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Where is He, What is He, Who is He, etc.)
b) He Whose praise is sung by His devotees
c) He Who is fit to be enquired about or sought after.
kime namah
(kasmai namah in Samkara pATham – see explanation under ekAyanamah,
nAma 730). The common usage of the word kim is to represent the question
“What?”. The word kim is derived from the root praccha – j~nIpsAyAm – to
ask, to seek. Here it is used as a noun, and means “He about Whom all questions
are asked by seekers of Truth”.
SrI sataydevo vAsishTha comments: "pRcchati iti kim | pRcchyata iti vA kim |”
- He who asks is kim, or He about whom questions are asked is also kim. Here
bhagavAn is called kim in the context of the latter of the two. In other words,
all questions that are asked by those who want to realize Him, are questions
about Him, since they all lead to Him in the end.
SrI vAsishTha gives an alternate derivation as well, starting from the root kai–
Sabde – to sound, leading to “kAyati iti kim” – He about Whom questions are
asked, such as “Who is He, What is He, Where is He”, etc., is kim. Those who
seek Him start with the enquiry of “What”, and end up with Him after they
realize that He is the ultimate answer to every enquiry.
SrI BhaTTar’s vyAkhyAnam is: tat tat sarvepsituh buphutsUnAm nirupAdhika
prashTavyatvAt kim – He is enquired into by all those who are desirous of
knowing the ultimate objects of their desire without any other motive, and so
He is called kim. SrI BhaTTar gives the support from the Sruti - sa
anveshTavyah, sa viji~njAsitavyah – ChAndogya. 8.7.1 – He is to be sought
after, He is to be known with eagerness.
SrI v.v. rAmAnujan gives reference to tiruvAimozhi 5.6.2, where nammAzhvAr
declares about perumAL: “kaRkum kalvic cAramum yAnE”. In fact, every line
of each pASuram, starting with 5.6.1 (kaDal j~nAlam SeidEnum yAnE
ennum…),all the way up to 5.6.10 (kOlam koL Suvarkkamum yAnE ennum …….),
are beautiful singing of His being everything, line after line.
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