SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 75 - Part 2.

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SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 75 - sat-kRtih.

 

705. sat-kRtih - He of lovable acts, and full of good actions.

 

Om sat-kRtaye namah.

 

a) SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives the explanation - sati satyA

SobhanA ca kRtI racanA yasya iti sat-kRtih. SrI BhaTTar gives the

examples of His stealing butter, getting tied to the mortar, etc. SrI

v.v. rAmAnujan refers to bhagavAn's own words about His acts - janma

karma ca me divyam (gItA 4.9), where He Himself describes His karma-s

or acts as divine. The mere contemplation of even His acts will

release the person who contemplates on these from the bondage of

samsAra.

 

His divine acts do not just stop with the lovable acts in His

childhood, but extend to all aspects of creation, protection and

destruction. nammAzhvAr starts the description of His leelA-s in

6.4.1, and goes on listing more and more of His acts in the next 11

pASuram-s, frequently interspersing with "maRRum pala", indicating that

they are countless, even though he is listing some examples (This list

reminds one of Lord kRshNa's description of just a few examples of His

indescribable vibhUti in chapter 10 of the gItA):

 

- kuravai AicciyarODu kOttadum, kunRam onRu Endiyadum,

uravu nIrp poigai nAgam kAindadum maRRum pala … (6.4.1);

 

- kEyat tI'nkuzhal UdiRRum nirai mEittadum, keNDai oN kaN

vASap pU'nkuzhal pinnai tOLgaL maNandadum maRRum pala.. (6.4.2);

 

- nigar il mallaric ceRRadum, nirai mEittadum, nIL neDum kai

Sikara mAkaLiRaTTadum, ivai pOlvanavaum piRavum (6.4.3);

 

- nOva Aicci uralODu Arkka ira'ngiRRum, va'njap peNNaic

cAvap pAl uNDadum, Ur SakaDamiDac cADiyadum (6.4.4);

 

- vENDi dEvar irakka vandu piRandadum, vI'ngu iruL vAi

pUNDu anRu annai pulambap pOi a'ngu Or Aikkulam pukkadum,

kANDal inRi vaLarndu ka'njanait tu'nja va'njam Seidadum …(6.4.5);

 

- igal koL puLLaip piLandadum, imil ERugaL SeRRaduvum,

uyar koL SOlaik kurundu oSittadum uTpaDa maRRum pala …. (6.4.6);

 

- manap parippODu azhukku mAniDa SAdiyil tAn piRandu

tanakku vENDu uruk koNDu tAn tana SIRRattinai muDikkum

punat tuzhAi muDi mAlai mArban … (6.4.7);

 

- nInilattoDu vAn viyappa niRai perum pOrgaL Seidu

vANan Ayiram tOL tuNittadum uTpaDa maRRum pala

mANiyAi nilam koNDa mAyan….. (6.4.8);

 

- kalakka Ezh kaDal Ezh malaiyum ulagam Ezhum kazhiyak kaDAi

ulagat tEr koDu SenRa mAyamum uTpaDa maRRum pala… (6.4.9);

 

- maN miSaip perum bAram nI'nga Or bhArata mA perum pOr

paNNiya mAya'ngaL Seidu SEnaiyaip pAzh paDa nURRiTTup pOi

viN miSai tan tAmamE puga mEviaya SOdi …. (6.4.10);

 

- nAyagan muzhu Ezh ulagukkumAi muzhu Ezh ulagum, tan

vAiyagam puga vaittu umizhndu avaiyAi avai allanumAm

kESavan…(6.4.11).

In the issue of dharma cakram 48.8, several of kaNNan's sat-kRti-s are

described, and the associated lesson that is intended to be taught to

us by each of these acts is also described.

 

b) SrI cinmayAnanda reminds us that even those acts of His that may

seem destructive (such as His role in the mahA bhArata war, the killing

of the rAkshasa-s such as rAvaNa etc.), are really for the good of the

individual and for the protection of the world. All His actions are in

harmony and are meant for the establishment of peace. SrI Samkara

specifically emphasizes that His acts are sat-kRti-s because they are

meant for protecting the universe - sati kRtih, jagad-rakshaNAdi

lakshaNA asya yasmAt tena sat-kRtih.

 

c) SrI baladeva vidyA bhUshaN gives the interpretation that He is

sat-kRtih because at the time of giving up the body by a devotee, if

this devotee is not capable of thinking of bhagavAn as a result of

his/her physical condition, bhagavAn takes the responsibility to give

this soul moksham.

 

yadi vAtAdi dosheNa mad-bhakto mAm na ca smaret |

aham smarAmi mad-bhaktam nayAmi paramAm gatim ||

 

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

 

 

 

 

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