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nAma 673. äüI brahmI
a) He who possesses all that goes by the term brahma - prakRti, purusha,
ISvara, veda, etc.
b) He Who has the four-faced brahmA in His nAbhI-kamalam.
brahmiNe namah.
The etymology for the nAma is given by SrI satyadevo vAsishTha based on the
pANini sUtra "vrIhyAdibhyaSca" (5. 2. 116) and "nastaddhite"(6. 4. l44),
whereby the addition of the affix ini to the word brahma gives the meaning
"having or bearing brahma".
a) SrI BhaTTar gives the interpretation that He is called brahmI because He
possesses all that is in the form of pramANa (the means of knowledge), and
prameya (the objects of knowledge).
SrI SrInivAsa rAghavan notes that this includes the veda-s (pramANa), and
prakRti, purusha, ISvara, etc. (the prameya-s - those that are to be known
from the veda-s).
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri observes that the veda-s, the four-faced brahmA,
the braAmaNa-s (vipra-s),tapas, etc., are all there to reveal His true nature,
and since they are all His possessions, He is called brahmI.
b) SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives the interpretation that because He has
the four-faced brahmA in His nAbhI-kamalam (in the lotus in His navel), He
has the nAma brahmI - sa nAbhIkamale vishNoh sthito brahmA prajApatih -
(mArkaNDeya purA. 78. 51).
The dharma cakram writer observes that the significance of this nAma is to
realize that just as the body which is made of the pa'nca bhUta-s needs their
support for its survival, the realization of the paramAtmA who resides within
us requires the support of His possessions, namely the veda-s, the brAhMaNas
(vipra-s),and tapas. One should learn the veda-s, live the life revealed by the
veda-s, and live the life of a brAhmaNa as described in the previous nAma,and
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