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against obstacles from others”,for the word SR’ngam – SR’ngam iti dIpter
nAma, himsA-sAdhanam tathApara-kRta-bAdhA-nivAraNa-sAdhanamapi
SR’ngam. The word SR’nga also means horn, and SrI Sa’nkara uses this meaning
in his interpretation.
a) Of the above, SrI bhaTTar has used the meaning ‘himsA sAdhanam” in his
interpretation. na + eka + SR’ngah = naika-SR’ngah – He Who has multiple
means for causing distress to His enemies. SrI BhaTTar elucidates his
interpretation using the instances of mahA bhArata –
buddhi-yogah sArathyam anAyudha grahaNa vyAjah prAptakAle tad-grahaNam
iti bahu-vairi-bAdhakam asya iti na-eka-SR’ngah
“He is naika-SR’ngah since He adopted several devices for bringing about
thefall of the enemies, like giving sound advice, skillfully driving the chariot,
pretending that he would not use a weapon but actually making use of His
weapon at the opportune moment, etc”. Interchanging day and night is another
of the tactics that He used.
nammAzhvAr’s
v.v.rAmAnujan):
tiruvAimozhi 6.4.10 describes this guNa of His (SrI
maN miSaip perum bhAram nI’nga Or bhArata mA-perum pOr
paNNI mAya’ngaL Seidu Senaiyaip pAzh paDa nUtRiTTup pOi….
“To reduce the weight of this world caused by the ahamkAra of people, the
Lord caused the mahA bhArata war, performed many miracles, as if some
mantra was invoked for each step, and made sure that His design succeeded”.
(nooTriTTu– fabricated, as it were, all these mAya-s).
b) SrI Sa’nkara uses the meaning “horn” for the word SR’ngah, and gives the
meaning “He With Many Horns”.
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri explains that just as the animals with horns come
under control when their horns are seized, bhagavAn comes under control of
His devotees through the four veda-s – the four “horns” referred to by
SrISa’nkara – catuh SR’ngah naika-SR’ngah.
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