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form is protection of the beings (SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri terms this form as
“kAppuk kaDavuL”).
The dharma cakram writer observes that this form of bhagavAn also
illustrates that He has the unobstructed Power to help His devotees who want
to overcome the influence of the indriya-s.
SrI cinmayAnanda refers to the law of Truth and dharma being irresistible, as
a demonstration of His irresistible power.
SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the example of the inability of anyone or any
way to prevent the jIva from leaving the body when the time comes for this to
happen.
For the current occurrence of the nAma aniruddhah, SrI BhaTTar gives the
interpretation as referring to bhagavAn’s nitya vAsam as janArdana in the part
of this earth called vasubhANDa. Some translators of SrI BahTTar’s
bhAshyam refer to vasubhANDa as a kshetram.
nAma 645. Aàitrw> a-prati prati-rathah
prati rathah
The Matchless.
aprati-rathAya namah.
prati-rathan is one who can oppose another in a fight mounted in a chariot.
a-prati-rathan is One who has no such person who can confront Him thus.
bhagavan is matchless in the sense that no one can stand directly in front of
His chariot and engage successfully in a war with him. na prati-rathah samAna
SaktimAn ko’pi yasya iti a-prati-rathah (SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj).
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan gives the reference to tiruvAimozhi 2. 3. 2 – “ottAr
mikkArai ilaiyAya mAyan”.
SrI BhaTTar gives the interpretation that as janArdana (The Tormentor of
people who are wicked by nature), He is matchless in this task, and there is no
one who can stop Him.
SrI Samkara bhAshyam is – prati-rathah pratipakshah asya na vidyata iti a-
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