SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 70 - kAmI, kAntah.

February 20, 2002

SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 70 - Part 2.

659. kAmI - a) He who has all things that are desirable.

b) He who is of fulfilled desires.

a) SrI BhaTTar gives the interpretation that He is kAmI because He has

everything that is desired. SrI v.v. rAmAnujan emphasizes the

abundance of all good things that He possesses, such that He can bestow

anything to the devotees that they want.

b) SrI Samkara gives the interpretation that He is kAmI because He is

One who has all His desires fulfilled (pUrNa kAma svabhAvatvAt). He

is referred to as avApta-sarva-kAman.

660. kAntah - a) He Who is charming.

b) He Who causes the end of brahma at the end of his period.

c) He Who is present everywhere, and Effulgent.

Om kAntAya namah.

We encountered this nAma earlier in Slokam 32 (nAma 297).

SrI BhaTTar gives the vyAkhyAnam - sa eva svayameva kamanIyah kAntah -

By Himself He is fascinating. Under the earlier occurrence of this

nAma, he indicates that this natural charm of bhagavAn is because of

His eternal saukumAryam, saundaryam, etc. - svayam saundarya,

saukumAryAdi rUpa guNaih. SrI v.v. rAmAnujan refers us to nammAzhvar's

tiruvAimozhi - parugu innamudE (7.1.7). Unlike the deva-s who made

Him strain Himself by churning the ocean for getting the amRtam for

them, AzhvAr just wants to drink Him directly, because He is the amudam

Himself! SrI rAmAnujan also gives reference to kulasekhara AzhvAr's

perumAL tirumozhi 8.2: "kaNDavar tam manam vazha'ngum kaNa purattu en

karu maNiyE!" - Those who see Him in tirukkaNNapuram, just lose their

mind to Him and surrender to His beauty - such is His charm.

b) SrI Samkara gives an alternate interpretation - kasya brahmaNah

antah asmAt iti kAntah - Since He is the cause of the end of brahma at

the end of the parArdha (100,00 billion years), He is called kAntah -

kasya antah kAntah).

c) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha derives another interpretation based on the

root kani - dIpti kAnti gatishu, and gives the meaning that He is

around everywhere, and He is Effulgent.

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

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