Vishnu Sahasra Naamam-Vol III-RR-edit.pub - Ibiblio

arrows of bhIshma aimed at arjuna will miss him, and the arrows of arjuna
meant of the enemies will hit their targets without fail. In the war between
arjuna and jayadratha, He just wielded His cakra to interchange day and night,
so that jayadratha who was hiding till he thought the sun had set, could be
eliminated by arjuna. These are just some instances of His "viDama'ngaL".
The same idea is conveyed by SrI baladeva vidyAbhUshaN, who gives the
interpretation "bhakta pakshapAtittvAt" vishamah - Because He is biased
towards His devotees, He is called vi-samah.
b) SrI Sa'nkara's interpretation is that He is vishamah because He has no
equal in any sense, and He transcends everything - samo na asya vidyatesarvavilakshNatvAt
iti vishamah. He refers us to arjuna's words from bhagavadgItA
(11.43):
pitA'si lokasya carAcarasya tvamasya pUjyasSca gurur-garIyAn |
na tvat-samosti abyadhikah kuto'nyo loka-trayepyapi apratimaprabhAva ||
"You are the Father of this world, of all that moves and that does not move.
You are its Teacher and the One most worthy of reverence. There is none
equal to You. How then can there be another greater than You in the three
worlds, O Being of matchless greatness?"
nammAzhvAr describes perumAL in his tiruvAimozhi as: "ottAr mikkArai
ilaiyAya mA-mAyA (2.3.2)" - "You are a mA-mAyan without a peer or a
superior".
SrI satyadevo vAsishTha comments that it is precisely this vishama guNa of
bhagavAn that He reflects in all His creation - no two creations are exactly
identical in all respects, and every single creation is unique. No two children of
any parent are identical, and nothing is identical to another in this universe
consisting of countless creations. As has been indicated in a few places before,
SrI vAsishTha, who explains the intricate grammatical basis for each of the
nAma-s in great detail, also has composed a Slokam for each nAma explaining
the significance of the nAma, in addition to giving a detailed vyAkhyAnam. His
Slokam for the current nAma is:
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