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of all kalyANa guNa-s, is pleased with us, then let this braAhmin be
relieved of his suffering".
nammAzhvAr refers to Him as "oruvan" (One without a second) in many places.
SrI v.v. rAmAnujan gives the following references:
arakkarai uruk keDa vALi pozhinda oruvanE
kaNgaL Sivandu periyavAi, vAyum Sivandu kanindu,..,
oN Sa'ngu gadai vAL AzhiyAn oruvan aDiyEn uLLAnE
ilanadu uDaiyan idu ena ninaivu ariyavan .an-nalanuDaiya oruvanai
j~nAlam uNDu umizhnda endai eka-mUrtikkE
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(tiruvAi. 8.6.2)
(tiruvAi. 8.8.1)
(tiruvAi.1.1.3)
(tiruvAi. 1.1.3)
b) SrI Samkara gives the interpretation - "paramArthatah sajAtIyavijAtIya
sva-gata bheda vinirmuktatvAt ekah " - The One, being devoid of any
distinction such as sajAtIya, vijAtIya, and svagata". The concepts of sajAtIya,
vijAtIya, and the svagata bheda are explained under nAma 706 in Slokam 75.
BhagavAn is unique in not discriminating between the different members of
the same species, members of different species, etc., and so He is ekah
(Unique). SrI Samkara gives the support from chAndogya upanishad - ekameva
a-dvitIyam (6.2) - He is One without a second.
c) SrI baladeva vidyAbhUshaN links this nAma to the nAma-s of the previous
Slokam, and comments that even though He has many forms, many faces, etc.,
(Sata-Murtih, SatAnanah), He is still One and Only One, and so He is referred
to as ekah in this nAma.
d) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the analogy of the one father for the many
children; BhagavAn vishNu is the One Father who creates everything in this
Universe, and so He is called ekah. In the sahasra nAmAvaLi, the mantra is
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