bhOgyAmrutam - akSharaha (Continued...)

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2) The skillful one who went to Bali as a manikin and tricked Him : He went to

Bali due to His love for Indra & the dEvatAs who had sought refuge in Him.

He became "Trivikrama" for the sake of all of us who are

totally ignorant and are thus incapable in reaching out to Him. Through His

divine feet He measured all these worlds and bestowed the warmth of His

affection on all of us.

His love for us was the same even when He donned the gigantic

Trivikrama form. Whom else should we call 'akShara'?

 

3) He alone is my heart's desire : My heart is seeking Him & only Him. I cannot

even think of any other God or any other theory. For I had recognized His

overflowing love towards me. To create a similar love in my heart, He adorns all

His auspicious qualities in their totallity. They are the sole source of my joy

and sustenance and know no decrease. They keep increasing as I experience them

more and more. And so does my longing for that supreme Lord - The akShara.

 

4) akShara "eva ca" - The names "kShEtrajnaha" and "akSharaha" can be taken to

imply the jIvAtma. For even the jIvAtma can be considered as a kShEtrajna and is

also akShara. But...

Let us see How "eva ca" can be taken in this context. Till now we

have talked about that Supreme Lord SrIman NArayaNa as the kShEtrajna and the

akShara. He is the one referred to by the word "tat" in the famous Sruti vAkya -

"tat tvam asi".

"eva ca" ( "also only" ) - indicates that the paramAtma

reffered to by the word "tvam" in "tat tvam asi" also is the only kShEtrajna and

akShara. It means that one need not stop at the level of jIvAtma and consider

Him as akShara and kShEtrajna. One has to go to the paramAtma who is the

indweller of all jIvAs (tvam in tat tvam asi) and refer Him as the one and only

"akShara" and "kShEtrajna".

 

Jai Sriman Narayana