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the Soul of all beings;." .
SrI Samkara vyAkhyAnam is "viSvam mUrtih asya sarvAtmakatvAt iti viSvamUrtih"
- He Who has the whole universe as His body or form, since He is soul
of all.
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri identifies viSva mUrti with "viSva rUpam" that
bhagavAn revealed in duryodhana's palace and other instances. He also gives
references to the Sruti - "viSvAtmAnam parAyaNam" ( tait. AraN. 10.13),
"Urdhvaretam virUpAksham viSvarUpAya vai namo namah" (tiat. AraN. 10.14).
The dharma cakram writer comments that in order to appreciate the
significance of this viSva rUpam of bhagavAn, first one should develop the
mental maturity required for that. In the case of arjuna, he asked Lord
kRshNa to show him the viSva rUpam, but when bhagavAn showed the viSva
rUpam to him, he was completely bewildered and confused. This nAma signifies
to us the need for developing our mind so that we can comprehend the viSva
rUpam aspect of bhagavAn.
b) SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj uses the meaning of the root viS - to enter,
and gives the interpretation - viSati mano nayanAni satAm iti viSvA; tADRSI
kamanIyA mUrtih yasya iti viSva-mUrtih - He Who has such an attractive
Form that It finds entry into the minds, eyes, etc., of the good people.
c) d) In addition to the meaning "rUpam" or "Form" for the word mUrtih, SrI
satyadevo vAsishTha gives the additional meaning "mAyArUpA mohikA Saktih"
for "mUrti" from the root murcchA - moha samuchrAyayoh - to faint, to
become senseless, to grow, to prevail, to be a match for. Thus he gives the
following interpretations to the nAma viSva-mUrtih - "viSvameva mUrtih
AkAro yasya sah viSva-mUrtih", viSvameva mAyA = vimohikA Sakti yasya sa
viSva mUrtih"; "vISvasya mohikA Saktih yasya sa viSva-mUrtih", which can be
approximately translated as: "He Who has the Form of the Universe", "He
Who is the mAyA Sakti in the form of the Universe", or "He Who can bind the
Universe with mAyA".
Even though every single thing in this universe is but a clear and vivid
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