sei kaDu vinai ne’njE! – “You are
One with the determined Mind to do whatever You have to do eliminate the
demons when it comes to protecting the deva-s”. (SrI v.n.vedAnta deSikan
comments that in this regard, He is the efficacious poison to the asura-s that
will not fail, and for which there is no antidote).
b) SrI Sa’nkara uses the meaning “end” for the word “agram”, and gives the
interpretation that because He has no end, He is vyagrah – vigatamagram asya
itit vyagrah (agram – antah, vinASah).
c) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the derivation “vividham gamanam yovidhatte
sa vyagra ucyate – He Who moves around using many different ways is vyagrah.
He points out that everything that is moving is a manifestation of His guNa of
vyagra, or movement in various ways.
d) SrI satya sandha yatirAja uses the pATham a-vyagrah for the nAma as his
primary interpretation. The meaning is “One Who is not confused” – vyagro na
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