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kamdev> kampal> kamI kaNt> k«tagm>,
AindeRZyvpuivR:[u> vIrae=nNtae xn. 70.
kAmadevah kAmapAlah kAmI kAntah krutAgamah |
anirdesyavapur vishNuh vIrO=nantO dhananjayah ||
nAma 657. kamdev> kAma kAma-devah
kAma devah
a) The One who grants all desires.
[ PLEASE ADD PRANAVAM BEFORE EACH NAAMA ]
b) The Lord who is desired by those who seek the four purushArtha-s.
kAma-devAya namah
a) SrI BhaTTar derives his interpretation kAmAn dIvyati iti kAma-devah -
One who gives as a gift all that His devotees desire. The term "dIvyati"
signifies dAna-karmA. He gives the support for this interpretation from mahA
bhAratam:
kAmadevastu bhagavAn sarveshAm sarva-kAmadah |
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(bhA. Santi. 343. 39)
" The Lord has the name kAma-deva as He grants all the desires of all beings".
b) SrI Samkara gives the interpretation that bhagavAn has this nAma because
Heis the God (deva) who is desired (kAma) by those who seek the four kinds of
goals - dharma, artha, kAma, and moksha. (kAmyata iti kAmah - kAma because
He is desired, and devaSca - God).
kAmam or desire can be that which is consistent with dharma, or that which is
contrary to dharma. The kAma that one should seek is the one that is
consistent with dharma. BhagavAn refers to this in gItA 7. 11 -
dharmaaviruddho bhUteshu kAmo'smi bharatarshabha - In all beings, I am the
kAma which is unopposed to dharma.
The dharma cakram writer points out that by worshipping bhagavAn, the