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form of moksham to the devotee who longs for it, and then gives kshemam by
making sure he does not lose it (kshemam).
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan gives reference to nammAzhvAr - perum tunbam vEraRa
nIkki tantALin kIzh SErttu avan Seyyum SEmattai eNNit teLivuRRE? -
tiruvAimozhi 7. 5. 10. Note that the kshemam referred to here is moksham.
SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the meanings: dwelling or residing - nivAsa,
going or in movement - gati, to diminish or extinguish - kshaya, to hurt or cause
pain- himsA, etc. to the word kshema, starting from the roots kshi kshaye,
kshinivAsa gatayoh, and kshi himsAyAm, in addition to the traditional meaning,
to bestow welfare. He thus gives the interpretation to the nAma as indicating
that bhagavAn resides in everyone and everything (nivAsa), He gives it
movement (gati), and in the end He takes away the soul from the body
(kshaya). He knows the beginning, the end, and the in-between of all the jIva-s.
Hence He is kshema-kRt in all thesenses.
The dharma cakram writer gives the analogy of a mother who protects the
child when the child is in her womb, and then for as long as the child seeks the
mother's support, she provides this support by loving the child even more than
her own self. That is the way bhagavAn looks after His devotees
(bhagavAnbhaktan mIdu pittuk koNDuLLAr).
This nAma should remind us that it is He protects us, and does whatever is
good for us no matter what He does.
nAma 607. izv> Sivah
a) He who gives auspicious things to His devotees.
b) He who purifies those who meditate on Him.
c) He in whom the whole Universe rests at the time of pralaya.
d) He who resides in everything and everywhere.
SivAya namah.
a) SrI BhaTTar: Sivam karatvAt Sivah - He does what is auspicious for all
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