SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 81 - gadAgrajah.

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SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 81 - gadAgrajah.

 

770. gadAgrajah – a) The elder brother of gada.

b) He Who was born as a result of mantra.

c) He Who pervades those who walk and talk (gada + agra + jah)

d) The Foremost among those who created sound (in the form of veda-s)

e) He Who keeps the brAhamaNa-s healthy (spiritually)

 

Om gadAgrajAya namah.

 

a) SrI bhaTTar’s vyAkhyAnam is that kRshNa is the elder brother of a

child named gada, born to vasudeva after kRshNa. Gada’s mother is

sunAmA, one of the wives of vasudeva.

 

b) SrI Sa’nakra sees the nAma as (ni)gada-agrajah, or born as a result

of mantra (as in the case of Lord rAma who was born as a result of

putra kAmeshTi yAgha). He treats ni as lopa (left out, elided) in this

interpretation – nigadena mantreNa agre jAyata iti “ni” Sabda lopam

kRtvA gadAgrajah. (gadyate iti gadah, referring to mantra-s). He also

gives the interpretation “Elder brother of gada” as his second

interpretation.

 

SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri notes that in her letters to kRshNa, rukmiNi

calls Him by this name, gadAgrajah.

 

c) SrI vAsishTha gives a different interpretation: He looks at the

nAma as gada + agra + jah. For gada, he derives the meaning from gada

vyaktAyAm vAci – to speak; For agra, he derives the meaning from agi –

gatau – to go; and he uses the meaning jAta – anupavishTa – who enters

or pervades, for the part jah. Thus, his interpretation for the nAma

is “He Who pervades (in the form the soul) those that speak and those

that walk or move around. Gadeshu – gadana Seeleshu, agreshu – gamana

Seeleshu, anupravishTo jAta iva pratIyamAno gadAgraja iti vishNor nAma.

SabdAyamAne, gamanaSIle ca jIvita SarIra eva jIvAtmAno’vabhAsah

prakASa ityarthah.

 

d) Another alternate interpretation by SrI vAsishTha is: gadAnAm

vyaktam Sabdam kurvatAm manushyANAm agrajah –= jyeshThah = SreshThah –

The foremost and the best among those who have produced sound. The

reference here is to His revelation of the veda-s. For this reason, He

is also called vAcaspati.

 

e) SrI satya sandha yatirAja, in addition to the interpretation for

gadAgrajah as “the elder brother of gada”, also considers the

alternate pATham agadAgrajah, and sees the nAma as agada + agrajah.

Here agada means healthy, without disease, and agraja refers to

brAhmins. His interpretation is: agadA nIrogiNo agrajA brAhmaNA

yasmAt iti agadAgrajah – He because of Whose Grace the brAhmaNa-s are

healthy. The reference can be to spiritual health because of the vedic

chanting.

 

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

 

 

 

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