SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 75 - Part 1.

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SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 75.

 

sad-gatih sad-kRtih sattA sad-bhUtih sat-parAyaNam |

SUra-seno yadu-SreshThah san-nivAsah su-yAmunah ||

 

Om sad-gataye namah

Om sat-kRtaye namah

Om sattAyai namah

Om sad-bhUtaye namah

Om sat-parAyaNAya namah

Om SUra-senAya namah

Om yadu-SreshThAya namah

Om san-nivAsAya namah

Om su-yAmunAya namah.

 

704. sad-gatih - a) He Who who provides the right path for the good.

b) He Who is Himself the right path for the good.

c) He Who has superior intellect.

d) He Who is attainable by the good.

 

sat refers to that which is good, or those who are good. gatih means

path. SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives the derivation as - satAm

sAttvika-sajjanAnAm gatih iti sad-gatih. We have seen the nAma

"muktAnAm paramA gatih" (nAma 12, Slokam 2) earlier, which conveys

that He is the Supreme Goal for all the Released souls. The current

nAma describes His showing the right path for those who seek the Truth.

The inner significance of the nAma sad-gatih is that He removes the

shackles of samsAra and liberates His devotees and shows them the right

path

 

a) SrI BhaTTar gives the interpretation for the current nAma as "One

Who provides the right path for the good or virtuous". The "right

path" is that which leads to eternal peace and tranquility. SrI

BhaTTar gives the example of how even at time of birth of Lord kRshNa,

the virtuous people saw all signs of tranquility all around them. He

gives support from vishNu purANam, 5.3, which elaborately describes the

tranquility and auspicious signs at the time of birth of child kRshNa

to devaki. One of the Sloka-s from the reference is:

 

santah santosham adhikam praSamam canDa mArutah |

prasAdam nimagnA yAtA jAyamAne janArdane || (vishNu purA. 5.3.4)

 

"The virtuous experienced new delight, the strong winds subsided, and

the river glided tranquilly, as janArdana was about to be born".

 

SrI v.v. rAmAnujan gives additional examples. As soon as Lord kRshNa

was born to devaki, He unfettered vasudeva from the shackles that held

him in prison; Even as a child, and He ridded the asura-s from

amongst the gopi-s and gopa-s in nandagopa's place. SrI rAmAnujan

observes that in addition to His being sad-gatih (the path for the

good), He is also asad-gatih - The Redeemer of the bad also, like

SiSupAla. So He is the gati for asat-s also. nammAzhvAr refers to Him

in his tiruvAimozhi pASuram 7.2.7 as "paRRilAr paRRa ninRAn" - He Who

is the Refuge for even those such as kAkAsuran.

 

 

 

b) SrI Samkara gives the significance of the nAma as "He Who is the

Goal or Refuge for the good". He quotes from taittirIya Upanishad,

which says that "If a person knows that Brahman exists, then the wise

call him good" - asti brahmeti ced veda, santamenam tato viduh (taitt.

2.6).

 

c) SrI Samkara also gives an additional interpretation using the

meaning "intellect" for the term "gati". Thus the nAma can also mean

"He Who has a superior intellect".- sati gatih, buddhih samutkRshTA

asya iti vA sad-gatih.

 

d) SrI baladeva vidyAbhUshaN uses the meaning "accessible or

attainable" to the term "gatih", and gives the interpretation that He

is accessible to the good, such as bhIshma - satAm bhIshmAdInAm

prApyatvAt sad-gatih.

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

 

 

 

 

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