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SrIvatsa vakshase namah.
SrI BhaTTar interprets the nAma-s starting from the current one and up to
nAma 619 as praising His sambandham with pirATTi. The nirukti description
for the current nAma is:
lakshmI-vallabhya saubhAgya cihnam SrIvatsa nAmakam |
SrIvatsa vakshA asya asti vakshasi iti sa tu smRtah ||
The SrIvatsa mark is the unique sign of He who is the lakshmI vallabhan.
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri refers us to SrI vishNu purANam where parASara
narrates to maitreyi what has been communicated to him by vyAsa, on how
vishNu bears the whole world, abiding in His nature, characterized by
ornaments and weapons. In this description, the SrIvatsa mark is described as
the pradhAna seated in the Eternal:
SrIvatsa samsthAna dharam anante ca samASritam (1. 22. 67)
The glorious Hari wears the pure soul of the world, undefiled, and void of
qualities, as the kaustubha gem. The chief principle of things, (pradhAna) is
seated on the Eternal, as the SrI vatsa mark. Intellect abides in mAdhava, in
the form of His mace. . .
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri refers to another passage in SrImad bhAgavatam
(12. 11. 10) where the SrIvatsa mark is described as the reflection of the
kaustubha gem that bhagavAn wears, representing His Atma-jyoti (translated
as Suddha jIva caitanyaby a translator):
kaustubha vyapadeSena svAtma jyotih bibharti ajah |
tat-prabhA vyApinI sAkshAt SrIvatsam urasA prabhuh ||
Similar to the description in vishNu purANam, this section of SrImad
bhAgavatam gives details of how bhagavAn bears on Him everything that
constitutes everything that exists.
SrI cinmayAnanda refers to the story of bhRgu maharshi's testing who among
the trinity was the superior one, and kicking Lord vishNu on His chest. He
indicates that the mark of bhRgu's foot is the SrIvatsa mark on the
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