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named gada, born to vasudeva after kRshNa. Gada's mother is sunAmA, one of
the wives of vasudeva.
b) SrI Sa'nakra sees the nAma as (ni) gada-agrajah, or born as a result of
mantra (as in the case of Lord rAma who was born as a result of putra
kAmeshTiyAgha). He treats ni as lopa (left out, elided) in this interpretation -
nigadena mantreNa agre jAyata iti "ni" Sabda lopam kRtvA gadAgrajah.
(gadyateiti gadah, referring to mantra-s). He also gives the interpretation
"Elder brother of gada" as his second interpretation.
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri notes that in her letters to kRshNa, rukmiNi calls
Him by this name, gadAgrajah.
c) SrI vAsishTha gives a different interpretation: He looks at the nAma as
gada + agra + jah. For gada, he derives the meaning from gada vyaktAyAm vAci
-to speak; For agra, he derives the meaning from agi - gatau - to go; and he
uses the meaning jAta - anupavishTa - who enters or pervades, for the part
jah. Thus, his interpretation for the nAma is "He Who pervades (in the form
of the soul) those that speak and those that walk or move around. Gadeshu -
gadana Seeleshu,agreshu - gamana Seeleshu, anupravishTo jAta iva
pratIyamAno gadAgraja itivishNor nAma. SabdAyamAne, gamanaSIle ca jIvita
SarIra eva jIvAtmAno'vabhAsahprakASa ityarthah.
d) Another alternate interpretation by SrI vAsishTha is: gadAnAm vyaktam
Sabdam kurvatAm manushyANAm agrajah -= jyeshThah = SreshThah - The
foremost and the best among those who have produced sound. The reference
here is to His revelation of the veda-s. For this reason, He is also called
vAcaspati.
e) SrI satya sandha yatirAja, in addition to the interpretation for gadAgrajah
as "the elder brother of gada", also considers the alternate pATham
agadAgrajah, and sees the nAma as agada + agrajah. Here agada means
healthy, without disease, and agraja refers to brAhmins. His interpretation is:
agadA nIrogiNo agrajA brAhmaNA yasmAt iti agadAgrajah - He because of
Whose Grace the brAhmaNa-s are healthy. The reference can be to spiritual
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