SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 80 - Part 8.

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SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 80 - satya-medhAh.

 

761. satya-medhAh – a) He of true thoughts – honest, straightforward.

b) He of true knowledge – with foresight and minuteness.

c) He of true knowledge – of the Vedas and their numerous branches.

 

Om satya-medhase namah.

 

a) SrI bhaTTar’s vyAkhyAnam is that bhagavAn is satya-medhAh because He

is sincere in whatever He says, and it is not just for pretence – medhA

satyA asya, na naTana mAtram iti satya-medhAh. SrI v. v. rAmAnujan

describes this guNa of bhagavAn as Arjavam – straightforwardness. SrI

bhaTTar quotes the instance where bhagavAn addresses His gopa friends,

after they see Him perform the govardhana episode and wonder aloud

whether He is really one of them:

 

yadi vo’sti mayi prItih SlAghyo’ham bhavatAm yadi |

tad-Atam-buddhi sadRSI buddhir-vah kriyatAma mayi || (vishNu

purANam 5.13.11)

 

nAham devo na gandharvo na yaksho na ca dAnavah |

aham vo bAndhavo jAtah na vaS-cintyam ato’nyatA || (V.P. 5.13.12)

 

“If you have real love for me and think that I am worthy of praise from

you, then you must think of me as you think of yourselves (i.e., you

must think of me as a gopa, as you all are). I am neither a god, nor a

gandharva, neither a yaksha (a demi-god), nor a dAnava (demon). I am a

born relative to you all. You must not think of me any other way”.

 

Similarly, rAma declares: “AtmAnam mAnusham manye rAmam

daSarathAtmajam” – I consider myself as a human being, and the son of

daSaratha.

 

b) SrI Sa’nkara vyAkhyAnam is that He is of unfailing intelligence –

satyA avitathA medhA yasya iti satya medhAh. SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri

comments that true knowledge (satya medhA) consists of the ability to

foresee things and to see the inner aspects of things (nuN aRivu), so

that there are no obstructions caused because of unanticipated or

overlooked aspects of things during execution of any action. If one’s

knowledge is useful in times of need with these attributes, then any

action undertaken by this person will be bound to succeed. Since

bhagavAn is One Who is equipped with such knowledge, He is called

satya-medhAh.

 

c) SrI ananta kRshNa SAstry gives the interpretation that because

bhagavAn has the true knowledge of the veda-s and their numerous

branches, He has the nAma satya-medhAh.

 

d) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives yet another anubhavam for the nAma –

because bhagavAn has the unfailing knowledge that keeps all the

multifarious creations right from the beginning of the kalpa to the end

with their proper perspectives, He is called satya-medhAh.

 

The dharma cakram writer observes that because bhagavAn unfailingly

bestows true knowledge on those who follow the path of dharma, and

thereby gives them a mind that is directed towards realization of Him,

therefore He is called satya-medhAh. So the lesson for us from this

nAma is that we should follow the unfailing path of dharma so that we

will bestowed with true knowledge.

 

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

 

 

 

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