Guest guest Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Stanza 56 ajo mahaarhah svaabhaavyo jitaamitrah pramodanah aanando nandano nandah satyadharmaa trivikramah. 521. Ajah -Unborn. As the changeless and deathless Reality, He has neither birth nor any decay, ‘Unborn’ in philosophy means undying; therefore, Eternal, Changeless, “Born to Lord Vishnu” is yet another meaning, and according to this interpretation, the term can suggest “Pradyumna,” son of Vishnu, who is considered to be in our Purana as an Incarnation of the Lord of Love. 522, Mahaarhah –“One who deserves the highest worship.” Arhaa means ‘poojaa’: ‘worship’. 523. Svaabhaavyah -Ever-rooted in the nature of His own Self. One who is the Uncaused Cause, the God. 524. Jitaamitrah -One who has conquered all his enemies both within and without. Within, He has conquered all enemies such as desires, hope, etc., and externally, has conquered enemies like Ravana, Hiranyakasipu and others. 525. Pramodanah –‘Ever-blissful’. One who is constantly enjoying His own Eternal, Blissful nature. The term indicates ‘Vishnu’ because Sri Narayana is the One that causes bliss in the heart of those who meditate upon Him. 526. Aanandah -A mass of Pure Bliss. Bliss is His pure nature. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad says: “Of this happiness, all other beings enjoy only a part.” 527. Nandanah –“One who makes others blissful.” Since the Lord is the very source of the happiness of the devotees who reach the divine plane of Pure Consciousness, it is in Him they get themselves intoxicated with the endless drunkenness of thus unceasing Bliss. 528. Nandah -One who is freed from all limited worldly pleasures. Worldly pleasures come through contact with the objects of the sense-organs. The term means One who has no contact with the world of senses, as He dwells in transcendence of all the equipments of pleasure-the body, mind and intellect. Chandogya Upanishad says, “That which is immensity is felicity; there is no felicity in littleness.” 529. Satyadharmaa -One who has in Him- self all the true Dharmas. Kindness, non-injury, charity etc. are considered as the noble Dharmas. Sri Narayana is One in whom we find all these Dharmas to the maximum. In short, He is the embodiment of Yoga (Yogesvara). It also means that One who is rich in the experience of the Supreme Self; for, the Upanishad says: “This alone is the Supreme Dharma which is to experience the Self through yoga”... 530. Trivikramah –“One who has taken the three steps”. One who has, in three steps, conquered the three worlds in his Vamana-incarnation. The spiritual seeker has only to take three steps to reach the Centre of the Self in him- self. Once he has stepped across the fields-of-experiences in the waking, dream and deep-sleep conditions, he has reached the Infinite Consciousness, the Atman. The very term ‘Tri’ in Sanskrit means ‘the three-worlds.’ “The greatest men of reflection have declared the three fields-of-experiences (Loka) by the simple term ‘Tri,”-(Harivamsa). http://groups.msn.com/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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