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nAma 755. maNy> mAnyah
The Object of honor.
mAnyAya namah.
This nAma again has the same root as the previous two nAma–s: mAn –
pUjAyAm – to honor, to worship. mAnayitum yogyo mAnyah pUjanIyah iti
mAnyah– He Who is fit to be worshipped or honored is mAnyah.
SrI bhaTTar comments that bhagavAn is worthy of respect because of His
special relationship towards His devotees based on His affection towards
them– tadIyatvena sanmantavyo mAnyah. SrI bhaTTar gives the example of
Lord kRshNa’s concern for arjuna through the following verse in mahAbhArata:
“na sAratheh sAttvata kauravANAm kruddhasya mucyeta raNe’dya kaScit”-
“In the battle of kurukshetra today, no sAttvata or kaurava is going to escape
death because the Charioteer of arjuna is angry”.
SrI v.v. rAmAnujan refers us to nammAzhvAr’s periya tiruvantAdi 53, where
AzhvAr points to this guNa of bhagavAn: un aDiyArkku en Seivan enrE irutti nI
– You are constantly thinking of the good that You can do to Your devotees.
SrI Sa’nkara’s vyAkhyAnam is that bhagavAn is worthy of being worshipped by
all because of being the SarveSvaran – sarvaih mAnanIyah pUjanIyah
sarveSvaratvAt iti mAnyah.
SrI satyadevo vAsishTha points out that rightly He is worthy of being
worshipped, because it is because of Him that everything exists and functions–
ISAvAsyam idam sarvam yat kim ca jagatyAm jagat (ISAvAsya upanishad -
mantra1). He is the Lord, Creator and Protector of everything.
SrI cinmayAnanda refers us to another work of SrI Sa’nkara, viveka
cUDAmaNi, where Sa’nkara uses the term mAnyah to refer to those blessed
souls who have been able to realize the Supreme Being – dhanyah sa mAnyo
bhuvi. If the people who have realized the Supreme Being are mAnyah or
worshippable, what words can be used to describe the worship-worthiness of
the Supreme Being Himself!
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