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ekO naikah savah kah kim yattat padamanuttamam |
lOkabandhur lOkanAthO mAdhavO bhaktavatsalah ||
[ PLEASE ADD PRANAVAM BEFORE EACH NAAMA ]
One Who is Unique and matchless in all respects.
ekAya namah.
SrI BhaTTar gives his interpretation of the nAma ekah based on the root iN -
gatau - to go, with the addition of the affix kat per uNAdi sUtra 326 - iNa
bhIkA. kan, with the meanings "one, chief, alone" for the word ekah.
SrI satyadevo vAsishTha explains ekah as "eti - gacchati sarvatra iti ekah" -
He Who is present everywhere.
When we have more than one of anything with similar attributes, we refer to
them as "two brAhmaNa-s, five kshatriya-s", etc.; however, in the case of
bhagavAn, there is no one else to compare to Him,and so He is ekah. SrI
BhaTTar's actual words are - ukte mahimni sajAtIyasamkhyeya asambhavAt
advaitam gacchati iti ekah - With reference to His Supreme greatness, there
is no one who can be compared with Him, and so He is called ekah.
SrI BhaTTar gives the Sruti vAkhyam "eka id-rAjA jagato babhUva" (tait.yaju.
4.1.8) - "He was the only King of the whole world" in support.
SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives the following references:
� dyAvA bhUmI janayan deva ekah - Rg. 10.81.3 - "He, the Sole God, producing
earth and heaven ,.";
� yadi no bhagavAn prIta ekah sarva-guNASrayah - bhAga. 9.5.11 - "If it is
true that bhagavAn, who is the antaryAmi of all the beings and the abode
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