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SrI v.v. rAmAnujan explains the nAma as referring to bhagavAn showering His
tejas or Sakti on His devotees in the form of His protection. The innocent
folks in AyarpADi loved kaNNan with all their hearts, and He showered His
Grace and protection on them even as the mother cow secretes the milk for its
calf with all its heart.
b) The word tejas also refers to water, and SrI Sa’nkara uses this meaning in
his interpretation – tejasAm ambhasAm Aditya rUpeNa varshaNAt tejovRshah
– He always showers rain through the medium of the sun.
SrI ananta kRshNa SAstri elaborates: tejAmsi AdAya Aditya rUpeNavarshati
vA.
The dharma carkam writer points out that just as the sea water, which by
itself is unusable for most purposes, is converted by the sun into potable and
usable water, so also the thought of bhagavAn distills our mind and purifies it
from bad thoughts. Just as we cannot live without water, we cannot live
without Him either. Just as the sun keeps functioning behind our conscious
thoughts to purify the sea water into a form that is usable by us, so also His
Grace is always functioning to purify our thoughts constantly.
c) The anubhavaam of SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj is that this nAma
indicates that He showers His luster on everything because of His divine and
auspicious Form – SrI vigrahAt tejasvinah prabhA kiraNAh sarvatah
prasaranti. Whatever radiance a living organism has, is a result of a miniscule
fraction of His tejas.
d) SrI baladeva vidyA bhUshaN has yet another different interpretation: svabandhu
rakshAyai cakrAdi duh-sahAni tejAmsi varshati iti tejo-vRshah– He
Who showers His magnificent weapons such as the cakra (on the enemies) in
the cause of protection of His bhandu-s (devotees), is tejo-vRshah.
nAma 764. *uitxr> dyuti dyuti-dharah
dyuti dharah
He Who possessed a majesty.
dyuti-dharAya namah.
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