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"BhagavAn is the supreme support for the good" for the first version, and for
the second, he gives the interpretation "The good are His supreme support".
a) sat-parAyaNam: satAm parama ayanam iti sat-parAyaNam (SrI kRshNa
datta bhAradvAj) - "He Who is the Supreme Support for the good". In support
of the interpretation of the nAma as "sat-parAyaNam", SrI BhaTTar quotes
the mahA-bhArata Slokam 173.24 from droNa parva:
kRshNASrayAh kRshNa balAh kRshNa-nAthASca pANDavAh |
kRshNah parAyaNam teshAm …………………… ||
"The pANDava-s have kRshNa as their resort, kRshNa as their strength,
kRshNa as their savior. In short, kRshNa is their great support". So He is
their sat-parAyaNam.
SrI v.v. rAmAnujan quotes nammAzhvAr's well-known agagillEn pASuram "pugal
onRu illA aDiyEn un aDi-kIzh amarndu pugundEnE" (tiruvAi. 6.10.10), as support
for SrI BhaTTar's interpretation.
b) Among those who have provided translations for SrI Samkara's
vyAkhyAnam, some have used the version "sat-parAyaNah" and some have used
"sat-parAyaNam". SrI Samkara's vyAkhyAnam is - satAm tattva vidAm param
prakRshTam ayanam iti sat-parAyaNam or sat-parAyaNah, depending on the
source. Translators have interpreted the nAma as meaning that He is the
supreme Goal for the good people. SrI Samkara elaborates that "satAm" here
refers to those who are the knowers of Reality, or the true nature of God -
satAm - tattva vidAm.
c) sat-parAyaNah: If the version "sat-parAyaNah" is used, SrI BhaTTar gives
the interpretation "santoh asya parAyaNam" - The good are His supreme
support. For this interpretation, SrI BhaTTar quotes the following in support:
mama prANA hi pANDavAh (mahAbhA. Uttara. 90.33) - "The pANDava-s are
verily my life-breath"; j~nAni tvAtmaiva me matam (gItA 7.8) - "It is My view
that the wise men are my inner soul".
tirumazhiSai AzhvAr sings this dependence of bhagavAn on His bhakta-s -
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