SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 84 - kRtAgamah.

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SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 84 - kRtAgamah.

 

795. kRtAgamah –a) The Propounder of Agama-s (Spiritual texts)

including those dealing with Buddhism, Jainism, etc..

b) He Who propounded the Vedas – Rg, sAma, etc.

c) He Who is the Originator of the pA'ncarAtra Agama.

d) He Who made His appearance at dvArakA after

performing His several leelA-s.

e) he Who makes His appearance repeatedly through

different incarnations.

 

om kRtAgamAya namah.

 

The term Agama is derived from the root gam – gatau – to go. SrI

vAsishTha gives the derivation – Agamyate anena iti Agamo vedah –

That through which knowledge is obtained is Agama, namely, the veda-

s. He Who created the veda-s is kRta-Agamah – kRta Agamo yena sa

kRtAgamah.

 

a) SrI BhaTTar explains the nAma as a continuation of His acts of

deceiving the evil people. To make them believe Him in these acts,

He further propounded spiritual texts propounding the faiths of

Buddhism, Jainism, etc. – Buddha arhata sAmayika Agamah kRtAgamah.

SrI v.v. rAmAnujan describes these Agama-s as attractive to the

outward mind, very appealing, and something that can easily distract

and deceive one intellectually.

 

b) SrI Sa'nkara interprets the nAma as referring to bhagavAn being

the Origin of the veda-s – kRto vedAtmaka Agamo yena iti kRtAgamah.

He quotes the bRhadAraNya upanishad: "asya mahato bhUtasya

niSvasitam etat Rg vedo yajur-vedah sAma vedo atharvA'ngirasa

itihAsah purANam vidyA vidyA upanishadah SlokAh sUtrANyanuvyAkhyAnAni

vyAkhyAnAni…." – "The Rg veda, yajur veda, sAma veda, atharva veda, …

are the breath of this Supreme Being". The term Agama refers to

scriptures.

 

c) SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj explains the nAma as referring to His

being the Originator of the pA'ncarAtra Agama – "pA'ncarAtrasya

kRtsnasya kartA nArAyaNah svayam" – The whole of pA'ncarAtra was

originated by nArAyaNa Himself.

 

d) SrI baladeva vidyA bhUshaN interprets the word Agama as "arrival",

and gives the meaning for the nAma as referring to the arrival of

Lord kRshNa in dvArakA after performing several of His leelA-s -

kRtas-tat-tat caritAni prakASya dvArakAyAm Agamo yena sa kRtAgamah.

 

e) The term Agama also means "appearance". SrI vAsishTha gives an

interpretation using the meaning "Avarta" – revolution or repeated

appearance. He gives the example of the sun appearing repeatedly, as

a vibhUti of bhagavAn. BhagavAn Himself appears in His incarnations

repeatedly, and in this sense also He is "Agamah" – He Who appears

repeatedly.

 

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan