Vishnu Sahasra Naamam-Vol III-RR-edit.pub - Ibiblio

shoDaSa strI sahasrANi Satamekam tato’dhikam |
tAvanti cakre rUpANi bhagavAn devakI-sutah ||
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(vish purA. 5.31.18)
“In order to be always in the company of His 16,100 Queens, Lord SrI kRshNa,
the Son of devaki, took as many forms”.
SrI v.v. rAmAnujan gives reference to nammAzhvAr’s tiruvAimozhi:
“pErumpala palavE, pala palavE Sodi vaDivu” (2.5.6) – He has manifold variety in
all aspects, such as in names, some relating to valor, some related to qualities;
manifold forms of divine effulgence, etc.
SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the support from Sruti – “ekam sad viprA
bahudhA vadantyagnim yamam mAtariSvAnam Ahuh (Rg.1.164.46).
SrI Samkara interprets the nAma as a reference to bhagavAn taking different
incarnations for the protection of the world.
nAma 727. AVy´> a-vyaktah vyaktah
He Who is not manifest; He Who cannot be easily realized.
a-vyaktAya namah.
vyaktam means "manifest". vyaktam is anything that can be perceived through
the sense-organs. Since bhagavAn is beyond the sense organs, He is a-vyaktah.
SrI BhaTTar gives the interpretation that bhagavAn is called a-vyaktah
because in His human incarnations such as the kRshNa incarnation, His true
nature is not manifest to everyone. SrI BhaTTar gives the support for his
interpretation from the gItA:
nAham prkASah sarvasya yoga mAyA samAvRtah |
mUDho'yam nAbhijAnAti loko mAm ajam avyayam ||
(gItA7.25)
"Veiled by My mAyA, I am not manifest to all. The deluded world does not
recognize Me as the unborn and immutable."
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