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c) dRptah - He Who is proud. SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri follows this line, and
gives the interpretation that bhagavAn is proud as the Fighter for dharma.
SrI vAsishTha: He is dRptah - dRpyati iti dRptah - One Who causes us to
wonder as to who created all these worlds etc, (dRp – harsha mohanayoh). This
is what causes the wise to seek the Ultimate Cause of everything, and thus
releases them from sorrow. This dRptah-adRptah combination is analogous to
His nAma-s vi-Sokah and Soka-nASanah, tadejati tan-naijati (ISAvAsya
upanishad), etc.
nAma 720. ÊxRr> dur dur-dharah
dur dharah
a) He Who is difficult to control (as child kRshNa).
b) He Who cannot be constrained by the evil-minded (duryodhana).
c) He Who is difficult to be held in concentration (except by those of trained
mind).
dur-dharAya namah.
The word dharah is derived from the root dhR - dhAraNe - to hold, to bear, to
support; The word duhkhena is interpreted in the sense of "with great
difficulty or trouble". Thus, the meaning of the nAma dur-dharah is "One Who
can be held in one's mind only with great difficulty", or "One Who is difficult
to control and be held down physically (as child kRshNa)". SrI BhaTTar uses
the latter meaning and interprets the nAma in terms of kRshNa's childhood
leelA-s. The other vyAkhyAna-kartA-s use the former meaning to illustrate
the difficulty of meditating on Him and realizing Him except by those with
trained minds.
a) SrI BhaTTar's interpretation is - "bAla leelAdiprasa'ngeshu mattamAta'ngatvAt
tAbhyAm dur-dharah durvAra-ca'ncala ceshTitah" – He (Child
kRshNa), in His sportive activities in His childhood, was uncontrollable by
yasodA and nandagopa, like an elephant in ruts. SrI BhaTTar quotes the
support from vishNu purANam (5.6.15): yadi Saknoshi gaccha tvam atica'ncala-ceshTita
- "O Thou of naughty acts! Now run away if Thou
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