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arcishmAnarcitah kumbhO visuddhAtmA visOdhanah |
aniruddho=pratirathah pradyumnO=mitavikramah ||
nAma 639. AicR:man! arcishmAn
He Who has great lustre.
arcishmate namah.
[ PLEASE ADD PRANAVAM BEFORE EACH NAAMA ]
The word arcis refers to a ray of light. This is the basis for the interpretation
of this nAma. He Who possesses arcis or great lustre is arcishmAn.
a) SrI BhaTTar: bhagavAn has the great lustre that He reveals to His true
devotees. Ordinarily, people are unable to realize His greatness. However, in
the case of a few like arjuna, He gave divine vision so that they could see His
true greatness.
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan gives an alternate interpretation that this can refer to
His jyoti in His arcA form.
SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj also gives this interpretation – arci-vigraha
kAntih | tadasya asti iti arcishmAn |
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri explains that He reveals His lustre or greatness to
His devotee just at the level that the devotee can enjoy. He also gives the
ability to His devotees such that they can experience His greatness. In truth,
His Divine Lustre is beyond nature, and so no one can ordinarily realize its
depth and magnitude.
b) SrI Samkara bhAshyam is that He is the principal Luminary by whose
radiance the sun, the moon, and the others shine. Archishmanto tadIyena
arcishA candra sUryAdayah, sa eva mukhyah archishmAn. SrI rAdhAkRshNa
SAstri elaborates that just as a hot iron rod acquires redness like fire when it
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