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e) One Who limits everything through things such as limited life etc.
loka-bandhave namah.
The mutual and inseparable relation between us and bhagavAn is what is
revealed in this nAma.
a) SrI BhaTTar gives the interpretation that bhagavAn has this nAma because
He is the Relative of everyone in this world without exception, and blesses all
without exception – evam a-viSesheNa a-Sesha anugrahe a-varjanIyam
bAndhavam nibandhanam Aha – loka bandhuh. He gives the following in
support: - mAtA pitA bhrAtA nivAsah SaraNam suhRt gatih nArAyaNah
(subAlaopanishad 6) – nArAyaNa is the mother, father, brother, abode,
refuge, friend, and the final goal”.
pitA aham asya jagato mAtA dhAtA pitAmahah |
vedyam pavitram om-kAram Rk sAma yajureva ca ||
“I am the father, mother, creator, and grandfather of the universe.
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(gItA 9.17)
I am the purifier. I am the syllable (PraNavam) and also Rk, sAma, and yajus”.
SrI v.v. rAmAnujan refers us to gItA 9.29, which conveys the very same
thoughts that SrI BhaTTar has given in his bhAshyam:
samo’ham sarva bhUteshu na me dveshyo’sti na priyah |
ye bhajanti tu mAm bhaktyA mayi te teshu cApyaham ||
(gItA 9.29)
“I treat everyone in creation the same way. There is none whom I like more or
dislike more.
But those who worship Me with devotion abide in Me and I abide in them.”
Other references given by SrI v.v. rAmAnujan to emphasize this point are:
1. "o un tannODu uRavEl namkku I’ngu ozhikka ozhiyAdu” – (tiruppAvai 28)
– The relationship between You on the one hand, and all of on the other,
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