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can only be experienced. Similar passages abound in veda; e. g., kenopanishad 1.
5 to 1. 9 - Brahman is that which reveals speech, but which cannot be revealed
by speech; that which gives us the ability to see but which cannot be seen,
etc.; ISAVAsya upanishad mantra 4-5 (The Self is inaccessible to the mind
since it is faster than the mind; it is beyond the reach of the senses; It moves
and moves not; It is far for those who are ignorant, and near for those who
are wise; It is within and without; etc. ).
Under the current nAma, SrI BhaTTar's anubhavam is that bhagavAn assumes
different forms in the different yuga-s as needed in order to bless the
devotees, and so He is called a-nirdeSya-vapuh.
The nirukti author summarizes SrI BhaTTar's thoughts thus - yugAnusAri
rUpatvAt a-nirdeSya-vapuh.
SrI satyadevo vAsishTha observes that He is inside everyone, permeates
everything inside and out, has a virAT SarIra (viSva rUpa), is neither born nor
ends nor ages, and this is His guNa of anirdeSya-vapuh.
b) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha also gives an alternate interpretation that is not
given by any of the other major vyAkhyAna kartA-s, based on the root vap -
bIjasantAne chedane ca - to sow (the seed, vapati).
Since bhagavAn is the One who sows the seeds that result in the creation of
the Universe, and since He is indescribable, He is the Indescribable Originator
or the seed-sower. He relates the origin of the word bAp or bApu in hindi to
this root vap - to sow.
nAma 663. iv:[u> vishNuh
The Pervader.
vishNave namah.
This nAma occurred earlier as nAma-s 2 and 259 (Sloka-s 1 and 28).
Please refer to the nAmaas 2 and 259 in vol I for a detailed commentary on
the nAma vishNuh
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