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Thus, the nAma vasu-pradah has been interpreted variously as:
a) He Who gives Himself to His devotees as the best of treasures that they
seek;
b) The Bestower of kIrti to His devotees;
c) He gives immeasurable wealth to the likes of kubera;
d) He provides the dwelling place for all beings at the time of pralaya;
e) He is the Bestower of moksham.
nAma 700. vasudev> vAsu vAsu-devah
vAsu devah
a) He Who pervades and sports.
b) The Son of vasudeva.
c) The presiding Deity of the well-known 12-lettered vAsu-deva mantra.
d) The Deity Who is adored by His devotees.
e) He Who lives in everything and Who keeps them moving around.
vAsudevAya namah.
This nAma occurred earlier asnAma 334 (Slokam 36), and will occur again as
nAma 714 (Slokam 76). The meaning given for this nAma under Slokam 36 was
"He Who pervades and sports". Please refer to the write-up under Slokam 36
for the many references. SrI BhaTTar points out under nAma 334, that this
nAma, like the nArAyaNa nAma, is aguhya mantram, and its meaning should be
properly learnt from a qualified AcArya. I am sharing what little I understand
based on what is written in the different vyAkhyAna-s.
a) For nAma 334, SrI BhaTTar's interpretation was that bhagavAn is called
vAsu-deva because He is vAsu (One inwhom everything lives like in a mother,
and One who envelopes and protectseverything like a bird with its wings), and
He is a deva (One Who sports, or has this process of pervasion, permeation,
creation, protection, destruction, etc.,as a part of His leelA). So He is both a
vAsu and a deva, and so He is called vAsu-devah.
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