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One Who knows the meanings of the veda-s as they are - yathAvat
vetticaturNAm vedAnAm artham iti catur-veda-vit.
SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives a similar interpretation –
catvAro vedA RgAdayah |
tAn aSeshAn vetti iticatur-veda-vit.
SrI rAdhAkRshNa Sastri comments that not only it is true that He alone
knows the four veda-s completely and with their correct meanings, but He is
also the veda-s Himself. Thus, knowing Him is only possible for those who have
learned the veda-s correctly and with their true meanings.
SrI cinmayAnanda comments that a student of veda can be considered to have
achieved his study’s objective only when he has realized the Lord.
c) SrI baladeva vidyAbhUshaN has a different anubhavam of the nAma –
bhagavAn has this nAma because He is the One Who enables His devotees to
know the four veda-s – caturo vedAn vedayati bhaktAn iti catur-veda-vit. In
other words, only through devotion to Him will a student of veda be able to
know and understand the veda-s and their meanings correctly.
nAma 778. @kpat! eka eka-pAt eka pAt
a) He Who manifests only a part of His mahimA when He takes incarnations
amongst humans.
b) He Whose manifestation in the form of this Universe is only one-fourth of
Himself.
c) He Who is constantly on the look-out as our Sole Protector (ekapo + at)
eka-pade namah.
(Both SrI satyadevo vAsishTha and SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj give the
mantra corresponding to this nAma as eka-pAde namah).
The word pAda refers to a quarter of anything (one-fourth), or to the foot.
Generically, the term is also used to ‘a part or a fraction’ of something.
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