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The idea to take from the different interpretations is that bhagavAn
incorporates different constraints on His creatures as part of the
administration of dharma and as part of the administration of His function of
the cycle of creation. This is seen in different forms: in the form of limiting
the knowledge of the followers of the pravRtti dharma, the form in which the
huge tree is contained in a small seed, the way in which He assimilates all the
innumerable jIva-s into Himself at the time of pralaya, the way in which He
minimizes the suffering of His devotees, etc.
nAma 606.
]emk«t! kshema kshema-kRt
kshema kRt -
a) He who does what is good for His devotees.
b) He who protects what has been acquired by His devotees.
kshema-kRte namah.
SrI BhaTTar: BhagavAn does what is good for the practitioners of
nivRttidharma by removing the obstructions to their knowledge.
SrI Samkara: upAttasya kshemam - parirakshaNam karoti iti kshema-kRt.
This has been translated differently by two different translators. SrI T. S.
kRshNamUrti gives the translation - He who gives kshema or protection to
those who go to Him. SrI R. anantakRshNa SAstri gives the meaning - He who
protects what has been acquired by His devotees.
SrI cinmayAnanda notes that bhagavAn not only preserves that which has been
attained by His devotees, He also helps them attain what has not been
attained so far - ananyAS cintayanto mAm. . . . yoga kshemam vahAmyaham -
gItA 9. 22. Here yoga refers to what has not been attained yet, and kshema
refers to what has been already acquired. tirukkaLLam
SrI nRsimha rAghavAcArya svAmi explains yoga and kshema as follows: alabdhasyalAbho
yogah, labdha rakshaNam kshemah - attaining something that
we don't have is yoga, and preserving what we have is kshema.
SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives a similar explanation - aprAptasya
prApaNam yogah, yogasya rakshaNamkshemah. BhagavAn gives yogam in the
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