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son of vasudeva (vasudevasya apatyamvAsu-devah). SrI kRshNa datta
bhAradvAj gives the support from SrImad bhAgavatam, where bhagavAn
declares that He is called vAsu-deva because He was born as the son of vasudeva
in the yadu kulam:
avatIrNo yadukule gRha Anakadundubheh |
vadanti vAsu-deveti vasu-deva-sutam hi mAm ||
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(bhAga. 10. 51. 41)
c) Under Slokam 76, SrI BhaTTar explains the nAma vAsu-deva in terms of
the twelve-lettered mantra, namely that the nAma vAsu-deva refers to the
Deity that presides over this (vAsu-deva) mantra. The same para-vAsu-deva
from SrI vaikunTham took incarnation asvyUha vAsudeva in the Milky Ocean
(SrI BhaTTar's interpretation for nAma 714), and He also took the incarnation
as the son of devaki and vasu-deva in mathurA (SrI BhaTTar's interpretation
for nAma 700).
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan observes that it is the same vyUha vAsu-deva that
descended from SrI vaikunTham, that also took birth as the child of vasudeva,
delighted the hearts of the gopi-s, was the para-tattvam for the yogi-s,
and at the same time was the death for kamsa and a terror for his other evilminded
associates.
d) SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj includes an additional interpretation that has
not been given by the others - He has the nAma vAsu-deva because He is
adorned by His devotees - vAsyate sevyatebhaktaih iti vAsuh; sa cAsau deva
iti vAsu-devah. The root from which he derives this interpretation is vAs -
upasevAyAm - to scent, to make fragrant.
e) One of the meanings for the root "div" (from which the word deva is
derived) is "to move around" - div krIDA vijigIshA vyavahAra dyuti stuti moda
mada svapna kAntigatishu. SrI satyadevo vAsishTha uses this last meaning
(gacchati, gamayati) for the word deva, and gives the interpretation for the
nAma as"One Who dwells in everything, and makes it possible for everything to
movearound". He gives reference to the ISAvAsya Upanishad mantra