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eferences:
- “catur-bhujam udArA’ngam cakrAdyAyudha bhUshaNam”
- “tamasah paramo dhAtA Sa’nkha cakra gadhA-dharah”
- “bhujair-caturbhih sametam”
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(vishNu purANam);
(SrImad rAmA. yuddha. 114.15);
(mahA bhArata moksha. 5.34).
For the current nAma, catur-bAhuh, where the interpretation is in terms of
the kRshNa incarnation, we have a reference to His appearance as child
kRshNa to devaki with the four arms etc., in SrImad bhAgavatam - tam
adbhutam bAlakamambujekshaNam catur-bhujam…. (SrImad bhAgavatam
10.3.9). SrI BhaTTar gives reference to vishNu purANam in support, as
devaki describes Him soon after He was born:
upasamhara sarvAtman rUpametat catur-bhujam |
jAnAtu mA’vatAram te kamso’yam diti-janmajah ||
(V.P. 5.3.13)
“O The Inner Soul of all beings! Please withdraw this four-armed form within
Yourself. Let not this kamsa that belongs to the asura race know that you are
the incarnation of vishNu”.
nammAzhvAr refers to Him as nAngu tOLan - tiruvAimozhi 8.8.1 (v.v.
rAmAnujan). It is as if He has four long arms instead of the normal two, just
to embrace AzhVar!
In gItA Sloka-s 11.45 and 11.46, arjuna refers to His divine form with four
hands:
kirITinam gadinam cakra hastam icchAmi tvAm drshTum aham tathaiva |
tenaiva rUpeNa catur-bhujena sahasra bAho bhava viSva mUrte ||
“I wish to see You adorned in the same way (as before) with crown and with
mace and discus in hand. Assume again that four-armed shape (that is, in the
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