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physical beauty which stirs thoughts of kAmam in the observer’s mind, the
beauty that is seen in the body because of the dyuti emanating from the
AtmA, kindles thoughts of bhakti in the observer. He quotes the famous
saying in tamizh: “rAman irukkum iDattil kAman illai; kAman irrukkum iDattil
rAman illai”- “There is no kAma where rAma is, and there is no rAma where
kAma is” .
This nAma signifies to us that every part of bhagavAn’s Form is such that it
evokes extreme devotion on the devotee. One should go through some of
svAmi deSikan’s stotra-s such as SrI bahgavd-dhyAna sopAnam, SrI
devanAyaka pa’ncAsat,etc., to appreciate the truth of this statement as svAmi
deSikan has the anubhavam of emperumAn.
nAma 765. svRzôÉ&ta< vr> sarva sarva-Sastra
sarva Sastra-bhRtAm
Sastra bhRtAm-varah
bhRtAm varah
The Best among those warriors who are armed with all weapons.
sarva-Sastra-bhRtAm-varAya namah.
The relevant roots for this nAma are (SrI satya devo vAsishTha): - Sas –
himsAyAm – to cut up, to destroy; based on the pANinisUtra 3.2.182 – dAmnI
Sasa yu yuja ….karaNe (shTran), whereby the root Sas with the affix shTran
gets the sense of instrument. Thus, the word Sastra gets the meaning “a
weapon”. - bhR – dhAraNa poshaNayoh – to hold, to support; bhRt means One
Who holds. - vR – varaNe – to choose. VarItum arhah varah – One Who is fit
to be chosen is varah. So the nAma means “He Who is Best among all those who
hold or carry weapons”. – sarveshAm Sastra-bhRtAm madhye varah –
SreshThah.
a) SrI BhaTTar’s vyAkhyAnam is that He has the nAma indicating that He was
the foremost among the wielders of weapons in His fight against the asura by
name naraka, king jarAsandha, and others. SrI bhaTTar emphasizes that it was
child’s play for the Lord during His incarnations to wield these weapons against
His enemies:
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