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changing the day into night, violating His promise not to take to arms during
the war, etc., still His heart was heavy that He did not do enough to help
draupadi. As Lord kRshNa was departing to SrI vaikunTham after the purpose
of His incarnation was completed, He said relating to this incident: RNam
pravRddhamiva me hRdayAt nApasarpati (udyoga. 28.22) - "(That cry of help
uttered by draupadi even from a distance calling me "govinda", even though I
was far away in dvArakA) - that cry is never away from My mind, like a debt
that has increased over time with interest accumulated on it".
nammAzhvAr describes this guNa of bhagavAn in peria tiruvanTAdi 53 - "un
aDiyArkku en Seivan enRE irutti nee" - "Your preoccupation is in contemplating
on what You can do to help your devotee always". In this aspect, He is like the
fire that is never satisfied with anything that is offered to it; it keeps
consuming whatever is offered, and grows more eager to consume ever more.
For this reason, the term analah also refers to fire.
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri gives another dimension to His not being "satisfied"
- He is not satisfied with just the materialistic offering during His worship,
but will be satisfied only when it is offered with bhakti or devotion. Bhakti is
the only requirement for satisfying Him, and not any accompanying
materialistic offerings.
b) For the current occurrence of the nAma an-alah, SrI BhaTTar gives the
additional interpretation that bhagavAn has this nAma because of His guNa of
not being able to put up with apacAram to His devotees. SrI BhaTTar quotes
the following words of bhagavAn:
dvau tu me vadha kAle'smin na kshantavyo katha'ncana |
ya~jna vighna-karam hanyAm pANDavAnAm ca dur-hRdam ||
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(bhA. sabhA.68.26)
"At the time of destruction, two persons will not at all be forgiven by Me. I will
kill Him who obstructs the conduct of this sacrifice, and also him who is illdisposed
to the pANDava-s".