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SrI Samkara refers to the incident of the churning of the Milky Ocean,
wherein mahAlakshmi appears from the Ocean, and chooses mahAvishNu as
Her consort, from among all the deva-s who are present - amRta mathane
sarvAn surAn asurAdInvihAya SrIh enam patitvena varayAmAsa iti SrI-patih.
SrI Samkara gives an alternate interpretation as well: SrI means Supreme
Cosmic Power, and bhgavAn is the Master of this Power, and so He is SrIpatih.
Thus, SrI patih refers to Him who is the Consort of mahA lakshmi, the Master
of the Supreme Cosmic Power, and the Master and Bestower of all that is
auspicious.
nAma 611. ïImta< vr> SrImatAm SrImatAm-varah
SrImatAm varah
a) The Best Among those who possess affluence.
b) The Best among those who possess knowledge of the veda-s.
srImatAm-varAya namah.
a) SrI BhaTTar refers to the incident of the churning of the Milky Ocean for
the interpretation of this nAma. Goddess lakshmi chose by Him among all
thedeva-s that were assembled, and He is the Object of her full and loving
glances always; after being seated in His vaksha-sthalam (chest), she blesses
the deva-s such as brahma by her casual glances or blessings occasionally.
Thus, He is the best among those who receive lakshmi's kaTAksham. SrI
BhaTTar gives reference to SrI vishNu purANam (1. 9. 106-107), describing
the above.
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan elaborates further by pointing that bhagavAn is the Only
One who is SrImAn of Possessor of all wealths; the others can be qualified as
SrImAn because they may possess some wealth in some specific area for some
breif period of time. He gives references to nacciyAr tirumozhi 10. 10 -
nAgaNaimiSai nam parar Selvar periyar; nammAzhvAr's tiruvASiriyam 1 - Sivan
ayanindiran ivar maudal anaittOr deivak kuZhA'ngaL kai tozhak kiDanda tAami
undittanip peru nAyakan.
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