SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Part 5.

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SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 73 - pUrNah, pUrayitA.

 

690. pUrNah - He Who is complete.

 

Om pUrNAya namah.

 

The root from which the nAma is derived is pUrI - ApyAyane - to fill,

to satisfy.

 

SrI BhaTTar gives the interpretation that since He is

avApta-samasta-kAman (One Who has all His desires fulfilled, and has

nothing else to wish for), He is pUrNah. SrI BhaTTar notes that this

is why it is easy to please Him with just words of praise, with no

expenditure of any kind involved, no physical strain, and no need for

elaborate worship. nammAzhvAr sings His pURNattvam in tiruvAimozhi

(4.5.7, 4.510) - ellA ulagum uDaiyAn tannai, tanadE ulagena ninRAn

tannai (references from SrI v.v. rAmAnujan). SrI cinmayAnanda points

out that He is lakshmI-pati, and there is nothing that He does not

have.

 

SrI Samkara comments that He has all objects of desire, and all Sakti-s

or energies, and so He is pUrNah - sakalaih kAmaih, sakalAbhih

SaktibhiSca sampanna iti pUrNah. Thus, He not only has all that is

desired, but also has all the powers to fulfill all that is desired.

He is also pUrNah in the sense that He is everywhere, and permeates and

pervades everything (SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri). Since everything is part

of Him, and there is nothing that is not part of Him, there is nothing

for Him to desire. SrI SAstri refers us to the well-known upanishadic

passage "pUrNamadah pUrNamidam pUrNAt pUrNamudacyate; pUrNasya

pUrNamAdAya pUrNamevAvaSishyate" (SAnti pATha of ISAvAsya uapnishad,

bRhadA. 5.1.1) - He is complete in all respects; whatever emanates

from Him is complete; His fullness is such that even though many things

emanate from Him that are complete, He remains complete in all

respects. Other upanishadic references he gives are: pUrNam apravarti

(bRhaDA. 2.1.5), and tadetat pUrNam apravarti (chAndoygya. 3.12).

 

SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj adds additional anubhavam for this nAma - a)

He is filled with infinite kalyANa guNa-s, and so He is pUrNah -

pUryate ApyAyate sma kalyANa guNaih iti pUrNah; b) He is easily

fulfilled and satisfied with the simple offerings from His devotees,

such as flowers, fruits, etc. - bhaktArpitaih phala kusumAdibhih

tarpita iti pUrNah.

 

SrI baladeva vidyA bhUshaN builds on his vyAkhyAnam for the previous

nAma, and interprets the current nAma to mean that He is perfect in the

sense of finishing off His enemies once for all without trace.

 

Thus, among the different anubhavam-s for this nAma are: a) He is full,

with all desires fulfilled; b) He is complete with all the kalyANa

guNa-s; c) He is easily satisfied and fulfilled with the simple

offerings of His devotees; d) He is filled with all the Sakti-s that

are needed to fulfill any possible desire; e) He permeates and pervades

everything, and there is nothing that is not part of Him.

 

The dharma cakram writer discusses the implications of this nAma to our

daily life. PUrNa is the fulfilled or completely satisfied state. The

general observation in our lives is that as we succeed more in our

material life, we become more and more dissatisfied, because our needs

and wants keep growing more. The modern day education only helps grow

this material need. The term 'kalvi' signifies 'kalludal', digging

into. The true purpose of kalvi should be to bring out the good in us

and to develop the desire to seek Him. But the modern day education

only digs out more desire, more wants, and helps us lose whatever

little good we might have had to start with. We become even more of

pleasure seekers and wealth seekers as we get the modern education.

The more devices we discover to defend ourselves, the more the fear in

us increases of possible attacks. Lack of trust and faith in Him is

the general result of the education we receive nowadays. The

significance of this nAma for us should be to realize that the joy we

are seeking externally is really within us, and to realize our true

nature and become fulfilled through this realization of the true nature

of our selves.

 

691. pUrayitA - The Fulfiller of the desires of His devotees.

 

Om pUrayitre namah.

 

bhagavAn has the nAma pUrayitA because He bestows anything that anyone

desires depending on their merit - dharma, artha, kAma or moksha. SrI

BhaTTar gives the interpretation that He has this nAma because He

fulfills the desire of the devotees to sing His praise. In other

words, bhagavAn is pUrayitA by becoming a stava-priyah (nAma 685) for

the sake of His devotees, and fulfilling their desire to praise Him,

even through He is a pUrNah (previous nAma), and thus does not need the

praise of the devotees. His true devotees would only seek the chance

to do kaimkaryam to Him by pleasing Him through praise etc., and this

is what He fulfills, as signified by the nAma pUrayitA.

 

SrI Samkara continues on his interpretation for the previous nAma, and

points out that bhagavAn is not just fulfilled Himself (pUrNah), but He

makes others fulfilled as well (pUrayitA) at the appropriate time, by

bestowing whatever they seek.

 

The dharma cakram writer gives some instances of the unique ways in

which bhagavAn fulfils the desires of those who seek His help, all the

time upholding dharma. The story of arjuna and duryodhana seeking help

from Lord kRshNa for the mahAbhArata war is interesting. Lord kRshNa

bestowed both arjuna's and duryodhana's wishes, though ultimately He

made sure that dharma won. BhIshma, the great devotee of kRshNa,

declared to duryodhana that he will fight so ferociously that he will

make kRshNa break His vow and take to arms during the war. BhagavAn

fulfilled bhIshma's promise, because it was the wish of a devotee. By

fulfilling His devotees' wishes, all He is doing is fulfilling His own

wishes, since He wants to ensure that His devotees' words are true.

The reason that bhagavAn always fulfills His devotees' wishes is

because their wish is never contrary to His wish under any

circumstance. In the mahAbhArata war, even though bhIshma was on

duryodhana's side, he blessed yudhisThira that he should win the war,

which was the same as bhagavAn's wish.

 

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

 

 

 

 

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