SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 70 - dhana'njayah.

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666. dhana'njayah - a) He Who surpasses all other wealth in being

desired.

b) One Who manifested Himself as arjuna, the conqueror of wealth.

 

Om dhana'njayAya namah.

 

a) He is the source of redemption for everyone, and those who know this

will seek Him above all other wealth like gold and diamond, because of

His far superior qualities and possessions. Those who know the Truth

will seek Him above all, and will want to keep Him secure with them.

The nirukta author summarizes SrI BhaTTar's vyAkhyAnam as follows:

maNi-mauktika ratnAdi hema-rUpyAdikam dhanam jayati - adhah karoti iti

dhanan'njayah - As wealth that is to be desired, He is the wealth who

surpasses all other wealth such as gold, diamond, etc. Those who know

His value will consider the likes of gold and diamond as less than

grass.

 

One is reminded of svAmi deSikan's views in this context from his

vairAgya pa'ncakam, on which a write-up on which can be found in one of

my previous postings in the list. SvAmi deSikan points out that the

real dhanam or wealth is "dhana'njaya vivardhanam dhanamudUDha

govardhanam su-sAdhanam a-bAdhanam su-manasAm samArAdhanam" - The true

wealth that will never diminish, that will always give the utmost

pleasure to those who are of pure mind, that is the surest means of

attaining anything that is desired, is the One that bore the govardhana

mountain, and that gave arjuna the greatness that he attained.

 

nammAzhvAr describes Him as "enakkut tEnE, pAlE, kannalE, amudE" - He

is the honey, milk, sugar-candy, nectar, everything for me (tiruvAi.

10.7.2) - (quote from v.v. rAmAnujan).

 

b) dhana'njaya is a common name for arjuna, because he conquered

several kings and accumulated enormous wealth to facilitate the

rAjasUya yAga by dharma putra. In the gItA, Lord kRshNa declares that

arjuna is a vibhUti or manifestation of Himself - pANDavAnAm

dhana'njayah (gItA 10.37). Thus, SrI Samkara interprets this nAma as

referring to Him as the Conqueror of wealth in His manifestation as

arjuna. dhanam ajayat iti dhana'njayah.

 

Just as an example of how the different devotees enjoy bhagavAn's

nAma-s in their own way, Sri baladeva vidyAbhUshaN, a gauDIya vaishNava

sampradAya follower, gives interpretations for most nAma-s based on

Lord kRshNa's life in this world. For the current nAma, he gives the

interpretation that bhagavAn is called dhana'njaya because He won over

all the wealth of kamsa, and gave them to ugrasena - kmasa sampado

dhanAni jayati, jitvA ugrasenAya dadAti iti dhana'njayah.

 

c) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the interpretation that the whole

Universe belongs to Him, and all this is under His control, and so He

is dhana'njayah - the Conqueror of all wealth.

 

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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