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nAma 760. xNy> dhanyah
The Blessed.
dhanyAya namah.
The word dhanam refers to wealth. The amara koSa vyAkhyAnam is
“dhanadharma sAdhuh dhanyah” – One Who excels in wealth and dharma is
dhanyah. By pANini sUtra “dhana gaNam labdhA” (4.4.84), the addition of the
yat pratyayato dhana gives the meaning to this nAma as: “One who obtains
dhana or wealth”.
What wealth does bhagavAn have to attain, that He does not have? SrI
bhaTTar’s anubhavam is that He considered being born to devaki as the wealth
that He coveted. Since He got His desired wealth by being born to devaki, now
He is dhanyah – tad-janma dhana lAbhAt dhanyah.
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan’s anubhavam is that since bhagavAn is One Who does not
have birth normally, this is a great blessing for Him!
(I am reminded of an article that I recently received from a friend of mine. In
this moving article, the well-known Sri candra sekhara sarasvati (the previous
AcArya of kA’nci Sa’nkara maTham), feels intensely sorry that his position as
the sanyAsi and head of his Asrama had permanently deprived him of the
privilege of prostrating at the feet of elders right from a very young age,
since he became the head of the maTham when he was probably less than 10.
So he feels intensely for his situation, that falling at the feet of elders and
prostrating was a bhAgyam that he was permanently deprived of in his life
because of his position).
SrI Sa’nkara bhAshyam is that since every wish of bhagavAn is fulfilled, He is
dhanyah – kRtArtho dhanyah – He is self-satisfied, and so He is Blessed.
SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj uses the amaram “sukRti puNyavAn dhanyah”,
and gives the interpretation that BhagavAn accepts the sincere offerings in
the form of flowers etc., and constantly keeps thinking of their welfare; This
is sukRtam and puNya kAryam, and so He is dhanyah – sukRtI or puNyavAn.
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