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He also quotes from moksha dharma, where it is stated that no matter what a<br />

person who has single-minded devotion offers to Him, He accepts it with a<br />

bowed head:<br />

yAh kriyAh samprayuktAh syuh ekAnta gata bhuddhibhih |<br />

tAh sarvAh SirasA devah pratigRhNAti vai svayam ||<br />

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(from moksha dharma)<br />

A brAhmaNa qualifies for the title of brAhmaNa by pure nAma japam, and<br />

nothing else is required:<br />

japyenaiva hi sam-Suddhyet brAhmaNo nAtra samSayah |<br />

kuryAd-anyan-na kuryAt maitro brAhmaNa ucyate ||<br />

(from moksha dharma)<br />

b) SrI Samkara gives the interpretation that bhagaVan is Himself the Great<br />

Sacrifice. SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri gives reference to the gItA in support:<br />

aham kratur-aham ya~jnah svadhAham aham aushadham |<br />

mantro'ham ahmevAjyam aham-agnir-aham hutam ||<br />

(gItA 9. 16)<br />

"I am the kratu; I am the sacrifice; I am the offering to the manes; I am the<br />

herb; I am the mantra; I am myself the clarified butter; I am the fire; I am<br />

the oblation".<br />

Bhagavad rAmAnuja explains the concept in his vyAkhyAnam for Slokam 9. 15.<br />

"… vividha vibhakta nAma rUpa sthUla cit acit vastu SarIrah syAm iti<br />

samkalpya, sa ekadeva eva tiryang manushya sthAvarAkhya vicitra jagaccharIrah<br />

avatishThate iti anusandhAnASca mAm upAsate. . "<br />

The Lord wills thus: May I become embodied in gross animate and inanimate<br />

entities, distinguished variously by name and form. He alone then abides, with<br />

the variegated cosmos as His body, comprising gods, animals, men, and immobile<br />

things. (The mahAtma-s) worship Me contemplating on Me thus.<br />

Thus, everything is part of His body, His form. In the context of the current<br />

nAma, He is Himself the havis also - aham hutam (SrI tirukkaLLam svAmi<br />

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