SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 83 - samAvartah.

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SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam – Slokam 83 - samAvartah.

 

samAvarto nivRttAtmA dur-jayo dur-atikramah |

dur-labho dur-gamo durgo durAvAso durAri-hA ||

 

om samAvartAya namah

om nivRttAtmane namah

om dur-jayAya namah

om dur-atikramAya namah

om dur-labhAya namah

om dur-gamAya namah

om dur-gAya namah

om dur-AvAsAya namah

om durrArighne namah

 

779. samAvartah – a) He Who takes incarnations again and again for the

benefit of His devotees.

b) He Who performs His function of creation again and again in

cycles.

c) He Whose true thoughts are always revolving around what He can do

to help His devotees.

 

om samAvartAya namah.

 

sam is an upasarga here, and can mean “well”, “from all sides”, etc.

The term Avarta means “turning around, revolving”. The root from which

the word Avarta is derived is vRt – vartane – to exist, to happen, to

live on, to occupy etc. The amara koSa vyAkhyAnam is Avartate

carkravad bhrAmyati iti Avartah – That which rotates around like a

wheel.

 

a) SrI bhaTTar’s interpretation is that bhagavAn has this nAma because

He takes incarnations again and again repeatedly as needed, for the

benefit of His devotees, even though He is birthless. nammAzhvAr

refers to Him as piRappu il pal piRavi perumAn in tiruvAimozhi 2.9.5

(SrI v.v. rAmAnujan).

 

b) SrI Sa’nkara gives the interpretation that bhagavAn has the nAma

samAvartah because He skillfully turns the wheel of worldly life –

samsAra cakrasya samyag-Avartaka iti samAvartah. SrI kRshNa datta

bhAradvAj gives the same interpretation - samyag Avartayati samsAra

cakram iti samAvartah. SrI baladeva vidyA bhUshaN expresses the same

idea – Because bhagavAn repeatedly continues His creation in cycles, He

is called samAvartah – samyak tAn Avartayati punah punah sRjati iti

samAvartah.

 

c) Another alternate interpretation by SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj is

that bhagavAn is called samAvartah because His true thoughts are

constantly revolving around what He can do to protect His devotees –

samIcInah AvartanaS-cintanam svajana avanamayam yasya iti samAvartah.

 

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

 

 

 

 

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