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is permanent, and never alterable.
2. "o nAn unnai anRi ilEn kaNDAi nAraNanE nI ennai anRi ilai" – (nAnmugan
tiru. 7) – I have no refuge other than Yu, and You have no one who is
more worthy anddeserving of protection than me.
3. "o ….. ennap peRRa at-tAyAyt-tandaiyAy aRiyAdana aRivitta
attA" (tiruvAi. 2.3.2) – You are my Father, my Mother, my AcArya.
4. "o ….tAyAit tandaiyAi makkaLAi maRRumAi muRRumAi nIyAi nI ninRavu
ivai ennaniyAya’ngaLE?….. "(tiruvAi. 7.8.1) – You are the Mother, Father,
Children, other relatives all rolled into one. You do all that a father
does, a mother does, children do (to the parent at the latter’s old age).
You are more. You re the whole Universe; yet I enjoy You in your own
beautiful Form. Now pray tell me what is the secret of all this. I don’t
understand this abstract high-level mysticism!
b), c) & d) SrI Samkara gives three alternate interpretations:
i) All the worlds are bound to Him since He is the support of all –
AdhArabhUte’smin sakalA lokA badhyanta iti lokAnAm bandhuh lokabandhuh;
ii) He is the relative of all, since He is the Creator of all and so He is related
to all and there is no greater friend than the father – lokAnAmjanakatvAt
janakopamo bandhur-nAstIti vA;
iii) He instructs the world as a kinsman in right and wrong, through Sruti and
smRti – lokAnAm bandhukRtyam hitAhitpadeSam Sruti smRti lakshaNam
kRtavAn itivA.
SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj uses the root bandh – to bind, and gives the
anubhavam that He is loka-bandhuh because He binds His devotees with His
affection – badhnAti prema –pASena iti bandhuh | lokAnAm bandhuh iti
lokabandhuh.
e) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the explanation for the nAma starting with
the roots lok – darSane, to see, to perceive, and bandh – to bind, to attract,
etc. One interpretation he gives is that bhagavaAn has this nAma because He
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