SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 72 - Part 6.

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SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 72 - mahA-yajvA.

 

681. mahA-yajvA - a) He Who performs great sacrifices.

b) He Who has the special class of devotees (mahA-yajvA-s) of a

superior nature.

 

According to pANini sUtra 3.2.103 (suyajor'ngvanip), the word yajvA is

derived from the root yaj - to sacrifice, with the addition of the

affix 'ngvanip. When the affix 'ngvanip is added to the root yaj, the

result is yajvA with a past signification, and thus means "one who has

sacrificed". SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the etymological

derviation "mahAntam ya~jnam kRtavAn iti mahA-yajvA" - He Who has

performed great sacrifices.

 

a) SrI Samkara gives the interpretation that He is called mahA-yajvA

because He has performed great sacrifices. SrI cinmayAnanda gives the

example of the aSvamedha yAga in His incarnation as Lord rAma. He is

also the yajAmana of all sacrifices performed by all devotees, since He

ensures their successful completion, and in this sense also He is

mahA-yajvA, the Great Sacrificer.

 

b) SrI BhaTTar interprets the term "mahA-yajvA" as a reference to the

superior class of devotees who worship vishNu with single-minded

devotion, without worshiping any other devatA for any reason. In this

derivation of the interpretation, a yajvA is one who offers worship, a

mahA-yajvA is one who offers the superior form of worship whereby he

worships only Lord vishNu without worshiping anya devatA-s, and

bhagavAn is Himself referred to as mahA-yajvA because He has this

superior class of devotees, or because He is the Leader of these

devotees. He is also a mahA-yajvA because He worships (values) these

mahA-yajvA-s as His AtmA, and uplifts the devotees who worship Him

specially in comparison to those who worship anya-devatA-s (sva-yAjinAm

anya-yAjimyo'pi atyutkarshatvAt mahA-yajvA - SrI BhaTTar). SrI v.v.

rAmAnujan has given the meaning in tamizh for SrI BhaTTar's vyAkhyAnam

(tannai ArAdhippavargaLaic ciRappUTTubavan). SrI aNNa'ngarAcArya

svAmi's interpretation is "tannai ArAdhippavargaLaic ciRandavargaLAgac

ceibavar" - "He Who especially elevates those who worship Him

exclusively".

 

The superiority of His exclusive devotees derives from the fact that

these are the ones who seek the best of all blessings - moksham, to the

exclusion of all other worldly benefits.

 

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

 

 

 

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