SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 85 - vAja-sanih.

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SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 85 - vAja-sanih.

 

802. vAja-sanih – a) He Who advocated eating a lot (a Preacher of

mundane pleasures, like eating).

b) He Who provides for the nourishment of all His

creation.

 

Om vAja-sanaye namah.

 

SrI BhaTTar gives the nAma as vAja-sanih, and SrI Sa'nkara's version

is vAja-sanah. SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives both versions, and

points out that "vAja-sanih" is "vaidika pATham". This is probably

based on the fact that references to this nAma that are found in the

veda-s is "vAja-sanih" – for example,

(Rg. 9.110.11), (Rg. 3.51.2), (Rg. 10.91.15)

 

The term vAja refers to annam or food. The root from which sanah or

sanih is derived is san – sambhaktau, dAne – to divide, to give.

 

a) SrI BhaTTar's vyAkhyAnam is – nAstikya vAdena aihikam annAdikameva

sambhajati iti vAja-sanih – By His atheistic teachings He created a

taste in them for the enjoyment of pleasures in this world itself.

SrI BhaTTar notes that it is the vow of a buddhist monk that he

should consume mouthfuls of curd-rice every day early in the morning –

kshapaNaka vratam hIdam yat prAtah prAtah dadhyodana kabalAn gRhNate

iti.

 

b) SrI Sa'nkara gives the interpretation – vAjam – annam arthinAm

sanoti – dadAti it vAja-sanah – He Who gives food to those who pray

for it. SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri adds that the nAma signifies that He

has made provision for all living beings for their food even before

they are born, such as providing for the milk for the child from the

mother's breast even as the child is born. So He plans and

provisions for sustenance of all creatures even before He creates the

world. SrI cinmayAnanda gives the interpretation that the nAma

signifies His being the source or nurturer of the entire world

of "emotions-feelings-and-thoughts" for the experiences of the body,

mind and intellect of all creatures.

 

For the interpretation in terms of His being the provided of food to

all beings, SrI cinmayAnanda gives references to the gItA:

 

gAm-AviSya ca bhUtAni dhArayAmyaham-ojasA |

pushNAmi caushadhIh sarvAh somo bhUtvA rasAtmakah || (gItA

15.13)

 

"And entering the earth I uphold all beings by My strength. I

nourish all herbs, becoming the juicy soma".

 

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan