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(tasmai namah in Samkara pATham).
The root from which the nAma is derived is tanu – vistAre – to spread, togo
(tanoti – vistRNAti – expands).
SrI BhaTTar’s bhAshyam is “sva j~nAna bahktim tanoti iti tat” – He Who
increases the j~nAnam and bhakti in His devotees. He gives the support from
taittirIya nArAyaNIyam (27) – tat savitur vareNIyam – That superior lustre
of the Lord, the cause of the Universe.
The term tat is given another meaning in the gItA. The term refers to the
veda-s. and to the acts of sacrifice that are undertaken without any
expectation of a benefit, as prescribed in the veda-s.
(pravaNam)-tat-sat iti nirdeSo brahmaNah tri-vidhah smRtah |
brAhamaNAs-tena vedASca ya~jnASca vihitAh purA ||
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(gItA 17.23)
“Brahman (the veda) is denoted by the three-fold expression: (PraNavam),
tat,sat.
Associated with these, the BrAhamaNas, the Vedas, and sacrifices were
ordained in the past”.
In Slokam 7.25, the term tat is explained further:
tad-iti anabhisandhAya phalam ya~jna tapah kriyAh |
dAna-kriyASca vividhAh kriyante moksha kA’nkshibhih ||
“Acts of sacrifice, austerity and various gifts are performed without aiming at
reward by those who seek release (moksha), after pronouncing tat”.
In our samkalpam for many religious rites, we start with “Harir-om tat”.
Bhagavad rAmAnuja explains in his vyAkhyAnam for gItA Slokam 7.25, that
whatever acts such as the study of the Vedas, sacrifices, austerities and gifts
are done without aiming at results by those of the first three stations, seeking
only final release – these are designated by the term tat, referring to
Brahman, since they constitute the means for attainment of Brahman. He also