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tejae v&;ae *uitxr> svRzôÉ&ta< vr>,
à¢hae in¢hae Vy¢ae nEkï&¼ae gda¢j>. 81.
tejOvrushO dyutidharah sarvasastrabhrutAm varah |
pragrahO nigrahO vyagrO naikasrungO gadAgrajah ||
nAma 763. tejaev&;> tejo tejo-vRshah
tejo vRshah
[ PLEASE ADD PRANAVAM BEFORE EACH NAAMA ]
a) He Who showers His splendor on His devotees in
the form of His protection.
b) He Who showers rain through the sun.
c) He Who showers His radiance on everything.
d) He Who showers His fierce weapons on His enemies in defense of His
devotees.
tejo-vRshAya namah.
The two roots applicable to this nAma are given by SrI satyadevo vAsishThaas:
tij – niSAne – to whet, or tej – niSAne, pAlane ca – to whet, to protect, and
vRsh – secana – to rain, to shower. tejah also can refer to tejas – lustre, light,
brilliance, splendor. varshati itivRshah. Thus, the nAma can mean One who
showers brightness, One who showers protection, etc.
a) SrI bhaTTar emphasizes the meaning “protection” in his interpretation:
"evam suhRt-pAlana lakshaNam tejo varshati iti tejo-vRshah" – “Thus He
showers splendor in the form of protection of the good-hearted beings. So He
is tejo-vRshah”.
As all of us know, SrI bhaTTar sees a connection through the sequence of
nAma-s,and the current nAma-s are being interpreted as referring to the
kRshNa incarnation. So here the protection of the cows and the cowherds that
we saw in the previous nAma is being referred to.
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