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and worthy of praise"; "tam viSva rUpam bhava-bhUtam IDyam" (6. 4) - He
Who has the Universe as His form, He who is the cause of all origin and
existence, and who is praiseworthy".
b) SrI Samkara's interpretation is: sarvaih stUyate, na stotA kasyacit iti
stavyah - He who is praised by everyone, but who does not need to praise
anyone. SrI cinmayAnanda adds that "all the jIva-s invoke Him, but He does
not invoke the jIva-s".
SrI bala deva vidyA bhUshaN comments that He is stavyah or worthy of praise
because it is easy to praise His infinite kalyANa guNa-s through mere use of
words - vAg-vyApAreNaiva samArAdhyatvAt nitya kalyANa guNakatayA
stotum arhah stavyah.
The dharma cakram writer gives some examples of the way the AzhvAr-s have
praised Him: uyarvaRa uyar nalam uDaiyavan, mayrvaRa madi nalam aruLbavan,
amarargaL adipati, nalam tarum Sollai nAn kaNDu koNDEn nArAyaNA ernnum
nAmam, acyutA amarar Eru, Ayar tam kozhundu,… etc. But He is not fully
described by any of these; these are just some limited ways through which His
true devotees have enjoyed Him. Knowing the inner meaning of songs in praise
of Him and singing them, nAma japam, meditating on Him, dedicating all that
we do to Him, etc., are among the different ways in which He can be praised.
nAma 685. Stviày> stava stava-priyah
stava priyah
He Who is pleased by the praise in whatever form it is offered.
stava-priyAya namah.
In his interpretation, SrI BhaTTar points out that when anyone praises Him in
any manner (even in a negative manner!), in any language (even if it contains
errors in diction or meaning), even if it is adverse to His splendor, bhagavAn
accepts it as praise. SrI BahTTar's exact words are:
1. yathA katha'ncit (in whatever manner),
2. yayA kayAcit bhAshayA (in whatever language - even in negative
language),
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