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form of brahmA - caturah kuSala AtmA catur-mukho yasmAt iti caturAtmA.
i) Another of SrI satya sandha yatirAja’s interpretations is that bhagavAn has
the nAma caturAtmA because He has all the qualities of the four types of
AtmA-s: AtmA, antarAtmA, paramAtmA, and j~nAnAtmA (catvAra AtmAnah –
AtmA,antarAtmA, paramAtmA, j~nAnAtma lakshNA yasya iti caturAtmA).
SrI T. S. Raghavendran explains that parmAtmA, in the rUpa of AtmA, resides
in our hearts, and resides in the rUpa of antarAtmA in the heart of the soul.
paramAtmA is the Supreme Soul. He explains j~nAnAtmA by referencing the
taittirIya Upanishad – satyam j~nAnam anatam brahma. He is prANa maya,
mano maya, anna maya, vi~jnAnamaya, and Ananda maya. Manomaya and Ananda
maya here refer to His manifestations as j~nAnAtmA according to the
explanation provided by SrI Raghavendran. He also quotes the bRhat samhitA
to distinguish between AtmA and antarAtmA as distinct manifestations of
hari:
AtmA antarAtmA iti harir-eka eva dvi-vidhA sthitah |
nivishTo hRdaye nityamrasam pibati karmajam ||
nAma 776. ctuÉaRv> catur catur-bhAvah
catur bhAvah
a) He Who gives expression to the four vyUha forms through four kinds of
actions.
b) The Source of the four – varNa-s, ASrama-s, pururshArtha-s, etc.
c) He Who created the four kinds of species.
catur-bhAvAya namah.
The root from which the word bhAvah is derived is bhU - sattAyAm – to be, to
live, to be born. SrI vAsishTha notes that the meaning for the word bhAva can
be “One who exists, one through whom existence takes place, one who came
into existence by himself, one who makes others appear” etc.
a) SrI bhaTTar interprets the word ‘bhAva’ as standing for ‘bhAvanA’, which
means ‘manifesting, revealing’. – bhAvah = bhAvanA = abhivya’njanam, which
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