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"nAraNanE! nee ennai anRi ilai!" (nAnmugan tiru. 7), which has been referenced
before (e.g., under nAma 706 in this Slokam).
nAma 709. zUrsen> SUra SUra-senah
SUra senah
a) He with a valiant army.
b) He Who keeps everything that moves around, bound together and
functioning as a unit.
SUra-senAya namah.
a) The word SUra is derived from the root SUra - vikrAntau - to act the hero.
The amara koSa vyAkhyAnam for the noun senA is "inena prabhuNA saha
vartata iti senA" - That which has a powerful, mighty, leader is senA. The term
is thus used to refer to an army. The term sUra-senah thus refers to One who
has a mighty army. SUrA senA yasya iti SUra-senah (SrI kRshNa datta
bhAradvAj).
SrI BhaTTar observes that bhagavAn had a great army of yAdava-s and
pANDava-s when He relieved the Earth of her burden by eliminating the
wicked kaurava-s.
SrI Samkara refers to Lord rAma's great and valiant army consisting of the
likes of hanuman –
hanUmat pramukhAh sainikAh SaurySAlino yasyAm
senAyAm sA SUrA senA yasya sah SUra-senah.
nammAzhvAr sings the praise of the SUra-sena aspect of bhagavAn in his
tiruvAimozhi pASuram 6.4.10 - "Or bhArata mA perum pOr paNNi Senaiyaip
pAzh paDa nURRiTTa Sodi nAthan" - (reference - SrI v.v. rAmAnujan; SEnai in
the context of this pASuram refers to the army of the opponents).
b) Alternately, SrI satyadevo vAsishTha derives the word SUra from the root
Su - to go, based on the uNAdi sutra - Su si ci mInAm dIrghASca (sutra 185) -
the root is elongated and the rak pratyaya is added, leading to SUra. He
derives the word senA from the root si - bandhane - to bind. Thus, he gives
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