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the aSvamedha yAga in His incarnation as Lord rAma. He is also the yajAmana
of all sacrifices performed by all devotees, since He ensures their successful
completion, and in this sense also He is mahA-yajvA, the Great Sacrificer.
b) SrI BhaTTar interprets the term "mahA-yajvA" as a reference to the
superior class of devotees who worship vishNu with single-minded
devotion,without worshiping any other devatA for any reason. In this
derivation of the interpretation, a yajvA is one who offers worship, a mahAyajvA
is one who offers the superior form of worship whereby he worships
only Lord vishNu without worshiping anya devatA-s, and bhagavAn is Himself
referred to as mahA-yajvA because He has this superior class of devotees, or
because He is the Leader of these devotees. He is also a mahA-yajvA because
He worships (values) these mahA-yajvA-s as His AtmA, and uplifts the
devotees who worship Him specially incomparison to those who worship anyadevatA-s
(sva-yAjinAm anya-yAjimyo'piatyutkarshatvAt mahA-yajvA - SrI
BhaTTar).
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan has given the meaning in tamizh for SrI BhaTTar's
vyAkhyAnam(tannai ArAdhippavargaLaicciRappUTTubavan).
SrI aNNa'ngarAcArya svAmi's interpretation is "tannaiArAdhippavargaLaic
ciRandavargaLAgac ceibavar" - "He Who especially elevates those who worship
Him exclusively".
The superiority of His exclusive devotees derives from the fact that these
are the ones who seek the best of all blessings - moksham, to the exclusion of
all other worldly benefits.
nAma 682. mhay}> mahA mahA-ya~jnah
mahA ya~jnah
a) He Who is the best among those to be worshiped.
b) He Who manifests Himself in the form of the best of ya~jna-s.
c) He Who is worshiped by the great j~nAni-s, or He Who is worshiped
through great sacrifices.
mahA-ya~jnAya namah.
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