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aham kratur-aham ya~jnah svadhAham aham aushadham |
mantro'ham ahmevAjyam aham-agnir-aham hutam ||
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(gItA 9. 16)
"I am the kratu; I am the sacrifice; I am the offering to the manes; I am the
herb; I am the mantra; I am myself the clarified butter; I am the fire; I am
the oblation". This Slokam is explained in greater detail under the nAma mahAhavih
(nAma 683).
e) SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives the interpretation - mahAn
kratuhpa'ncarAtro yaysa it mahA-kratuh. SrI Ramachandra Rao in his AgAma
kOSa vol.IV, quotes from the Satapata brAhmaNa which says that purusha
nArAyaNa performed the great pA'ncarAtra kratu or sacrifice, and attained
superiority over all beings and became all beings Himself:
"purusho ha vai nArAyaNo'kAmayata atitishTheyam |
sarvANi bhUtAni ahameva idam sarvam iti |
sa etam purushamedham pA'ncarAtram ya~jna
kratum apaSyat tam Aharat tena ajAyata teneshTam |
atyatishTatsarvANi bhUtAnIdam sarvam abhavat || " (13. 6. 1)
nAma 681. mhayJva mahA mahA-yajvA
mahA yajvA
a) He Who performs great sacrifices.
b) He Who has the special class of devotees (mahA-yajvA-s) of a superior
nature.
According to pANini sUtra 3. 2. 103 (suyajor'ngvanip), the word yajvA is
derived from the root yaj - to sacrifice, with the addition of the affix
'ngvanip. When the affix 'ngvanip is added to the root yaj, the result is yajvA
with a past signification, and thus means "one who has sacrificed". SrI
satyadevo vAsishTha gives the etymological derivation "mahAntam ya~jnam
kRtavAn itimahA-yajvA" - He Who has performed great sacrifices.
a) SrI Samkara gives the interpretation that He is called mahA-yajvA because
He has performed great sacrifices. SrI cinmayAnanda gives the example of
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