SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 80 - Part 6.

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760. dhanyah – The Blessed.

 

Om dhanyAya namah.

 

The word dhanam refers to wealth. The amara koSa vyAkhyAnam is “dhana

dharma sAdhuh dhanyah” – One Who excels in wealth and dharma is

dhanyah. By pANini sUtra “dhana gaNam labdhA” (4.4.84), the addition of

the yat pratyaya to dhana gives the meaning to this nAma as: “One who

obtains dhana or wealth”.

 

What wealth does bhagavAn have to attain that He does not have? SrI

bhaTTar’s anubhavam is that He considered being born to devaki as the

wealth that He coveted. Since He got His desired wealth by being born

to devaki, now He is dhanyah – tad-janma dhana lAbhAt dhanyah. SrI v.

v. rAmAnujan’s anubhavam is that since bhagavAn is One Who does not

have birth normally, this is a great blessing for Him!

 

(I am reminded of an article that I recently received from a friend of

mine. In this moving article, the well-known Sri candra sekhara

sarasvati (the previous AcArya of kA’nci Sa’nkara maTham), feels

intensely sorry that his position as the sanyAsi and head of his Asrama

had permanently deprived him of the privilege of prostrating at the

feet of elders right from a very young age, since he became the head of

the maTham when he was probably less than 10. So he feels intensely

for his situation, that falling at the feet of elders and prostrating

was a bhAgyam that he was permanently deprived of in his life because

of his position).

 

SrI Sa’nkara bhAshyam is that since every wish of bhagavAn is

fulfilled, He is dhanyah – kRtArtho dhanyah – He is self-satisfied, and

so He is Blessed.

 

SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj uses the amaram “sukRti puNyavAn dhanyah”,

and gives the interpretation that BhagavAn accepts the sincere

offerings in the form of flowers etc., and constantly keeps thinking of

their welfare; This is sukRtam and puNya kAryam, and so He is dhanyah

– sukRtI or puNyavAn.

 

The dharma cakram writer dwells on the lesson to take from the nAma, as

he invariably does for all the nAma-s. In common use, the word dhanyah

refers to “one who is benefiting from the good karma-s in his previous

birth” (dhanyo’smi – I am blessed). The antima smRti is a determinant

of the next birth. In order to have good antima smRti, one should

train oneself throughout one’s life to be involved in good deeds,

thoughts and words. This is what will make one a dhanyah in the future

births. This is the lesson to take from the concepts behind this nAma.

 

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

 

 

 

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