shrI viShNu sahasranAma bhAShyam.h (forwarded)

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namaste.

 

I forward the next installment of the viShNusahasranAma

bhAShyam as presented by shri Ravishankar Mayavaram.

The earlier segments in this presentation can be accessed

in the archives.

gm

 

 

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shrii yudhiShThira uvAcha -

 

kimeka.n daivata.n loke

kiM vApyeka.n parAyaNam.h

stuvantaH kaM kamarchantaH

prApnuyurmAnvAH shubham.h

 

shrii yudhiShThira spoke:

 

Who is the one (supreme) deity in this world and what is the supreme

goal/refuge? Praising whom and worshipping whom one attains all

auspicious things?

 

sh.nkara's commentary and a brief (approximate) translation:

 

kimeka.n daivata.n deva ityarthaH, svArthe taddhita pratyaya

vidhAnAt.h, loke lokana hetubhUte samasta vidyA sthAne uktamiti

prathamaH

prashnaH.

 

First question is, in this world which is seen (known) through all

vidya-s who is declared as the supreme deity. (vidya sthAna-s are two

fold, veda vidya sthAna is veda-s, vedangas, mImAmsa, nyAya shAstra,

dharma shAstra, and purANa-s; and loka vidya sthana is ayurveda, artha

shAstra, gAndharva veda and dhanur veda*. World and all about it is

known through these sources of knowledge]

 

kiM vApyeka.n parAyaNa.n tasmin.h loke ekaM parAyaNa.n cha kim.h ? |

param.h ayanaM prAptavyaM sthAnaM parAyaNam.h. yadAGYayA pravartante

sarve; yasminnnadhigate hR^idaya granthirbhidyate,

 

bhidyate hR^idayagranthi shchidyante sarva samshayA.H |

xIyante chasya karmANi tasmindR^iShTe parAvare || (muNDakopaniShad

2-2-8**)

 

iti shruteH |

 

yasya viGYAnamAtreNa Ananda laxaNo moxaH prApyate; yadvidvAnna bibheti

kutashcana ; yatpraviShTasya na vidyate punarbhavaH ;yasya cha

vedanAt.h tat.h eva bhavati, 'brahma veda bramhaiva bhavati' (MU 3-2-9)

iti shruteH | yadvihAyAparaH panthAH nR^iNAM nAsti, "nAnyaH panthA

vidyate.ayanAya" (SU 3-8) iti shruteH | taduktam.h ekaM parAyaNam.h.

loke tatkim.h iti dvitIyaH prashnaH.

 

In this Universe who is the supreme refuge/goal? The supreme goal or

refuge is He whose orders all obey; knowing whom the fetter of

ignorance that binds the heart falls apart as declared in the shruti

"seeing whom who is both the cause and effect, the fetters of hearts

falls apart, all doubts are destroyed, and all actions ceases to be",

merely by knowing whom one attains the liberation which is bliss,

knowing whom one does not fear anymore, knowing which one becomes that

itself as declared by the shruti "brahma veda brahmaiva bhavati",

entering which one does take birth anymore, excepting which seekers

have no other way as declared by the shruti "other than Him I do not

know any other way", that is called as parAyaNam or supreme refuge. Who

is such a refuge in this Universe is the second question.

 

kaM katamaM devaM stuvantaH guNakIrtanaM kurvantaH, kaM katamaM devaM

archantaH bAhyamAbhyantaraM vA archanaM bahuvidhaM kurvantaH mAnavAH

manusutAH shubhaM kalyANaM svarga apavargAdi phalaM prApnuyuH

labheran.h

iti punaH prashnadvayam.h.

 

Praising whom, singing whose kalyANa guNa-s; and worshipping whom

externally, internally in various ways, men, descendants of manu,

attain all good things, heaven and liberation are the next two

questions.

 

* From Tamil translation of sahasranAma by aNNa (subrahmaNya aiyar).

This is a brief translation with sides notes from mainly shankara's

commentary.

 

** I also refer to the English translation by N. S. Ananta Krishna

shAstry.

 

*** Sanskrit text was encoded by shrImati Savithri Devaraj.

 

(I did not understand the line svArthe taddhita pratyaya vidhAnat. Does

it mean that the following arrangement (vidhAna) of questions starting

with kimekam by yudhiShThira is was furthering one's own svArthe

welfare (taddhita pratyaya)?)

 

Your comments are welcome. As you see I am typing this at midnight, I

have no doubt it will be full of errors. Be warned.

 

parandhAma rUpaam bhaje pANDya bAlAm.

 

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