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In his purusha sUkta vyAkhyAnam, SrI K. SrInivAsa aiye’ngAr gives the
interpretation that the leela vibhUti which is expressed in His manifestation
through this universe is only a fourth of His mahimA. The remaining threefourths
is found in parama padam in His nitya vibhUti. The reference to onefourth
and three-fourth here really are parts of His immeasurable mahimA.
SrI Sa’nkara gives reference to the gItA in support:
athavA bahunA etena kim j~nAnena tava arjuna |
vishTabhAyahamidam kRtsnamekAmSena sthito jagat ||
“But of what use to you is all this extensive knowledge O arjuna?
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(gItA 10.42)
I stand sustaining this whole universe with a fragment of Mine (My power)”.
SrI baladeva vidyAbhUshaN gives the following reference from the smRti:
aNDAnAm tu sahasrAnAm sahasrAnyayutAni ca |
IdRsAnAm tathA tatra koTi koTiSatAni ca ||
All the thousands of universes together are nothing more than a tiny part of
Him.
c) SrI satya sandha yatirAja bases one of his interpretations by looking at the
nAma as ekapo + at, and using the root at – sAtatyagamane – to go constantly
(atati). His interpretation is “ekapo mukhya pAlakah san atati” – He Who is
constantly on the lookout as the Sole Protector.
The root pA – rakshaNe – to protect (pAti – protects), also suggests that the
nAma can be viewed as meaning that He is the Sole Protector.
-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan
(To Be Continued in Vol. IV)
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