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follows: He is called bhU-Sayah since He defers to the request of His
devotees to appear in this world, and makes His appearance in different forms
such as svayam-vyakta, siddha, mAnusha, etc., and even stays put in these
places by lying down there permanently in order to bless the devotees.
1. svayam-vyakta forms are those where the Lord has chosen to manifest
Himself without the effort of anyone;
2. siddha are those forms where the image of the Lord has been
consecrated by siddhas or perfected beings (such as brahma etc. )., and
3. mAnusha are places where the Lord is installed by ordinary human
beings.
SrI P.B.aNNa'ngarAcArya describes his anubhavam of bhU-Sayah as "He Who
just stubbornly lies down and stays wherever His devotees ask Him to be",
which is the best I could translate from his tamizh sentence "anbargaLuganda
iDa'ngaLil paDu kADu kiDappavar".
b) SrI Samkara gives reference to Lord rAma's resting on the sea shore while
proceeding to SrI lankA for destroying rAvaNa.
c) SrI cinmayAnanda gives an additional alternate interpretation – He in whom
the whole world rests at the time of dissolution - bhUh Sete asmin iti bhU-
Sayah.
d) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the interpretation that since He rests in all
things that exist in the form of antaryAmi, He is called bhU-Sayah - bhUshu
Sete.
Thus, in summary, the nAma bhU-Sayah is enjoyed by the different vyAkhyAna
kartA-sin various ways:
a) He responds to the devotee's wishes by lying down wherever they install
Him in the form of acrA mUrti, so that they can worship Him easily;
b) He is called bhU-Sayah because He lied down on the ground(on the sea
shore) on His way to SrIla'nkA;
c) He lies in the heart lotus of allthe creatures as their antaryAmi;
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