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b) SrI Samkara interprets the nAma as signifying that He has no form brought
on by karma - karma nibandhanA mUrtih asya na vidyata iti a-mUrtimAn.
c) As an extension of the meaning "that which has a form, shape, etc.", the
term mUrti also stands for "One who is hard, stubborn, etc. - mUrtih
kAThinyam" - amara koSa. SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj uses this meaning for
the word mUrti, and gives the interpretation that because bhagavAn has a
disposition that is not hard, inflexible etc., (krUra, kaThora), He has the nAma
a-mUrtimAn.
d) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the interpretation that because bhagavAn
has forms which are indescribable, He is not of a fixed form and therefore,
He is called a-mUrtimAn.
SrI cinmayAnanda gives a similar explanation - The limited alone has a form,
but He being Unlimited, like "Space", has no limited form.
e) The dharma cakram writer comments that bhagavAn takes the forms that
He desires when He takes His incarnations, but He is not constrained in any
way by that form. This is like the lotus leaf that remains in water but is not
wetted by the water, or the fish that lives in mud but is not soiled by the mud.
He takes His forms just for the protection of the good and the destruction of
the bad.
nAma 726. AnekmUitR> aneka aneka-mUrtih
aneka mUrtih
He of many forms.
aneka-mUrtayenamah.
SrI kRshNa dattabhAradvAj gives the derviation – anekA bahavo mUrtayah
AkArAh svecchA parigRhItA yasya iti aneka-mUrtih – He Who can assume
many different forms as He desires at will is aneka-mUrtih.
SrI BhaTTar gives the example of Lord kRshNa assuming 16,100 forms in
order to bealways in the company of His 16,100 Queens. He gives the following
reference from vishNu purANam in support:
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