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is the lesson that we should take from this nAma.
nAma 710. yÊïeó> yadu yadu-SreshThah
yadu SreshThah
a) The pre-eminent among the yAdava-s.
b) He Who is Best among those who strive (for the redemption of the jIva-s).
yadu-SreshThAya namah.
a) yadushu SreshThah iti yadu-SreshThah (SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj) - He
Who is the most praise-worthy among the yadu-s; yadUnAm paradhAnatvAt
yadu-SreshThah (SrI Samkara) - The Chief of the yadu-s, the clan to which
kRshNa belonged. SrI BhaTTar gives support from vishNu purANa (5.20.37):
ayam sa kathyate prAg~jnaih purANArthAvalokibhih |
gopAlo yAdavam vamSam magnam-abhyuddharishyati ||
"This is He who has been foretold by the wise, skilled in the sense of the
purANa-s, as gopAla, who shall exalt the depressed yAdava race".
The depressed state of yAdava kulam was because of kamsa (SrI v.v.
rAmAnujan). SrI aNNan'garAcArya refers to yayAti's curse on the yadu kulam
as the reason for the depressed state of the yadu clan.
b) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha derives his interpretation from the root yat -
prayatne - to attempt, to strive for, and gives the meaning "One whose nature
it is to strive for" (yateh yatuh prayatna-SIlah); SreshThah is explained on
the basis of the pANini sUtra "praSasya Srah" (sutra 5.3.60), which states
that Sra is substituted for praSasya when followed by the affix "ishThan".
The affix ishThan represents the superlative (pANini sutra atiSAyine tamap
ishThanau - 5.3.54). Thus, SreshThah refers to One who is the most
praiseworthy. Thus, the meaning that SrI vAsishTha derives for the nAma
yadu-SreshThah is "One who is most praiseworthy among those who strive, or
put in effort". He gives the examples of bhagavAn constantly nourishing and
sustaining the different life forms in the form of the Sun, and His being the
Soul of all the souls in our heart, and constantly driving the function of the
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