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(1. 1).
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri adds that the significance of mahA here is that
these measures are nothing known to us, and beyond our comprehension - we
can't define what each "step" of bhagavAn means in this context of trivikrama
incarnation. All we can say is that His steps are "big".
c) SrI cinmayAnanda interprets the "long stride" to refer to His being able to
permeate and pervade everything, one of meanings of the term "vishNu"; He
reaches everything and everyone earlier than anything else or anyone else, and
so He is mahA-kramah, or One with great strides, in this sense as well.
SrI satyadevo vAsishTha conveys this anubhavam in his vyAkhyAnam as well -
"na cAsti ki'ncit bhuvi vartamAnam mahAkramo yan-na vaSe karoti…" -There is
nothing in this universe that is not under the control of this mahA-kramah.
d) The dharma cakram writer gives yet another anubhavam - His steps (Feet)
are so great that by resorting to them one crosses the ocean of samsAra; our
ordinary steps only allow us to cross short distances in this earth. The lowliest
of beings here will become the greatest of mukta-s just by surrendering to His
steps - such is their greatness.
nAma 677. mhakmaR mahA mahA-karmA
mahA karmA
He of great actions.
mahA-karmaNe namah.
This nAma occurs as nAma 793 again (Slokam 84).
mahAnti karmANi yasya iti mahA-karmA - One Whose actions are great is
mahA-karmA. SrI BhaTTar and his followers interpret the nAma in terms of
His great actions in helping His devotees. Other interpretations emphasize His
great actions in the form of His creation etc.
SrI BhaTTar refers to His actions as "ati-vismayanIyam" - extremely
surprising, and refers to bhagavAn's action in lifting the likes of worms,
germs, and less, from those low levels to the level where they are capable of
enjoying His supreme glory. He lifts us from our very low levels to the level of
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