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going through all this suffering, just to please His devotees.
b) SrI Samkara bhAshyam is - vijita AtmA mano yena sah vijitAtmA - He by
whom His mind has been subdued or controlled, is vijitAtmA.
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri adds that bhagavAn possesses everything there is
to possess, and so He has nothing to desire, and thus He is of a mind that is
absolutely controlled.
The dharma cakram writer indicates that that meditation on this nAma of
bhagavAn will lead one to better mind control, and ultimate God-realization.
Note that this is one of the nAma-s that was discussed in the posting
comparing the bhAshya-s of SrI Samkara and SrI BhaTTar, where the point
was made that SrI Samkara tends to emphasize the parattvam, aiSvaryam,
etc., of Brahman, and SrI BhaTTar emphasizes the soulabhyam of perumAL
repeatedly. SrI P. B. aNNa'ngarAcArya selects all the four nAma-s starting
with the current one for his comparison of the bhAshya-s of SrI Samkara and
SrI BhaTTar to establish his point.
nAma 627. ivxeyaTma vidheyAtmA
a) He who is of a submissive nature (to His devotees).
b) He who has the jIva-s as subservient to Him.
c) If a-vidheyAtmA, then He who is subservient to no one.
vidheyAtmane namah.
vidheya means subservient. As mentioned in the previous nAma, SrI BhaTTar
interprets the nAma in terms of bhagavAn's being subservient to the devotee
and His enjoying His subservience. Sri BhaTTar's vyAkhyAnam is that it is
bhagavAn's essential nature to be at the disposal of His devotees to such an
extent that they can easily command Him to do whatever they want. He gives
examples of "Come here, stand here, sit here, eat this", etc. (SrI v. v.
rAmAnujan refers to periAzhvAr calling Him - pUc cUDa vA, nIrADa vA,
ammam uNNAi, etc. ).
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