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Vishnu Sahasra Naamam-Vol III-RR-edit.pub - Ibiblio

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In a more general sense, bhagavAn describes Himself as havih in gItA<br />

Slokam4. 24. This Slokam and its meaning have been explained under nAma 683<br />

(Slokam72) in detail. SrI Samkara gives his interpretation for the current<br />

nAma as "He Who is the Oblation in the sacrifice", and gives the abovereferenced<br />

gItA Slokam in support. His explanation is that a Brahman-knower<br />

knows that the havis is nothing but Brahman - brahma arpaNam yenakaraNena<br />

brahma-vit havih agnau arpayati tat brahmaiva iti paSyati.<br />

b) A different derivation is given by SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj and SrI<br />

baladeva vidyA bhUshaN. They derive their interpretations based on the root<br />

hu (hinv) - prINane - to please, and thus give the interpretation for the nAma<br />

as "He Who is pleased or satisfied" - hUyate prIyate iti havih. Following on his<br />

explanation for the nAma vasu-manAh in terms of bhIshma, SrI vidyA<br />

bhUshaN observes that He was pleased with bhIshma's m<strong>edit</strong>ation as He was<br />

lying on the bed of arrows, and bestowed moksham on him, and this is what is<br />

signified by the nAma "havih".<br />

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