Guest guest Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 231. sahasramoorDhaa Thousand heads. He is endowed with infinite capacity to know and act. sahasra SIrshA purushah sahasrAkshah sahasra-pAt- (purusha sUktam) sarvatah pANi pAdam tat sarvato'kshi Siro-mukham (gItA 13.13) viSvataScakshuruta viSvatomukho viSvato bAhuruta viSvatspAt (Thaithireeya Up.) The Lord has thousand heads, eyes and hands and feet, meaning that He is everywhere. As everything is His sareera he has innumerable heads, eyes ,hands and feet. Denotes His omnipresence and omniscience 232. viSvathmaa He is the self of all. 233. sahasraakshaH Thousand eyed 234. sahasrapath Thousand feet. 235.aavarthanaH aavarthayithum Seelam asya ithi aavarthanah. The one who makes everything revolve. The cycle of birth and death, day and night, joy and sorrow all go round and round through His maya as the Lord says in Gita, `eeSvaraH sarvabhoothaanaaam hrddheSe arjua thishTathi , bhraamayan sarvabhoothaani yanthraarooDaani maayayaa,'(BG.18.61) the Lord is in the heart of all beings revolving them through His maya as though mouned on a wheel. 236.nivrtthaathmaa nivrtthi means to turn away or not being affected. The Lord even though activates everything being their inner self, is not affected by the actions or their results, as He says in the gita, `na maam karmaNi limpanthe na me karmaphale sprhaa,' (BG4.14) The Upanishad describes the jeevathma and Paramathma as two birds on a tree, the former experiences the joy and sorrow like sour and sweet fruits while the latter looks on without eating.'dhvaasuparNaa sayujaa sakhaayaa sayujaa sakhaayaa samaanam vrksham parishasvajaathe; thayoH ekah pippalam svaadhu atthi anaSnan anyaH parichaakaSeethi.' (Mund.UP.) 237.samvrthaH He is samvrtha or gooDa, unseen for those who are covered with thamas. The Lord says, naaham prakaasaH sarvasya yogamaayaasamaavrthaH,' (BG.7.25) "I am not manifest to all veiled by my maya." 238. sampramardhanaH One who dispels the darkness of thamas. Samyak mardhayathi svavidhyayaa thamaH. When thamas signifying ignorance is dispelled through the grace of the Lord, the knowledge of His svarupa shines like the sun.'jnaanena thu thadhajnaanam yeshaam naaSitham aathmanaH theshaam aadhithyaveth jnaanam prakaaSayathi thath param.' (BG-5.16) 239.ahaH samvarthakaH One who regulates the day, meaning, the wheel of Time. In the gita Krishna says that He is the imperishable time `ahameva akshyaH kaalaH,'(BG.10.33) which is divided into units like day and night etc. 240.vahniH vahanaath vahniH. He bears all which are His sareera being their inner self. The general meaning of vahni, which is fire is also applicable as the Lord as the fire in the sacrifices makes the devas get their oblations. 241. anilaH anilah means air Thadheva agniH thdhvaayuH (Tat.up.) Brahman is the fire and He is the air. ananaath anilah – Giver of life breath. Elayathi prerayathi ithi ilaH. Na ilaH anilaH- preraNa means urging. The Lord is anila because he does not need any urging to protect the devotees. ilathi also means sleeping. Anila means one who never sleeps. 243.DharaNeeDharah One who bears the earth. dharaNee means earth. The Lord bears the earth as Sesha and also carried the earth as Varaaha. .. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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