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c) One Who is attained through the madhu vidyA.
d) One Who is attained through mauna, dhyAna and yoga
e) One Who is born in the race of madhu, a yAdhava
f) The nAma that reveals the eternal relationship of the Mother and Father
with the rest of the Universe.
g) One for whom there is no Lord above
The nAma mAdhavah occurs three times (nAma-s 73, 169, and 741). The
description below extends the description given under nAma 73, with
additional information included.
a) mAyAh dhavah mA-dhavah – The Lord or consort of MA or Lakshmi. The
concept here is that BhagavAn and SrI are eternally and constantly associated
with each other, and inseparable. As if to emphasize this, SrI BhaTTar gives a
very detailed explanation for the qualities of MA or Lakshmi under this nAma,
rather than dwell on the guNa-s of bhagavAn. In the end, he concludes with
one sentence: “The secret about the true nature of SrI is that Lord VishNu
gets His Lordship because of His association with Lakshmi”. All this detailed
explanation is provided by Sri BhaTTar under the very first occurrence of the
nAma, in Slokam 8.
SrI BhaTTar gives reference to the Sruti vAkhya-s which establish the
interpretation for a start: - hrIScsa te lakshmISca patnyau (purusha sUktam)
– Bhumi and Lakshmi are Thy spouses - asyeSAnA jagato vishNu-patnI (nIlA
sUktam) – Lakshmi, who is the Ruler of this universe the spouse of VishNu.
Then he proceeds to explain the qualities of Lakshmi in the following words:
AsyAh svarUpavat nitya-nirmala-rUpatvam,
nirupAdhika paramaiSvaryAdi,jagan-mAtRtvam,
autpattiko bhagavat-sambandho nitya anapAyaSca
ityAdi tattvapareshu SastreshuamaryAdam |
vedeshu tAvat SrI-sUktam, medhA sUktam,
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