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SrI satyadevo vAsishTha explains the darpa-hA guNa of bhagavAn by alluding
to the day-to-day events in our lives. He observes that most jIva-s consider
themselves independent of Him and feel proud. Then, off and on when these
same jIva-s observe someone else undergo suffering, momentarily their pride
gives way to a temporary annihilation of a tiny part of their pride. Thus He
performs His act of destroying the pride constantly (darpa-hA), even as He is
the Bestower of pride to us (see next nAma).
nAma 718. dpRd> darpa darpa-dah darpa dah
a) The Bestower of pride (to His devotees).
b) The Bestower of beauty and attractiveness in everything.
darpa-dAya namah.
a) SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives the explanation - darpo harshah; tam
sAttvikebhyo dadAti AtmAnam pradarSya iti darpa-dah. BhagavAn makes His
true devotees proud by revealing Himself to them.
SrI aNNa'ngarAcArya svAmi's anubhavam is that bhagavAn gives full
enjoyment of Himself to His true devotees, and makes them feel proud of this
experience. tiru ara'ngattu amudanAr expresses this kind of pride arising out
of his association with emperumAnAr - "enakku Arum nigar illaiyE"; "Ar enakku
inRu nigar, Sollil?", "enakku enna tAzhvu iniyE?".
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri explains that bhagavAn gives pride (darpo garvah) to
His devotees when they have to face the opponents of dharma. He gives the
example of Hanuman bubbling with God-given pride when he was crossing the
ocean going in search of sItA pirATTi, when he was addressing rAvaNa, etc.
Thus bhagavAn gives the strength in the form of pride to His devotee as
necessary.
SrI cinmayAnanda points out that bhagavAn creates this pride in His devotees,
which helps them in their urge to be the best among the righteous and the
virtuous. This pride is their protection from compromising in even a small way
in any act. This is positive 'pride' of a higher order, and not the pride referred
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