sree vishnu sahasra naamaavali -post 29

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Post 29

 

Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

 

In this post we will see naamaas of sree Vishnu sahasra naamam havingthe common

thread of "desire or love or pleasure" in doing certain things. In samskrith

the common words are "kaama, priya"

 

First "kaama":

 

1. Om kaama GnE nama: -- naamaa no. 295 occurring in slOkam 32

Meaning: the destroyer of desires.

 

2. Om kaama kruthE nama: -- naamaa no. 296 occurring in slOkam 32

meaning: he who fulfills all desires of devotees. [kaamyam karOthi ithi

kaamakruth]

 

3. Om kaamaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 298 occurring in slOkam 32

Meaning: the lovable - one who is the beloved.

 

4. Om kaama pra dhaaya nama: -- naamaa no.299 occurring in slOkam 32

Meaning: the granter of desires - one who supplies the desired objects.

 

5. Om kaama dhEvaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 657 occurring in slOkam 70

Meaning: he who grants the desires of all beings.

 

6. Om kaama paalaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 658 occurring in slOkam 70

Meaning: he who protects whatever he has bestowed.

 

7. Om kaamaye nama: -- naamaa no. 659 occurring in slOkam 70

Meaning: he who has in his possession all desirable things for giving to

others.

 

8. Om sarva kaama dhaaya nama: -- naamaa no.855 occurring in slOkam 91

meaning: the bestower of all desires - one who fulfills all desires of all true

devotees.

 

Second "priya":

 

9. Om vrusha priyaaya nama: -- naamaa no.603 occurring in slOkam 63

meaning: lover of righteousness - lover of Dharma- one who delights in Dharma.

 

10. Om braahmaNa priyaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 675 occurring in slOkam 71

Meaning: he who has great affection for those who are masters of vEdhaas.

 

11. Om sthava priyaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 685 occurring in slOkam 73

Meaning: he who relishes the hymns in his praise.

One who is invoked by the chants of devoted hearts.

 

12. Om raNa priyaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 689 occurring in slOkam 73

Meaning: he who loves war.

 

13. Om priya arhaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 876 occurring in slOkam 93

Meaning: he who is rightly the object of affection.

 

14. Om arhaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 877 occurring slOkam 93

Meaning: he who alone is to be dsired.

 

15. Om priya kruthE nama: -- naamaa no. 878 occurring in slOkam 93

meaning: he who is ever obliging, fulfilling our wishes,

or who renders to the devotees what is to their liking.

[priyaan karOthi ithi priyakruth]

 

16. Om preethi vardhanaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 879 occurring in slOkam 93

Meaning: he who augments the joy of his devotees

 

17. Om ishtaaya nama: naamaa no. 309 occurring in slOkam 34

Meaning: he who is liked [by one and all]

 

Dhasan

 

Vasudevan m.g.

[Guest guest]

Dear sir,

 

Scriptures and elders advise us to have a ceiling on desires. But in this

naamaavali, the Lord Himself is the Creator of Desires in the Minds of Man.

So does this mean, we go forward fulfilling our desires or curb it? Sorry ,

if i have understood the situation wrongly. Please clarify little more, even

if my doubt may look stupid.

 

Many thanks

 

Vijayaraghavan V K

 

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M.G.Vasudevan <mgv

<bhakti-list>

Saturday, December 14, 2002 9:00 AM

sree vishnu sahasra naamaavali -post 29

 

> Post 29

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> Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

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> In this post we will see naamaas of sree Vishnu sahasra naamam havingthe

common thread of "desire or love or pleasure" in doing certain things. In

samskrith the common words are "kaama, priya"

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> > Dhasan

>

> Vasudevan m.g.

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Vijaya raghavan and other bhakthaas

 

The word "kaama" as per dictionary means

Wish

Desire

Longing

Love

Affection

Pleasure

Desire personified

Object of love pleasure or desire.

Refer page 271 col 3 of monier williams.

 

Any thing starts as a wish or liking.

When it gets intensified becomes a desire.

When this desire gets concentrated it becomes longing.

When this longing gets strengthened it becomes lust or greed.

 

This greed leads to craving for the objects connected with that unfulfilled

wish and thinks of all means of attaining these objects desired.

 

The different means are the real cause for worry rather than the desire and its

fruit.

 

That is why our elders advise us to put a ceiling on the desires, so that, it

is some what easy to kill the wish itself, rather than develop it leading to all

further complications.

 

But if this desire is on HIM that krishna, the kaama:

then that "kaama" is always welcome to go to any extent

for that greed leading to craving is for Him

which is THE intense bhakti on him

 

- like aaNdaaL - to say I just can not bear - pl bring some thing connected with

HIM to remove the heat of my longing for him.

 

Further when HE is

the giver of that desire,

the means of achieving the desire, and further

the fruit of that desire is also HIMSELF,

there is nothing wrong in having that desire nor holding back that desire.

No need to put a ceiling also.

 

Ok. Just for argument sake accept any other wish or desire - materialistic or

other - just have a wish or desire - even intense also

but if mentally prepared to accept any thing coming in the way of fulfilling

that wish / desire as HIS prasaadham

this is what I got from HIM as fulfillment of my wish / desire or want

then this kind of desiring and getting it fulfilled is also welcome.

 

Once you are in this path of desiring something and accepting as his prasaadham,

may be, then perhaps you are ripe enough to wish big and get that also

fulfilled, for, he is the desiring person in you, the means to get it fulfilled,

and the fruit giver also.

 

Trust I am giving you some clarification. [ or really confusing?]

 

Further questions are welcome.

 

Dhasan

 

Vasudevan m.g.

 

vijayalu [sMTP:vijayalu]

Sunday, December 15, 2002 2:38 PM

bhakti-list; M.G.Vasudevan

Re: sree vishnu sahasra naamaavali -post 29

 

Dear sir,

 

Scriptures and elders advise us to have a ceiling on desires. But in this

naamaavali, the Lord Himself is the Creator of Desires in the Minds of Man. So

does this mean, we go forward fulfilling our desires or curb it? Sorry , if i

have understood the situation wrongly. Please clarify little more, even if my

doubt may look stupid.

Many thanks

Vijayaraghavan V K