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It is noted again that SrI bhaTTar’s anubhavam of the nAma-s are primarily
oriented towards enjoying bhagavAn’s guNa-s as being subservient to the
welfare of His devotees, and SrI Samkara’s vyAkhyAnam is primarily oriented
towards bringing out His parattvam and Supreme Rulership.
SrI SAstri reminds us of the idea conveyed by the three nAma-s, a-mAnI,
mAna-dah, and mAnyah: bhagavAn does not show Himself as One Who deserves
to be supremely respected and honored (a-mAnI), He ensures that His
devotees are respected (mAna-dah), and this is where all His feeling of
respectability lies (mAnyah).
The dharma cakram writer observes that even though bhagavAn is mAnyah (To
be worshipped), it is only His true devotees who realize this, and it is to those
that He gives the ability to overcome the lower desires, and realize Him.
We will use this nAma to bring out an important point about understanding the
reason for the existence of different vyAkhyAna-s for the same vishNu
sahasranAma stotram. One of the reasons is of course the difference in the
anubhavam-s of the different vyAkhyAna-kartA-s, who are all great devotees
of the Lord. Another reason is that the interpreters try to interpret ancient
works such as the Sruti, smRti, itihAsa-s and purANa-s so that they can claim
authority and authenticity for their specific school of philosophy through their
interpretation of these scriptures. We will see this briefly for the dvaita
interpretation for this nAma. In the dvaita philosophy, the view on pirATTi is:
1. She is a jIva, but a higher jIva than all the other jIva-s;
2. She is vibhu, but less than vishNu in Her parattvam.
Two of the interpretations that SrI satyasandha yatirAja, one of the AcAryas
in the dvaita lineage, gives for this nAma (mAnyah), are based on looking at
the nAma as (mA + anyah):
1. mAyA ramAyA anyA ceshTanIyA asya iti mAnyah; and
2. mAyA ramA upalakshita jIva rASeh anyo bhinna iti mAnyah.
Both of these support the elements of their philosophy that are given above.
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