bhOgyAmrutam - sarvaha

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sarvaha = One who is every one = sarati gacchati iti = The one who is spread

everywhere, the omni-present.

 

Poem : TiruvAimozhi – 3-2-7 (of SrI NammALwAr)

 

Brief interpretation: Lord Sriman Narayana has made everyone / everything as His

divine body. He is spread everywhere. In spite of that we are not able to

recognize Him and serve Him.

 

Poem in English:

 

1) O Heart of mine, you keep suffering perennially in endless births of struggle

which are bereft of the correct knowledge

 

2) Who is everywhere and who is the support of everything

 

3) When will I reach that Krishna who is supremely radiant, being full of

imperishable knowledge.

 

Detailed Interpretation:

 

1) O Heart of mine, you keep suffering in endless births which are bereft

of tatva jnAna:

 

In this world, someone somewhere is always engulfed in pain and

suffering. Why? It could be due to the loss of a dear one or a dear possession

or it could be that they didn’t get their desired objects.

 

In reality, the one who is the most lovable – Our Lord Krishna is

present at all times in everyone’s heart. But we are devoid of such knowledge.

This body that we are in as a result of several mistakes that we commited

towards the devotees and never allows the generation of such a knowledge nor

does it create any interest to go in that direction.

 

2) That Lord Krishna who lives in everyone / everything without leaving

them, and who is the source of all knowledge :

 

Lord Krishna has filled Himself in everyone / everything. He was

like that in the past, is so currently and will continue to be so in the future.

And so He is alluded to as ‘sarvaha’.

 

If our beloved AchArya is coming towards us in a car, we do not

say that the car is approaching us. We say with joy that our AchArya is coming

to grace us. We give prominence not to the car but to the AchArya inside it.

 

In the same way, we should cognize the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna

inside everyone / everything. We shouldn’t limit our vision to the body or the

soul that surrounds that supreme Lord. Seen in that perspective, everything /

everyone is Lord Sri Krishna Himself. Such a knowledge is the true knowledge.

 

3) Will I be able to meet the Supremely radiant Lord, who is full of such

knowledge:

 

Our Lord continuously strives to create such a knowledge in us

and relieve us of our grief. For this, He makes Himself totally accessible to us

in the form of our AchAryAs, by making them as His body. Thus He always moves

around us with the urge to impart the correct knowledge. But, we fail totally in

recognizing Him.

 

Will we be able to at least recognize Him properly if not meet

Him in any of our lives? If that’s the case, when is it that we can ever meet

Him? It is possible?

 

The answer is – “Yes, Its possible”. The following slOka (chapter

14. SlOkam 42) of Bhagavadh Gita asserts this. It was the 13th SlOka of the GitA

jyOti SlOkas selected by Our AchArya HH Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swami vaaru.

 

tasmAd ajnAna sambhUtam hruth sttham jnAnAsinAtmanaha

chhiththvainam samSayam yOgam AtthishTThOthisTTha bhAratha

 

Because of a lack of association with proper AchAryAs (tasmAt),

you have developed ajnAnam (ignorance). This ajnAnam has given birth (ajnAna

sambhUtam) to a doubt deep in your heart – (hruthstham samSayam) – Whether I

will get the blissful togetherness with my Krishna?

 

Now, cut (chitvA) that ajnAnam – with what? – With the sword of

knowledge graced upon by the AchArya (jnAnAsinA) and get up, rise to serve the

Lord who is in everyone / everything. You definitely have an inclination towards

acquiring such a jnAna. Your name itself suggests that (bhArata).

 

JAI SRIMAN NARAYANA

 

In this way, Lets serve that Lord – sarvaha who is in everyone / everything, who

is everything – And who is our Lord Krishna.