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a nitya sUri, a wonder that can't even be comprehended by us.
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan gives reference to nammAzhvAr (tiruvAi. 7. 5. 1):
"…. puRpA mudalAp pul eRumbu enRu Ado onRu inRiyE naRpAl
ayottiyil vAzhum SarASaram muRRavum naRpAlukkumuittanan…" -
Lord rAma lifted all the jIva rASi-s starting from the blades of grass, the
ants, and all other life forms that existed in His land ayodhyA with Him to SrI
vaikunTham when He departed this world after His avatAra kAryam ended.
KulasekharaAzhvAr refers to the same incident in perumAL tirumozhi 10. 10 -
"anRuSarASara'ngaLai vaikundattu ERRi…", where His makA-karmA aspect is
sung.
His great actions do not stop with just directly helping His devotees by lifting
them to His level, but also in His acts in punishing His devotee's enemies,
including tricking them as part of His leelA. SrI BhaTTar interprets the
occurrence of this nAma in Slokam 84 in this sense (in terms of His
BuddhaavatAra, where He intentionally taught those who were averse to Him
to follow the non-vedic path). These great acts of His are also just, since they
are aimed at punishing those who are set against Him.
SrI Samkara interprets the nAma in terms of His great karma or act in the
form of His creation of this Universe etc. - mahat jagat utpatyAdi karmA asya
itimahA-karmA.
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri gives the example of His swallowing the entire
universe at the time of dissolution. In the later occurrence of this nAma in
Slokam 84,
SrI Samkara brings out another aspect of His great creation - that of bringing
out the great elements etc. - mahAnti viyadAdInibhUtAni karmANi kAryANi
asya iti mahA-karmA.
SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj refers to Lord kRshNa's words in the gItA that
His actions are "divya" karma-s (divine actions) - janma karma ca medivyam …
(gItA 4. 9.).
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