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pragrahah – One Whose acceptance (of saraNAgati) is unique, exceptional,
special, exalted. His vyAkhyAnam is: svajanam sakRdapi SaraNAgatam
svIkRtya punah kadApi tam na partityajatiiti prakRshTa eva grahah prabhoh –
He is the Lord Who accepts the SaraNAgati from His devotee the very first
time,and will never ever forsake the devotee; such is the superiority of His
acceptance of SaraNAgati.
nAma 767. in¢h> nigrahah
a) The Subduer.
b) He Who has a firm control over all creation.
nigrahAya namh.
The word nigraha means restraining, keeping in check; nigrahaNa means
holding back or down, suppressing. Thus, the nAma means “One Who
restrains”, “One Who keeps in check”. The different vyAkhyAna kartA-s give
different instances of His restraint as illustrations of this nAma.
a) SrI bhaTTar’s vyAkhyAnam is that He has this nAma since He successfully
subdued all the enemies in the mahAbhArata war by His skill as a Charioteer,
without expecting the support of arjuna or his valor.
SrI Sa’nkara’s vyAkhyAnam is that the nAma signifies that He controls all
things independently – sarvam sva-vaSena nigRhNAti iti nigrahah.
SrI satya sandha yati raja alludes to His subduing all the asura-s – nigRhNAti
daityAn iti nigrahah.
SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives the interpretation – nigRhNAti
vipathagAminah iti nigrahah – He restrains those who stray away from the
path of dharma.
SrI bala deva vidyA bhUshaN refers to His control of the enemies of
pANDava-s in the form of yama – nigRhyante pArtha-Satravah kaka-dRshTinA
anena iti nigrahah.
b) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives a different interpretation from the above.
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