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The dharma cakram writer explains His "great action" in terms of His
supporting whatever a jIva is after: if the earthly pleasures is what one wants,
He supports that by providing the means for these; if after some stage this
person realizes that it is not worth going after earthly pleasures, He provides
the necessary means for them to follow the yogic path; when the person
matures in this path over several births, and starts feeling the desire to seek
Him, He aids this person in this path as well, and ultimately unites this person
with Him. He does all these things simultaneously to all the beings, according
to their wishes and desires.
For the English-speaking world, SrI cinmayAnanda's description for this nAma
is a good summary, which is similar to SrI Samkara's interpretation: "To
create a cosmos so scientifically precise and perfect out of the five great
elements, and to sustain them with an iron hand of efficiency, all the time
presiding over acts of destruction without which the world of change cannot
be maintained, is, in itself, a colossal achievement".
nAma 678. mhateja> mahA mahA-tejAh
mahA tejAh
He of great Resplendence.
mahA-tejase namah.
SrI BhaTTar's interpretation is that He is called mahA-tejAh because He has
the effulgence which destroys the darkness of the beginningless ignorance of
even those who are tAmasic by nature.
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan gives referenceto the Sruti - "nArAyaNa paro jyotih".
The jyoti of a thousand Suns is a but a small fraction compared to His jyoti.
tirumazhiSaip pirAn called Him "SodiyAda Sodi nee" - "You are the
unquestionable jyoti" (tiruccanda viruttam 34).
SrI Samkara's anubhavam is that He is called mahA-tejAh because of His
radiance through which the Sun and other luminaries possess their light. The
Sun is known to illumine everything around us, but this Sun itself gets its tejas
from a minute fraction of His tejas. SrI Samkara quotes the Sruti
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